There is a “cover-up culture” in the NHS, with some hospitals concealing evidence when patient care goes wrong, the health ombudsman has warned. Rob Behrens, the Parliamentary and Health Service
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Poor communication around do not resuscitate orders have left people scared of “ageist and ableist attitudes and behaviours in the NHS”, according to a report. Experts said more must be
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The chief inspector of Ofsted will say he is serious about the watchdog “doing better” as he launches a major consultation into its future direction. Sir Martyn Oliver will pledge
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A girl held in a young offenders’ institution was pinned down and forcibly stripped by a group of male prison guards, according to a watchdog. Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie
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A Home Office pilot scheme to place ankle tags on up to 600 migrants on immigration bail to track their location breached UK data protection law, a watchdog has said.
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The Government’s desire to clear a backlog of asylum seeker cases led to “perverse” decisions being made, a report found. In December 2022, Rishi Sunak pledged to “abolish” a 92,000-strong
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Border security at UK airports is neither “effective nor efficient”, the immigration watchdog warned as he described a Home Office “culture of defensiveness” in a series of reports produced before
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Staff working with children and vulnerable adults in asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland have not undergone checks or training, a report has found. An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation for
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An investigation has been launched into what the authorities knew about the large-scale abuse of young detainees which spanned decades at a detention centre. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO)
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Hundreds of complaints were logged about the conduct of Ofsted inspectors in England last year – with a school leaders’ union warning the inspectorate may have “lost the trust of
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