An article examined whether targeted attacks on ‘alternative subculture’ members warranted classification as hate crimes. Drawing on qualitative interviews with respondents mostly affiliated to the Goth scene, it said that
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This report presents further findings from the 2013 Learning Disabilities Census, following an initial report published on the 13 December 2013. The principal aim of the Census was to deliver
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Care workers do demanding work for low pay, and social care services are being delivered in an increasingly challenging environment, yet service users, their carers and families have increasing expectations
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The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services Innovation (IRISS) Improvement team is leading a 20-month project to redesign the pathway from hospital to home for older people across
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A report examined economic evidence to support the business case for investment in effective, recovery-focused services for people with schizophrenia and psychosis. The report said there was a range of
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The children’s watchdog for England said that their research into the operation of the United Kingdom asylum system had found hundreds of unaccompanied children and young people being left ‘in
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The inspectorate for healthcare and social care began consultation on proposals to change the way in which care services in England were regulated, inspected, and rated. Proposals included: the introduction
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Inquiries in the UK into mistreatment of older people by healthcare employees over the last 30 years have focused on introducing or supporting employee whistle-blowing. Although whistle-blowers have made an
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This article assesses how social innovations in the field of local domiciliary long-term care are shaped and implemented. It proposes a mapping of innovations in terms of two structuring discourses
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Social care policy is actively promoting integrated and personalised care. Local organisations are starting to re-engineer their business processes, review front line practice, develop new operational tools and revise their
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