Cameron announces £300m for Dementia research and staff training
More than £300 million is to be spent by the Government on research into dementia while all NHS staff will have to undergo training in the condition, Prime Minister David
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£30m boost aims to address ‘desperate’ lack of dementia treatments
A network of dementia research centres is being launched with £30 million in funding to find a cure for the disease. Alzheimer’s Research UK, the world’s largest dedicated dementia research
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New £5M centre for learning difficulties opens in Edinburgh
Children and young people with learning difficulties are set to benefit from a new £5 million research and support centre opened in Edinburgh. The Salvesen Mindroom centre is a collaboration
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New research claims 160,000 care workers subject to ‘wage theft’
Around 160,000 care workers are being paid less than the national minimum wage, each losing out on an average of £815 a year, a new study has revealed. Research by
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Study: Social care packages no guarantee of choice and control
25% of older people needing help with basic tasks still cannot choose when they eat, when to take a bath or shower or what time to go to bed according
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Survey: NSPCC seek feedback for child protection research
The NSPCC is seeking views from social workers involved in child protection and broader work with children and families to identify gaps in child protection research. This will help NSPCC
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IRISS homelessness project seeks contributions
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) has issued a call for partners to contribute to a project focusing on homelessness in Scotland. The ‘Homelessness: pathways and
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New research to explore child safeguarding inequalities
Why are children from poor neighbourhoods more likely to be subject to a child protection intervention than those living in better off areas? And is deprivation the primary cause? That
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Report: Is gerontological social work ready for 21st century
Within the wider health and social care arena, there is much emphasis on the challenges of meeting the needs of an ageing population, yet little is known about social work’s
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Welsh study of adult care home managers published
Findings have been published from a study of the recruitment and retention of adult care home managers in Wales. The study, commissioned jointly by the Care Council for Wales (CCW)
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