Report: Negotiating the Care Maze from Healthwatch Essex
Finding the right residential care can be like negotiating a maze. From right to left, and to and fro, Caught in a labyrinth you go, And turn, and turn, and
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Calls for mental health assessments before children enter care system
Peers have pressed for mental health checks to be introduced for children entering the care system. The Government had already agreed to change its proposals to include the promotion of
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Ex-carer, 80, involved in sadistic regime of cruelty and abuse at Bedfordshire boys’ home
A former carer at a Catholic children’s home has been found to have been part of a sadistic and vindictive regime of abuse involving nuns, priests and a paedophile Scout
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Shortage of secure accommodation for children sees English councils turn to Scotland
England has a shortage of secure accommodation units for children, a senior judge has said. Sir James Munby says the problem has led to social services bosses at councils in
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Video Seminar: Longitudinal Study of Children in Care in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Social Care Council have hosted a presentation by Montserrat Fargas Malet (pictured) from Queens University Belfast of the findings of a longitudinal study which has been tracking
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Rebecca Evans praises Flintshire healthcare project helping people stay independent
Minister for Social Services and Public Health, Rebecca Evans, has praised a rehabilitation project in Flintshire which helps people stay independent and saves the NHS money. Step-Up, Step-Down provides short
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Charity warns pension pot raiders failing to plan for future care costs
More than half of people who have taken money out under pension freedoms have not planned for future care costs, a new study shows. A survey of 500 people who
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Dozens killed or injured in shocking knife attack at care home for disabled
At least 19 people have been killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack at a centre for handicapped people near Tokyo – Japan‘s worst mass killing in generations.
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Report: Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of children’s residential care in England
The Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Education asked Sir Martin Narey to review children’s residential care in England. Sir Martin’s report ‘ Residential care in England‘ looks at
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New digital system aims to match patients to the right residential care
Residential care for people in Wales with mental ill-health and learning disabilities is being supported by a new digital system, developed by the NHS Wales Informatics Service. The Commissioning Care
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