New research into self-harm and the support available has been commissioned on World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide prevention charity Samaritans, which will be talking to young people who have self-harmed
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A new report published today reveals 71% of autistic adults in England aren’t getting the support they need. This could mean up to 327,000 autistic adults aren’t getting help to
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Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of modern slavery offences in South Wales. A 37-year-old Latvian man, a 56-year-old Lithuanian man and a 54-year-old Lithuanian woman
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A judge has given doctors permission to perform a Caesarean section on a woman with mental health difficulties if she becomes agitated during labour and loses the capacity to make
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A judge has refused to ban a heavily-pregnant woman who has learning difficulties from spending time alone with the man she loves. Council social services bosses had said staff caring
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The sentencing of a “doctor” who admitted failing to give evidence to the inquest of a mentally ill teenager has been adjourned as he “seeks further legal advice in relation
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A care worker whose neglect led directly to a severely disabled woman starving to death has been jailed for three years. Tracey Burrows, 56, was supposed to carry out a
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A High Court judge says a Government office which provides help to vulnerable people embroiled in litigation should consider offering an out-of-hours service. Mrs Justice Theis oversees hearings in the
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This resource aims to support social workers and other social care staff to improve recording skills – how you write down what you have seen and done, your analysis of
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Campaigners have called on the Government to make public data on victims of human trafficking and slavery being held in immigration detention centres to stop people who need support “slipping
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