The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has endorsed a new online toolkit developed by researchers at Keele University, which aims to prevent falls amongst the elderly that
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Two children whose destitute illegal immigrant parents were accused of using them as “puppets” in a fight to get state cash should be placed for adoption in Britain, a judge
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Probation officers are supervising up to 80 offenders at any one time – leaving the public at greater risk, a watchdog has warned. HM Chief Inspector of Probation Dame Glenys
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A 101-year-old paedophile thought to be the oldest man convicted by a British court is beginning a 13-year prison sentence after carrying out a string of historical sex offences against
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A top mental health GP and a senior clinical commissioning manager who defrauded £153,600 of NHS cash set aside to treat winter patients have avoided being immediately jailed. Dr Ian
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Four children aged between seven and 15 have been taken into council care after a family court judge said they had been overtaken by a “current of sexual abuse” which
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The prison population needs to be reduced if more jail riots are to be avoided, the chairman of the Parole Board has warned. Nick Hardwick, an ex-chief inspector of prisons,
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Staff shortages at a privately-run youth jail are undermining its stability, watchdogs have warned. Inspectors criticised “poor and problematic” arrangements when the management of Rainsbrook secure training centre transferred earlier
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One of the country’s biggest councils is still failing to do enough to protect vulnerable children but there are signs of improvement, a report has said. A newly-published Ofsted inspection
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An acclaimed author will give a guest lecture at the University of Wolverhampton next week, discussing issues around her latest book, which documents a year-long episode of manic depression. Jay
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