Birmingham nursery worker appears in court charged with child sex offences
A nursery worker has appeared in court charged with rape and causing or inciting a boy to engage in sexual activity. Jamie Chapman, who faces a total of 15 charges,
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Inspectors report serious failings at private hospital for mentally ill children
A hospital for mentally ill children has been slammed by health officials after inspectors observed a youngster harming themselves in front of a member of staff. Huntercombe Hospital in Stafford
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Hospital’s A&E service for under-18s suspended as ‘not clinically safe’
A&E services at County Hospital in Stafford have been suspended for under-18s because “senior clinicians have advised that the service is not currently clinically safe”. University Hospitals of North Midlands
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Teenagers praised for looking after dementia sufferer missing from care home
Two teenagers who found and cared for a 90-year-old dementia sufferer who had gone missing from a care home have been praised for their “outstanding act of kindness”. Hannah Wells
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Webwatch: AUTOR – new technology to improve understanding for people with Autism
Innovative new technology is being developed by researchers to help people with autism read and understand text better. Figurative language, irony, sarcasm and phrases that may have more than one
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Child protection work could be ‘waste of time’ as Ofsted chief warns of extremism risk
Ofsted’s work to protect children would be a “waste of time” if local authorities do not improve the tracking of pupils who leave mainstream education, the head of the watchdog
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Nine men jailed after teenager in care was beaten, raped and ‘sold like goods’
Nine men have been jailed after a teenager in local authority care was subjected to a “horrifying” catalogue of sexual abuse, some of which was streamed live on the internet.
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New research suggests ‘worrying trend’ in abuse and neglect of adolescents
New research from the universities of East Anglia (UEA) and Warwick reveals an increase in adolescents who died or were seriously injured in which abuse or neglect is thought to
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Judge dismisses council care order in two-year-old fractured bones case
Two children are to be returned to their “exemplary” parents after a judge ruled they were not to blame for their son’s rib fractures. The two-year-old boy, identified only as
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Resources: Making change happen for mental health – Masterclass presentations
Mental health continues to be in the headlines. To support the agenda for better mental health, the Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) at the University of Birmingham in partnership with the Centre
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