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Lack of parental involvement in child detention decisions ‘a problem’, MPs told
Family members of young people with a learning disability or autism are often excluded from being given appropriate information and making decisions about their...
Health warning for ‘overstretched’ care workers
Researchers are calling for urgent action after a study found that Scottish care workers were leading unhealthy lifestyles.
An Edinburgh Napier University research team found...
Fremantle posts positive results after cutting use of agency staff
A reduction in agency staff use proved positive for The
Fremantle Trust after it posted a surplus for the first time in five years.
The registered
charity...
‘Funding drought’ leads to re-evaluation of contracts at Hft
Hft has been forced to hand back some of its contracts because of a lack of funding needed to run services to the standards...
Nine in ten councils in the red over children’s care
Severe funding shortages in children’s services pushed almost nine in ten councils into the red last year, Local Government Association (LGA) figures have revealed....
Hancock intends to publish green paper before April
Health and
Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has told the House Commons that he intends
to publish the adult social care green paper before April.
During a...
Restructuring dents income at National Autistic Society
Closures and restructuring of services impacted income at the National Autistic Society, its financial report for the year ended 31 March 2018 has said.
Earnings...
Pay boost for Leonard Cheshire frontline workers
Leonard Cheshire has invested an extra £7m in its frontline staff in the UK, lifting the lowest paid ‘well above’ the national minimum wage...
Funding pledge to train more social workers
An extra 900 children’s social worker roles will be created over the next two years after the Department of Education (DoE) pledged £45m to...
Long term plan identifies need to stop overmedication
Programmes to stop the overmedication of people with a learning disability or autism will be expanded under proposals set out by NHS England.
As part...
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