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NICE is consulting on a new draft guideline to ensure that children and young people in the care system are able to develop stable, secure relationships with their carers. NICE said that children who are moving through the care system are more prone to having difficulty developing a secure bond, which can lead to problems with their mental health, emotional wellbeing and education.

Two in five fostered teenagers are living with their third family since coming into care, according to new research from The Fostering Network. Its survey, covering 1,600 children and young people placed with 1,100 foster carers, found that a quarter of fostered teenagers were living with at least their fourth family since entering the care system, with 5% having been placed with at least ten families.

Care UK has joined a new mental health concordat being led by Rotherham CCG to improve urgent care and prevent crises through early intervention.

Regardless of the outcome of the General Election, the market for community health services is likely to be one the most interesting areas of the NHS for independent sector providers over the coming years.

In the latest push to move mental health, learning disability and autism services away from institutional settings, the Department of Health has published a consultation document asking service users for their views and informing them of their rights.

Admiral Nurses can significantly improve the care and support offered to people living in care homes with dementia, according to new research.

A $100m (£68m) Dementia Discovery Fund was announced at the World’s Health Organisation’s First Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia last month to boost medical research into the disease.

The House of Commons health select committee has strongly recommended’ that the government provide free social care at the end of life. In its latest report, the MPs said this would be necessary to ensure that no-one dies in hospital for want of a social care package’.

The government is to take radical’ action to ensure people with learning disabilities or autism do not continue to live in inappropriate hospital settings.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has expressed concerns that people are being detained in England under the Mental Health Act without their legal rights being discussed or explained to them. They are also being detained without being fully assessed for their willingness and ability to consent to their treatment, and not always having easy access to appropriate independent advice.