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NHS must protect lives of all psychiatric patients at risk
Psychiatric hospitals risk breaching human rights law if they do not take action to protect the lives of patients admitted informally, the Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark judgement today.
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CQC: Personalisation lacking in Winterbourne-style services
Many learning disability hospitals and care homes are failing to provide person-centred care, the Care Quality Commission has found in its national review triggered by the Winterbourne View case.
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Supreme Court to rule on councils' right to limit care funding
The Supreme Court is to rule on councils' right to take resources into account in determining the levels of care they will fund for users, in a case that could have significant implications for social care funding.
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MPs: Unify health and social care to tackle funding shortfall
Adult care and health should be brought under a single commissioner in each area to improve support for older people and help solve social care's funding crisis, the health select committee, chaired by Stephen Dorrell (pictured), said today.
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Supreme Court to rule on councils' right to limit care funding
The Supreme Court is to rule on councils' right to take resources into account in determining the levels of care they will fund for users in a case that could have significant implications for social care funding.
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Adult social workers pessimistic but proud, finds College
Adult social workers feel pessimistic about the future of their practice because of bureaucracy and care management, but still believe they make a difference, The College of Social Work has found. (Photo: Rex Features)
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Improving access to social care for adults with autism
New support from the Social Care Institute for Excellence
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How one council boosted social work's quality and status
Social work performance management has become associated with bureaucracy, a negligible impact on quality and poor morale. However, one council says that it has designed and implemented a system that has delivered precisely the opposite.
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'The deprivation of liberty safeguards are not dead'
A recent Court of Appeal judgement was described as the death of the deprivation of liberty safeguards. However, best interests assessor Lorraine Currie disagrees, and says Lord Justice Munby's ruling provides useful tools for practitioners.
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Care provider fined for leaving staff at risk of violence
A care provider has been fined £14,000 for leaving staff at risk of violence from a client (Image: Rex).
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Government waters down disability living allowance cuts
The government has watered down its controversial cuts to disabilty living allowance (DLA) by dropping plans to double the period after the onset of disability before which people can qualify for the benefit (Image: Rex).
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900 adult care staff join NHS in biggest integration deal yet
Nine hundred adult social care staff, including social workers, will be transferred to the NHS to create the biggest integrated health and social care provider in the UK, it was confirmed today. (Image: Rex Features).
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Personalisation 'wrongly used to devalue social workers'
Adult social work is being 'devalued' by cuts and mistaken ideas about personalisation, The College of Social Work warned today as it launched a campaign to champion adults' professionals.
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Improving access to social care for adults with autism
New support from the Social Care Institute for Excellence
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Burstow: Social work to be at heart of care White Paper
Social work will be at the heart of the government's forthcoming adult care White Paper, with the profession's role expected to switch from rationing care to community development, Paul Burstow has said.
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How one council boosted social work's quality and status
Social work performance management has become associated with bureaucracy, a negligible impact on quality and poor morale. However, one council says that it has designed and implemented a system that has delivered precisely the opposite.
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'The deprivation of liberty safeguards are not dead'
A recent Court of Appeal judgement was described as the death of the deprivation of liberty safeguards. However, best interests assessor Lorraine Currie disagrees, and says Lord Justice Munby's ruling provides useful tools for practitioners.
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Care provider fined for leaving staff at risk of violence
A care provider has been fined £14,000 for leaving staff at risk of violence from a client (Image: Rex).
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Government waters down disability living allowance cuts
The government has watered down its controversial cuts to disabilty living allowance (DLA) by dropping plans to double the period after the onset of disability before which people can qualify for the benefit (Image: Rex).
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900 adult care staff join NHS in biggest integration deal yet
Nine hundred adult social care staff, including social workers, will be transferred to the NHS to create the biggest integrated health and social care provider in the UK, it was confirmed today. (Image: Rex Features).
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