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A nurse caught sleeping during a night shift at a care home has been suspended for a year.

Carole Spencer was criticised for her actions by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, which could have had "serious consequences" for the elderly residents in her care.

However, as reported in the Daily Telegraph, Spencer consistently denied the allegations and failed to show any remorse.

She was caught out after a colleague at the Bessingby Hall Residential Nursing Home in Bridlington, East Yorkshire took photos of her and recorded her snoring. The NMC suspended her from the register for a year.  

A residential social worker who failed to inform police an eight-year-old child in her care had run away has been cautioned by the General Social Care Council.

Jillian Outterside was due to collect the child from Paignton Community College, Devon, on 22 February 2008, but left without alerting the local authority, police or college staff to the child's disappearance.

The Children's Workforce Development Council has created a new online children's centre on the DirectgovKids website for children, which aims to inform five to 11-year-olds about social workers and foster carers.

It tells children: "There are lots of people whose job it is to help children. ... Some adults work with a child for a short time, supporting them and their families in specific ways."

 by Daniel Lombard

Adult social care providers in England can apply for a share of £12m to improve their IT facilities and internet access for the benefit of staff and service users.

The Social Care Institute for Excellence will distribute the Department of Health's Get Connected grant over the next two years to enable providers to access information and communication more effectively.

Tim Yeo, Conservative MP for South Suffolk, has accused Suffolk Council of "kidnapping" newly born babies in cases where the birth parents do not wish to give them up for adoption.

Writing ahead of last night's adjournment debate on the adoption and custody of children in Suffolk, Yeo expressed "deep concerns" about the council's adoption practices.

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Two children's homes in Swansea could close under plans to restructure the council's child and family services.

The department is expected to have a £6.5m overspend this financial year, with nearly half relating to children in the council's care.

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