More social workers are being cleared of misconduct by the General Social Care Council than ever before, according to an investigation by The British Association of Social Workers.

Since January, 125 cases have been heard by the regulator, of which 17 (13%) have ended in a finding of no misconduct or the allegations could not be proved.

In comparison, during the GSCC's first five years of operation just nine out of more than 200 registrants (around 4.5%) were cleared of wrongdoing or had their case thrown out, according to BASW.

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