About Andy McNicoll

Andy McNicoll is Community Care’s news editor.

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Adults

Can you defend your practice against the most likely Care Act legal challenges?

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Mental Health

David Cameron’s mental health funding claims don’t stack up

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Adults, Mental Health

First drop in Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications since ‘Cheshire West’ ruling

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Adults

Social care providers face sharp hike in CQC fees

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Adults, Mental Health

Learning disability units to close in £45m plan to shift care into community

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Adults

Deaths prompt call for learning disabled adults to get named care coordinators

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Adults, Mental Health

Councils use £25m Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards grant to boost assessor numbers

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Adults, Mental Health

Reforming deprivation of liberty: the key debates social workers need to know about

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Mental Health

Mental Health Act detentions rise by 10 per cent

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Adults

Poor practice, not management failure, key factor in Connor Sparrowhawk’s death, finds report

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Care Act

Adults

Care Act 2014: Information gap ‘denying’ people sufficient choice and control over care

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Adults, Mental Health

Neglect contributed to death of Connor Sparrowhawk at NHS unit, finds jury

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Children

Immigration bill progresses despite fears it will ‘force families into destitution’

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Adults

Social workers get ‘manual for good practice’ in autism, mental capacity and dementia

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Adults, Workforce

Government won’t claw back £146m paid to councils for delayed Care Act reforms

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Adults, Mental Health

Family of Connor Sparrowhawk braced for inquest into his death at NHS unit

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