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Andy McNicoll is Community Care’s news editor.

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Workforce

Social work cartoon: ‘The training’

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Adults, Workforce

Social workers hit by real terms pay cut, official figures show

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Adults

High hopes for NHS-funded social work research role

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Mental Health

Lack of mental health beds putting AMHPs under ‘extreme pressure’, warns CQC

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Adults

Care Act funding changes expected to require 330,000 extra assessments next year

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Mental Health

Vulnerable man was failed by two NHS trusts days before he died, finds watchdog

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Adults

Government reveals plans for Care Act funding reforms

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Adults

Government’s NHS reforms left it powerless to meet its Winterbourne View target

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Mental Health

Mental health trust should face special measures over ‘inadequate’ safety and leadership, says CQC

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Adults

Fines for providers and right to care reviews among latest post-Winterbourne View reforms

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Adults, Mental Health

Case backlog leaves ‘worryingly high’ number of people deprived of liberty without authorisation, warns CQC

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Adults

Mental Capacity Act failings prominent at most ‘inadequate’-rated care providers

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Adults

Chief social worker to ‘strengthen’ skills statement’s focus on Mental Capacity Act

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Mental Health

NHS commissioners and local authorities must give AMHPs more support, says DH

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Adults, Mental Health

Social workers given guidance on applying deprivation of liberty ‘acid test’ to end-of-life care

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Mental Health

New Mental Health Act code of practice published

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