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Andy McNicoll is Community Care’s news editor.

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Adults

Lamb praises ‘remarkable’ response from social care staff to NHS pressures

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Adults

‘It has been non-stop’: Hospital social work during the A&E crisis

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Adults

College calls for specialist ‘older people’s’ option in social work training

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Mental Health

Real-terms funding cut to children’s mental health services revealed

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Adults, Mental Health

Deprivation of liberty safeguards paperwork cut as ‘unnecessary’ forms scrapped

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Adults

CQC demands ‘urgent action’ over care failings at learning disability NHS trust

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Workforce

Adult social work skills list puts ‘unrealistic’ expectations on NQSWs, warn social work leaders

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Adults, Mental Health

Government approves ‘temporary’ fix to best interests assessor training dilemma

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Adults

Man with learning disabilities who died in supported living unit ‘could have been saved’

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Mental Health

Government back-to-work schemes ‘failing’ people with mental health problems

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Mental Health

NHS pilot schemes to review CAMHS thresholds and out-of-area placements

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Mental Health

Withdrawing social workers from NHS mental health teams will hamper personal budget integration, says guide

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Workforce

Government keen on national admissions criteria for social work courses

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Workforce

Social work cartoon: ‘The office heating’

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Adults, Mental Health

How NHS England justifies its claim of a ‘real terms’ rise in mental health spending

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Mental Health

Mental health trust investigated by health watchdog after racking up £1.7m deficit

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