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Andy McNicoll is Community Care’s news editor.

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Mental Health

Rise in Mental Health Act detentions as NHS bed availability drops

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Adults, Social care leaders

Councils ‘must not underestimate’ impact of Care Act advocacy duties

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Adults

Patchy progress on implementing personalisation ‘best practice’, finds survey

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Adults

Councils still controlling most personal budget arrangements, survey shows

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Workforce

Social work cartoon: ‘Your extra hours’

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Adults

Care Act 2014: Government tightens national minimum threshold plans

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Adults, Mental Health

Lamb told ‘urgent’ funding for deprivation of liberty cases needed as legal threat looms

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Mental Health

Problems accessing NHS units sees ‘too many’ mentally unwell end up in police cells

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Mental Health

‘I’ll never forget the social worker who stuck with me when I was at my lowest’

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Adults, Workforce

One in five nursing homes too short-staffed to ensure safe care, finds watchdog

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Mental Health

Bed shortages and poor ward environments blighting mental health services, finds CQC

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Adults, Workforce

DH releases £4m Care Act training fund amid concerns over workforce readiness

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Adults

Five key stats for social workers from new official adult safeguarding figures

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Mental Health

Social work on an eating disorders unit: ‘It was so powerful to see the girl leave hospital and start dreaming again’

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Children, Mental Health

How specialist social workers are supporting deaf children with mental health issues

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Mental Health

‘The balance between risks and rights is key to forensic social work’

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