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Andy McNicoll is Community Care’s news editor.

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Adults, Mental Health

Mental health social work with deaf adults: ‘I’ve learnt so much working in this service’

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Adults, Workforce

CQC finds ‘unacceptable’ variation in quality of dementia care

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Adults, Workforce

National assessment for newly qualified social workers in adult services planned

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Mental Health

On world mental health day – five insights into social work’s role in the sector

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Mental Health

Clegg reveals £120m funding boost and first waiting targets for mental health services

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Workforce

Social work cartoon: ‘The stress ball’

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Adults, Mental Health, Deprivation of liberty, Workforce

Half of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards cases breaching legal timescales

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Adults, Mental Health, Deprivation of liberty, Workforce

Six ways councils are trying to combat a shortage of best interests assessors

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Adults, Deprivation of liberty, Mental Health, Workforce

A lawyer’s view on the legal risks to councils from breaching Dols case timescales

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Adults, Mental Health, Deprivation of liberty, Workforce

‘The Supreme Court Dols ruling was right but an impossible workload is diluting advocacy’

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Adults, Mental Health, Deprivation of liberty, Workforce

Councils rack up £1.4m bill for independent best interests assessors in six months

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Workforce

Social work cartoon: ‘The X Factor’

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Adults, Mental Health

DH eyes subsidised ‘fast-track’ BIA training for social workers to combat shortage

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Adults, Mental Health

Labour vows to ‘bring social care into NHS’ and boost support for carers

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Adults

Four models for boosting social care assessment capacity under the Care Act

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Adults

NHS funds transfer not enough to stop real-terms cut in adult social care spending

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