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Adults, Children

Mental Health Act overhaul will not tackle racial disparities without societal change, experts warn

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

Social care given £120m to relieve workforce pressures as new variant drives spiralling absence rates

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Coronavirus, Workforce

Many children’s social workers excluded from Covid-19 vaccine priority groups

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Adults

Council breached Care Act guidance by setting arbitrary limit for funding woman’s live-in care

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Adults, Children

Long-awaited Mental Health Act overhaul bids to empower patients and tackle racial disparities

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

ADASS urges emergency workforce plan as NHS pressures and staff gaps risk ‘overwhelming social care’

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Coronavirus, Workforce

Sector bodies call for clarity over social workers’ position in Covid-19 vaccination priority list

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Coronavirus, Workforce

Almost 5,000 social workers removed from register now able to practise to bolster Christmas capacity

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Adults, Coronavirus

AMHPs used ‘inappropriately’ throughout first Covid-19 lockdown, survey finds

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Adults

Council breached Care Act in delaying assessment, not issuing plan and charging for intermediate care

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Children

Isolation of children moving into secure care caused anxiety and increased self-harm, finds Ofsted

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Workforce

Nearly 1,000 social workers at risk of removal for not uploading CPD with less than two weeks until deadline

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Adults, Coronavirus

Providers ‘need more information’ about vaccine to ensure MCA compliance and tackle staff doubts

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Adults

‘Unacceptable’ do not resuscitate orders made in first Covid wave and some may still be in place, says CQC

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Adults

Social worker made ‘unwarranted personal attack’ on woman in safeguarding report, finds ombudsman

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Workforce

Less than 1,500 social workers left at risk of removal following last-minute registration surge before deadline

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