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Adults

More people face paying for residential care as charging thresholds frozen for ninth year

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Adults

Registered social worker named chief inspector of adult social care

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Adults

Woman left with unexpected £2,000 bill after council gave insufficient information on care costs

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Government amendment removes users’ rights to information before deprivation of liberty authorisation in DoLS replacement bill

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How treatment of ethnic minority groups in mental health system can be improved following independent review

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Service user’s wife caused ‘frustration, distress and anxiety’ after safeguarding referral left open for 15 months, ombudsman finds

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Skills for Care chief executive Sharon Allen to leave role after nine years

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‘Distress and confusion’ for service user whom council failed to properly inform of increased care charges

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Adults, Children

Director behind transformation of Rotherham children’s services awarded CBE

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Adults, Children

21 social care talking points of 2018

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Lords approves DoLS replacement bill following significant changes to boost safeguards for those detained

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Standards for adults’ practice supervisors issued to increase role of critical reflection in supervision

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Adults, Children

CQC to probe restraint and seclusion of people with mental health problems and learning disabilities

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Michael King, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman

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Ombudsman seeing fewer ‘one-off mistakes’ with budget cuts influencing systemic failings in adult social care

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Government to extend approved mental capacity professionals’ remit in DoLS replacement scheme

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Government suffers first defeat on DoLS replacement bill as peers amend deprivation of liberty test

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