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Adults, Workforce

‘Government should scrap employment schemes for disabled people’

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Adults, Mental Health, Legal

High Court: council wrongly deprived autistic man of liberty

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Adults

Hidden carers and how the Law Commission’s proposals may help

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Adults, Mental Health

GP commissioning could risk more abuse scandals

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Adults, Mental Health

CQC to shut abuse scandal hospital within weeks

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Adults, Workforce, Mental Health

Panorama: CQC inspection regime slammed following abuse

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Adults, Workforce, Mental Health

Four arrested after Panorama exposes disability abuse

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Adults, Workforce, Mental Health

Councils slammed for curbing use of personal budgets

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Adults

Learning disabilities cuts risk driving down quality

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Adults, Workforce

Users and carers fight restrictions on use of personal budgets

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Adults, Mental Health

Hospitals slammed for poor nutritional care of elderly

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Adults

Lib Dems demand wholesale review of disability benefit reforms

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Many councils may have social care cuts ruled illegal

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Adults, Workforce

Judge slams council’s consultation over critical threshold

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Adults

CC Live: Labour ‘will not play politics’ with Dilnot findings

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

CC Live: Burstow gets tough with PCTs over social care cash

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