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An update on the Mental Health Bill’s passage through Parliament
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Lack of staff and beds leading to ‘harmful’ gaps in mental healthcare, warns CQC
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Record numbers of children’s social workers in post but fewer holding cases, figures reveal
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Number of agency social workers falls for first time in seven years in children’s services
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Children’s social worker caseload average falls to lowest recorded level, according to DfE measure
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Fall in proportion of Cafcass social workers holding more than 20 cases
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