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• Calls for NSW Aboriginal child and family commissioner in wake of scathing report

  12-06-2018 20:00
  Peak Indigenous body urges transparency after Tune report into child protection system kept secret for 18 monthsAboriginal organisations say it’s no secret that the New South Wales child protection system is failing, as outlined in a scathing report the state’s government had kept under wraps for the past 18 months.AbSec, the peak organisation for Aboriginal groups working in the system, said the “the lack of transparency around the report has made it impossible for Aboriginal
  
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• Clare in the community: World Cup ethics

  12-06-2018 16:00
  Football places Men’s Group in a moral quandary Continue reading...
  
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• Councils tighten reins on personalised care

  12-06-2018 15:00
  Campaigners say growing use of prepaid cards for people to spend on support at home is removing their independenceFor the past 10 years, Edwina McCarthy, 63, has lived contentedly in her own home in south London with the support of personal assistants she employs through a personal budget for needs arising from cerebral palsy. In many ways, she is an advertisement for the merits of the personalisation of care and health.But McCarthy feels her lifestyle is under threat. &ldquo
  
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• Public suspicious of moves to join up health and care services | Melanie Henwood

  12-06-2018 12:58
  New integrated care models hampered by poor communication and an ‘acronym spaghetti’ of terms, report findsThe Commons health and social care committee has – over many years and under successive chairs – been concerned by the fragmentation and poor coordination of care and health services. Its latest report adds to this scrutiny, focusing on the approaches to developing new integrated ways of planning and delivering health and care services.Sustainability and transformati
  
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• Belper care home residents treated to some royal pampering

  12-06-2018 10:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Meghan Markle wasn’t the only princess in town as residents at Milford House care home in Belper were treated to some royal pampering and tiaras, before settling down in style to watch the celebrations unfold. 
  Activity co-ordinator Vicky Layton wanted to make this day about the residents not just the royal couple, and what better way to make the residents feel special then with a bit of pampering.Vicky Layton and Kathryn White gave all the ladies a makeover, painting their nails and
  
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• Care staff celebrated by Surrey Choices at Annual Achievers Awards event

  12-06-2018 09:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Surrey’s Choices very first staff Annual Achievers Awards event paid tribute to the exceptional achievements of Company employees. 
  The ceremony looked back at Surrey Choices work over the last 12 months supporting nearly 2000 adults with support needs or disabilities across the county.
  The Awards evening was held at Woking’s HG Wells Conference and Events Centre, and was hosted by Steve Walls, compere for many of the care sector’s top events including the National Le
  
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• 92 year old volunteer finally hangs up her hat!

  12-06-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A 92-YEAR-OLD volunteer has retired after 14 years’ service at a Teesside care home.
   
  Marie Toombs started volunteering at The Gables Care Home, in Middlesbrough, after her aunt, a former resident, passed away.
   
  Impressed with the end of life care her aunt received, Marie wanted to give something back to the home.
   
  Not a resident herself, she frequently traveled to the home to organise and help run activities, as well as enjoy a chat and a cuppa.
   
  The staff and resi
  
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• Life-long lover of horses gets a secial visitor

  12-06-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A pensioner who has a life-long love of horses was delighted to have a special visitor at Acacia nursing home in Yeovil.
  Marlene Hajegos, 79, and her fellow residents, came face to face with therapy horse Star during a visit organised by the home’s activities’ team.
  Star, an American Miniature, who is specially trained to allow interaction with residents, was brought in by Lofty Therapy Horses.
  “Marlene was over the moon. She loves all animals, especially horses, and has been a
  
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• Early years cuts 'pushing more children into care' in England

  12-06-2018 01:01
  Children’s commissioner says nearly half of budget is spent on 73,000 children in care systemIncreasing numbers of children will “fall through the gaps” into the care system, risking school exclusion or falling prey to gang violence, because of cuts to early years and youth services, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.
  Anne Longfield said cuts of 60% to Sure Start and other preventative services since 2009 had effectively removed vital safety nets for at-r
  
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• Adult social care services on brink of collapse, survey shows

  12-06-2018 01:01
  Some councils in England ‘cannot go on’ without long-term funding to underpin careSocial care services for vulnerable adults are on the verge of collapse in some areas of England, despite the provision of extra government funding, senior council officials have warned.
  The fragile state of many council social care budgets – coupled with growing demand for services, increasing NHS pressure, and spiralling staff costs – is highlighted in research by the Association of Direct
  
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