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It’s children who will shoulder the caring burden under Johnson’s migration policies | Frances Ryan

27-02-2020 11:14

About 700,000 children are already caring for relatives after the scandalous withdrawal of funding for social careAs soon as Marissa was old enough to walk, she started caring for her mum, Suzanna, 51, who was left with severe spinal damage and arthritis on top of long-term breathing problems after two car accidents. The five-year-old helped her disabled mum to get to their third-floor flat in a block with no lift access; she would hold her mum’s hand as they went up, step by step –

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It’s child labourers who will pick up the tab for Johnson’s migration policies | Frances Ryan

27-02-2020 11:14

About 700,000 children are already caring for relatives after the scandalous withdrawal of funding for social careAs soon as Marissa was old enough to walk, she started caring for her mum. Suzanna, 51, who was left with severe spinal damage and arthritis on top of long-term breathing problems after two car accidents. The five-year-old helped her disabled mum to get to their third-floor flat in a block with no lift access; she would hold her mum’s hand as they went up, step by step –

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Experts' debate: will registering care workers reduce risk or restrict choice?

27-02-2020 10:33

The argument about compulsory registration has become increasingly vociferous. Here, two contributors make their casesWould you ask a stranger to give you root canal treatment? Or rewire your house? You wouldn’t, because these tasks should be conducted by trained, qualified and registered professionals. So why do we risk having untrained, unchecked people look after some of the most vulnerable people: our children, parents, friends and family?Continue reading...

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Exemplar Health Care’s Rotherham care home secures ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating

27-02-2020 08:20 via feedproxy.google.com

Exemplar Health Care’s Greenside Court complex needs care home secures ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating The highest rating places Rotherham care home in the top five per cent of all nursing homes in England inspected by the care regulator. Greenside Court, an Exemplar Health Care complex needs care home in Rotherham, has achieved an ‘Outstanding’ rating from […]

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Phones that may hold child abuse images returned to suspects

27-02-2020 07:01

Child safeguarding at risk as police say lack of technology and time limits prevent device checksPolice are giving back to suspected paedophiles phones and computers that possibly hold child abuse images because they do not have the time or technology to search the devices, a report says.Prosecutions are being dropped because the technology that helps officers quickly scan devices to determine the likelihood of indecent images being present is not consistently available across forces, a policing

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