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• Thousands of new foster carers urgently needed in England, experts say

  03-12-2023 18:00
  
  Social workers scrambling to find places for children after net loss of 1,000 foster families in past yearChild protection experts have called for an urgent nationwide hunt for thousands of new foster carers after a net loss of 1,000 families in the past year and a record number of children being placed far from home.Social workers have described scrambling to find friends and family to take children in urgent need of safety, and reported that children are sometimes placed in hotels. Continue re
  
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• Norfolk care home accused of waking residents with loud music to save money

  03-12-2023 16:00
  
  Staff at Iceni Care Home say vulnerable residents weretreated as if they were ‘on a farm’ to reduceworkloadCare workers at a private care home forced dementia sufferers out of bed as early as 5am and woke them by blasting loud radio music to save money, whistleblowers have alleged.The management of Iceni Care Home in Swaffham, Norfolk, received repeated complaints about the practice this summer, as concerned staff said vulnerable residents were being treated as if they were “on
  
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