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• School worker jailed for sexually abusing autistic boy aged under 16

  26-07-2024 20:50
  
  Acasia Welburn pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual activity with child by person in a position of trustA school worker has been jailed for sexually abusing an autistic boy who was under 16 at the time, police said.Acasia Welburn, now 26, had been working at a school in North Yorkshire in a “trusted care position” when she abused the child. Continue reading...
  
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• Patients cannot trust CQC’s hospital safety ratings, says Wes Streeting

  26-07-2024 10:03
  Health secretary’s comments follow damning findings of interim report into state of English healthcare regulatorThe healthcare regulator is so badly run that patients in England cannot trust the safety ratings it issues for hospitals, care homes or GP practices, the health secretary has said.Wes Streeting said the Care Quality Commission was in such deep crisis it was not able to do its basic job reliably. His warning came after an interim report by the public care doctor Penny Dash found
  
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• England’s health watchdog ‘not fit for purpose’, says Wes Streeting

  26-07-2024 01:01
  
  Health secretary’s comments follow finding that Care Quality Commission struggling to identify performance issues in hospitals and care homesWes Streeting has called England’s healthcare watchdog “not fit for purpose” after an interim report found significant failings were hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care homes and GP practices.The health and social care secretary promised to “grip the crisis” at the Care Quality Commission
  
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• Cost of England’s four biggest killer diseases could hit £86bn by 2050

  26-07-2024 00:30
  Study predicts overall economic cost of cancer, heart disease, dementia and stroke will rise by 61%The cost of England’s four biggest killer diseases could rise to £86bn a year by 2050, prompting calls for a crackdown on alcohol, junk food and smoking.The ageing population means the annual cost of cancer, heart disease, dementia and stroke combined will go from the £51.9bn recorded in 2018 to £85.6bn in 2050 – a rise of 61%. Continue reading...
  
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