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• Manchester to open two homes for vulnerable children who get stuck in hospital

  22-01-2023 16:52
  
  City council aims to undercut private operators and house children with complex needs rejected by other homesManchester city council is setting up two special children’s homes to house the increasing number of vulnerable young people who end up stuck in hospital because no residential providers will take them.The homes, believed to be the first of their kind, aim to undercut private operators who sometimes demand tens of thousands of pounds each week to look after children with the most co
  
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• Manchester to open two homes for vulnerable children stuck in hospital

  22-01-2023 16:52
  
  City council aims to undercut private operators and house children with complex needs rejected by other homesManchester city council is setting up two special children’s homes to house the increasing number of vulnerable young people who end up stuck in hospital because no residential providers will take them.The homes, believed to be the first of their kind, aim to undercut private operators who sometimes demand tens of thousands of pounds each week to look after children with the most co
  
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• The NHS crisis is an existential risk for the government | Robert Ford

  22-01-2023 10:00
  
  The searing memories of this winter will endure and any action ministers take now will come too late to improve their standing at the next electionCrisis, conflict and collapse have driven the NHS to the top of the political agenda. Every day brings new horror stories from the frontlines of a health service on its knees. Yet there is no evidence of urgency from the government, which seems determined to weather the winter struggle while handing out as little cash as possible to hospitals and staf
  
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• The NHS crisis is an existential risk for the government

  22-01-2023 10:00
  
  The searing memories of this winter will endure and any action ministers take now will come too late to improve their standing at the next electionCrisis, conflict and collapse have driven the NHS to the top of the political agenda. Every day brings new horror stories from the frontlines of a health service on its knees. Yet there is no evidence of urgency from the government, which seems determined to weather the winter struggle while handing out as little cash as possible to hospitals and staf
  
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