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• Sheila Scott obituary

  02-10-2023 19:49
  
  My mother, Sheila Scott, who has died aged 74, was chief executive of the National Care Association (NCA) for 26 years. She will be remembered for her inspiring leadership at a time of huge growth in the sector as community care was being expanded.In 1987 she was appointed chief executive of the NCA, which represents small and medium-sized providers. She served on several government taskforces, including one that oversaw the implementation of the 1993 community care reforms to move people out of
  
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• Press release: Consultation to launch on minimum service levels in universities

  02-10-2023 17:29 via gov.uk
  
  Consultation launched in response to concerns about the impact of strike action on university students and providers.
  
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• Press release: Mobile phone use to be banned in schools in England 

  02-10-2023 17:28 via gov.uk
  
  Mobile phone use to be banned during the school day, including at break times, new guidance recommends.
  
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• Corporate report: DHSC equality objectives: 2023 to 2027

  02-10-2023 17:22 via gov.uk
  
  These equality objectives set out how the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will comply with the public sector equality duty.
  
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• Corporate report: DHSC equality information: 2022

  02-10-2023 17:22 via gov.uk
  
  A report setting out how the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has responded to its equality duties.
  
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• Ogilvy UK creates first social work for Lloyds Banking Group's ... - CampaignLive

  02-10-2023 15:54 via news.google.com
  
  Ogilvy UK creates first social work for Lloyds Banking Group's ...  CampaignLive
  
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• Best practice in supporting adults to live independently in the community   

  02-10-2023 14:45
  
  Shared Lives is traditionally considered to be an option social workers can use when supporting adults into longer-term accommodation. But at Herefordshire Council, the service has been invaluable in finding adults both long and short-term placements.
  Shared Lives is a Care Quality Commission registered, in-house service in Herefordshire. It offers people who require care and support the opportunity to live independently in the community by matching them with an approved carer. It can be an alte
  
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• Calls for a big increase in UK spending on preventative policies

  02-10-2023 13:00
  
  Demos says Treasury should create separate spending category to help prioritise measures that prevent problems from arisingGovernment spending on preventative policie from vaccines to family hubs should be significantly increased and the Treasury should create an accounting category to monitor it, according to a report by the thinktank Demos.“What you measure really matters: that’s how things get prioritised,” said Anita Charlesworth, a co-author and the director of research at
  
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• Statutory guidance: The NHS England (Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch) (Revocation, Transitional and Saving Provision) Directions 2023

  02-10-2023 10:00 via gov.uk
  
  These directions will allow the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) to complete ongoing national investigations which were commenced by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) before 1 October 2023.
  
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• Statutory guidance: The NHS England (Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch) Directions 2022

  02-10-2023 10:00 via gov.uk
  
  These directions required NHS England to establish a division to be known as the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) on 1 July 2022. These directions were revoked on 1 October 2023, and accordingly the HSIB no longer exists.
  
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• Statutory guidance: The Care Quality Commission (Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation Programme) Directions 2023

  02-10-2023 10:00 via gov.uk
  
  These directions require the Care Quality Commission to exercise the functions set out in this direction from 1 October 2023.
  
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• Black, male and 40-plus social workers disproportionately subject to fitness to practise process

  02-10-2023 09:51
  
  Black, male and 40-plus social workers are disproportionately subject to fitness to practise processes, Social Work England has found.
  The three groups are overrepresented not only in concerns referred to the regulator but also in cases that reach the hearings stage, when a panel determines whether the social worker’s fitness to practise is impaired, said Social Work England
  The regulator also found that the groups had higher rates of progression from the triage stage – when it deter
  
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• Pilot to test whether early social worker-guardian meetings can help curb care proceedings delays

  02-10-2023 09:31
  
  Social workers and children’s guardians in 25 areas will hold pre-court meetings in order to test whether this will curb delays to care proceedings.
  Under the pilot, council or children’s trust and Cafcass practitioners will have an information sharing meeting once proceedings have been issued but before the case management hearing (CMH). The CMH identifies the main issues in the case and sets the timetable.
  The Department for Education-commissioned trial, run by Research in Practice
  
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• Ogilvy UK creates first social work for Lloyds Banking Group’s Halifax brand - campaignlive.co.uk

  02-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  Ogilvy UK creates first social work for Lloyds Banking Group’s Halifax brand  campaignlive.co.uk
  
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• Ogilvy UK creates first social work for Lloyds Banking Group's Halifax brand - CampaignLive

  02-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Ogilvy UK creates first social work for Lloyds Banking Group's Halifax brand  CampaignLive
  
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• Ogilvy UK creates first social work for Lloyds Banking Group’s Halifax brand - Campaign

  02-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  Ogilvy UK creates first social work for Lloyds Banking Group’s Halifax brand  Campaign
  
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