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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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• Guidance: Department of Health and Social Care general enquiries

  26-07-2024 14:30 via gov.uk
  
  Contact information for general enquiries on health and care.
  
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• Press release: Government watchdog to help stabilise university finances

  26-07-2024 13:46 via gov.uk
  
  Interim Office for Students chair appointed as Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 is stopped.
  
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• Independent report: Fit for the Future: Independent Review of the Office for Students

  26-07-2024 10:44 via gov.uk
  
  A report of the findings and recommendations of the Independent Review of the Office for Students (OfS), led by Sir David Behan.
  
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• Press release: Government acts after report highlights failings at regulator

  26-07-2024 10:15 via gov.uk
  
  Significant failings found at health and social care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
  
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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 on Friday the Care Quality Commission was in such deep crisis it was not able to do its basic job reliably. His warning comes after an interim report by the public care doctor Penny
  
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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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• CQC ‘not fit for purpose’, says Streeting, in wake of damning report

  26-07-2024 01:01
  
  The Care Quality Commission is “not fit for purpose”, health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has declared, after a damning report found significant failings within the regulator.
  These were hampering its ability to identify poor performance at the services it regulates, residential homes, nursing homes and domiciliary care providers, found the interim reportof Dr Penny Dash’s review of the CQC.
  Dr Dash, chair of the North West London Integrated Care Board, found that in
  
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• Independent report: Review into the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission

  26-07-2024 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Emerging findings and initial recommendations of the review into the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
  
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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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