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UK’s unhealthy food habits cost £268bn a year, report finds

15-11-2024 20:24

Exclusive: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission added up cost to NHS and economy of diet-linked diseaseThe UK’s growing addiction to unhealthy food costs £268bn a year, far outstripping the budget for the whole NHS, the first research into the subject has found.The increased consumption of foods high in fat, salt and sugar or which have been highly processed is having a “devastating” impact on human health and Britain’s finances.The market in ultra-processed foo

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Notice: Notice to improve: Sikh Academies Trust

15-11-2024 16:00 via gov.uk

A notice to improve issued to Sikh Academies Trust by the Department for Education.

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Care population falls for first time in 16 years but remains at historically high levels

15-11-2024 13:00

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.The care population in England has fallen for the first time in 16 years but remains at historically high levels, Department for Education (DfE) data has shown.
The number of looked-after children in England fell by 0.5%, from 83,760 to 83,630, in the year to March 2024, the first reduction in the care population since 2008.
However, the total is 5,500 more than was the case in 2019, when co

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Lessons from two decades analysing serious case reviews

15-11-2024 11:49

This article is part of a series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to mark Community Care’s 50th anniversary. Previous interviewees include Brid Featherstone, David Howe, June Thoburn, Eileen Munro and Herbert Laming.
Marian Brandon’s social work journey began in a way familiar to most practitioners, with a desire to make a difference.
After graduating in law in the mid-1970s, she began working in a reside

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