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‘Not shoved miles away’: Cumbrian fight to keep care in the community

The Guardian

Villagers of Staveley want to turn closed care home into facility for older people but have run into council roadblock Shortfall of £2.3bn a year in England’s care homes ‘putting people at risk’ Hospitals are clogged with patients fit for discharge with nowhere to go; care workers are quitting for better pay; almost one in five people aged 70 and over (..)

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Key information about adopting mother not shared before baby’s murder, report finds

The Guardian

Leiland-James Corkill might not have died had agencies collaborated better, investigation concludes Information about drinking, debts and mental health that could have prevented a baby boy being placed with an adopting mother who went on to murder him was not shared between agencies, an investigation has concluded.