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Judge approves unlawful placement for girl, 13, at risk of suicide

The Guardian

Mr Justice Poole says lack of therapeutic homes for children is ‘scandalous’ as he sanctions unregulated accommodation A 13-year-old girl at risk of suicide and in the care of Manchester city council has languished in hospital for more than three months due to a lack of suitable placements anywhere in the country.

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Manchester to open two homes for vulnerable children stuck in hospital

The Guardian

City council aims to undercut private operators and house children with complex needs rejected by other homes Manchester 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.

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Let the Bodies Pile review – awkward effort to hold government to account over Covid

The Guardian

Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Henry Naylor’s well-intentioned drama about deaths in care homes lets anger cloud its judgment Hyde, Manchester, in the 1990s. Was that act on the part of the UK government really all that different from Harold Shipman murdering 250 patients or more?

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Care Act duties ‘permanently undermined’ by widespread breaches during Covid, argues study

Community Care

Authorities across England cut provision to people needing care and support and carers, for example, by closing day centres or reducing respite services, without making use of the so-called Care Act easements, found the research by the University of Manchester. Legal analysis of the operation of the easements.

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MQ Mental Health Data Science Meeting: Inequality, diversity and representativeness

MQ Mental Health

On 22nd September from 12 noon UK time, MQ will host its online Mental Health Data Science meeting. #MQDataScience meetings provide a forum for the mental health data science community to share findings and best practice, and highlight the best work in the field.

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Social work's vital role in disaster situations

Social Work With Adults

Since the tragedies of Grenfell and the Manchester Arena bombings, so much work has been done by social workers and others in the social care sector to support our profession in this vital area. It is the first book to be published focusing on the role of UK social workers in disasters.

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Social care leaders hailed in New Year Honours

Community Care

Others honoured this year include: Paula Hudgell, foster carer with Kent council (OBE for services to children); Andrea Street, deputy director at the Welsh Government (OBE for services to health and social care); Shadim Hussain, chief executive, My Foster Family (MBE for services to equality and the foster care system); Sarah Johal, strategic leader, (..)

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