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Experts say act has delivered improvements but inadequate resourcing has caused unmet need, workforce shortfalls and increased strain on carers
There is a widespread - but wrong - assumption that you need a person's consent before undertaking a safeguarding adults enquiry
There will be no reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 before the next election, due in 2024 or early 2025, the government has confirmed.
The Home Office has been housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels unlawfully since December 2021, the High Court has ruled.
From a social worker's goodbye to a care leaver they had been supporting to the staggering value of unpaid carers, here's the week's news in social work