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Council uses VR technology to understand experiences of vulnerable children

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Children’s Services is using virtual reality (VR) technology to improve staff and foster carers’ understanding of domestic abuse, child exploitation and trauma.

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Funding for local authorities to implement adult social care charging reform

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‘Immediate action’ needed to reduce harm to patients from handover delays

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Government accepts most recommendations on response to Covid pandemic

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Diabetes and cardiovascular disease increase dementia risk

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Opinion: Sector leaders need to pick their words on Covid with ‘utmost care’

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NHS leaders offered free resource to help address air pollution

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Government rejects MPs’ warning on early cancer diagnosis

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Westminster Health Forum Policy Conference: Next steps for supporting the social care workforce

Julie Penfold reports exclusively for Social Care Today from the Westminster Health Forum Policy Conference, where experts discuss priorities and next steps for growing the social care workforce and tackling the staffing crisis in social care.