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85% of UK businesses vote for a paperless office

Automating Accounts Payable functions to boost efficiency and reduce costs is key, according to new research on the...

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Peterborough extra care and food service contracts announced

Housing 21 and Elior UK have been appointed by Axiom Housing Association to deliver services to their exciting new...

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Judge criticises social workers after mother killed two-year-old daughter

A judge today criticised social workers for not helping a young mother who killed her two-year-old daughter. ...

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Community Fundraiser en route to 1500 mile 'pilgrim' for Whizz-Kidz

Gareth Thomas, from Kent, passed by Westminster Cathedral today and was blessed on his 1,500 mile journey - in aid of...

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Charlotte Church backs Welsh Assembly breastfeeding campaign

Charlotte Church spoke today about the joy and the pain of breastfeeding her eight-month-old daughter Ruby. The...

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Carer spared jailed for trying to kill chronically-ill husband

A carer who strangled her chronically-ill husband with a dressing gown cord, pushed him into a bath and beat him with...

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Black Country Housing Group wins patient involvement contract

A community regeneration agency has won a £175,000 contract to supply Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council...

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Government launches national debate on future of social care

Health Secretary Alan Johnson today launched an intense six-month debate about the future shape of care and support...

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Call for 'radical change' in social care over £6 billion funding gap

Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for "radical change" in social care amid claims the system in England is...

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Tesco Chairman Appointed Trustee Chair of Whizz-Kidz

The Chairman of Tesco PLC, David Reid, has been appointed the new Chair of the Trustee board at children’s...

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University of Leicester to lead audit of adults with autism

Barnet Council's successful child weight loss programmes seek new recruits

fpa responds to the Department of Health pilot study on early medical abortions in community medical settings

Number of adults with autism to be counted for first time

Young people 'confused over cannabis'

Government to toughen up cannabis laws

Funding to enable every council to appoint Stroke Care Co-ordinator

Home Secretary 'to press' on with cannabis reclassification

Health Secretary rejects call for lower abortion limit

New discovery on role of vital protein that fights meningitis

Babies born to HIV mothers 'can be free from disease'

The i-House that thinks for itself

Broomwell’s Life-Saving Cardiac Telemedicine Solution Wins Prestigious NHS Award

Asthma sufferers face 'unacceptable' postcode lottery

Campaigners to demand 'less casual approach' to abortion

Two media giants from opposite ends of the political spectrum are set to make Charity Communications ’08 a must-attend event

NHS Trusts Across the Country Win Innovative Technology Award for Telehealth Solutions

Government reveals seven 'Common Core Principles' of social care

Sanctuary Group’s new specialist care home

Thirty Birmingham school pupils test positive for TB