The Food Standard Agency's Food Safety Week started yesterday, and this year the focus is on preparing and cooking raw chicken. The reason? Splashing water from washing chicken can spread campylobacter – a food bug responsible for most cases of food poisoning. The easiest way to protect yourself is to follow ...
The Victorian law that governs how child neglect is defined is to be updated by bringing forward the Serious Crime Bill. The criminal law on child neglect has not changed for 80 years. It is based on the Poor Law Amendment Act 1868 and its replacement, the Children and Young Persons ...
EduCare's new Mental Capacity course introduces the fundamentals of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), and covers the purpose of the MCA, to whom it applies and its five core principles. The course provides a basic awareness of the Mental Capacity Act, as well as the ...
A new study reveals a link between adverse childhood experiences and health-harming behaviours in adulthood. A new study reveals a link between adverse childhood experiences and health-harming behaviours in adulthood. The survey of 3,885 English adults shows that a substantial proportion of people in England have experienced stressful events as children that ...
Female genital mutilation (FGM) was declared illegal as long ago as 1985, and yet this year there are still 24,000 girls and young women at risk of FGM, with over 66,000 UK victims living with the consequences. FGM is physical, emotional and sexual abuse, so it is important that everyone who ...
