Legal update: Care providers: Strong leadership is the key to raising standards in the care sector
Abuse and neglect scandals show the danger of care facilities that lack proper risk management strategies.
The care sector has received unwelcome attention in the last few years, and it shows no sign of abating. The dark cloud of Winterbourne View – the private hospital at which a horrific abuse scandal
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