Latest Safeguarding News
First codes of practice and guidance published, on new duties for tech firms under the UK’s Online Safety Act
Source: Ofcom published on this site Wednesday 18 December 2024 by Jill Powell
Ofcom has, four months ahead of the statutory deadline, published its first-edition codes of practice and guidance on tackling illegal harms – such as terror, hate, fraud, child sexual abuse and assisting or encouraging suicide[ – under the UK’s Online Safety Act.
The Act places new safety duties on soc...
Read More..........Make sure you have a #FraudFreeXmas: Action Fraud reveal 12 fraud types to look out for this Christmas
Source: Action Fraud published on this website Tuesday 10 December 2024 by Jill Powell
People celebrating this festive season are being encouraged to have a #FraudFreeXmas and stay alert to fraudsters taking advantage of the time of year, as Action Fraud reveal the 12 frauds of Christmas.
Make sure you have a #FraudFreeXmas: Action Fraud reveal 12 fraud types to look out for this Christmas...
Read More..........Self-healing practitioner jailed for gross negligence manslaughter after death of diabetic woman
Source: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published on this website Monday 9 December 2024 by Jill Powell
A man convicted of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of a 71-year-old diabetic woman at a ‘slapping therapy’ workshop has been jailed.
Hongchi Xiao, 61, from California, USA, had promoted the practice as a ‘cure’ for diabetes at the workshop in Seend, Wiltshire in 2016.
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Read More..........National review into child sexual abuse within the family environment
Source: Child Safeguarding Review Panel published on this site Wednesday 27 November 2024
The national review analysed 136 serious child safeguarding incidents, and 41 related serious case reviews (SCRs) and local child safeguarding practice reviews (LCSPRs).
It explores the specific challenges which feature in the identification, assessment, and response to child sexual abuse within the family ...
Read More..........Mencap responds to the Mental Health Bill
Source: Mencap published on this website Thursday 7 November 2024 by Jill Powell
Jon Sparkes, OBE, Chief Executive of learning disability charity Mencap, said: “This Bill can’t come soon enough for the 2,000 people with a learning disability and/or autism who are stuck in mental health hospitals right now, as well as those at risk of admission. “Reforming the Act i...
Read More..........Ofsted publishes updates to school inspection handbooks
Source: Ofsted published on this website Tuesday 17 September 2024 by Jill Powell
From this term state-funded schools will not receive an overall effectiveness grade during graded inspections, following the decision by the Department for Education. This change has been reflected in the handbooks.
The handbooks have also been updated to reflect the previously announced changes to ungraded in...
Read More..........Food businesses prosecuted for failing to protect customers with allergies
Source: Lancashire County Council published on this website Friday 9 August 2024 by Jill Powell
Two recent prosecutions highlight Trading Standards' vital work to ensure that food premises focus on the importance of food allergies.
All food businesses in the UK have a legal responsibility to provide accurate allergen information to all customers that request it, and ultimately to provide food th...
Read More..........Headteacher guilty of harassment
Source Norfolk Police published on this website Friday 19 July 2024 by Jill Powell
A Norfolk headteacher has been found guilty of harassing a colleague who said she lived in constant fear of his reprimands and hounding. Gregory Hill, age 48, of Valley Way, Fakenham, appeared at Great Yarmouth Magistrates’ Court Thursday 18 July 2024 and was found guilty of one count of harassment between 12...
Read More..........Childminder jailed for killing baby Harlow Collinge
Source: Lancashire Constabulary published on this website Friday 14 June 2024 by Jill Powell
A childminder has on 13th June been jailed for killing a baby under her care in Hapton.
Baby Harlow Collinge suffered injuries consistent with being violently shaken by defendant Karen Foster at her former home in Mill Lane.
Colleagues at the North West Ambulance Service were called at 1.19pm...
Read More..........Former police officer charged with rape
Source: Kent Police published on this website Wednesday 12 June 2024 by Jill Powell
A former Kent Police officer has been charged with rape, sexual assault and misconduct in a public office.
Jamie Woodhams was the subject of an investigation by detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate after a report made to the force in October 2022.
The 51-year-old, of Ashford, ha...
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