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We are now calling on local councils in England to get in touch with their local Healthwatch if they have concerns over non-regulated services

Citizens Advice says these issues can sometimes be linked to health conditions, but argues that in most cases GPs are not best placed to provide this kind of social support.

Read our response to the report.

Read our response to the latest statistics.

It is the fifth in a series of national children’s dental health surveys that have been carried out every ten years since 1973.

Care home residents and other social care users struggle to get the support they need when it comes to complaining about the quality of care they receive.

The report reveals that a “lethal mix” of failings at almost every level led to the unnecessary deaths of one mother and 11 babies in the maternity unit of a Cumbrian hospital.

They recommend that women giving birth should have one-to-one care with a midwife and advise hospital boards to monitor staffing levels and ensure sufficient staff to provide safe care for new mothers and their babies.

The report suggests that repeated errors, a failure to learn lessons contributed to the non-natural deaths of hundreds of people with mental health conditions detained in psychiatric hospitals, prisons and police cells.