Abuse investigations increasing

The number of council investigations into the abuse of vulnerable adults has increased for the second year in a row.Provisional figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show English local authorities referred 112,000 cases of alleged abuse against vulnerable adults in 2012/13, a rise of 4% from 108,000 the previous year (CCMn…

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