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      <title>City Council set to invest more than £7 million to help ensure high quality adult social care</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council is set to agree a multi-million-pound package to support high quality care for adults who need it the most and maintain high performance across its range of care providers.</description>
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      <title>More than 2,000 employees benefit from Social Care Academy in first 12 months</title>
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      <description>More than 2,000 people who care for adults across Staffordshire and Stoke‑on‑Trent have now signed up to access training through a new learning platform.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Council budget prioritises vulnerable residents and invests in key services</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council has set out a draft budget for 2026–27 that prioritises support for vulnerable residents while continuing investment in frontline services and local infrastructure.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Taxi driver fined £1280</title>
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      <description>A taxi driver has been sentenced following a council investigation into his refusal to carry guide dogs accompanying disabled passengers.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Stoke-on-Trent’s head of adult social care to leave council after ‘transformational and successful’ seven years</title>
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      <description>The Corporate Director for Adult Social Care and All Age Commissioning at the council is to take up a new role with one of the biggest authorities in the country.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Casey Commission visit puts council’s groundbreaking approach to dementia services in national spotlight</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s pioneering dementia care services came under the national spotlight as part of a wide-sweeping review into the future of adult social care services.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Stoke-on-Trent launches five-year strategy to reduce domestic abuse</title>
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      <description>A new five-year strategy has been launched to prevent and strengthen the city’s response to domestic abuse.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Adult social care improvement plan to build on success of CQC 'Good' rating</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council is set to approve a new plan to further improve adult social care in the city by building on recent successes.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>£60 million package will provide high quality care for adults and help them live more independent lives</title>
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      <description>Elderly and vulnerable adults in Stoke-on-Trent will continue to be supported to live healthier and more independent lives thanks to a package of measures worth nearly £60 million.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>City council targeting more health checks to disadvantaged communities</title>
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      <description>More people in Stoke-on-Trent will have easier access vital health checks thanks to a new approach to delivering the national NHS Health Check programme.</description>
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