BBC News have written an article based on the data from the Freedom of Information request submitted by the BBC Radio 4 programme, File on 4.

The article talks about the vast number of allegations of abuse made against carers working in people's homes across the UK, with File on 4 discovering that prosecutions were rare, with just 700 of the 23,428 alerts resulting in police involvement and only 15 prosecutions overall.

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Article published by the BBC: 28th February 2017

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