Plymouth Man Accused Of Care Home Abuse
A nurse accused of ‘malicious abuse and violence’ towards Plymouth care home residents was yesterday told he will remain banned from the profession pending a full hearing.
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A nurse accused of ‘malicious abuse and violence’ towards Plymouth care home residents was yesterday told he will remain banned from the profession pending a full hearing.
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An innovative new scheme has been tested in Yorkshire to highlight the experiences that people with learning disabilities encounter in hospitals.
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A Care worker accused of hitting an 86-year-old woman in the face was cleared yesterday after medical experts agreed that her injuries could have been caused accidentally.
Read MoreA CARE worker at a nursing home hit a wheelchair-bound pensioner and used soiled water to clean another resident’s teeth.
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Round the clock care for dementia patients will be provided by a new Worcestershire facility if a charity’s plans become a reality.
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THE manager of a sheltered housing scheme fears she has lost her job and her home – for caring too much.
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THREE residents of a Greater Manchester care home at the centre of a police investigation died within weeks of each other, a coroner heard. But the inquest ruled there was no evidence that neglect led to any of the deaths.
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Scores of hospital departments such as maternity units and cancer clinics will be closed or merged across the country under plans for a radical shake-up of the NHS.
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A new deal for 300,000 disabled survivors of a life-threatening stroke was put in place today. Health ministers handed over £77m from the NHS budget to support the rehabilitation of survivors by local authority social services in England.
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The additional £40 million per year identified by Lord Sutherland as vital for the delivery of free personal and nursing care across Scotland will be met by the Scottish Government, it was confirmed today.
The additional funding was announced by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Nicola Sturgeon in her response to Lord Sutherland’s independent review of Free Personal and Nursing Care policy.
Ms Sturgeon advised the Scottish Parliament that all the recommendations made by Lord Sutherland have been accepted, and will form part of a wider package of measures being developed with local government.
These include:
* additional funding of £40 million per year to local authorities from 2009/10
* legislation to clarify charging for food preparation and
* a more open and transparent system that explains how access to free personal and nursing care is managed