Learning Networks Update
Cathy Macnaughton of the Scottish Practice Learning Project introduces Scotland’s four social service Learning Networks. Four Learning Networks have been established in Scotland to assist in the development of a
Read MoreCathy Macnaughton of the Scottish Practice Learning Project introduces Scotland’s four social service Learning Networks. Four Learning Networks have been established in Scotland to assist in the development of a
Read MoreA row has erupted between the country’s largest health sector unions over the new pay campaign launched by the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO). Impact, which represents 26,000 health workers, has criticised the INO in a letter to health employers over the claim lodged by nurses in the wake of the social partnership agreement. The correspondence – seen by The Sunday Business Post – attacks the style of campaign being waged by the nurses union, led by Liam Doran, which is seeking to establish a differential between nurses and social care workers represented by Impact.
Read MoreHealth Minister Paul Goggins has announced a major reform of the way health and social care services will be delivered in the future. The main aim is to get as many people cared for in their homes and communities, rather than in hospital beds.
Read MoreA third of all care homes in Merseyside have closed in the last four years as a result of a growing financial crisis and care home owners in Liverpool have warned they could all fold within a decade if funding issues are not urgently addressed.
Read MoreSpecialist emotional support for children who have witnessed domestic abuse is now being provided in Sedgefield borough. Sedgefield Community Safety Partnership is supporting the new service provided by the Domestic Abuse Outreach Centre, No 31 & SODA (Survivors Of Domestic Abuse) and delivered by Sedgefield Borough Council. National statistics identify that in 90% of incidents of domestic violence a child or children are present or in an adjacent room.
Read MoreThe appointment of a new independent adviser to the Department for Work and Pensions on child poverty was announced today by Minister for Welfare Reform Jim Murphy. Speaking at a visit to Rokeby Boys’ School in East London, he said that Lisa Harker would be working closely with the DWP reviewing the department’s policies and to help progress towards the ambitious target of eradicating child poverty by 2020.
Read More{mosimage} The opportunities for carers to influence the services that affect them can depend entirely on the cultures of their local authorities and primary care trusts. In a new position paper Working together: Carer participation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has identified that while ‘carer participation’ has been on many agendas for some time, there is a lack of definitions or any shared understanding of what it should actually mean. The paper – based on a UK wide practice survey and a review of available literature – found that many organisations don’t differentiate between participation and consultation, resulting in carers being consulted about decisions rather than involved in making them.
Read MoreMore carers are needed to work with elderly and disabled people in Cambridgeshire. Plans are being made to boost the number of people working in social care in the region, with the county council sending a team of experts who already work as carers to tell students about their jobs.
Read MoreTwenty public sector bodies in the West Country aim to start implementing a system to share social care records electronically this summer. More than 10,000 staff across the 20 organisations will have access to the records of anyone with an assessment history living in Devon or Cornwall.
Read MoreThe poor standard of care and inadequate staffing levels at a nursing home contributed to the death of a pensioner, a sheriff said yesterday. George Fairlie, 74, a resident at the Alexandra Nursing Home in Paisley, died in October 2002, after contracting “preventable” gangrene in hospital following what his family claimed was sustained neglect by the care home’s management. Sheriff David Pender’s fatal accident inquiry report said tests following Mr Fairlie’s admission to hospital showed he was “severely dehydrated and malnourished” and, as a result, his blood pressure had dropped so low that it was “barely compatible with life”.
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