Cornwall : Disgraced Mental Health Trust Faces Legal Action
A disgraced mental health trust is facing legal action over allegations that it has mis-spent patients’ money.
Read MoreA disgraced mental health trust is facing legal action over allegations that it has mis-spent patients’ money.
Read MoreThe new director of social care for Lichfield and Burntwood is hoping as many people as possible will attend a series of discussion meetings into future provision, the first of which take place today.
Read MoreTributes have been paid to a tireless supporter of the Dorothy House hospice charity who helped raise £500,000 over more than 20 years.
Read MoreA refuge for women fleeing domestic violence is to change hands for the first time in more than 30 years.
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Read MoreStaff and parents have blasted university chiefs for bringing the axe down on a “lifeline” nursery.
Read MoreJobs and services at Wirral Council are expected to be cut to try and fill a £60m funding deficit over the next three years.
Read MoreEighty council posts could be lost in the South Hams and Devon due to a proposed overhaul of adult social services.
{mosimage}Staff and unions are currently being consulted over Devon County Council’s plans for a shake-up of its adult and community services department.
The plans, approved by the council’s executive committee, would see changes to the way adult care in the community is assessed.
David Johnstone, Devon County Council’s director for adult and community services, said any reduction in staffing will be handled sensitively, with the authority first looking to natural wastage, redeployment and retraining opportunities for displaced staff.
He said: “There may be some redundancies, but we have a very effective redeployment and retraining policy so would hope to continue to offer employment to any staff who do not opt for voluntary redundancy.”
A council consultation document sent to service staff called ‘modernising our care management system’ describes how a ‘one size fits all’ approach to everyone having face-to-face assessments has led to ‘high travelling times, delay and high carbon footprint’.
Read MoreA “Nurse of the Year” is leaving her job because of the strain of working for the NHS in an atmosphere of “mistrust and fear”, she said.
Read MoreMost pensioners forced to sell their houses to cover care home bills are charged more than fellow residents paid for by the council, according to a damning Whitehall report.
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