Motherwell is consolidating a global reputation for supporting people with dementia following another high profile visit from overseas. Earlier this year a delegation from Norway’s national Health Association visited the
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The Scottish government has sought reassurances from Bupa about the levels of care at the Pentland Hill Care Home in Edinburgh. The home, which is run by Bupa, is being
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Domestic abuse cases throughout Scotland will be co-ordinated by a newly-created national prosecutor appointed to improve the way such crimes are tackled, it was announced today. Anne Marie Hicks has
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A SPECIALIST care home is due to open on the outskirts of Romsey in 2015. Hampshire-based Hartford Care is behind the 60-bed scheme at Abbotswood and it is part of
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A TRUST will be set up to take responsibility for protecting children in Doncaster after the local authority secured significant concessions from the Government over how the new system will
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More must be done to retain social workers demoralised by three critical reports about children’s services in Northamptonshire, a watchdog head says. Kevin Crompton, the independent chair of the county’s
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An investigation into the sexual exploitation of 22 vulnerable young people in Northern Ireland is just the “tip of the iceberg”, according to the children’s charity, Barnardo’s. It began after
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A trade union has it out after it was revealed the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust spent over £3m on travel and accommodation for its patients. The trust, one
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Leading care organisations have backed a new ‘Social Care Commitment’ that care workers will be asked to sign up to as a mark of their professionalism. The Department of Health
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The Care Quality Commission has told carehome.co.uk that from now on, it will watch all footage filmed in secret by families concerned over the standards of care their relatives are
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