Care Quality Commission monitoring deaths in homes
Death rates in care and nursing homes in England are to be monitored by the Care Quality Commission to try to identify problems at an earlier stage. The regulator said
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Carnegie UK Trust calls on Scottish Government to legislate on wellbeing
• Influential report builds on earlier work and looks at how Scotland performs on wellbeing and what it should do next • Scotland seen as a leader in wellbeing but
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UNISON slams the Royal Borough after social workers desert the council
A UNION has claimed the council is struggling to keep social workers after it was revealed there was almost a 50% increase in the amount of agency staff employed in
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Working Group on welfare publishes first report
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed the first independent report of the Expert Working group on Welfare. She also published an initial response to the report and announced the
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Document believed to be the Jillings Report leaked, eBay cancel the listing after concerns raised
A document believed to be a highly confidential report into child sex abuse in North Wales was listed on internet auction site eBay. The Jillings Report – which focused on
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Child poverty set to increase in Scotland
The Deputy First Minister has welcomed official poverty statistics published today that show that the number of children living in relative poverty has fallen in Scotland between 2009-10 and 2011-12.
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£2m research programme for Northern Ireland dementia sufferers
A £2m research programme into the care of people with dementia in Northern Ireland is being launched later. It is being jointly funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Public
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Pledge to pay back wrongly charged care costs
The Scottish government has pledged to refund anyone being wrongly charged for care which should have been free. It comes after BBC Scotland revealed people may be spending thousands of
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Ministers open new £3.8million Cedar Court Supported Housing Scheme
Health Minister Edwin Poots and Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland today jointly opened Cedar Court sheltered housing development in Downpatrick. Cedar Court caters for frail older people and older people
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New health & socail care centre for Glasgow’s southside
A BRAND new health and social care centre is set for East Pollokshields thanks to a joint effort by the NHS and Glasgow city council. Work is due to start
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