Framework will modernise services for adults with long-term illness
Health Minister Edwin Poots has launched a Policy Framework for adults living with long term conditions.
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Category: Care News
Flu outbreak at care home sparks urgent issue of drugs
Every resident in a Londonderry nursing home for vulnerable elderly people is being given flu prevention treatment in the wake of an outbreak of the virus.
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Private equity firm acquires Four Seasons Health Care
Four Seasons, the leading independent provider of health and social care in the UK has announced that private equity firm, Terra Firma has agreed to acquire the company.
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Children in care ‘risk new abuse on return home’
NSPCC calls for much stricter assessment of children’s needs and parents’ problems
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£20m bill for social worker taxis
HARD-UP Scottish social workers spent £20million on taxi fares over the last three years.
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Integration should be social care white paper’s watchword
Greater collaboration between health and social care will mean better value for taxpayers and better outcomes for service users, says John Adams
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SNP accused on kinship carer funds
Labour has called on the First Minister to deliver on a promise to pay kinship carers the same allowances as those given to foster carers.
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Inverclyde health and care chief appointed
THE new chief of Inverclyde Community Health and Care Partnership has been appointed, it was announced today.
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Care Inspectorate staff celebrate RoCA success
CARE inspectors need to be praised for the important role they play in ensuring that our most vulnerable citizens receive quality care and support, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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Homelessness targets ‘face barrier’
The UK double-dip recession and changes to the benefits system could act as a “barrier” to the Scottish Government’s homelessness targets, according to MSPs.
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