£17m hub centre is ‘a first’ for health and social care
A STATE-OF-THE-ART health and care centre has been officially opened by health secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
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Category: Care News
Inquiry told of fears for bridge girl
A MENTAL health expert has told how advice not to move a teenager to an open care home was ignored by senior managers months before the girl apparently threw herself to her death.
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Sacked children’s boss Jill Baker loses unfair dismissal claim against Salford council
A children’s services boss who was sacked following a toddler’s death has lost her claim for unfair and wrongful dismissal.
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Noro Virus found at Wisham care home
CONCERN has been raised following a second suspected outbreak of norovirus in just a few months at a Wishaw care home.
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‘Breakthrough’ autism satellite school opens in Scotland
The National Autistic Society in Scotland has launched a ground-breaking new satellite school for children with autism in Scotland.
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Care home protest on hold as council reconsiders plans
RESIDENTS campaigning against a former school being turned into a care home face an unexpected wait as councillors delay on making a decision.
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Anger over plans to move 60 health jobs out of Derry
Government plans for 60 NHS jobs to be taken out of Londonderry have been branded “scandalous”.
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Northern Ireland health and social care management costs too high
Northern Ireland Audit Office says that it expected greater savings in management and administration costs after 2008 reforms
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Ambitious plans for 4 new care homes tabled
THE first of four new elderly care homes due to be built at a cost of millions of pounds could open less than two years from now.
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365 Neath Port Talbot careworkers’ jobs safe
NEARLY 400 care workers transferring to a new boss have been told their jobs will be protected. Neath Port Talbot Council has agreed a 25-year contract that will see Gwalia taking over its residential and respite care, and its supported housing.
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