Is Britain doing its best for children in care?
The number of children adopted and given new homes has fallen again, partly because of the delays, caution and prejudices built into the system.
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Category: Care News
First 250 Southern Cross homes transferred
A third of Southern Cross care homes have been transferred to new operators, the company has announced.
Labour accused of £400k care home delay
LABOUR councillors have been accused of costing council taxpayers more than £400,000 by delaying the start of the contract handing the running of care homes to a private company.
Southern Cross returns care homes to landlords
Troubled care home operator Southern Cross started to return its care homes to their owners and transfer its back office functions to a new company as it liquidated yesterday.
Social care groups back NAO support for personal budgets
Auditor’s report on benefits of personal budgets and choice in social care markets chimes with care professionals
Fife care homes: plan back to square one after council fails to find private partner
The future of Fife Council’s care homes has been thrown back into uncertainty after the local authority failed to find a suitable provider to take on the service.
Care UK to open first dementia home in Edinburgh
CARE UK is to open a 90-bed residential and dementia care home in Edinburgh, the first in a number that it plans to develop over the next five years.
‘Neglected’ care home to close after critical report
A care home for adults with learning disabilities is to close after being described as “tired looking and neglected” by inspectors.
Scotland in the grip of depression
THE number of Scots prescribed pills to combat depression has soared to record levels, with more than one in ten people now regularly taking antidepressant drugs.
Fears for elderly after home-helps cut by 10 percent
THERE are fears that hundreds of local vulnerable people have been left to fend themselves after it was revealed that the local health board has cut the number of home helps by 136.
