Ex-care home manager acquitted of neglect charges
Miss Chan Teeluck of Stone, Dartford and ex-Manager of care home, Shakti Lodge, Dartford was today acquitted of four counts of neglect.
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Scottish third sector budget down from £27m to £24.5m a year until 2015
Announcement by John Swinney of the Scottish government says funding for Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator will also be cut
Early years charities share £6.8m
Twenty four children’s charities in Scotland are to benefit from a £6.8 million fund aimed at supporting vulnerable families early on.
Former Glasgow City Council worker faces being struck off over obscene emails
A SOCIAL worker faces being struck off after admitting sending sexually explicit emails to female colleagues. Derek Cullen, 57, was axed from his post at Glasgow City Council last year after almost 40 years when bosses discovered his behaviour.
Concern over ‘early wake up call’ for elderly
Elderly and disabled residents in north and north west Sutherland will be forced to get up as early as 7am as a result of changes to the local authority’s Care at Home Service, it is claimed.
A ‘criminal’ waste of £40m say angry MSPs
MORE must be done to tackle the “staggering” waste of up to £40 million a year in the criminal justice system, including cutting reoffending rates, MSPs have warned.
Funding boost for victims of abuse
More than half a million pounds will be used to tackle the long term damage caused by domestic abuse.
New residential care home to bring 100 jobs to village
A new £3m residential care facility in Dunmurry is to create 100 jobs. The 44-bed Kilwee Care Home in Cloona Park in the village was officially opened by the Mayor of Lisburn, Councillor Brian Heading.
Decline in social care component of Community Mental Health teams
A Swansea University research project investigating the structure and effectiveness of community mental health teams has found that service users may be lacking the support from social workers that they require.
Assistant care branded ‘a disgrace’
Patients are being put at risk because the NHS is employing a growing number of unregulated and untrained healthcare assistants, according to the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing.
