Ventilation at blaze home is criticised
Ventilation systems at a care home where 14 elderly residents died in a fire were badly designed, a building control expert has told the inquiry into the tragedy.
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Category: Care News
Social work boss going to cost council £60,000
The Highland social work chief’s early retirement will cost the council almost £60,000. The arrangements were thrashed out in private at the end of last month’s full council meeting in Inverness.
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Care leaver releases single to highlight ‘forgotten community’
A 21-year-old care leaver has released a single called Keep Dreaming to promote this autumn’s National Care Leavers’ Week.
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Councils should not make placement choices based on cost
Money should not be a barrier to making sure vulnerable looked-after children get the best possible care, according to a 10-month inquiry by the National Assembly for Wales into the placement of children into care.
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Royal British Legion care home in Rhayader saved
The only Royal British Legion (RBL) care home in Wales has been saved from closure. Crosfield House in Rhayader, Powys, is home to about 50 elderly ex-servicemen and others, and employs up to 90 staff.
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Liverpool council imposes recruitment freeze as it deals with ‘financial crisis’
LIVERPOOL council has introduced an immediate recruitment freeze as it grapples with the “biggest financial crisis to hit the city for decades”.
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Call for Great Ormond Street hospital to be investigated
Minister says world-famous children’s hospital should be subject to ‘urgent investigation’ after consultants sign letter of no confidence in chief executive.
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Dignity in Care resource updated
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has produced updated guidance on achieving dignity in care for older people.
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Easy-read website for learning disabled created
Essex County Council has created a new website – www.essexice.com – that offers the support and knowledge so that anyone in Essex can communicate with people with learning disabilities.
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Child’s death would not matter, social services official tells undercover reporter
A senior social services official has said that it would not matter if a child was killed after their case was closed because it would not be the council’s responsibility.
