The NHS Confederation Mental Health Network has responded to the CSCI and Healthcare Commission report into performance of adult specialist community mental health services. Director, Steve Shrub said:
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One of Scotland’s largest social housing organisations has a new chief executive. Taroub Zahran has been appointed at Glasgow Housing Association, the body which took over Glasgow City Council’s housing stock.
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Scotland’s First Minister, Rt. Hon. Alex Salmond MSP, has officially opened Park Court, in Ellon, a mixed community housing development by Margaret Blackwood Housing Association. Speaking at the development, Mr Salmond said:
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A ward at the Erne Hospital has been closed due to an outbreak of MRSA. A Western Health and Social Care Trust spokeswoman said there were ten confirmed cases of the bug.
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Hundreds of striking social care workers in Glasgow today staged a massive unofficial rally. Around 500 defiant staff gathered at lunchtime in George Square after council chiefs refused their request to hold a demonstration.
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A hospital which is riddled with asbestos and does not meet fire safety standards will cost £250m to put right, health officials claim. Plans to bring Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Denbighshire, up to scratch are to go to the Welsh Assembly Government.
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Two healthcare watchdogs have praised the improvements in mental healthcare, but call for greater involvement of people who use the services in decisions about their own care. The Healthcare Commission
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Awarding body ASET has just added two new NVQs to its rapidly expanding Health & Social Care Portfolio. ASET Level 2 NVQ in Support Services in Health Care and ASET Level 4 NVQ for Registered Managers (Adults) are now available for Centres.
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A 17-year-old girl and two men have been jailed for “bullying to death” a vulnerable man in Cornwall. Steven Hoskin, 38, of St Austell, was tortured and then taken to a viaduct and forced to hang from railings.
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Drinking just one pint of beer or a large glass of wine every day increases your risk of developing bowel cancer by 10 per cent, experts have said. Those who drink three to four units a day increased their risk of developing bowel cancer by up to a quarter, research has found.
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