Ambulance Staff May Get Right To Refuse Patients
Paramedics could be given the right to refuse to pick up patients who call ambulances for minor problems, under plans announced by the health minister Andy Burnham.
Read MoreParamedics could be given the right to refuse to pick up patients who call ambulances for minor problems, under plans announced by the health minister Andy Burnham.
Read MoreA child who was given the wrong vaccination because of a mix-up over names and a new mother who almost bled to death following poor treatment at an acute hospital are among complaints received by England’s health watchdog, its first report on patients’ concerns reveals.
Read MoreThe British Red Cross has launched a new online shop enabling medical professionals and the public to choose from an extensive range of Independent Living products and gadgets to help older and disabled people maintain their independence.
Read MoreRecent newspaper headlines have suggested that doctors’ pay is responsible for the financial crisis in the NHS. In this week’s BMJ, two experts go head to head over whether the remuneration is justified.
Read MoreReforms to urgent care services are overlooking GPs in favour of non-medically qualified staff, the BMA says. Urgent care is defined as the range of services for people with problems which require urgent attention, but which are generally not-life threatening.
Read MoreThe number of people claiming incapacity benefit because of mental illness has reached an all-time high of 1.1m, say the Conservatives. Figures obtained by the Tories show a huge rise in the numbers of people with drug and alcohol problems or suffering from stress and depression.
Read MoreThe General Social Care Council (GSCC) has registered the 90,000th registrant on the Social Care Register. The Social Care Register enables people who use social care services and the public to check that social care workers are trained, accountable and of good character.
Read MoreA Conduct Committee of the General Social Care Council (GSCC) has decided the case of a social worker from Scunthorpe who was alleged to have breached the Code of Practice for Social Care Workers by engaging in inappropriate relationships with service users.
Read MoreAbused children have been left in “high risk” situations and those assaulted sexually forced to wait months for therapy due to a catalogue of failures by social workers, a damning report has revealed.
{mosimage}Two senior council officials resigned yesterday after inspectors exposed an appalling picture of neglect and incompetence affecting some of Scotland’s most vulnerable young children.
The investigation into child protection services provided by Midlothian Council outlined a series of failings at the council, including a lack of resources, training and proper planning for the care of children, many of whom are victims of sexual and domestic violence.
As Danny Molloy, the councillor responsible for social work, health and housing, and Malcolm McEwan, the local authority’s director of social work, stood down in the wake of the revelations, child care experts insisted the failings were not restricted to Midlothian and warned children across the country were at risk.
The Midlothian report by HM Inspectorate of Education found social workers failed to keep in contact with children at “immediate risk” and heavy workloads meant the children were exposed to the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.
It pointed to children being left in “high risk” situations and said those in local authority care or on the child protection register were not always seen regularly by social work staff.
Read MoreVulnerable children were left at risk of serious abuse and neglect after a breakdown in the management of a council’s social work department, according to a damning official report.
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