A generation of elderly people face a “tragedy” of worsening care after the number of nursing home companies collapsing through lack of funds doubled in a year, research has found.

Southern Cross joined by more than 70 smaller companies as care crisis widens

Government-led policies on alcohol throughout the UK have been branded a joke by the chief executive of the charity the British Liver Trust.

Recent court case will be first of many, according to the service provider for over 50s

New website aims to provide residents with information on health and social care services in the area

Report into death of disabled woman killed by ‘friends’ concludes murder not predictable but agencies missed ‘number of opportunities’ to intervene

A new charity, Obesity Action Campaign!, is being launched today at the House of Lords, to address the major issue of obesity in today’s society which is costing £½billion with wider costs climbing to £2billion.
 

Former nurses are being encouraged to re-start their careers by Jersey’s health and social services department.

A hospital service for kidney transplant patients has been suspended because the staff all called in sick.

JUST 12 hours after the announcement that the owners of Fleet Valley Care Home in Gatehouse had gone into administration, it was confirmed that a new owner was already lined up.