Elderly Care ‘Set To Deteriorate’
Elderly care services could go from “bad to worse” unless the government provides more money and overhauls the system, a charity has warned.
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Elderly care services could go from “bad to worse” unless the government provides more money and overhauls the system, a charity has warned.
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A former director of a care home charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice appeared in court today.
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BRAIN surgery is to continue at four hospitals across Scotland, after plans to centralise services were rejected, it was announced yesterday.
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The family of a girl who was left blind and suffering from severe brain damage when doctors in Bristol took more than 20 minutes to resuscitate her has won £4.1 million in compensation.
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For many elderly people, staying at home alone is preferable to making a move to a care home. That’s a mistake. Andrew Chilvers, from www.bettercaring.com, a unique consumer website that
Read MoreA culture change is needed if care homes are to help residents find their way back into society. Andrew Chilvers, from www.bettercaring.com, a unique consumer website that combines a comprehensive
Read MoreA Former Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Marines who now runs a Gloucester charity home for the mentally-ill has denied assaulting his deputy manager at a heated staff meeting.
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A VICTIM of child abuse at care homes in Wales is seeking compensation after a landmark House of Lords ruling.
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Prozac, the bestselling antidepressant taken by 40 million people worldwide, does not work and nor do similar drugs in the same class, according to a major review released today.
The study examined all available data on the drugs, including results from clinical trials that the manufacturers chose not to publish at the time. The trials compared the effect on patients taking the drugs with those given a placebo or sugar pill.
When all the data was pulled together, it appeared that patients had improved – but those on placebo improved just as much as those on the drugs.
The only exception is in the most severely depressed patients, according to the authors – Prof Irving Kirsch from the department of psychology at Hull University and colleagues in the US and Canada. But that is probably because the placebo stopped working so well, they say, rather than the drugs having worked better.
Read MoreThe government says it will recruit 4,000 extra midwives in England by 2012 to relieve pressure on overstretched maternity services.
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