Plymouth Man Accused Of Care Home Abuse
A nurse accused of ‘malicious abuse and violence’ towards Plymouth care home residents was yesterday told he will remain banned from the profession pending a full hearing.
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A nurse accused of ‘malicious abuse and violence’ towards Plymouth care home residents was yesterday told he will remain banned from the profession pending a full hearing.
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An innovative new scheme has been tested in Yorkshire to highlight the experiences that people with learning disabilities encounter in hospitals.
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Scores of hospital departments such as maternity units and cancer clinics will be closed or merged across the country under plans for a radical shake-up of the NHS.
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A new deal for 300,000 disabled survivors of a life-threatening stroke was put in place today. Health ministers handed over £77m from the NHS budget to support the rehabilitation of survivors by local authority social services in England.
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The number of people with dementia in the UK could soar to over 20 million in less than 20 years, according to the Alzheimer’s Society.
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A MAN who continued to beat, terrorise and sexually molest two little sisters – even though social workers and a teacher expressed their concerns – has been jailed for ten years.
Judge Lord Kinclaven told Norman Carden: “The word abuse is barely adequate to describe the despicable conduct set out in these charges.”
A court heard how Carden made the sisters fight each other, made them dance naked for his friends, thrashed one girl with a belt and subjected them to a variety of other horrors – including rubbing their faces in dog dirt before making them clear it up.
Carden also exposed himself to the girls and made them perform sex acts. Social workers frequently visited the girls – who were three when the abuse started – and expressed concerns.
Read MoreMYSTERY surrounds the sudden closure of a Glenrothes help agency. Citizens Advice and Rights Fife has closed its Glenrothes office Citizens Advice and Rights Fife said it had been forced to shut its town branch because of “circumstances beyond our control” – but has not revealed what these are.
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THE manager of a sheltered housing scheme fears she has lost her job and her home – for caring too much.
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Round the clock care for dementia patients will be provided by a new Worcestershire facility if a charity’s plans become a reality.
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A Care worker accused of hitting an 86-year-old woman in the face was cleared yesterday after medical experts agreed that her injuries could have been caused accidentally.
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