‘Betrayal’ Over Larne Residential Home
EAST Antrim MP Sammy Wilson has accused health chiefs of “absolute betrayal” after the Northern Health and Social Care Trust announced it intends to close Larne’s Lisgarel residential home.
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EAST Antrim MP Sammy Wilson has accused health chiefs of “absolute betrayal” after the Northern Health and Social Care Trust announced it intends to close Larne’s Lisgarel residential home.
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THE OWNER of an elderly care home which was forced by a court to shut down has appealed against the decision.
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Consultants have been called in by Birmingham City Council to find ways to help frail elderly and disabled people live for longer in their own homes.
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Children’s secretary, Ed Balls, has launched a Whitehall-based plan to improve children’s services, following the Baby P case at Haringey.
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TORBAY’s care home industry could be devastated by cost-cutting plans. A £2.13million cut to a £36.6million budget set by mayor Nick Bye for adult social care provision would mean a 5.5 per cent efficiency saving.
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Social workers in Suffolk are to have their workloads slashed, thanks to 50 more staff being recruited in the light of the case of Baby P.
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An overhaul of social work services in Aberdeen was rubber-stamped yesterday as councillors moved to address major failings highlighted by government inspectors.
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If we want to attract and keep people to work as social workers, we need to give them respect for what they do, says Alan Warner.
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The Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW) has appointed Pagoda PR to build awareness and understanding of the role of social work services in Scotland.
A multimillion-pound care home for dementia sufferers will be built in Aberdeen this year. The £6million facility in the city’s Rubislaw Park Road is to be built by the Church of Scotland’s social care arm, CrossReach.
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