Social care industry on the ‘brink of collapse’
The UK’s care industry is on the “brink of collapse”, according to a report by the public-sector union Unison.
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The UK’s care industry is on the “brink of collapse”, according to a report by the public-sector union Unison.
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Southern Cross, the nation’s biggest private provider of homes for the elderly, is to shed 3,000 staff by October as it struggles to avoid financial collapse.
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Labour leader Ed Miliband has said he wants cross-party talks to resolve the problem of funding adult social care.
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THE son of a frail pensioner with two types of cancer has slammed social services after she fell over in the middle of the night and died alone.
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Council staff may have been been told five times in two months about fears of abuse at Winterbourne View hospital.
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THERE are fears the closure of the Elsie Inglis care home could plunge Edinburgh into a new bed blocking crisis. Since the removal of residents from the Abbeyhill home last month there are around 70 extra people who need to be looked after in a system which is already struggling for space.
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Inspection teams are to be sent into Scottish hospitals in a bid to ensure there is no repeat of the “woefully inadequate” care given to a dementia patient in Dundee.
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VULNERABLE children and adults being trafficked into Scotland for abuse and exploitation are being failed by a criminal justice system that is too slow, a key figure has warned.
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A council breached the Data Protection Act after a home support worker’s bag was stolen containing papers which included sensitive personal information, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today.
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Four out of five dementia patients are wrongly being given “chemical cosh” drugs, leading health bodies have warned.
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