Care Quality Commission hit by ‘no confidence’ petition
Workers in the residential care home sector have signed a petition of no confidence in the industry regulator – the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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Workers in the residential care home sector have signed a petition of no confidence in the industry regulator – the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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Pensioners must face up to “the nasty truth” that all but the poorest will have to pay for their own elderly care, a minister has warned.
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CONTROVERSIAL plans to use a £420,000 bequest to convert a substandard care home into a healthy living centre, complete with spa and gym, for pensioners in the Galashiels area have been ditched following a three-month public consultation, writes Andrew Keddie.
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A YOUNG boy was so “malnourished and unkempt” that he kept fainting in class after failures by a Scottish social work boss, a misconduct panel has heard.
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The Care Council for Wales has launched a major consultation exercise into plans to overhaul post-qualification social work training. The plans propose establishing clearer career pathways and ongoing qualification requirements for registered social workers.
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A man who saw a 14-year-old girl fall to her death with a friend from a bridge has described the pair’s final moments.
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A NURSING home assistant is behind bars after a court heard how she tightened a skirt around an 80-year-old resident’s throat and threatened her.
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Swingeing frontloaded government cuts to council funding have led to an average 8.4% cut in budgets for adult social care budgets this year. This could be a devastating blow to a care system which is now in crisis, Labour Shadow Ministers have said today.
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A NEW care provider has been appointed by St Helens Council to take over the domiciliary care work for around 250 sick and elderly people across the borough.
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Events over the last few weeks have highlighted unacceptably poor levels of care provided in some residential services by those trusted to care and support vulnerable people, writes SSSC convener, Gerry Coutts.
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