Haringey care home closures put on hold by scrutiny committee
THE CLOSURE of four residential homes for the elderly and people with learning difficulties must be reconsidered, a panel of councillors said today.
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THE CLOSURE of four residential homes for the elderly and people with learning difficulties must be reconsidered, a panel of councillors said today.
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Sixteen people were rescued after a fire broke out in a care home in south London.
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New study also finds that such individuals are significantly less likely to respond to psychological or drug-based treatments
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SOCIAL workers have been criticised for using £10,000 of a pensioner’s savings to pay for personal care the local authority should have funded.
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AN experimental Scottish project in which police refer young gang members directly for intensive support from a local charity has achieved dramatic results by cutting offending in half.
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A NURSE faces being struck off over a catalogue of vile verbal assaults aimed at elderly patients in her care.
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The north’s top social work official has left local people in no doubt that while the Beachview Unit in Brora, which provides day care services for adults with learning disabilities, may not be in line for closure, its role WILL definitely change.
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BORDERS users of Choices Care have been promised their services will be retained – despite the firm going into administration, writes Kenny Paterson.
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THE owners of a care home where inspectors found “appalling hygiene” must make immediate improvements or face further action.
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A social worker who was banned from practising by the General Social Care Council has won an appeal against removal from the social care register.
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