‘No excuse’ for care service failures, says health minister
Health minister Norman Lamb has said there is “no excuse” for the further mistreatment of patients moved from failed care home Winterbourne View.
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Health minister Norman Lamb has said there is “no excuse” for the further mistreatment of patients moved from failed care home Winterbourne View.
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In the wake of the Jimmy Savile case and other ‘household names’ being investigated for alleged sexual abuse, the Education Secretary Michael Gove has said that he wants the brightest graduates to go into social services.
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Ed Miliband is expected to announce he is launching a mental health taskforce today and call for more integration between health and social care.
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A new day centre for adults with learning disabilities is opening in Lincoln. Busy Days is being set up by Pat Andrewartha, 58, of Lincoln after her sister, who attended Ancaster Day Centre, in Boundary Street, Lincoln, lost her day care.
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Care home officials have confirmed a Flintshire nursing home has been placed under special scrutiny following the death of a resident last month.
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The Winterbourne View scandal has shown the need for a new offence of “corporate wilful neglect” to prosecute care home-owners for allowing abuse to go on behind closed doors, the former care minister has said.
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More facilities for unpaid work as a criminal punishment are to open in the region. Dumfries and Galloway Council has already opened two workshops for unpaid work in Dumfries and Stranraer and now the Social Work Committee has been told of plans to open more facilities around the region.
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FORMAL complaints about the standard of care provided to vulnerable and elderly residents have increased by seven per cent in a year – but the true number of concerns is still likely to be “much higher.”
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TWENTY-FIVE new social workers will be recruited by Worcestershire County Council as part of the biggest ever shake-up of children’s services.
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Edinburgh’s Liberal Democrat MP, Mike Crockart, will be swapping his day job tomorrow and taking to the shop floor in a bid to encourage more people to volunteer for Barnardo’s Scotland.
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