Fourteen charities which provide services in Cornwall will have funding stopped in July affecting hundreds of vulnerable adults across the county. Some of the providers affected include Cornwall Stroke Support,
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A survey of over 100,000 people has found that the majority of GP patients and social care users report a positive experience of their care. However, an overarching finding was
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Baroness Kingsmill’s independent report for the Labour Party paints a disturbing picture of working conditions in the adult care sector. Her findings highlight underlying issues that have not been fully
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Complaints to the local government ombudsman about adult social care in England have more than doubled over the last four years, it has been revealed. Local government ombudsman Jane Martin
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The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have agreed new processes to transfer enquiries, saying that this will make it easier for the public to complain
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The College of Social Work has today launched several key documents outlining the moral and financial case for investing in adult social work. With the current population of ten million
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A consultation has begun to seek views on a new guidance to improve the arrangements for reviewing and learning from cases of adult abuse and neglect in Wales. This work
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A Walsall man has been given no option but to live in an extra care housing scheme – and pay care charges for a service he neither used nor wanted,
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the findings from research into the outcomes of adult protection in Scotland, with particular focus on how service users, family
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Nationally, the ASCOF aims to give an indication of the strengths and weaknesses of social care in delivering better outcomes for people who use services. Locally, one of the key
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