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NHS to use trusted suppliers list to get medically fit patients out of hospital beds

By Ella Pickover, Reporter2nd August 2023News England

NHS officials have created a one-stop shop so hospitals in England can find companies which can help them get medically fit patients out of hospital beds. NHS Shared Business Services

Complaints about care services see increase of 85% in decade, says Care Inspectorate

By The Press Association1st August 2023News Scotland

Complaints about care services reached a 10-year high last year – with complaints about homes for older people making up more than two fifths of them. The latest report from

Data reveals reasons for delays in discharging hundreds of hospital patients

By Ian Jones and Storm Newton, Reporters25th July 2023News England

Hundreds of patients are taking up hospital beds across England every day despite being ready to leave, due to hold-ups in sorting transport, medicines and paperwork, or because they have

Covid campaign group formed after people left feeling ‘abandoned’ by Government

By Aine Fox, Reporter18th July 2023News England

People who lost loved ones in the pandemic came together to form a campaign group after feeling “abandoned” by the Government, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. Many of those

Inquiry hears call for urgent changes so older people not left feeling that ‘nobody cares’

By Bronwen Weatherby, Reporter18th July 2023News Wales

A woman whose father died from Covid-19 after he caught the illness in hospital has called for urgent changes to infection control policies and the treatment of bereaved families so

Number of care home residents in England rises in past year to more than 372,000

By Aine Fox and Ian Jones, Reporters6th July 2023News England

The number of care home residents in England has risen to more than 372,000 in the past year. Care home occupancy has increased to 80.5%, from 77.8% last year, but

Fatal accident inquiry to be held into care home resident’s choking death

By The Press Association4th July 2023News Scotland

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a man who choked on food at a care home. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)

Wales ‘not as prepared as it could have been’ for pandemic, says Mark Drakeford

By Bronwen Weatherby, Reporter4th July 2023News Wales

Mark Drakeford has admitted Wales was “not as prepared as it could have been” for a pandemic. The First Minister of Wales, in his evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry

Care home worker jailed for abusing residents with dementia almost 40 times

By Callum Parke, Reporter3rd July 2023News England

A care worker has been jailed for abusing three care home residents with dementia almost 40 times. Sharlene Bosita (pictured) was seen on CCTV making it look like she was

No plan could have helped Scotland tackle Covid pandemic, inquiry hears

By The Press Association28th June 2023News Scotland

Scottish former health secretary Jeane Freeman has admitted the country could have been better prepared to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, but “no plan” could have helped the country cope.

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Complaints about care services see increase of 85% in decade, says Care Inspectorate

Covid campaign group formed after people left feeling ‘abandoned’ by Government

Inquiry hears call for urgent changes so older people not left feeling that ‘nobody cares’

Number of care home residents in England rises in past year to more than 372,000

Fatal accident inquiry to be held into care home resident’s choking death

Wales ‘not as prepared as it could have been’ for pandemic, says Mark Drakeford

Care home worker jailed for abusing residents with dementia almost 40 times

No plan could have helped Scotland tackle Covid pandemic, inquiry hears

England’s hospitals within hours of running out of some PPE items – Matt Hancock

Minister admits ‘unacceptable’ rise in children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders

Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb

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NHS to use trusted suppliers list to get medically fit patients out of hospital beds

Complaints about care services see increase of 85% in decade, says Care Inspectorate

Data reveals reasons for delays in discharging hundreds of hospital patients

Covid campaign group formed after people left feeling ‘abandoned’ by Government

Inquiry hears call for urgent changes so older people not left feeling that ‘nobody cares’

Number of care home residents in England rises in past year to more than 372,000

Fatal accident inquiry to be held into care home resident’s choking death

Wales ‘not as prepared as it could have been’ for pandemic, says Mark Drakeford

Care home worker jailed for abusing residents with dementia almost 40 times

No plan could have helped Scotland tackle Covid pandemic, inquiry hears