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Care home fined £20,000 over death of pensioner who drank cleaning solution

By Dan Barker, Reporter10th May 202310th May 2023News Scotland

A care home has been fined £20,000 for breaking health and safety laws after a resident died from drinking sanitiser during the coronavirus lockdown. David Fyfe, 90, had dementia and

Majority back aligning social care worker wages to NHS pay bands, poll suggests

By Aine Fox, Reporter5th May 20235th May 2023News England

The majority of people think care workers should be paid the same as pharmacy assistants and some other NHS workers, according to research by an organisation working to support people

Four care workers at specialist hospital guilty of mistreating vulnerable patients

By Katie Dickinson, Reporter27th April 202327th April 2023News England

Four members of staff at a specialist hospital have been found guilty of mistreating vulnerable patients after an undercover BBC Panorama documentary. Five other staff members were cleared of all

Government’s pandemic support for care homes was withdrawn too soon, study says

By Rob Freeman, Reporter13th April 2023News England

Government support for UK care homes during the pandemic was withdrawn too soon, according to a new study into the financial impact of Covid-19. The report, entitled Bailed Out and

Disabled woman ‘victim of a catalogue of catastrophic failures’, inquest hears

By Ellie Ng and Flora Bowen, Reporters5th April 2023News England

A disabled woman who died days after she was dropped by care home workers was a “victim of a catalogue of catastrophic failures”, her sister has told an inquest. Lyn

Disabled woman died days after being dropped by care home workers, inquest told

By Jacob Phillips and Chloe Aslett, Reporters3rd April 2023News England

A disabled woman lay on the floor moaning in pain for more than an hour and a half after being dropped by care home workers days before she died, an

Ex-town councillor who racked up debts running care home is jailed over £430k tax fraud

By Katie Dickinson, Reporter31st March 2023News England

A former town councillor who tried to steal more than £430,000 through the Government’s Eat Out to Help out scheme has been jailed for two and a half years. Mohammed

Over 750,000 report long Covid for two years with care workers highest among employed groups

By Ian Jones, Reporter30th March 2023News England

More than three-quarters of a million people in the UK with long Covid are likely to have first had the virus at least two years ago, new figures suggest. Some

Covid inquiries for Wales and Northern Ireland could be too short, say families

By Claire Hayhurst and David Young, Reporters29th March 2023News Wales

Bereaved families have raised concerns over the amount of time proposed by the UK Covid-19 inquiry to examine the response of the governments of Wales and Northern Ireland to the

Relatives of health and care workers ‘missing out on pandemic death payouts’

By Alan Jones, Reporter24th March 2023News England

Millions of pounds of compensation promised by ministers to relatives of frontline health and social care workers who died during the pandemic may remain unclaimed, according to a union. Unison

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Care home fined £20,000 over death of pensioner who drank cleaning solution

Four care workers at specialist hospital guilty of mistreating vulnerable patients

Government’s pandemic support for care homes was withdrawn too soon, study says

Disabled woman ‘victim of a catalogue of catastrophic failures’, inquest hears

Disabled woman died days after being dropped by care home workers, inquest told

Ex-town councillor who racked up debts running care home is jailed over £430k tax fraud

Covid inquiries for Wales and Northern Ireland could be too short, say families

Waspi women criticise ‘bizarre and unjustified’ ruling out of compensation

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Tag: Care Homes

Care home fined £20,000 over death of pensioner who drank cleaning solution

Majority back aligning social care worker wages to NHS pay bands, poll suggests

Four care workers at specialist hospital guilty of mistreating vulnerable patients

Government’s pandemic support for care homes was withdrawn too soon, study says

Disabled woman ‘victim of a catalogue of catastrophic failures’, inquest hears

Disabled woman died days after being dropped by care home workers, inquest told

Ex-town councillor who racked up debts running care home is jailed over £430k tax fraud

Over 750,000 report long Covid for two years with care workers highest among employed groups

Covid inquiries for Wales and Northern Ireland could be too short, say families

Relatives of health and care workers ‘missing out on pandemic death payouts’