Families of victims of the Winterbourne View scandal have written to the Prime Minister demanding he shuts outdated care home institutions. In an open letter they express “anger” at the
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A care worker who used eye drops and a bleach-based cleaning fluid to poison colleagues at a residential home has been given a life sentence. Former special constable Melissa Swift
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Vaughan Gething has paid tribute to nursing and midwifery staff in Wales, calling for further improvement to the quality and experience of care for all who use the NHS. Speaking
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said public reviews of care services will form part of future care inspections as it set out its strategy for 2016 to 2021. Launched
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Care home residents are enjoying a touch of glamour thanks to a professional nail bar at the Pen-y-Bryn care home in Bagillt, Flintshire – part of an innovative approach to
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More financial stress expected in 2016 with residential care homes facing combination of budgetary cuts to funding, rising costs for regulation, staff pay and pensions. The annual number of residential
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Dementia sufferers are unwittingly paying millions for NHS services that should be free, a damning new report has concluded. One in five care homes in England are being wrongly charged
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A North Lanarkshire care home for older people has been told to make urgent improvements in the care provided to vulnerable residents. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement
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End-of-life care in England is heading for a “meltdown”, a leading cancer charity has warned. Many dying patients are not getting proper pain relief, they are not being involved in
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The number of care home insolvencies increased by almost a fifth last year amid a fall in local authority funding, a new study has revealed. A total of 47 care
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