Inspectors from the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland will be visiting Glasgow in the coming weeks to examine how well older people are supported in the city. The joint
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Two senior Gwent care home nurses have been struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) after they were found guilty of “shocking failures” in the standard of care
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A care home in Leicester could reopen after police dropped an investigation against four staff accused of mistreating residents. The owners of Fosse Court care home shut the business in
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The Care Quality Commission has issued five formal warnings to Gainford Care Homes Limited stating that that they must make immediate improvements at Lindisfarne CLS Nursing, Chester-Le-Street, County Durham. The
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The war of words between Scotland’s largest local authority and a group of private care homes has escalated in an ongoing dispute over fees. Glasgow City Council has accused independent
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A care home in Dumfries has been told it must make improvements after the quality of care and support it provided to residents was graded ‘unsatisfactory’ by inspectors. The Care
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Police have arrested a 36-year-old woman as they launch a murder inquiry into the death of a 96-year-old woman at a care home. Ethel Baldwin died at the Abbey House
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Health Minister Edwin Poots has congratulated Gillaroo Lodge Nursing Home in Larne, on winning the Best Kept Health and Social Care Facility Awards. Presenting the awards, the Health Minister said:
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A care worker has been remanded in custody charged with attempted murder and making threats to kill. Melissa Swift, who was charged by West Midlands Police after staff and residents
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Good work is being carried out to improve social care and safeguard vulnerable people in Wales’ care homes, but a new law to be introduced next year will strengthen the
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