Inspectors demand immediate improvements at Aberdeen care home
An Aberdeen care home has been told it must make improvements after the quality of care it provided to residents was graded ‘weak’ for the second inspection in a row
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CQC takes legal action to cancel care home registration
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has taken urgent legal action to stop a care home owner from being able to run a Nottinghamshire residential home, to protect the health and
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Care Minister rapped over ‘austere and alien’ care home comments
The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) accused care minister Norman Lamb MP of besmirching the reputation of care homes across the country with ill-chosen, over-generalised comments likely to create a
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Union calls on CQC to delay Kent care home closures
The GMB Union is calling on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to pull back on the decision to close two Orchard Care care homes in Broadstairs, Kent pending a full
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Urgent action required to attract care home staff in Wales
A leading care home figure has warned of a critical lack of trained nurses following the closure of two homes in Wales. Mario Creft, Chair of Care Forum Wales, said
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Article: Care settings and older people’s sense of control over daily life
An article examined users’ experiences of care in a range of settings, by combining data from four studies where participants were older people living in care homes or extra care
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Care home regulation review begins in Northern Ireland
The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Claire Keatinge, has announced that she will be making recommendations to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety about changes
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Helensburgh care home fined as resident dies in accident
Cairndhu House Nursing Home has been fined £8,000 after the death of an elderly resident who became trapped between her mattress and a bed rail. Marjory Black, 85, had fallen
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Care home nurse faces NMC tribunal over medication mix-up
A senior care home nurse is to face a Nursing and Midwifery Council(NMC) conduct and competence committee relating the death of an elderly woman who died two days after being
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New care comparison website to pilot in Scotland
People using adult social care services in Scotland will have the opportunity to share and compare their experiences when a new website, Care Opinion, launches this autumn. The one-year pilot
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