Three care home workers have been given suspended jail terms for covering up injuries suffered by a resident. Marie Abolins, Amy Byrne and Katie Middleton lied after 75-year-old Gloria Smith,
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A doctor who blew the whistle on unsafe practices during the Baby P abuse scandal has said Northern Ireland needs an independent health regulator. Dr Kim Holt made the call
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More than 1,000 care home residents have died of thirst over the past decade, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Being left without water and
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A catalogue of failures which contributed to the death of an elderly care home resident who fell to the ground from a first floor landing amounted to “gross neglect”, a
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A care home operator ordered to close a site in Inverness has been instructed to make urgent improvements at a property it runs on the Black Isle. Watchdog, the Care
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Three care workers have been found guilty of abusing elderly residents of a care home in Lancashire. The female staff members at Hillcroft Nursing Home mocked, bullied and assaulted residents,
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A national care home operator has been fined for safety failings at an east London care home. Middlesex-based MNS Care PLC was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
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Health Minister Edwin Poots has ordered a review into the quality of care at Cherry Tree House nursing home in Carrick. In a statement, the Department indicated the minister had
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A private nursing home under police investigation because of the deaths of four residents has until tomorrow to make urgent improvements or face closure. Inspectors issued Bupa’s Pentland Hill nursing
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Three in five Londoners incorrectly believe they won’t have to pay anything towards the costs of their old-age care, according to a recent poll commissioned by London Councils. Government reforms,
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