A widow who is in the end stages of dementia and has chronic renal failure should not be forced to undergo kidney dialysis sessions, a judge in a specialist court
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Councils across England are being reminded by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman of their duties under the Care Act to administer ‘top-up fees’ for people contributing towards relatives’
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A human rights body is threatening the Government with legal action over its “repeated failure” to give people with learning difficulties and autism the appropriate accommodation. The Equality and Human
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Latest Care England Freedom of Information analysis has again highlighted the underfunding of independent sector care homes when juxtaposed with those fees paid to state-run homes. Care England, the largest
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There is a direct link between urinary incontinence in older women and sitting down too long, a study has found. Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) worked in partnership with
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Putting up barriers on hiring staff from overseas in an overhaul of the immigration system would cause “huge difficulties” in social care, a union has warned. Unison assistant general secretary
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A national campaign to increase the adult social care workforce in Scotland has been launched today by Health Secretary, Jeane Freeman and Children and Young People Minister, Maree Todd. The
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The Care Inspectorate and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published new figures on the levels of staff vacancies in Scotland’s social care services today. The report comes as the
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An NHS manager wrote that the mental health trust he works for “may have been saved” by the death of Monty Python star Terry Jones (pictured), suggesting this reduced media
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Emergency hospital admissions for people with dementia have risen by more than a third in five years, research by a charity shows. More than 379,000 emergency admissions in England for
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