MPs have called on the Government to consider mandatory flu vaccinations for some healthcare workers as it was revealed take-up is as low as 30% in some NHS hospital trusts.
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A care home nurse told a court that she thought a male visitor was joking when he told her: “I just killed my nan.” Antony Jennings, 33, killed his 94-year-old
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A recently refurbished care home in Inverness has held an official opening event to give guests a first glimpse of its new facilities and an opportunity to meet its care
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According to the latest research from leading job board, CV-Library, almost two thirds (63.9%) of care professionals believe their colleagues don’t work hard enough, with a further 82.4% stating that
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An initiative to reduce the risk of childhood sexual exploitation, a culture-change programme to improve the lives of older people in care homes and a project which had led to
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A care home for older people in East Dunbartonshire must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by vulnerable residents, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal
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A company with three care homes in Scotland has gone into administration. Bertinaley Care Limited owns and operates premises in Hamilton, Largs and Dundee – as well as one in
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Some NHS staff choose not to get the flu vaccine because they wrongly believe it could make them ill, England’s top nurse has said. Professor Jane Cummings, chief nurse for
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Installing CCTV in the common parts of care homes would provide a “powerful tool” for helping prevent abuse and improve standards, a Tory former attorney general has said. Dominic Grieve
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The number of adults aged 65 and over needing round-the-clock care will rise by over a third to more than one million during the next 20 years, experts have suggested.
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