The Measuring the Mountain project is looking for people to take part in its Citizens’ Jury at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea on 24-27 September 2018. The Measuring the Mountain
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Society “cannot duck” the issue of adult social care any longer, council leaders have warned, as they called for a debate on the future of services. The Local Government Association
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Since announcing last year that it would be closing 12 of its care homes, Bield has this month agreed a deal which sees residents and staff transfer in three of
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Care for patients who are dying is not being prioritised by local health bodies, research suggests. End-of-life care, also known as palliative care, is only prioritised in the strategies of
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Peers have backed reform of safeguards for vulnerable people detained in care homes or hospitals without the mental capacity to consent to the arrangements. But despite giving the Mental Capacity
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Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has announced the appointment of a consultancy to carry out an independent review into care failings at Dunmurry Manor Care Home, focussing on the actions
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Barchester Healthcare, one of Britain’s biggest care home groups, is to be put up for sale in a deal that could net its owners north of £2.5 billion. The Press
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A “morally bankrupt” care home owner who took millions of pounds from wealthy pensioners has been jailed for 21 years. David Barton, 64, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on
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Thousands of people with learning disabilities are “trapped” in institutional care and are having their “human rights routinely ignored”, MPs have heard. Lib Dem former health minister Norman Lamb warned
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Health and social care organisations are prioritising individual performance over patients, the health watchdog has warned. Local leaders should be incentivised to work together and judged on how well the
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