A pensioner has died after a fire at a residential care home, thought to have been caused by an exploding oxygen cylinder, the local authority has said. Emergency services were
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Government plans to boost the number of trainee nurses are failing – with Ucas figures revealing a second decline in applications this year, nursing leaders have warned. The Royal College
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A fire has engulfed a home for welfare recipients in northern Japan, killing 11 people and injuring three, officials said. Fire department officials said the residents were in their 40s
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The Scottish Social services Council (SSSC) has published two new workforce data reports; one on children’s services and the other on adults’ services. The data in these reports supplements data already
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The Welsh Government has failed to take the action it promised in a number of key areas to drive up the quality of life of older people living in care
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Half of England’s large care home providers for the elderly have at least one in four failing homes in their network, a study has found. Analysis of Care Quality Commission
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The Scottish Government is being urged to step in and prevent care company Bield from “abandoning” scores of elderly people by closing its 12 nursing homes in Scotland. The firm
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Loreburn Housing Association has been given the go-ahead by Dumfries and Galloway Council to redevelop the site of the former Garrick Hospital in Stranraer by building dementia-friendly housing alongside an
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Four Seasons, Britain’s second-biggest care homes operator, has struck a last-ditch deal with its major creditor that staves off the immediate threat of administration. The group, owned by Guy Hands’
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Scotland’s care sector needs an extra £1 billion of funding, MSPs have heard. Donald Macaskill, Scottish Care chief executive, told a Holyrood committee the cash was a “conservative” estimate of
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