Over the last year, the number of local Healthwatch citing improvements to home care services as a priority for their community has doubled. Our new report explains what people have
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There were multiple “missed opportunities” in the handover care of a man treated for “delusional” behaviour and at the centre of a fatal flat stabbing. Melvin James had to be
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Police have said ‘safeguarding concerns’ at eight West Sussex care homes are the subject of ongoing enquiries into the circumstances of twelve deaths dating back to 2015. West Sussex County
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A Northern Irish care home has been closed due to “systemic care failings” that posed a “serious risk to life” in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Ashbrooke Care Home, operated by Runwood
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Too many older people are “suffering in silence” when things go wrong with their NHS care, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has said. Elderly people often rely on
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An acute ward at a Glasgow mental health hospital presented a “much neglected and dismal environment” for patients to be cared in, according to a report. The Mental Welfare Commission
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The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) are changing the way they inspect local authority fostering services and independent fostering agencies across Wales. CSSIW will be using a new
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Breast cancer patients should be given better access to support after their hospital treatment ends, a charity has said. The call from Breast Cancer Care comes after a new poll
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At least 1.8 million people aged 65 and over could have an urgent dental condition, according to a new report. Dentists have raised concerns about the impact conditions such as
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Local health bodies should have to face a tribunal board if they have “overly restrictive commissioning policies”, a new report suggests. The recommendation comes after researchers found that there is
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