More than a third of elderly patients who are dying receive “invasive and potentially harmful” treatments in their last weeks of life, according to the biggest review of its kind.
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council has revealed the social work teams and individuals from across the country that have been nominated for the 2016 Social Work Awards. Judging is
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Drives to increase the number of people getting an early diagnosis of dementia are “pointless” because there are not adequate support systems in place, leading doctors have said. Top medics
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Two children who were taken into care have won a family court damages fight after a judge criticised the way a council had handled their case. Judge Stuart Farquhar said
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A care agency providing care to people in their homes in the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Haringey has been placed in to Special Measures after being rated as
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Mounting pressures on hospitals are leading to patients treated in storerooms, frail and elderly patients being moved around in the middle of the night and ambulances queuing outside A&Es, leading
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A West Yorkshire care provider has been fined £190,000 following the death of a disabled resident who broke his neck at a nursing home. The Care Quality Commission prosecuted Leeds-based
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The Care Inspectorate has launched a new good practice resource full of information on how best to prevent and manage falls. It will be distributed to every care home in
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A manager at a care home in Newport, South Wales, has won praise for delivering a ground-breaking training programme that has just been shortlisted for an NHS Wales Award. Edgar
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An inspection of services for children and young people in Falkirk has identified areas of good performance but also made recommendations for improvement. The inspection was led by the Care
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