The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) have produced guidance materials for registrants and employers to introduce them to the new Fitness to Practise processes. The new Fitness to Practise
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Nominations are open for Skills for Care’s national Accolades awards and adult social care organisations who deliver high quality care are being urged to enter. The Accolades recognise excellence and
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A new hard-hitting report into cancer services in Wales – produced by the University of Glasgow’s Institute for Health and Well-being – calls for an ambitious new plan to cope
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Many dying gay people face “significant barriers” to accessing end-of-life care, a new report has found. Some lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people fear they will be discriminated against
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A hospital has been condemned by health inspectors for putting patients at “unacceptable risk” in its overcrowded A&E department. Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth was so busy that 16 ambulances
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An inspection of services for older people in South Lanarkshire has highlighted areas of good performance and also made recommendations where improvements can be made. The report, published today, follows
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The majority of health boards have failed to meet the treatment-time target for psychological therapies, official figures show. Just five of Scotland’s 14 boards met the requirement to see at
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Five care homes in the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board area have completed an NHS training programme – and have now been shortlisted for the NHS Awards, along with the Health
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The Communities and Local Government Committee has today launched an inquiry into the financial sustainability of local authority adult social care and the quality of care provided. The Committee will examine
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Children with mental health problems are facing a delay of a decade between displaying their first symptoms and actually getting help, a new report has revealed. Opportunities to offer timely
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