Zero-hour contracts are impacting the ability of care workers to provide an effective level of care to service users. A new report from Manchester Metropolitan University suggests that these employment
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The parents of an autistic teenager who has endured a six-month “jail sentence” in a psychiatric ward have slammed his “inhumane” treatment, calling it an “abuse” of his human rights.
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A Mencap support worker has been suspended after a photograph emerged apparently showing shopping bags piled on her client’s wheelchair, close to his face. The learning disability charity said it
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A high-profile campaign to ensure the public knows exactly what standards they can expect from social care workers in Wales has been launched. The ‘Our Code is Not a Secret’
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Hundreds of thousands of older people in Britain are facing a “double whammy” of unmet care needs and being chronically lonely, a charity has warned. Age UK said there were
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Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals will be given a legally protected “safe space” to report concerns and mistakes to a new independent NHS investigation branch, Jeremy Hunt has said.
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A culture of bullying prevented staff at an NHS trust from speaking out about the fact too many heart surgery patients were dying, a damning report has found. Inspectors from
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Coordinating regulators activities in the adult social care sector: to tackle poor provision and to boost the time good providers can give over to caring for residents. The report from
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Almost 50,000 people a year in England experience poor care in the final months of their life, according to a new report. A coalition of seven charities said more needs
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A care home for older people in Dundee has been told to make urgent improvements in the care provided to vulnerable residents. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement
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