Head of Social Work calls for living wage for care workers
Failing to pay the living wage to care workers risks affecting the standard of care received by vulnerable people, the Head of Social Work at Birmingham City University has warned.
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New care home standards on managing medicines and preventing falls
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have issued two new quality standards on managing medicines in care homes and preventing falls, both aimed at improving the quality
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Inspectors demand major improvement in Borders care service
A care service for vulnerable people in the Borders has been heavily criticised by the Care Inspectorate. Inspectors said that failings at the Duns-based Community Integrated Care (CIC) could be
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Dangerous gaps in care of long-term health conditions
Better care should be provided to the millions of people living with long-term health conditions in the UK that cost the NHS £75 billion a year, a report has warned.
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Gwynedd care home manager struck off for neglect
A Gwynedd adult care home manager has been struck off the Register of Social Care Workers for neglecting older people in her care. Joan Lesley Heatley, formerly employed by a
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Health and Social Care Bill clears latest Lords hurdle
New laws designed to integrate health and social care services better to ensure the failures in patient safety exposed in the Mid Staffordshire scandal are not repeated have cleared their
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Social care insufficient and will get worse, say GPs
Nearly nine in 10 GPs questioned for a survey said they feared that social care services were not providing sufficient care for patients leading to extra pressure on surgeries and
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Review: Shape of Caring review publishes final recommendations
The Shape of Caring Review report, commissioned by Health Education England in partnership with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, is published today. Raising the Bar, the final report from the
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Prison cells being used as substitute for care services, HMIC
Children, the mentally unwell and other vulnerable people are being locked in cells because police custody is being used as a substitute for social and health care, inspectors have said.
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Immigration centre probe ordered over quality of care
Service company Serco has suspended one member of staff and been asked to carry out an immediate investigation after a TV programme went undercover at the Yarl’s Wood immigration removal
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