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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A social care leader has welcomed new legislation to beef up regulation of the sector but warns it will not work unless there is a “fundamental change of culture”. Care
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Pensioners are receiving unacceptable levels of care from the NHS with hospitals being given financial incentives for “bed blocking”, according to an independent report. The investigation, by think-tank Localis and
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A mental health trust has become the first in the country to be put into special measures, the health sector regulator has said. Urgent improvements are needed to the care
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This winter provided more evidence of a looming problem in homecare. Shortages of staff to provide care for older people in their own homes was partly to blame for the
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A health minister has defended local authorities using an auction system that invites care homes to bid to offer places to elderly and disabled patients. Reports this week revealed that
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The UK’s health regulator has issued guidance to families thinking of setting up hidden cameras to check up on the care of their loved ones in hospitals and homes. The
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The UK’s largest survey of care home residents, Your Care Rating, has today announced the results for its 2014 annual survey. The survey looks at the views of over 20,000
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Patients who complain about their care are being let down by “appalling” NHS investigations, a highly critical review has found. More than a third of probes into deaths or avoidable
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Police cells should no longer be specifically included on an approved list of “places of safety” where the mentally ill can be held while awaiting assessment, MPs said. But they
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