Measures to protect residents from Covid at a care home where seven elderly people died were not “effectively or consistently” followed by staff, a coroner has ruled. William Wilkinson, 102,
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There is an “urgent need for a rapid turnaround” of England’s health watchdog owing to “significant failings” in how it works, according to a damning review. The final report of
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The family of a 31-year-old woman said she was “abandoned” in a hospital corridor for hours before her death, an inquest has heard. Tamara Davis was said to be in
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A probe examining concerns about an orthopaedic surgeon has been widened to include four more hospitals, officials have said. Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) recently launched a review of the
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The Scottish Government has been accused of ignoring the needs of those who use and work in social care by continuing to move ahead with its plans for a National
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The owner of a nursing home where seven elderly residents died after contracting coronavirus at the height of the pandemic has spoken of his sorrow at learning of what may
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A nurse working at a care home struck by a Covid-19 outbreak during the pandemic in which seven elderly residents died refused to wear a face mask as they believed
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Relatives of seven elderly nursing home residents who died after contracting coronavirus at the height of the pandemic have criticised the care they received, an inquest heard. The residents, who
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The chief executive of a trust involved in the care of a paranoid schizophrenic who killed three people in Nottingham says he “fully accepts” recommendations from the health watchdog. Mental
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The Scottish Association of Social Work and the local government body Cosla have both raised concerns with MSPs scrutinising the legislation. Care services could find themselves caught up in a
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