In its first report on the work of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the Commons Health Committee has backed the HCPC’s proposals for a ‘negative register’ of care
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A social care co-ordinator who stole more than £1,200 from several adult day service residents has been struck off. Robert Smith was a service co-ordinator at the unnamed service in
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Social worker Mudassar Khan has been struck off the HCPC Register following a conviction at Winchester Court for sixteen counts of distributing indecent photographs of children and possession of indecent
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An Orkney man has been removed from the Scottish Social Services Register following allegations of misconduct spanning a six-year period. According to the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), the removal
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The manager of a West Wales care home where an elderly resident’s disappearance triggered a police hunt has been given a nine-month work ban. Dianna Hill, 63, former manager at
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Adult care home manager, Susan Anne Warren, has been struck off the Register for Social Care Workers for stealing confidential documents from her employer. The Conduct Committee heard that, Ms
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A Neath social worker has been struck off the Register for Social Care Workers by a Care Council for Wales Conduct Committee for failing to carry-out checks on foster carers.
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A Cardiff adult care home manager has been reprimanded by a Care Council Conduct Committee for lying about a drink-driving conviction. Elizabeth Amy Davies, formerly employed in the Cardiff area,
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Social worker Lorna Crichlow has been suspended from the HCPC Register for failing to manage her caseload effectively whilst working at the London Borough of Islington. A panel of the
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A hospital under investigation by police has suspended ten nurses – three of whom have been arrested over tampering with medication and falsifying records. The three nurses who work at
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