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Disabled man ‘prisoner at home for five years’ due to care failings by ‘every agency involved’

By The Press Association25th January 2024News Scotland

A disabled man was “trapped in his bedroom for five years” due to care failings, a report has revealed. The man, named in the report as Mr E and aged

Treating patients in ‘virtual wards’ costs twice as much as in hospitals – study finds

By Jane Kirby, Reporter25th January 20245th February 2024News England

Treating patients in “virtual wards” at home – a key NHS policy – costs twice as much as treating them in hospital, a study has found. The NHS is increasingly

Former nurse who sexually assaulted pensioner has been jailed, CPS says

By Pol Allingham, Reporter25th January 2024News England

A former nurse who “used his position” to sexually assault an 85-year-old woman in her home has been jailed for four and a half years, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

Engage: How digital technology can support care providers with winter pressures

By Holly Irwin & Claire Smout, Skills For Care24th January 2024Engage

Claire Smout, Head of Digital Skills and Holly Irwin, Head of Practice Innovation at Skills for Care discuss how digital innovations can support with the winter pressures facing the adult

Care provider wins legal challenge against Home Office over loss of migrant sponsor licence

By Tom Pilgrim, Reporter19th January 2024News England

A care provider has won a High Court challenge against the Government’s decision to revoke a migrant worker sponsor licence that could have meant up to 68 people and their

Nurse found guilty of sexually assaulting 85-year-old woman in her own home

By Pol Allingham, Reporter19th January 2024News England

A nurse has been found guilty of sexually assaulting an 85-year-old woman whom he had cared for after she suffered a fall. Steven Hicks, 60, was convicted of attacking the

Short-term funding leaving social care in ‘sustained state of crisis’, report suggests

By Aine Fox, Reporter15th January 2024News England

Millions of pounds of funding into social care last year is said to have made no difference to the financial sustainability of the majority of providers surveyed for a report

DHSC announce new career path and qualifications aimed at boosting domestic care workforce

By Aine Fox, Reporter10th January 2024News England

New qualifications and investment in apprenticeships are among fresh efforts to boost the domestic workforce in social care in a Government bid to change perceptions of jobs in the sector.

Nurse sexually assaulted 85-year-old woman he cared for in her home, court told

By Ellie Ng, Reporter9th January 2024News England

An NHS nurse allegedly sexually assaulted an 85-year-old woman whom he had cared for after she suffered a fall, a court has heard. Steven Hicks is accused of attending the

First kinship care strategy welcomed despite ‘lacking scale and ambition’

By Aine Fox, Reporter15th December 2023News England

Some kinship carers such as grandparents and siblings are set to be paid an allowance matching foster carers but campaigners said a new overall strategy is lacking the scale, ambition

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Treating patients in ‘virtual wards’ costs twice as much as in hospitals – study finds

Former nurse who sexually assaulted pensioner has been jailed, CPS says

Care provider wins legal challenge against Home Office over loss of migrant sponsor licence

Nurse found guilty of sexually assaulting 85-year-old woman in her own home

Nurse sexually assaulted 85-year-old woman he cared for in her home, court told

First kinship care strategy welcomed despite ‘lacking scale and ambition’

England’s hospitals within hours of running out of some PPE items – Matt Hancock

Minister admits ‘unacceptable’ rise in children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders

Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb

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Tag: Home Care

Disabled man ‘prisoner at home for five years’ due to care failings by ‘every agency involved’

Treating patients in ‘virtual wards’ costs twice as much as in hospitals – study finds

Former nurse who sexually assaulted pensioner has been jailed, CPS says

Engage: How digital technology can support care providers with winter pressures

Care provider wins legal challenge against Home Office over loss of migrant sponsor licence

Nurse found guilty of sexually assaulting 85-year-old woman in her own home

Short-term funding leaving social care in ‘sustained state of crisis’, report suggests

DHSC announce new career path and qualifications aimed at boosting domestic care workforce

Nurse sexually assaulted 85-year-old woman he cared for in her home, court told

First kinship care strategy welcomed despite ‘lacking scale and ambition’