Ofsted was wrong to sack an inspector who brushed rainwater off a pupil, because it “did not merit dismissal”, a Court of Appeal judge has said. Andrew Hewston was dismissed
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A mother-of-two was placed in a hospital five hours from home, while another woman spent hours in a police staff room because of a lack of suitable facilities, a watchdog’s
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Bed-bound patients were told to “soil themselves” in a busy A&E department because there were not enough staff to take them to the toilet, according to a new report. One
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Scotland’s social care and mental wellbeing minister has promised action will be taken at a mental health facility at the centre of cruelty allegations. Skye House (picture) in Glasgow was
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Inspectors have warned it was “particularly worrying” Border Force could not find safeguarding referrals for two children at the UK-France border who were later re-trafficked to the UK. An unannounced
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A lack of “basic care” for women in prisons causes such distress that some inmates resort to harming themselves, inspectors have warned amid rising levels of self-harm in jails. Inspectors
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The Care Quality Commission has “lost its way” with inspections of care homes, hospitals and other facilities years out of date, its new chief executive has said. Sir Julian Hartley
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Bridget Phillipson has said she expects the “first priority” of unions to be “children and their life chances”, after her new proposals for Ofsted inspections were criticised for being worse
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A lack of confidence in the NHS complaints process means some people are taking no action when they experience poor care, according to the patient champion. There is also “little
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Backlogs at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) mean some concerns being flagged to the watchdog are going months without a response, MPs have heard. The organisation’s new chief executive said
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