A nursery in Paisley has must make urgent improvements in the quality of care and learning experienced by children, inspectors have warned. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement
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A care at home service in Edinburgh must make urgent improvements to the care experienced by older people, the Care Inspectorate has warned. The Care Inspectorate served a formal Improvement
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Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has announced the appointment of a consultancy to carry out an independent review into care failings at Dunmurry Manor Care Home, focussing on the actions
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An embattled hospital trust will remain in special measures, despite making marked progress in the last 18 months, after inspectors found four of its five criteria were below the required
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Health and social care organisations are prioritising individual performance over patients, the health watchdog has warned. Local leaders should be incentivised to work together and judged on how well the
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Care services across Scotland are generally working well to protect children from the risks of sexual exploitation, according to inspectors. The Care Inspectorate has today published a report on a
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A hospital where patients were left waiting on trolleys and delays were “manipulated” to make them appear less frequent has been told it must improve. Inspectors from health watchdog the
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Patients with pre-existing mental health conditions feel they are treated with less respect and dignity while staying in hospital, according to the results of a wide-ranging survey. This group reported
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Dementia sufferers at a Northern Ireland care home suffered a “horrific catalogue of inhuman and degrading treatment”, an investigation has found. Launching a scathing report into standards at Dunmurry Manor
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Privately run care homes which fail to provide an acceptable level of care will be held to account, Northern Ireland’s Chief Social Worker has made clear. Sean Holland was commenting
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