Care company in fraud case to be struck off
A Welsh care company that employed a woman who defrauded a pensioner out of more than £6,000 is to be struck off the professional register. Porthmadog-based Gofal Gwynedd has been
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Tag: Inspection
Row breaks out over Leicester care home closure
A row has broken out over the closure of Leicester’s Fosse Court Care Home, with the owners claiming they were subject to “inappropriate pressure” by inspectors. Central to the problems
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Inspectors issue improvement notice to Aberdeen nursery
The Care Inspectorate has served a formal improvement notice on an Aberdeen nursery and it must now demonstrate significant improvement or face further action. The notice follows an inspection at
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East Kilbride care home served with improvement notice
A care home for older people in South Lanarkshire has been warned it must make significant improvements after it was served with a formal improvement notice by Scotland’s social care
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Regulator apologies to whistleblower for ‘shortcomings’
Northern Ireland’s health regulator has said it accepts the findings of a report that criticised how it handled a complaint about a County Antrim nursing home. The RQIA was criticised
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Service for vulnerable young praised by inspectors
A West Lothian care home for young people has received top marks from Scotland’s social care regulator, the Care Inspectorate. Selms House, in Kirknewton, was graded excellent across the board
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Lancashire care agency improves after follow-up inspection
A Lancashire home care agency has addressed several shortcomings highlighted by inspectors last year, according to inspectors at the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The Haslingden-based branch of Mears Care, which
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Ofsted find widespread failures in Knowsley children’s services
An Ofsted inspection of Knowsley Council’s children’s service has found widespread failures rating them “inadequate”. Inspectors said the council had a high turnover of social workers in assessment and safeguarding
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Oxfordshire council’s children’s services rated good by Ofsted
Oxfordshire County Council’s children’s services has been rated ‘good’ by Ofsted. The inspection covered services for children in need of help and protection, children looked after and care leavers. More
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North East care home told improve following inspection
An Aberdeen care home has been told it must make improvements after the quality of care it provided to residents was graded ‘weak’ for the second inspection in a row
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