A shortage of care home beds is seeing undue and unfair pressure put on people to take relatives discharged from hospital despite being unable to cope, ministers have been told.
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A disabled man who complained a High Court judge acted unlawfully when giving medics permission to take him from home to hospital and authorising the use of force has lost
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The Government has announced it is to introduce a £20million initiative which aims to improve the lives of vulnerable children and families. Robert Goodwill, Minister for Children and Families, made
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The NHS is straining at the seams as it juggles problems with staffing shortages, rising demand and increasing numbers of patients with preventable illnesses, health and care inspectors have said.
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A report has found serious failings in the treatment of man who killed himself after being discharged from a psychiatric hospital. The Mental Welfare Commission has published its investigation into
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Delayed discharges – where people are stuck in hospital even though they are medically fit to leave – is fuelling a rise in overall death rates, research suggests. Experts said
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The University of Derby has launched a new course aimed at supporting health and social care workers into higher education while they continue to work and earn. The Diploma of
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Integration authorities (IAs) for health and social care services need to engage more meaningfully with communities and health professionals, according to a parliamentary committee. The Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport
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Concerns have been raised about a “backlog” of patients in Scotland’s secure hospital wards who are waiting to be moved to a less-restrictive environment. The Mental Welfare Commission raised the
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There were multiple “missed opportunities” in the handover care of a man treated for “delusional” behaviour and at the centre of a fatal flat stabbing. Melvin James had to be
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