York service users critical of new system
People who use social care services in York face being left isolated and insufficiently supported, a survey has found. Findings were revealed in a report to City of York Council’s
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Essex County Council responds to C-section care case
Essex County Council has responded to the media reports concerning the delivery, without the mother’s consent, of a baby by caesarean section and the child’s removal into care of the
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Severe dehydration linked to over 1,000 care home deaths
More than 1,000 care home residents have died of thirst over the past decade, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Being left without water and
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Social services obtain court order to remove unborn child from women
A pregnant woman has had her baby forcibly removed by caesarean section. Essex social services obtained a High Court order for the woman to be sedated and her baby daughter
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‘Gross neglect’ led to death of Leicester care home pensioner
A catalogue of failures which contributed to the death of an elderly care home resident who fell to the ground from a first floor landing amounted to “gross neglect”, a
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Lancashire nursing home staff guilty of abuse
Three care workers have been found guilty of abusing elderly residents of a care home in Lancashire. The female staff members at Hillcroft Nursing Home mocked, bullied and assaulted residents,
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Hayling Island care home workers ‘covered up injuries’
Three care home workers have been given suspended jail terms for covering up injuries suffered by a resident. Marie Abolins, Amy Byrne and Katie Middleton lied after 75-year-old Gloria Smith,
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People with mental health problems made to wait treatment
More than one in ten (12%) people with mental health problems are stuck on waiting lists for over a year before receiving talking treatments and over half (54%) wait over
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Over half of social workers feel they have more to give
Over half of Britain’s social workers feel they have more to give in their career in order to reach their full potential. • Over half (52%) of social workers say
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Care home owner fined for putting residents at risk at Dagenham home
A national care home operator has been fined for safety failings at an east London care home. Middlesex-based MNS Care PLC was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
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