A CARE worker accused of ill-treating three vulnerable adults at a Forest of Dean home was a victim of staff shortages and double-shifting, Gloucester Crown Court was told yesterday. Prosecuting

Buckinghamshire-based care provider and charity, The Fremantle Trust has appointed four new members to its Board of Trustees. The new members come from a range of industry backgrounds, each bringing

The HSCIC has extended the consultation period on a draft list of conditions to be included in a proposed ‘Present on Admission flag’. There are a number of conditions that,

Following its acquisition by Terra Firma last year, Four Seasons Health Care has undertaken a review of its strategy. As a result it plans to restructure its organisation to focus

A CARER will be sentenced today after an 84-year-old woman with dementia nearly drowned in her care. The pensioner suffered brain damage when she became submerged in a bath at

A cure for dementia may be within our grasp, according to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Drug companies are confident that a cure for dementia may be found by as early

People facing a slow or undignified death should be able to choose how, where and when they die, the chief of a leading care home chain will argue in a

A senior Government minister will today admit that the treatment of frail elderly people is “heartbreaking” and that those who have paid tax throughout their lives “deserve something better”. In

THE MAN in charge of Oxfordshire children’s welfare during some of the ‘Bullfinch’ years is now overseeing an education department in Australia under fire over a school sex abuse scandal.

The number of people killed by mental health patients has fallen to its lowest level in a decade – figures released today show. Experts suggest the fall in homicide reflects