A children’s care home owner has been fined £2,400 following the death of a 15-year-old in its care. Hillcrest Care Ltd admitted employing insufficiently experienced staff at Pentwyn School, near
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A care home company failed to ensure an elderly resident’s safety when she managed to overcome a restrictor device to open a window and fall from her first floor room.
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A deal to end a long-running row over health workers’ pay has been agreed in Wales. The Welsh Government said unions have accepted a two-year deal. Health workers in England
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The Care Council for Wales has published their annual review for 2013/14. Regulation is more effective when it links closely to the development of the social care workforce. That is
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The Care Council for Wales (CCW) is once again hosting a series of seminars aimed at residential child care workers. This year’s seminars will take place in Cardiff and St.
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Too many older people living in care homes in Wales have an unacceptable quality of life, according to a report published by the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales. The Report
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Care home bosses in Wales have backed a call for urgent reforms of the way services are commissioned and paid for. A review into the quality of life and care
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A new service to speed up the adoption process in Wales has been launched by First Minister Carwyn Jones and the Minister for Health and Social Services Mark Drakeford. Launched
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Wales’ primary care services will be enhanced so the vast majority of NHS care is planned and provided in the community, closer to people’s homes, under a new four-year plan
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New standards to ensure everyone in Wales receives the same level of high-quality care from the Welsh NHS have been unveiled by the Welsh Government. The new standards, which are
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