Almost 1,800 women are being contacted by the NHS after it emerged they were not invited for breast screening appointments. It comes after a review of the Scottish Breast Screening
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A company with three care homes in Scotland has gone into administration. Bertinaley Care Limited owns and operates premises in Hamilton, Largs and Dundee – as well as one in
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A stroke victim accidentally drank floor cleaner which was in a water jug left at her hospital bedside by a member of staff, an inquest has heard. Joan Blaber died
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Installing CCTV in the common parts of care homes would provide a “powerful tool” for helping prevent abuse and improve standards, a Tory former attorney general has said. Dominic Grieve
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Care for the elderly is “on the brink of collapse”, a charity has warned. A new report from the charity Independent Age states that chronic under-funding of social care in
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An increasing number of older people are being admitted to hospital for conditions which should have been dealt with at home due to failures in the care for people in
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Statins are not effective at reducing heart disease and stroke among certain groups of elderly people, a new study suggests. The findings “do not support the widespread use of statins
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The number of adults aged 65 and over needing round-the-clock care will rise by over a third to more than one million during the next 20 years, experts have suggested.
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A care at home service in Edinburgh must make urgent improvements to the care experienced by older people, the Care Inspectorate has warned. The Care Inspectorate served a formal Improvement
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Older hospital patients with dementia may be “suffering in silence” because they are unable to communicate the pain they are in, a new study suggests. Experts from the Marie Curie
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