More than half of A&Es and urgent care services require improvement or are inadequate, according to a report. The Care Quality Commission’s State of Care study for 2020/2021 found inspectors
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All organisations are being urged to revisit their bulk email policies after a data protection breach led to the charity HIV Scotland being fined £10,000. The Information Commissioner’s Office fined
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Last year’s State of Care was written as the country fearfully anticipated a second wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths. This year, the success of the vaccination programme has given
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Social care staff are taking up roles in tourism and hospitality and urgent action is needed to prevent a “tsunami of unmet need” rippling across essential services this winter, the
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The demand for adult social care qualifications is set to rise dramatically over the next four years according to a new report the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) published today.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has taken action against a Birmingham service for people living with a learning disability and autistic people – following an inspection which led to it
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A Cheltenham care provider has been ordered to pay £460,000 after it failed to protect residents from avoidable harm. Lifeways Community Care Limited, which operated Alstone House in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,
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The social care system is “progressively failing” the public, the ombudsman has said following a “relentless rise” in upheld complaints over the past decade. The Local Government and Social Care
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Mental health services in Scotland are affected by “racial inequalities”, a review has indicated. The application of mental health legislation differs across ethnic groups, while perceived risks either to oneself
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A newborn baby died after an 18-year-old gave birth alone in her cell in Europe’s largest women’s prison, according to a watchdog which found a string of failings in her
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