A new report shows that Scotland’s social work, social care and early years workforce is bigger than ever, employing some 209,690 people, a rise of 1.6% since 2019. The report,
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told The Regard Group – Domiciliary Care Cornwall, that further urgent improvements are needed following an inspection which found people using the service were
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A watchdog has launched legal action seeking to have a care home’s registration cancelled over “serious and significant concerns” about the quality of care. The Care Inspectorate said inspectors identified
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A children’s services department has become the first in the country to make the leap from an inadequate rating to outstanding. The national first makes Sunderland one of only 18
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Plans to cut around 300 jobs at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are “sheer lunacy”, a union official has said. The UK’s medical regulator aims to reduce
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A previously scandal-hit maternity unit has been downgraded to inadequate by health inspectors, while the overall trust it is part of has been told it must improve. The Care Quality
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An inspection that led to the closure of a mental health hospital found examples of unprofessional and abusive staff behaviour, including two incidents caught on CCTV in which doors were
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A Nottinghamshire man was barred from visiting his mother in her care home after he raised concerns about her welfare, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. The
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Scotland’s Health Secretary and his wife have begun legal proceedings against a nursery they claim rejected her daughter. Humza Yousaf and his wife Nadia El-Nakla applied for a place for
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Coronavirus vaccinations will be compulsory for all staff working in care homes in England from November 11, according to new guidance. The Government has published guidance to help managers with
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