A nursing home where seven residents died after suffering poor care would have been closed much sooner had the scandal happened today, an inquest has heard. Margaret Rooney, deputy chief
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Unacceptable blanket bans on care home visits are in operation in England contrary to Government guidance, the care watchdog has said. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said providers should not
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A report into how well community payback orders are implemented and managed in Aberdeen has been published by the Care Inspectorate. Inspectors looked at how justice social work services in
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The UK’s medicines regulator has confirmed it is investigating a firm that reportedly won work linked to coronavirus testing during the pandemic. Hinpack, a manufacturing business run by former publican
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A care home has had its licence suspended after half its residents died due to Covid-19. The action was taken at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday against Thornlea Nursing Home,
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A hospital for men with learning disabilities has been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) identified “serious risks to patient safety”. The CQC said it also
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Social workers considered allowing an 11-year-old girl at the centre of a fostering dispute to be deported, a report has concluded. There were several failings in the handling of the
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Fewer than half of local authorities in England have an approved designated facility for care home residents in hospital to be discharged into, figures show. Out of 151 local authorities,
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Experiences of community mental health services are consistently poor and the coronavirus pandemic will prompt a rise in people seeking help at crisis point, the care regulator has warned. People
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A care group has questioned the fairness of a watchdog’s inspections approach during the coronavirus pandemic after it emerged local authority homes are far less likely to be inspected than
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