An NHS manager wrote that the mental health trust he works for “may have been saved” by the death of Monty Python star Terry Jones (pictured), suggesting this reduced media
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The health watchdog has ordered dozens of care and nursing homes to be re-inspected after duplicate comments were found in scores of inspection reports. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said
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Vulnerable people are struggling to challenge care plans put in place by authorities because most councils no longer offer free legal advice, lawyers have warned. Research by the Law Society
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There is a crisis of social care in Scotland and politicians need to make it a serious priority, writes Alex Cole-Hamilton. It’s the 21st century, we live in the capital
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A review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of mental health and adult social care services run by Cygnet Health Care Limited has raised a number of concerns requiring action
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Boris Johnson has vowed to produce a plan for solving the social care crisis within the next 12 months. The Conservative Party’s manifesto had promised only “cross-party” talks on how
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The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution has been ordered to pay £50,000 plus legal costs, following an incident at a care home in which a person sustained serious injuries. The care
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There was widespread abuse of children at care establishments in Scotland, an interim report has concluded. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has published its findings into residential institutions run by
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A pensioner whose wish for a stripper to visit her care home was granted by management said that she “loved every second” of it. The 89-year-old resident, who gave her
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“Bed-blocking” due to a lack of social care will have cost the NHS a “staggering” £587 million between the last general election and the forthcoming poll, a charity has calculated.
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