Guests at the official opening of a housing association’s £7.8m extra care facility in Porthmadog heard about its positive impact on the lives of residents. Grŵp Cynefin’s Hafod y Gest
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Independent care providers group, Scottish Care, has announced the appointment of Mary Preston as their new Chair. Mary has been an active member of Scottish Care since joining the Meallmore
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Children’s hospices in England are facing a “dangerous cocktail” of rising costs and a decline in state funding, a charity has said. The long-term future of centres which support families
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Concerns have been raised about the health and safety of care staff on “sleep-in” shifts after a study showed some faced physical abuse or having to bed down at work
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) must change the way it inspects services to ensure it detects cases of patient abuse, its chief executive has said. Some individuals appear to be
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Care workers suffered more than 6,000 violent attacks resulting in serious injuries during the last five years, new official figures show. The statistics, which were obtained under the Freedom of
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A care home in Falkirk must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by residents, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice on Southfields care
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Council social service bosses have failed to persuade a High Court judge to place a 17-year-old youth at risk because of his involvement in gang activity in secure accommodation. Social
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A man who burst into a dementia-suffer’s care home room and battered the helpless 60-year-old with a lamp has been jailed for 12 years. David Debney assaulted Denise Crowton, who
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Some children at homes run by a religious order were subjected to sexual abuse of the “utmost depravity”, an inquiry has found. Residential institutions run by the Sisters of Nazareth
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