Fatal accident inquiry to be held into care home resident’s choking death
A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a man who choked on food at a care home. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)
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Care home worker jailed for abusing residents with dementia almost 40 times
A care worker has been jailed for abusing three care home residents with dementia almost 40 times. Sharlene Bosita (pictured) was seen on CCTV making it look like she was
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Consultation launched to strengthen rules allowing care home and hospital visits
Care home residents and hospital patients will be able to have visitors in all circumstances under plans for new regulations aimed at stopping access to loved ones being unfairly denied.
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Social care volunteer plans ‘a drop in the ocean compared to what is needed’
Social care leaders have warned that using volunteers to take medicines and prescriptions to people must not be a distraction to “systematic, Government-induced issues” impacting the struggling sector. A volunteer
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Covid-19 Inquiry appoints boss of human rights panel as chief executive
The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry has appointed a chief executive to help investigate the Government’s response to the pandemic. Ian Duddy, chairman of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, will begin his
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Scottish Covid Inquiry asks public to share experiences of the pandemic
Members of the public have been invited to share the lessons they believe should be learned from the Scottish Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Let’s Be Heard: Sharing Scotland’s
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Care home fined £20,000 over death of pensioner who drank cleaning solution
A care home has been fined £20,000 for breaking health and safety laws after a resident died from drinking sanitiser during the coronavirus lockdown. David Fyfe, 90, had dementia and
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Majority back aligning social care worker wages to NHS pay bands, poll suggests
The majority of people think care workers should be paid the same as pharmacy assistants and some other NHS workers, according to research by an organisation working to support people
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Four care workers at specialist hospital guilty of mistreating vulnerable patients
Four members of staff at a specialist hospital have been found guilty of mistreating vulnerable patients after an undercover BBC Panorama documentary. Five other staff members were cleared of all
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Call for major overhaul of regulation to prevent abuse of disabled children
Recommendations for a more joined-up approach to the care of disabled children in care homes must be fully implemented otherwise “appalling harm” suffered by this vulnerable group could be repeated,
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