Vulnerable Adults – Page 19 – Care Appointments

Mentally-ill man receives indefinite hospital order after stabbing his elderly father to death

By Emily Pennink, Reporter2nd June 2022News England

A mentally-ill man has been locked up indefinitely after stabbing his 81-year-old father to death. Frank Samuel, 54, was heard to say “don’t call me Frankie” as he attacked father-of-four

Care home company fined £450,000 after vulnerable woman drowned in bath

By The Press Association30th May 2022News Scotland

A care home firm has been fined £450,000 after a catalogue of health and safety failings led to a vulnerable resident drowning in a bath. Margaret Glasgow was a resident

Judge gives doctors go ahead to perform C-section on woman with mental health difficulties

By Brian Farmer, Reporter24th May 2022News England

A judge has given doctors the go ahead to perform a caesarean section on a heavily pregnant woman with mental health difficulties. The woman, in her 30s and detained under

Missing Gaia Pope-Sutherland should have been graded ‘high risk’, inquest told

By Rod Minchin, Reporter24th May 2022News England

Teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland’s disappearance should have been treated as high risk as soon as she was reported missing, her inquest has been told. Police inspector Andrew Alkins said it was

Father, 93, convicted of allowing the ‘horrific’ death of immobile and vulnerable daughter

By Matthew Cooper, Reporter29th April 2022News England

The 93-year-old father of an immobile and vulnerable woman who died in “horrific” conditions in a bedroom has been convicted of allowing her death. After deliberating for more than 15

Priory hospital chiefs urged to tighten perimeter fence safety after vulnerable patient death

By Matthew Cooper, Reporter25th April 2022News England

A coroner has urged health chiefs to consider imposing minimum standards for perimeter fences at acute mental health units after neglect was found to have contributed to the death of

Neglect by Priory hospital contributed to death of young mental health patient, jury finds

By Matthew Cooper, Reporter21st April 2022News England

Failings amounting to neglect contributed to the death of a vulnerable man who was hit by a train after absconding from a mental health hospital, a jury has ruled. Personal

Avon and Somerset Police to offer GPS trackers to high-risk dementia sufferers

By Tess de la Mare, Reporter12th April 2022News England

Avon and Somerset Police will be offering GPS trackers to people living with dementia who are at high risk of going missing. The force said on Tuesday it has secured

Asylum seeker who stabbed six people in Glasgow made 72 phone calls to authorities before attack

By Katharine Hay, Reporter12th April 2022News Scotland

An asylum seeker who was shot dead after stabbing six people called the Home Office and various migrant support groups more than 70 times before his attack, it has been

New suicide prevention strategy to consider ‘online safety and gambling’ as risk factors

By Ella Pickover, Reporter12th April 2022News England

Gambling and online safety will be considered as potential risk factors in a new suicide prevention plan. The last plan to prevent suicides in England was written a decade ago

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Mentally-ill man receives indefinite hospital order after stabbing his elderly father to death

Care home company fined £450,000 after vulnerable woman drowned in bath

Missing Gaia Pope-Sutherland should have been graded ‘high risk’, inquest told

Father, 93, convicted of allowing the ‘horrific’ death of immobile and vulnerable daughter

Priory hospital chiefs urged to tighten perimeter fence safety after vulnerable patient death

Neglect by Priory hospital contributed to death of young mental health patient, jury finds

Avon and Somerset Police to offer GPS trackers to high-risk dementia sufferers

Asylum seeker who stabbed six people in Glasgow made 72 phone calls to authorities before attack

New suicide prevention strategy to consider ‘online safety and gambling’ as risk factors

Peers demand tax hike safeguards as Government accused of ‘absence of humanity’

Councils being pushed to ‘financial brink’ amid £8bn funding gap, report warns

Sarah, Duchess of York offered to help secure PPE in pandemic, inquiry told

Criticism of PPE contract system ‘wholly naive’, Hancock tells Covid inquiry

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Tag: Vulnerable Adults

Mentally-ill man receives indefinite hospital order after stabbing his elderly father to death

Care home company fined £450,000 after vulnerable woman drowned in bath

Judge gives doctors go ahead to perform C-section on woman with mental health difficulties

Missing Gaia Pope-Sutherland should have been graded ‘high risk’, inquest told

Father, 93, convicted of allowing the ‘horrific’ death of immobile and vulnerable daughter

Priory hospital chiefs urged to tighten perimeter fence safety after vulnerable patient death

Neglect by Priory hospital contributed to death of young mental health patient, jury finds

Avon and Somerset Police to offer GPS trackers to high-risk dementia sufferers

Asylum seeker who stabbed six people in Glasgow made 72 phone calls to authorities before attack

New suicide prevention strategy to consider ‘online safety and gambling’ as risk factors