NHS receives extra cash ahead of winter
The NHS in Scotland will receive an extra £10m to help reduce hospital attendances over winter by better managing care closer to home.
Investment will...
App aims to help people live independently for longer
The Sound Doctor has developed an app to help people live longer and more independently at home.
Aimed at people aged over 70, the app...
Young people with learning disabilities and autism subjected to ‘horrific’ conditions
The ‘horrific reality’ of the conditions that young people with learning disabilities and autism detained in mental health hospitals have to endure has been...
Bupa fined £123,000 for care and treatment failures
Bupa has been fined for failing to provide safe care and treatment after two incidents at West Ridings Care Home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
The...
Development of ‘care robots’ receives more than £30m investment
A research programme that could help develop ‘care robots’ has been launched with £34m of government investment.
With one in seven people in the UK...
Care work the biggest night occupation, research shows
Care staff account for most night workers in the UK with 432,000 employees, research has found.
This was followed by nurses and midwives (232,000) and...
Inadequate provision in local plans for older people’s housing, says research
Research has revealed 45% of councils have neither a clear older people accommodation policy nor site allocations for their ageing populations.
Analysis by Irwin Mitchell,...
Children with SEND being failed by poorly implemented reforms
Children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being failed because of poorly implemented legislation, which is leaving families facing...
Fewer older people receiving long-term care despite spending increases
Local authority spending on adult social care has risen by £807m to £18.7bn, representing a 4.5% increase in cash terms.
The rise, which represents 2.6%...
Health and social care letting down LGBT communities
Structures and services in health and social care are letting down lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Many LGBT people are expected to fit...
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