MPs warn of crisis in social care
Three out of five politicians say people in their constituencies are suffering because of cuts to social care, with more than three quarters saying...
Market gains beds despite loss of care homes, Knight Frank reveals
There was a marginal net gain of 43 beds in the care home market in the year to April despite a net loss of...
CQC commissions review into regulation of Whorlton Hall
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has commissioned David Noble to undertake an independent review into how it dealt with concerns raised by a former...
Inquiry concludes children subjected to ‘utmost depravity’
Children were subjected to abuse that ‘reached levels of the utmost depravity’ at residential institutions run by the Sisters of Nazareth between 1933 and...
‘Decisive political action’ needed to solve adult social care
Health Foundation analysis has revealed England spends less on publicly funded adult social care per person than Scotland and Wales, with the gap widening.
In...
Long waits for older people with critical or substantial needs
More than four in ten older people in Scotland assessed as needing substantial or critical care last year waited over the six weeks outlined...
Health and social care secretary bids to become PM
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock announced over the Bank Holiday weekend he plans to run for prime minister.
He is joined by nine...
Panorama exposé leads to ten arrests
Ten people have been arrested in connection with alleged abuse of patients at Whorlton Hall - a specialist 17-bed unit for people with learning...
HC-One fined after resident eats cleaning tablets
Operator HC-One has been fined £270,000 after a resident who suffered symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease chewed chlorine tablets that led to his death.
Kirkcaldy Sheriff...
Bubb calls for end to institutional care following latest Panorama exposé
The head of the taskforce set up to review inpatient services for people with learning disabilities in the wake of the Winterbourne View scandal...
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