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Doncaster to close seven homes
Doncaster council’s cabinet has approved plans to close its seven residential care homes for older people.
The local authority has now commenced a three-month consultation...
Care Act guidance severely limits top-up fees
The Department of Health (DH) has revealed more detail in its draft guidance following the Care Act gaining Royal Assent (CCMn June 2014).
Now the...
NHS cash not enough to solve social care funding crisis
Providing adult social care services in England will soon be ‘unsustainable’ if current budgetary pressures continue, and significant measures are not taken to inject...
Care homes like TB beds, says NHS head
NHS chief executive Simon Stevens has incurred the wrath of the care sector by saying he would be ‘disappointed’ if residential homes still existed...
DH outlines palliative care approach
A new approach to caring for dying people based on the needs and wishes of the person and those close to them was launched...
Half of hospital admissions are over 65
Figures to broaden insight into the health and care of people aged 65 or over in England revealed that this age group counts for...
IL placements in most deprived areas
Ofsted’s first publication of experimental statistics for children in care found that those staying in independent living settings were twice as likely to live...
Carers sentenced following abuse
Three carers who worked for Shaw Healthcare at its Granary care home in Somerset received jails sentences last month following being found guilty of...
MH services moving to indepedent sector – Nuffield
Analysis from Nuffield Trust has found that there has been a marked shift from NHS to independent sector community and mental health services in...
DH unveils final fundamental standards and fit and proper persons test
The government is to introduce a ‘fit-and-proper persons’ test for all directors of Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered providers from April 2015 (CCMn April...
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