Social Care News Archive
SOMETHING appears to be seriously wrong within Bupa care homes in Scotland. – Company bosses were summoned to a meeting with Scottish health secretary Alex Neil last month after it emerged that police were investigating the deaths of four elderly residents at Pentland Hill care home in Edinburgh.
private-eye.co.uk, 6/11/13 - News
NHS Direct to close down next year – NHS Direct - one of the most recognisable names in the NHS - will be closed down in England next year.
24 October 2013 - News
US health chief becomes new NHS boss – A senior executive at a private US health firm has been appointed to lead NHS England - the most powerful body in the health service.
24 October 2013 - News
Council cost-cutting on care a threat to human rights of elderly – watchdog – Councils are abusing elderly people’s human rights by forcing down the price they pay agencies to provide care in their homes, the UK’s official equalities watchdog has warned.
John Bingham, Social affairs Editor, 08 Oct 2013 - News
'Mental patient' fancy dress shows how deep offensive stereotypes go in society – Tesco and Asda have done the decent thing. But we must work to end the stigma about mental health in work, communities, friends – even the NHS
Alastair Campbell, Thursday 26 September 2013 - News
4,000 care homes have been allowed to break the law – More than 4,000 care homes are being allowed to break the law by regulators, with no registered manager in charge of residents.
Laura Donnelly, 24/9/13 - general
Local Government Ombudsman steps in on care home top up fees – The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) is reminding councils across England that they are responsible for the actions of the care homes they work with. The advice follows an LGO investigation into Merton Council in which a contracted private home, Sutton Court Care Centre, asked a family to pay top-up fees – which they had no right to demand.
Care Industry News, 13/9/13 - News
Esther Rantzen CBE launches campaign urging planning reforms to ensure needs of older people are met – Building more retirement properties would free up more than 3 million homes, offering a lifeline to families desperate to move up the housing ladder, finds a new Demos report.
Care Industry News, 13/9/13 - News
Prime Minister commits to looking at ways to challenge abuse of older and disabled people – The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has agreed to look again at proposals aimed at strengthening legislation to protect older and disabled people. The commitment was given to a delegation on 11 September 2013, led by Paul Burstow M.P, and which included Sarah Rochira, (Older People’s Commissioner for Wales), Baroness Greengross, and Gary FitzGerald, Chief Executive of the charity Action on Elder Abuse.
Care Industry News, 12/9/13 - News
NHS hospital death rates among worst, new study finds – Exclusive: NHS patients are up to 45 per cent more likely to die in hospital than in the United States, suggests new data from the man who first highlighted the Mid Staffs scandal.
Victoria Macdonald, 11/9/13 - News
'Peer brokers' help other care-users manage their own services – People managing long-term conditions are being trained to support others find care – reducing councils' social care bills
Sinéad Brophy, 6/9/13 - News
Dementia: hundreds of thousands who rarely go outside – Almost 300,000 people who suffer dementia only venture outside once a week at the most and tens of thousands have given up doing so altogether, a study has found.
John Bingham, 3/9/13 - News
Cameron should appoint a minister for older people – The government is burying its head in the sand over the impact of demographic change. Only a dedicated minister can protect older people
Mario Ambrosi, 7/8/13 - general
Minister launches radical new procurement strategy to save the NHS £1.5 billion – A radical new blueprint for how our NHS buys everything has been unveiled by health minister Dr Dan Poulter today.
Department of Health, 5/8/13 - general
Family and Friends test 'at best meaningless' – The Government’s family and friends test for NHS hospitals has been condemned as “at best meaningless, at worst misleading” as critics warned the system is “open to gaming”.
Nick Collins, 31/7/13 - general
'We should listen to our frontline staff - they know the patients' – The Keogh review highlighted that frontline healthcare staff have the most interaction with a patient
Na'eem Ahmed, 29/7/13 - general
Run the NHS like PC World, says Britain’s leading doctor – Health service must offer more quality for less money, says Sir Bruce Keogh
Charlie Cooper, 28/7/13 - general
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