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Every political party’s election manifesto should include an outline of long term entitlements under a National Care Service to highlight a commitment to treating older people fairly, a wide-ran...
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Children and vulnerable adults are to be better protected from today with the start of the new vetting and barring scheme (VBS).
The new scheme will be delivered by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) ...
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More than 100,000 people will benefit from a new wave of talking therapy services going live across the country from today, World Mental Health Day, Care Services Minister Phil Hope has announced.
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Twenty sites across England have been selected to participate in a study to identify the benefits of Personal Budgets for health and the patient groups who will benefit most from them, Health Minister...
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A new website will help public sector staff to better understand the needs of older people.
The website launched on Older People’s Day (1 October) will help professionals to tailor their work s...
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Seven out of 10 people living in a care home have suffered from medication errors, such as being given the wrong drug or wrong dose, a study has found.
The scale of drug errors alarmed campaigning gr...
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The successful transfer of community services from NHS Barking and Dagenham to North East London NHS Foundation Trust could give some vital guidance to primary care trusts (PCTs) across the country as...
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ELDERLY residents who faced being moved from their Yeovil care home because their fees were too low have won a reprieve.
Sherborne House Care Home told the families of seven residents that they may h...
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Elderly people living in care homes are being put at risk because of sub-standard systems for handing out medicine, according to a report.
University of London researchers found seven in 10 residents...
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People may enter residential care prematurely under Conservative plans to insure older people against the costs of care home fees, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Jenny Owe...
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Not enough is being done to support the growing number of people with Down's syndrome who have dementia, say campaigners.
As many as 50% of all people with Down's in their 50s may now have Alzheimer'...
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A "home protection scheme" to prevent older people having to sell their properties to fund long-term care has been unveiled by the Conservatives.
In England, residential care costs must be ...
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From 1 April 2010, the regulation of health and adult social care will change. Legislation is bringing in a new system that applies to all regulated health and adult social care services. All health a...
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More than half of babies now born in the UK and other wealthy nations will live to 100 years, researchers say.
The study, published in The Lancet journal, also says the extra years are spent with les...
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Skills for Care have announced improvements to the way the National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC) collects data on qualification levels across adult social care and on the migrant workers...
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