Patients kept in Glasgow care homes unlawfully
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has agreed to stop placing patients in care homes without legal authority. Legal action…
Care
Thousands turned to social services for help during covid crisis
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) says tens of thousands of individuals with support needs contacted social…
Awards to honour NHS health and care heroes
Doctors and nurses working to combat Hepatitis C in the homeless during the pandemic, the team behind the UK’s first…
Covid care home study to triple in size
A government-backed study to test care home staff and residents for their immune response to coronavirus is to triple in…
Eight in 10 people back a pay increase for care workers
The overwhelming majority of people back increased investment in social care to fund a pay rise for care workers, according to a…
Children in care being ‘failed by the state’
The children’s residential social care system is broken and failing many of the most vulnerable children, reports by the Children’s…
Bring care workers in from the cold, says Age UK
Age UK has called for improved pay and conditions for care workers, after a report reveals they still earn 24p…
Scottish patients sent to care homes after testing positive
Dozens of patients in Scotland who had tested positive for Covid-19 while in hospital were then discharged to care homes…
