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Market Drayton home care service rated inadequate
1+ week, 5+ day ago (493+ words) A home care service has had its rating downgraded to "inadequate" amid concerns of poor standards of care impacting on users' ability to live healthier lives. Following a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in July, Market Drayton-based Willow Home Care…...
Cost of Manx elderly care models 'higher than expected'
3+ week, 6+ day ago (367+ words) A review of proposed new models of funding elderly care found the costs were "much higher than originally anticipated", the health minister has said. The Department of Health and Social Care carried out the probe into the Isle of Man's…...
Netherleigh: Plans to convert old Stormont headquarters into nursing home
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (259+ words) A developer is planning to convert the former headquarters of Stormont's Department for the Economy into a nursing home. The Netherleigh complex in east Belfast was put on the market for "5.75m in 2024. The six acre site includes the 19th century Netherleigh…...
Coroner warning over incompatible NHS systems
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (272+ words) A Hull coroner has warned NHS bosses that delays to the availability of mental health assessments between different teams due to outdated IT systems could lead to future deaths. Prof Paul Marks, senior coroner for Hull and East Riding, issued…...
Lampard Inquiry: 'The NHS at its worst', says ex-ombudsman
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (877+ words) Sir Rob Behrens says it was a "disgrace" how mental health services failed two vulnerable men. A former health ombudsman has condemned mental health services for their handling of two vulnerable young men who died in their care. Sir Rob…...
Bristol woman said being husband's carer is 'like being invisible"
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (861+ words) Dorothy Cook, 67, from Bristol, lives with her husband Melvin Cook, 78, who has ataxia, a degenerative brain and neurological disease which affects his mobility and communication. Charity Carers ... A woman who is a full-time carer for her husband says she feels…...
Bristol woman said being husband's carer is 'like being invisible'
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1282+ words) A woman who is a full-time carer for her husband says she feels she has become "invisible" after not having a day off in 16 months and barely leaving the house for two years. A woman who is a full-time carer…...
Carlisle home care provider taken out of special measures
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (276+ words) A company providing home care to elderly people has been taken out of special measures, but still requires improvement. Amicable Care in Carlisle, Cumbria, had been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in 2023 and placed in special measures,…...