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SWANTON CARE AND COMMUNITY CROWNED EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR
Adult social care provider, Swanton Care and Community, has been named The Employer of the Year (Independent) at The National Learning Disability and Autism Awards. Swanton CEO Dr Alison...
NHS Foundation Trust fined over patient canoe suicide
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has been fined for safety failings after a patient drowned during a canoeing activity event. Mansoor Elahi, 31, from Rochdale was an inpatient at Birch Hill...
Estate Agent Disappearance Anniversary marked with Right to be Safe Appeal
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust has today launched the Right to be Safe appeal on the 30th anniversary of estate agent Suzy’s disappearance. The 25 year old disappeared without a trace whilst showing...
CQC publishes care home closure guidance to protect service users
The CQC published a good practice guide yesterday in a bid to minimise disruption to those affected by care home closures. The publication, Managing Care Home Closures, comes after an event...
Ombudsman offers greater clarity about its role with Service Charter
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has today published a set of quality standards in the form of a Service Charter to inform service users what they can expect from the service. The...
Sir Ranulph Fiennes to scale new heights for Marie Curie
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is set to scale four mountains in ten months in a bid to raise money for the terminally ill. So far Sir Ranulph has raised £18million for charity and has led over 30...
Older people ‘falling through gaps’ of poorly integrated care services
A CQC report has found that care for people with complex needs can often become fragmented during periods of transition. The Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers report reveals that despite...
NACC welcomes all Sunrise and Gracewell care homes
Care providers Sunrise Senior Living and Gracewell Healthcare have signed up all of their sites to the National Association of Care Catering (NACC). Sunrise, who acquired Gracewell in...
More needs to be done to protect children at risk of harm, says CQC
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has urged healthcare staff and leaders to do more to identify and listen to children at risk of harm. The ‘Not seen, not heard’ report acknowledges...
Freemasons donate £65,000 to fund spinal cord injury research
The INSPIRE Foundation have received a £65,000 grant from the Masonic Charitable Foundation to fund a project aimed at improving the quality of life and independence of people with spinal...
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