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CQC publishes 18 more reports from its review of services for people with learning disabilities

4 April 2012 | No comments

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today publishes a further 18 reports from a targeted programme of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care homes that care for people with learning disabilities.

Age UK predicts the elderly who meet their own costs will be increased by up to 150,000 by 2025

2 April 2012 | No comments

What many are calling a “stealth cut” is apparently responsible for a tax on the elderly that has yet to make it to headlines, an age UK prediction has said.

Staffordshire care home has failed to protect people’s safety and welfare says regulator

29 March 2012 | No comments

Shenstone Hall Nursing Home in Lichfield is not meeting six essential standards.

Some care homes and hospitals are still not meeting their obligations on liberty safeguards, says CQC

28 March 2012 | No comments

Awareness of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in care homes and hospitals grew in 2010-2011 but staff training on how to apply them was still patchy, leading to inconsistent practice, says the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Some care homes and hospitals are still not meeting their obligations on liberty safeguards, says CQC

27 March 2012 | No comments

Awareness of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in care homes and hospitals grew in 2010-2011 but staff training on how to apply them was still patchy, leading to inconsistent practice, says the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

CQC acts to protect the safety and welfare of people at Chestnut Lodge care home, Dorset

23 March 2012 | No comments

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told the owner of Chestnut Lodge care home at Ferndown in Dorset that she must take immediate action to improve standards of care.

CQC publishes 19 more reports from its review of services for people with learning disabilities

21 March 2012 | No comments

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today publishes a further 19 reports from a targeted programme of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care homes that care for people with learning disabilities.

Merseyside care home has failed to protect people’s safety and welfare says regulator

19 March 2012 | No comments

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Cranford Care Homes Limited that it must make improvements at Cranford Residential to comply with the essential standards of quality and safety.

RCN sets out care homes plan

14 March 2012 | 1 comment

Care homes are struggling to provide high quality care for residents with complex medical conditions, against a backdrop of a severe funding, equipment and staff shortages, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.

Registration cancelled after enforcement action by the Care Quality Commission

9 March 2012 | No comments

The owner of the Rangemore Care Home, Knutsford, Cheshire, Richard Dickinson, had been registered to provide the regulated activities accommodation and nursing care and treatment of disease,

Review of health care in care homes published

9 March 2012 | No comments

The review focussed on health care services for older people and people with learning disabilities in care homes.

New Barrow care home plans unveiled

9 March 2012 | No comments

Plans of the new multi-million pound care facility in Barrow will be unveiled at a series events that have started today.

Nursing home sedation concerns

5 March 2012 | No comments

A number of Northern Ireland nursing homes are sedating residents without checking if they still need it, a Human Rights Commission report reveals.

Park Homes UK Ltd has failed to protect people’s safety and welfare says regulator

5 March 2012 | No comments

Park Homes UK Ltd, the proprietor of the Hazel Bank Care Home, is not meeting four of the government’s essential standards of quality and safety.

Regulator acts to protect safety and welfare of people in 14 care services

29 February 2012 | No comments

The Care Quality Commission is taking action to protect people with learning disabilities who have been living in services operated by Atlas Project Team Ltd in the South of England.

CQC publishes 20 more reports from its review of services for people with learning disabilities

29 February 2012 | No comments

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today publishes a further 20 reports from a targeted programme of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care homes that care for people with learning disabilities.

CQC tells Kingsley House that it must take urgent action to improve services

20 February 2012 | No comments

The Care Quality Commission is taking action to protect the safety and welfare of people living in a care home in Merseyside.

Warwickshire care home has failed to protect people’s safety and welfare says regulator

15 February 2012 | No comments

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Pinnacle Care Limited that they must make improvements at Wolston Grange to comply with the essential standards of quality and safety.

Norfolk care home has failed to protect people’s safety and welfare says regulator

15 February 2012 | 1 comment

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Priory (Watton) Limited that they must make improvements at Buckingham Lodge Care Home to comply with the essential standards of quality and safety.

Intact (uk) Limited t/a Excel Care has failed to protect people’s safety and welfare says regulator

15 February 2012 | No comments

Excel Care domiciliary care agency, is not meeting three of the government’s essential standards of quality and safety.