Category Archives: Older care
Care Quality Commission has shortage of inspectors Serious concerns have been raised over the care industry
Why are they short of 133 inspectors?
Care Quality Commission has shortage of inspectors Serious concerns have been raised over the care industry
Arrests after hospital abuse film Hospital abuse film prompts reaction ‘A growing crisis’ in social care England’s care home regulator has a staff shortage of nearly 300, including some 133 inspectors, it has said. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has 283 unfilled posts in its workforce, including inspectors whose job it is to ensure care homes meet standards. It blamed a recruitment freeze imposed by the Government last year – but the Department of Health said it relaxed the curb in February.
Man’s complaints over dying wife’s care upheld
2 June 2011 Last updated at 13:26
Melrose man’s complaints over dying wife’s care upheld
The council agreed that the length of visit times by ILS staff was not adequateA council has upheld a number of complaints from a Borders pensioner about the day care services provided for his dying wife.
David Jamieson, of Melrose, told carers to leave his home after they failed to wear protective clothing when treating critically-ill wife Elspeth.
After her death in December last year he made a series of complaints.
The elderly and vulnerable must be protected at all costs
The elderly and vulnerable must be protected at all costs
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Care homes are not ordinary businesses that can safely be allowed to go bust
The signs point to a care crisis. BBC’s Panorama this week exposed the horrendous abuse of people with learning difficulties at Winterbourne View, a private care home in Bristol. Meanwhile, Southern Cross, which runs 750 elderly care homes, has lurched deeper into financial turmoil. Southern Cross has told its landlords that, unless it is permitted to reduce its rent payments, insolvency looms.
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