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Ministers to strengthen safeguards for adults in care
I hope they do follow this through and make some big changes quickly not slowly.
Ministers to strengthen safeguards for adults in care
Vulnerable adults in care in England are to be given more protection from abuse, the government has said.
The pledge comes after a BBC Panorama investigation showed staff at a privately run hospital mistreating adults with learning disabilities.
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.
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.
