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• Children were abused for decades in Catholic homes, Scottish inquiry finds

  11-10-2018 15:57
  Homes in Lanark and Rutherglen were places of fear and abuse, says inquiry chair A public inquiry has found that nuns, priests and staff at two Scottish children’s homes subjected children to regimes of fear, physical and sexual abuse for many decades.In its first interim report, published on Thursday, the Scottish child abuse inquiry (SCAI) found that boys and girls housed in two Catholic residential homes in Lanarkshire were systematically starved of love, dignity and compassion. Continu
  
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• New social work model: ‘You can take longer view, not just stick a plaster on issues’

  11-10-2018 12:52
  Named social worker programme has a simple goal: to help people with autism, learning disabilities and mental health conditions lead a good lifePeter* has autism and a learning disability. Over the years, he and his family have had many social workers. Between the ages of four and 10, he had a good support worker, but when she left they lost a connection to someone who knew them well and who they could rely on. Peter’s parents said his social workers “changed with the seasons”;
  
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• Cold Weather Priority Initiative Aimed at Tackling Winter Deaths

  11-10-2018 12:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), each year in the UK, there are 40,000 so-called ‘excess winter deaths’ as a result of cold. 82.5% of these are among the elderly (aged 75 and over). Based on ONS data, in England alone there were as many as 1,724 extra deaths during the ‘Beast from the East’ (22 February to 3 March 2018). Across the UK the number the number may even be as high as 2000.
  In response to this and with winter approach
  
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• Lytham St Annes primary school children forge friendships with older people

  11-10-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A local primary school in Lytham St Annes has forged an ongoing link with a recently opened care centre and will be delighting residents with regular visits.
   
  The junior school children (aged between eight and 10) from Heyhouses Church of England Primary School on Clarendon Road North in Lytham St Annes will be visiting the The Hamptons care centre, off Heyhouses Lane, two or three times each month for an uplifting afternoon of fun and interaction with the residents.
   
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• Borough Care participate in Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk

  11-10-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Borough Care staff recently took part in an Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk, which took place at Heaton Park in Manchester.  The group of twelve, along with one of the team’s dog, walked a total of seven kilometres around the park.  So far, the group has raised over £500 for Alzheimer’s Society. Alzheimer’s Society is a charity for anyone affected by dementia.   
  Borough Care staff have been participating in the Memory Walk for the past four year
  
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• Eachstep Blackburn delighted with CQC inspection!

  11-10-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Care Quality Commission has rated the care being provided at Eachstep Blackburn, operated by Community Integrated Care, to be Outstanding following an inspection August this year.CQC inspectors revisited the service to check whether improvements, identified at the previous inspection in 2017, had been made. Inspectors found that the service had taken the previous concerns seriously and addressed them, as well as making further improvements.Previously Eachstep Blackburn was rated Good overall
  
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• Social care at tipping point as quality of care dependent on postcode

  11-10-2018 07:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  This year’s State of Care shows that most people are still getting good care – when they can access it.
  The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual assessment of the quality of health and social care in England shows that overall, quality has been largely maintained, and in some cases improved, from last year. This is despite continuing challenges around demand and funding, coupled with significant workforce pressures as all sectors struggle to recruit and retain staff. The effo
  
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• Care injustice as social care reaches tipping point and access to services sporadic country-wide

  11-10-2018 07:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  This year’s State of Care shows that most people are still getting good care – when they can access it.
  The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual assessment of the quality of health and social care in England shows that overall, quality has been largely maintained, and in some cases improved, from last year. This is despite continuing challenges around demand and funding, coupled with significant workforce pressures as all sectors struggle to recruit and retain staff. The effo
  
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• NHS watchdog warns good healthcare is becoming more of a postcode lottery

  11-10-2018 01:01
  CQC chief blames ‘geographical disparities’ in England for lack of access to quality carePatients in England are increasingly being subjected to “care injustice” in which they can access either no or poor quality hospital, mental health and social care services, the NHS watchdog has warned.Access to good care is more and more of a lottery depending on where people live, with some areas providing only services that have been deemed substandard, according to the Care Qualit
  
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