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• Care homes, cameras and euthanasia | Letters

  28-11-2018 18:35
  Letters from Dr Trevor Smith, Ben Wilson and Sara LewisThank you for reporting on the appearance of malnutrition on the death certificates of care home residents (Report, 26 November). This is an incredibly serious issue that requires further investigation, but let us not lay all the blame on care home workers.Our Nutrition Screening Week survey in 2015 showed that most care homes reported having policies on nutritional screening and nutrition care planning in place. There is of course room for
  
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• Complaints over social care in England nearly trebled since 2010

  28-11-2018 17:33
  Labour attacks ‘hollowing-out of the social care system’ after ombudsman’s damning reportComplaints and inquiries about adult social care have nearly trebled since 2010, a damning report reveals, prompting warnings that the industry is struggling to cope with funding pressures.The local government and social care ombudsman said there were 3,106 complaints or inquiries about private or council-run adult social care in 2017/18, compared with 1,156 in 2010/11.Continue reading...
  
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• Social care pressures reflected in Ombudsman’s review of complaints

  28-11-2018 13:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It’s no longer just one-off mistakes; we’re seeing problems with systems, policies and the way procedures are being applied…”
  That’s the view of Michael King, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, as the service launches its annual review of adult social care complaints.
  Over the past year, the Ombudsman has become increasingly concerned about the way some authorities are handling the need to balance the pressures they are under with the way they asses
  
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• Guardian Public Service Awards 2018: all the winners

  28-11-2018 10:51
  The outstanding projects, teams and leaders chosen by the judges for care, digital and technology, diversity and inclusion, health and wellbeing, housing, learning and development, recruitment & HR, transformation, and leadership excellencePublic servant of the year: Annette SmithOverall winnerAll the finalistsAt a very special evening in London on 27 November, all the winners of this year’s Guardian Public Service Awards were revealed, including the transformation and overall winner,
  
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• Public Service Awards: the finalists

  28-11-2018 10:47
  The projects, teams and leaders who made it to our shortlist, but narrowly missed out on the top spotsOverall winner: Cheshire West and Chester council library services teamPublic servant of the year: Annette SmithAll the winnersEvery year, we receive hundreds of entries for the Public Service Awards. Our expert judges face the difficult task of selecting a shortlist and then the even harder task of picking the winners.Here are those who made it through to the final stage: Continue reading...
  
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• Public Service Awards 2018: the finalists

  28-11-2018 10:47
  The projects, teams and leaders who made it to our shortlist, but narrowly missed out on the top spotsOverall winner: Cheshire West and Chester council library services teamPublic servant of the year: Annette SmithAll the winnersEvery year, we receive hundreds of entries for the Public Service Awards. Our expert judges face the difficult task of selecting a shortlist and then the even harder task of picking the winners.Here are those who made it through to the final stage: Continue reading...
  
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• Didsbury care village residents enjoy opera workshops

  28-11-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at care village Belong Morris Feinmann in Didsbury were treated to a series of opera workshops from SoundUp Arts, a community music service in association with the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), whose aim is to engage, enrich and entertain people, including those living with dementia, through the power of music.
   
  The weekly workshops saw RNCM opera students, who are currently working on a production of Puccini’s comic masterpiece ‘Gianni Schicchi’, enga
  
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• £35m extra-care village nears completion

  28-11-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The finish line is in sight for Hampshire’s newest retirement village with completion set for  January 2019.
   
  Titchfield’s Friary Meadow, named in reference to the nearby Abbey and the likely historic use of the fields around it, is now offering visitors the chance to see a completed apartment as well as the three bedroom town house show home and reserve off-plan.
   
  The retirement village is situated between Southampton and Portsmouth, in the heart of Hampshire.
   
  
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• Home care service launched in North Lincolnshire

  28-11-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new service is being launched in North Lincolnshire that will offer access to high quality personal care and support for hundreds of people living at home.
   
  Also set to create dozens of new jobs, the service will be provided by Grimsby-based Hica at Home, which has won a contract to supply domiciliary care across Brigg, Barton, Barrow-upon-Humber and the surrounding villages.
   
  The move will allow people to take advantage of a range of dedicated services delivered locally by trained
  
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