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• CQC appoints Kate Terroni as Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care

  26-01-2019 15:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kate Terroni as Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care (ASC). Kate is due to start the role in May, taking over from Debbie Westhead who has been Interim Chief Inspector since Andrea Sutcliffe’s departure in December last year. Kate, a registered social worker, is currently Director of Adult […]
  
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• Hartford Care are award winners at The Care Workers Charity first ever reception

  26-01-2019 15:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Basingstoke based Hartford Care is thrilled to be the proud winner of the Best Fundraising Event at the inaugural Care Workers Charity awards. Hartford Care were recognised as the winners in the Best Fundraising Event category thanks to the abseil challenge at the Emirates Spinnaker Tower, that involved 6 people from the business. The senior […]
  
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• Ambulance and A&E delays are putting patients ‘at risk’

  26-01-2019 14:15
  A coroner in Wales issues a formal warning ordering NHS bosses to make improvementsPatients’ lives are being put in danger by long delays for vital NHS care, a coroner has warned, following the death of a 93-year-old woman who waited 10 hours for an ambulance and another two to get into A&E.Ambulance hold-ups, staff shortages and the difficulty of getting speedy A&E care have contributed to “numerous” deaths and may claim more lives, according to John Gittins. He outlin
  
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• Breast-ironing: ‘the whole community needs an education’

  26-01-2019 08:01
  Practice that aims to slow girls’ physical development is both ineffective and dangerous, say doctorsIn a quiet suburban house on the outskirts of a city in northern England, Maureen* – a mother of two in her late 30s – sits cradling a large dark stone in the palm of her hand.She had just been using it to crush spices for a family meal. But a few years ago, she was using it for a very different purpose. Continue reading...
  
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