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• UK dementia care agency’s half-hour home visits ‘lasted as little as three minutes’

  30-01-2023 18:43
  
  Staff filed records claiming far more care was given to patient Susan Beswick in Hampshire, evidence suggestsA dementia home care agency spent as little as three and a half minutes on taxpayer-funded care visits and filed records claiming far more care was given, according to evidence seen by the Guardian.The hasty care was exposed by Susan Beswick’s family, who called it “totally inadequate”. They say they had been told visits to 78-year-old Beswick, who has Alzheimer’s
  
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• Footage reveals three-minute visit for dementia patient by homecare staff – video report

  30-01-2023 18:29
  
  A homecare agency paid to look after people with dementia has been spending as little as three minutes on care visits which are supposed to last half an hour - and cheating records to exaggerate the amount of care given. Staff employed by the Pathways of Hope company in Hampshire made it appear they spent far longer looking after 78-year-old Susan Beswick, who has Alzheimer’s. Video and documentary evidence from 1 to 10 January reviewed by the Guardian showed carers spent less than 90 minu
  
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• Rishi Sunak set to unveil emergency care plan to slash NHS waiting times

  30-01-2023 01:01
  
  Experts warn plan does not address staff vacancies and £1bn fund pledged is not new money Rishi Sunak will vow to rapidly slash long waiting times for urgent NHS care with a promise of thousands more beds, 800 new ambulances and an expansion of community care backed by a dedicated fund of £1bn.The health service is engulfed in its worst-ever crisis, with urgent and emergency care in particular under unprecedented pressure in recent months. The prime minister will describe his bluepri
  
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