4 h. ago Improvements noted at Ayrshire care at home service as it meets Care Inspectorate 'requirement'

The Care Inspectorate visited Ayrshire Care Solutions Housing Support Service, based in Main Street, Auchinleck, in October with their findings now published.

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9 h. ago More than 2,000 children disappear in social services care each year, report finds

A new report that reveals the rate at which vulnerable children go missing in the care of social services has exposed safeguarding failures, charities say

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9 h. ago Daughter of Royal Navy officer who died after contracting Covid in prison gets five

Melanie Kalay took the Ministry of Justice and the City Health Partnership, which provides health and care services, to the High Court over the death of her father, Alpha Kalay.

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23 h. ago All the health and care services in Greater Manchester inspected by watchdogs

One care home has been found to be 'requires improvement' in three consecutive inspections

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25 h. ago Firefighters issue Black Friday warning over potentially dangerous batteries

West Midlands Fire Service urged people to ‘take care’ when purchasing lithium-ion batteries

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41 h. ago More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago More than 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Plan to move patients to Paisley nursing home not connected to hospital ward closure

Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) said its new “intermediate service” would cater to people who are medically fit to leave hospital but who require rehabilitation before returning home.

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2 w. ago Katie Price launches scathing rant at Myleene Klass and asks three

Katie Price has hit out at Myleene Klass after the musician was awarded an MBE earlier this year for services to women's health including raising awareness of miscarriage care

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2 w. ago NHS 24 technical issue as Scots told to only call 111 'if urgent'

NHS 24 has advised Scots only to use its 111 telephone service if they are in need of urgent care.

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2 w. ago Vital services at risk in Wales with social care facing huge black hole, councils say

The financial black hole in social services equates to more than one third of councils' total overspend in this financial year, according to a local government body

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2 w. ago Parents given vital sparkler safety advice to follow on Bonfire Night

Sparklers are popular this time of year, but likewise must be handled with care. The TikTok account of Hampshire NHS' Health Families service shared some important advice to follow while playing with sparklers

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2 w. ago Charles meets armed forces veterans at tailored healthcare programme

The programme at Chatfield Health Care provides a range of health services and rehabilitation programmes for former servicemen and women.

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3 w. ago 'Significant strengths' found in service provision at Ayrshire care service

The gradings come from the Care Inspectorate who visited the service in October with their findings now published.

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3 w. ago Boost to North Ayrshire libraries as they are granted a share of 200k improvement fund

Twelve public libraries across Scotland are set to transform their services thanks to the cash injection from the fund.

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3 w. ago Improvements noted at Ayrshire after school club during follow

At the earlier inspection the care scrutiny body raised concerns over having “appropriate numbers of qualified and competent staff” to “meet the needs of children.”

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3 w. ago Prestwick care at home service graded 'very good' after inspection

The gradings follow an unannounced inspection in September with the results now published.

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3 w. ago Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis

National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increasesHospices in England are cutting hundreds of beds and staff because of a funding crisis, despite a sharp rise in demand for palliative care, a damning report warns.People needing end of life care faced a postcode lottery because access to services was so patchy, the National Audit Office (NAO) reported. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago West Lothian Integration Joint Board looking for views to help social care services

The IJB has responsibility for planning most health and social care services for adults in West Lothian, and faces an estimated budget gap of over £20 million over the next two years.

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4 w. ago Leading kids charity has say on proposed Wishaw neonatal unit changes

Lia’s Wings, the UK charity that flies premature babies and critically ill children for specialist treatment, has called for a balanced approach to the Scottish Government’s planned changes to neonatal intensive care services.

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