35 h. ago Nursing home 'horrors' as 75 pensioners found drugged with feet tied together

A total of 75 people were found in "illegal" nursing homes with their feet tied together and heavily drugged up, with ministers branding the discovery as a "house of horror"

Events

3 d. ago Clarkson's Farm star sells £2.8m Cotswolds home paid for with secret fortune

The Amazon Prime series Clarkson's Farm has become a huge hit with viewers and now two of the stars are looking to sell their properties as they aim to boost their bank balances

Society

3 d. ago Rutherglen MSP welcomes £6.6 million of funding to reduce waiting times in Lanarkshire

This investment is part of the Scottish Government’s £200 million commitment in the Programme for Government to increase NHS capacity, reduce delayed discharge, and improve the flow of patients through hospitals.

Economics

1 week ago Pubs, cafes and hotels across UK to get lower energy bills thanks to free advice

More than 600 small and medium sized hospitality businesses will receive energy and carbon reduction assessments, which will help them make cost effective changes

Science

2 w. ago Outrage after Florida nursing home accused of booting residents to convert facility into luxury apartments

Oasis Living Quarters, in Fort Lauderdale, is now being fined over conversion work that officials say is being carried out without permits

Society

2 w. ago Nurse suspended over “horrific” forced covid injection of vulnerable woman in care home

The incident was witnessed by a member of staff who gave evidence at hearing into conduct of care home nurse Janette Donnelly

Politics

3 w. ago US nursing home employees: do you have information about UnitedHealth’s nursing home practices?

We’d like to hear from UnitedHealth or nursing home workers and their experience with the company’s ISNP programThe Guardian has reported on allegations from current and former UnitedHealth employees that their company endangered patient safety in an attempt to cut hospitalization expenses and crossed legal lines to enroll residents in UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage institutional special needs plans (ISNPs). UnitedHealth/Optum has denied these allegations.We would like to hear from nursing home employees and operators about their experience working with UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage ISNP program. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers

A Guardian investigation finds insurer quietly paid facilities that helped it gain Medicare enrollees and reduce hospitalizations. Whistleblowers allege harm to residentsUnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest healthcare conglomerate, has secretly paid nursing homes thousands in bonuses to help slash hospital transfers for ailing residents – part of a series of cost-cutting tactics that has saved the company millions, but at times risked residents’ health, a Guardian investigation has found.Those secret bonuses have been paid out as part of a UnitedHealth program that stations the company’s own medical teams in nursing homes and pushes them to cut care expenses for residents covered by the insurance giant. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago ‘Difficult choices’: aid cuts threaten effort to reduce maternal deaths in Nigeria

Staff at a UN-run clinic in country’s north-east worry about growing funding gaps amid dismantling of USAID At a UN-run antenatal clinic in a camp for people displaced by Boko Haram, the colours stand out like the bellies of the pregnant women. Abayas in neon green, dark brown and shades of yellow graze against the purple and white uniforms of nurses attending to them in the beige-orange halls of the maternal healthcare facility.Within the clinic in Maiduguri in north-east Nigeria, midwives and nurses are handing out free emergency home delivery kits, “dignity kits” for sexual abuse survivors and reusable sanitary pads to curb exploitation of young girls who cannot afford them. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Delay in improving NHS maternity care ‘costs lives of hundreds of babies a year’

Baby charities’ report shows that high rates of stillbirth and neonatal death are not reducing quickly enoughA delay in improving NHS maternity care is costing the lives of hundreds of babies a year, analysis shows.At least 2,500 fewer babies would have died since 2018 if hospitals had managed to reduce the number of of stillbirths and neonatal and maternal deaths in England, as the government falls behind on its commitment to halve the rate of those three events. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Strachan House celebrates the return of student nurses to care home

Staff at Strachan House in Edinburgh were delighted to welcome back Student nurses to the home. Student nurses play such a huge role in the future of nursing in Care homes and we couldn’t be happier to celebrate their placements here and develop the nurses of the future.

Society

3 w. ago Nurses ‘not taken seriously’ because profession is majority female, union boss says

Nurses’ patience “will run out” warns the union boss

Politics