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The State of Care is ‘longer waits and reduced access’, says watchdog

By John Pring on 26th October 2023 Category: Independent Living

The State of Care is ‘longer waits and reduced access’, says watchdog
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The care watchdog has raised a series of concerns about access to care and support, the over-use of restraint and seclusion, and the failure to provide legal protection to disabled people in vulnerable situations, in an annual report. In its annual assessment […]

Review finds multiple agencies failed over Whorlton Hall abuse scandal

By John Pring on 1st June 2023 Category: Independent Living

Review finds multiple agencies failed over Whorlton Hall abuse scandal
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Multiple agencies have been criticised by a long-awaited review for failing to expose a regime of physical and psychological abuse at a private hospital for autistic people and people with learning difficulties. The abuse at Whorlton Hall, near Barnard Castle, County […]

Watchdog holds back verdict on latest care sector concerns

By John Pring on 25th May 2023 Category: Independent Living

Watchdog holds back verdict on latest care sector concerns
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The care watchdog has declined to raise concerns about the state of adult social care services in England, despite releasing a new batch of inspection reports that show nearly half of them failed to meet acceptable standards. In just a week, […]

Watchdog investigates possible failures at mental health hospital after 24 alleged rapes

By John Pring on 30th March 2023 Category: Human Rights

Watchdog investigates possible failures at mental health hospital after 24 alleged rapes
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The care watchdog is investigating possible safeguarding failures at an NHS trust after a documentary uncovered figures showing there were 24 alleged rapes and 18 alleged sexual offences in just three years at one of its mental health hospitals. The Care […]

More than half of care homes inspected are failing, says regulator

By John Pring on 4th August 2022 Category: Independent Living

More than half of care homes inspected are failing, says regulator
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More than half of the care homes inspected in the last month were found to be inadequate or to require improvement, but the care watchdog has refused to say if it is concerned by the figures. The figures show that of […]

Call for urgent action as investigation finds home care deaths rose by half in pandemic

By John Pring on 13th May 2021 Category: Human Rights

Call for urgent action as investigation finds home care deaths rose by half in pandemic
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Disabled activists have called for an urgent investigation after new figures showed that deaths of disabled and older people receiving support at home from care agencies rose by nearly 50 per cent during the first 12 months of the pandemic. In […]

Regulator fails to record key details from scheme sending COVID patients into care homes

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Independent Living

Regulator fails to record key details from scheme sending COVID patients into care homes
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The care regulator has admitted failing to track vital details about scores of care homes that are being allowed to accept patients infected with COVID-19, while older and disabled people not yet infected occupy other parts of the same buildings. The […]

Watchdog has approved care settings for COVID patients in only three-fifths of areas

By John Pring on 23rd December 2020 Category: Independent Living

Watchdog has approved care settings for COVID patients in only three-fifths of areas
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Only three-fifths of council areas have a care setting that has been approved to receive hospital patients infected with COVID-19, despite ministers demanding every one of them should have at least one such setting by the end of October. The Department […]

Government and regulator silent on progress with ‘abhorrent’ COVID care home policy

By John Pring on 29th October 2020 Category: Independent Living

Government and regulator silent on progress with ‘abhorrent’ COVID care home policy
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The government and its regulator are refusing to say how many care homes are set to be approved to receive hospital patients who have tested positive for coronavirus. A new government policy – described as “abhorrent” by disabled activists – will […]

CQC’s care agency COVID deaths secrecy ‘puts commercial interests before disabled people’

By John Pring on 17th September 2020 Category: Independent Living

CQC’s care agency COVID deaths secrecy ‘puts commercial interests before disabled people’
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The care regulator has been accused of prioritising the financial interests of home care agencies over the safety of disabled people, after refusing to release information that would show which of them have reported deaths of service-users linked to coronavirus. The […]

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