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Concerns over social care plans
(BBC 18/11/2009)
The government's plan to offer the most vulnerable people free social care in their own homes in England has been met with a cool response. Charities and care homes said other groups of people could lose out. It comes while the government is consulting on a much wider reform of social care, prompting suggestions it has been drawn up for the election. It would take until next autumn to implement the bill which was announced in the Queen's Speech.
'Cash for care' abuse warning
(BBC 18/10/2009)
The planned roll-out of direct payments for social care will put vulnerable people at risk, campaign groups warn. The Department of Health wants all adults in England to be given the money to manage and pay for their own care by 2011. But public sector union Unison says this strategy will put some people at risk of abuse and exploitation. Health officials insists the system offers choice which can transform people's lives.
'Free personal care' for elderly
(BBC 29/09/2009)
Free personal care will be introduced so the frailest can be cared for in their own homes, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged. Under what is being dubbed the National Care Service, some 350,000 people with "the highest needs" would receive home care regardless of personal wealth. Currently anyone with savings over £23,500 receives no state assistance. Ministers hope to implement the scheme in England by mid-2010. A general election must be held by early June.
Care workers are reassured over swine flu
(The Scotsman 28/07/2009)
CARE workers have been given assurances they will be provided with face masks in the event of swine flu getting worse. The UK Home Care Association in Scotland sought reassurances from Holyrood . Health Protection Scotland moved to ease fears among carers in the Lothians by saying: "In the social care sector as in the healthcare sector, surgical face masks will be provided for frontline care staff according to their exposure to the H1N1 virus.
Inquiry into poor hospital care
(BBC 21/07/2009)
A second inquiry is to be held into Stafford Hospital where a health watchdog found "appalling" emergency care led to patients dying needlessly. Health Secretary Andy Burnham said current and ex-NHS staff would be expected to co-operate with inquiry. In March the Healthcare Commission said about 400 more people died between 2005 and 2008 there than would be expected. On Tuesday the Care Quality Commission said there had been progress, but some areas had to be addressed "urgently".
Record numbers sell home to fund care
(Telegraph 21/02/2009)
Record numbers of pensioners are having to sell their houses to pay for a care home place amid a crisis in services for the elderly.
Plans to close free care loophole
(BBC 08/02/2009)
Councils could be stopped from charging OAPs for food preparation under plans to tighten Scotland's rules on free personal care, it has been announced. Public Health Minister Shona Robison said she wanted to close the loophole to put the issue "beyond doubt". A report last year found that eight local authorities, passed on the costs of help with food preparation.
'Long way to go' for social care
(BBC 27/01/2009)
A fifth of social care places purchased by councils in England were in adult care homes rated "poor" or only "adequate", a watchdog has found. Overall, the Commission for Social Care Inspection said council provision was improving, but there was still "a long way to go" to transform the system. It said plans to allow people greater control were happening too slowly.
Care workers blacklist 'unfair'
(BBC 21/01/2009)
The procedure for blacklisting care workers in England accused of harming children or vulnerable adults is unfair, law lords say. The House of Lords ruled that, because care workers were put on a provisional blacklist before any investigation, they were denied a fair hearing. The ruling could see millions paid to workers unfairly barred from work.
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