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Charities and families call on government to overhaul care system 10 years on from Winterbourne scandal
Charities and families of patients who were institutionalised in Winterbourne View Hospital near Hambrook, South Gloucestershire, are calling on the government to reduce assessment and treatment units (ATU’s) for adults with learning disabilities. Source: Care Feeds
Instead of putting a 'shield around' care homes, government sent in 'people with Covid', says Cummings
Former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, has blamed Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock for the crisis that enveloped care homes during the pandemic, saying “Hancock told us that people were going to be tested before they went back to care homes, what the hell happened?” Mr Cummings who is giving evidence to a joint […]
Thousands of EU care home residents unaware they have to apply to stay in UK, could face deportation
Countless care home residents as well as older people living in their own homes are unaware they need to apply to stay in the UK as they are from the EU, which puts them at risk of being deported, says a charity. Source: Care Feeds
Ninety-six-year-old care home resident flirts with Prince William and demands a kiss
Prince William paid a visit to a care home in Edinburgh and was chatted up by 96-year-old Betty Magee who cheekily told him, “it’s customary in these parts to give a lady a kiss on the cheek”. Source: Care Feeds
