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A small-scale review of healthcare services in care homes by regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that some residents struggle to access services.
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Two organisations have joined forces to provide Jewish people with physical and learning disabilities the chance to visit Israel.
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Today, a group of 46 charities and service providers have written an open letter to Government calling for additional funding for social care to be included in the forthcoming White Paper. They’re right – but will the government listen?The…
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A group of 46 charities and service providers have written an open letter to health secretary Andrew Lansley calling on the Government to provide additional funding for social care - and warned that any reform of the system will fail…
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Reforms to benefits and services risk leaving disabled people without the support they need to live independently, according to a report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
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The Law Commissions of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have opened a consultation on how the regulation of health care professionals in the UK and social workers in England can be made clearer, simpler, more modern and more…
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As the Care Quality Commission (CQC) continues to release its inspection reports on learning disability hospitals and care homes- and continues to find the majority do not meet essentialstandards - more uncomfortable questions are raised…
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The Government is to produce a Quality Standard for adults with autism. Care services minister Paul Burstow announced the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Quality Standard in his speech at the National Autistic…
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Care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published 20 more inspection reports on learning disability residential facilities - and found only 4 fully complied with essential standards.
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A new online community for autism professionals has been launched by the National Autistic Society (NAS). Network Autism provides an online space where autism professionals can engage and communicate directly and access constantly updated…
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