Warning over care home standards
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Almost half of care homes for the elderly and a third for children fall short of national standards, experts claim.
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There are worrying contrasts between the high standards of private mental hospital wards and the Victorian realities of the public sector, a report found today.
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Proposed changes to healthcare regulation in the European Union could threaten  patient care standards, doctors argue.
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Health secretary warns four NHS hospitals over persistent poor service to patients.
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Almost 25% of care agencies fail to protect disabled and elderly people from thefts by carers, the BBC finds.
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The government says it will consider an independent complaints system for vulnerable old people in care.
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New rules are coming that will require Ontario&#39;s 600 nursing home to have nurses on site and publish &quot;scorecards&quot; on the care they offer.
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Vulnerable children subjected to 'inappropriate and invasive' tests, hearing told.
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British-based relatives of an elderly Alzheimer&#39;s sufferer abandoned at a hospital have been in discussions about his future care with the council looking after him.
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Families with people who have learning disabilities are urged to report experiences of the NHS.
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The health of 500,000 older people in the UK is under threat because they are under-nourished, a charity has warned.
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Huge variations in continuing care on the NHS are "unjustifiable", a leading charity has warned.
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NEW YORK  - While the traditional view of elder abuse in nursing homes involves staff harming residents, new research suggests residents may have more to fear from their peers.
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Business & money: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests loophole in rules means that homeowners could avoid providing a pack.
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NHS inspectors have issued their first warning to hospital bosses for breaching the NHS hygiene code.
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An elderly woman who died after a fall was let down by her carers, a government ombudsman says.
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People are being warned not to eat certain batches of organic chicken by the Food Standards Agency.