Muckamore Abbey: First arrest made in connection with hospital abuse
14 October 2019 – BBC News A 30-year-old man has been arrested by officers in Antrim in connection with abuse
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Cases in the News
Little sign of care in Queen’s Speech
14 October 2019 – Independent Care Group The care of our oldest and most vulnerable has again been kicked into
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Future of Four Seasons leasehold care homes remains unclear
14 October 2019 – LaingBuisson The future of 135 care homes under leasehold by Four Seasons is still not certain
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Queen’s Speech
14 October 2019 – Care England Care England has welcomed the announcement of an Adult Social Care Bill in the
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NHS bids to cut up to 100 million plastic straws, cups and cutlery from hospitals
12 October 2019 – NHS England NHS Chief Executive, Simon Stevens, has drawn up plans to dramatically cut the amount
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‘Don’t be tricked’: Elderly woman loses £5,000 in flu jab scam
12 October 2019 – EDP24 NHS England and NHS Improvement have asked the community to “be vigilant” after an elderly
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Bemerton Lodge Care Home resident Mary Caldwell Quartermain choked to death, inquest hears
11 October 2019 – Salisbury Journal An inquest heard that a 76-year-old woman choked to death at a care home
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Woman with severe learning disabilities to have abortion, judge rules
11 October 2019 – Guardian A judge has granted permission for doctors to perform an abortion on a woman with
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Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman, children & education summaries 11 Oct 2019
All cases can be found at this link London Borough of Bexley (19 003 689) Summary: The Council failed to
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UK pays £87m for no-deal Brexit ferry contracts
11 October 2019 – BBC News The Government has granted £86.6m of contracts to ferry companies to transport medicines in
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