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    CQC refuses to say if known unsafe care homes have been at the centre of Covid-19 outbreaks.
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Sep 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    CQC refuses to say if known unsafe care homes have been at the centre of Covid-19 outbreaks.

    Even though CQC inspectors have said these homes are substandard, and sometimes have been for years, they are home to many thousands of olde
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    Calling abuse of older people 'hate crime' risks making things so much worse
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Oct 16, 2018
    • 3 min

    Calling abuse of older people 'hate crime' risks making things so much worse

    Older people are people. They are us. If we are serious about stopping such crime, we need to ask why they are such easy targets and do some
    26 views0 comments
    Care company directors should be struck off for overseeing bad care
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Sep 28, 2018
    • 1 min

    Care company directors should be struck off for overseeing bad care

    Even well-funded private homes have been found guilty of providing too few staff – in a deliberate profit-related move.
    7 views0 comments
    West Sussex County Council refuses to say sorry for calling abuse-case relative 'obsessive'
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Jun 10, 2018
    • 3 min

    West Sussex County Council refuses to say sorry for calling abuse-case relative 'obsessive'

    Way to go WSCC. Who is giving you PR advice? The child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
    86 views0 comments
    The CMA can act over scandal of fees for bad care homes - but you must complain
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • May 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    The CMA can act over scandal of fees for bad care homes - but you must complain

    So problems on a postcard to the CMA
    6 views0 comments
    'Wild' West Sussex refuses to say sorry to abuse-case families for its mistakes
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • May 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    'Wild' West Sussex refuses to say sorry to abuse-case families for its mistakes

    The report even questioned whether the case would have been handled differently had the men not had disabilities
    28 views0 comments
    Cabinet Trio - Hunt, Javid and Brokenshire - urged to investigate Wild West Sussex care fiasco
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • May 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    Cabinet Trio - Hunt, Javid and Brokenshire - urged to investigate Wild West Sussex care fiasco

    What this case highlights is that injuries to adults with learning disabilities do not receive the same response.
    15 views0 comments
    Ministers must investigate 'serious' West Sussex failings over care of two injured disabled
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Apr 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    Ministers must investigate 'serious' West Sussex failings over care of two injured disabled

    Ms Keeley said: ‘This report is a damning account of serious multi-agency failure in the cases of Gary Lewis and Matthew Bates, for which no
    5 views0 comments
    Older people need to be part of society.  New 'hate' laws risk further alienating elderly -
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Apr 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    Older people need to be part of society. New 'hate' laws risk further alienating elderly -

    Older people need to be brought back into society - where they can be protected. New 'hate' laws would underline their marginal stat
    3 views0 comments
    Warnings for weeks about crisis-hit Perranporth care home.
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Apr 24, 2018
    • 3 min

    Warnings for weeks about crisis-hit Perranporth care home.

    As of last autumn, Devon and Cornwall police had not prosecuted anyone for care abuse under the relevant act.
    30 views0 comments
    Mistreatment found by CQC during urgent whistle-blower investigation
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Mar 31, 2018
    • 2 min

    Mistreatment found by CQC during urgent whistle-blower investigation

    Even while the CQC was at Westacre there were allegations of abusive behaviour
    4 views0 comments
    FOREST CARE VILLAGE - WORST CARE HOME OF THE WEEK
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Feb 21, 2018
    • 3 min

    FOREST CARE VILLAGE - WORST CARE HOME OF THE WEEK

    Forest Care Village in Borehamwood was OLM’s unequalled Worst Care Home of the Week last week – not least because of a police...
    3 views0 comments
    POLICE INVESTIGATE FOREST CARE VILLAGE DEATH - AS NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS SEND IN CQC TEAM
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Feb 16, 2018
    • 4 min

    POLICE INVESTIGATE FOREST CARE VILLAGE DEATH - AS NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS SEND IN CQC TEAM

    HERTFORDSHIRE police is investigating a death linked to Forest Care Village in Borehamwood, one of the UK’s biggest residential homes,...
    18 views0 comments
    POLICE INVESTIGATE FOREST CARE VILLAGE DEATH - AS NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS SEND IN CQC TEAM
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Feb 16, 2018
    • 4 min

    POLICE INVESTIGATE FOREST CARE VILLAGE DEATH - AS NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS SEND IN CQC TEAM

    A damning CQC report this week reveals serious concerns over Forest Care Village in Borehamwood, where inspectors found a resident 'cryi
    371 views0 comments
    DANGEROUS, DIRTY AND FULL OF SH**. CALDERDALE RETREAT, BOWBRIDGE COURT AND THE OLD VICARAGE, DONCAST
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Feb 12, 2018
    • 3 min

    DANGEROUS, DIRTY AND FULL OF SH**. CALDERDALE RETREAT, BOWBRIDGE COURT AND THE OLD VICARAGE, DONCAST

    Residents terrified of physical attack, horrifying degradation and neglect and, in the week an elderly man died in a care home fire,...
    55 views0 comments
    ONE IN EIGHT CARE HOMES HAS NEVER HAD A 'GOOD' CQC REPORT
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Jan 19, 2018
    • 4 min

    ONE IN EIGHT CARE HOMES HAS NEVER HAD A 'GOOD' CQC REPORT

    The CQC's 'Blacklist' reveals the widespread extent o substandard care in English residential homes.
    7 views0 comments
    ANOTHER TERRIBLE WEEK FOR CARE. Third in a row 'worst home of the week' for high-end provide
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Nov 28, 2017
    • 3 min

    ANOTHER TERRIBLE WEEK FOR CARE. Third in a row 'worst home of the week' for high-end provide

    For the third week in a row, Barchester Healthcare is owner one of OLM’s worst care homes of the week. Barchester, one of the UK’s...
    8 views0 comments
    AN ABUSERS' CHARTER? POLICE ADMIT FAILURE TO PROSECUTE OVER HUNDREDS OF ABUSE CASES
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Nov 14, 2017
    • 6 min

    AN ABUSERS' CHARTER? POLICE ADMIT FAILURE TO PROSECUTE OVER HUNDREDS OF ABUSE CASES

    Freedom of Information requests to England's police show 13 forces have investigated fewer than 10 cases of elder abuse
    3 views0 comments
    POLICE PROBE SUSSEX HEALTH CARE CONCERNS
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Jul 29, 2017
    • 2 min

    POLICE PROBE SUSSEX HEALTH CARE CONCERNS

    Investigators are looking at the safety of elderly and vulnerable residents in homes owned by Sussex Health Care, the care group led by an a
    19 views0 comments

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