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Sarah Whitebloom
- Dec 20, 2018
- 1 min
VOTE NOW FOR THE WORST CARE OF THE YEAR
Worst care of the year - Yorkshire, Lancashire, Bristol, Devon, Lincolnshire, Birmingham, Essex, Manchester
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Sarah Whitebloom
- Nov 27, 2018
- 4 min
Inadequate care at three luxury homes owned by high-end care providers Barchester, HC-One and Bupa
YOU can’t always get what you want, as the song goes. But when it comes to the worst three corporate care homes this month, frail and vulnerable residents sometimes don’t even get what they need (or pay for), according to damning reports from Care Quality Commission. Despite being owned by three of the best known care groups in the UK, the homes – HC-One’s Pytchley Court in Northampton, Barchester’s Sherwood Lodge in Preston and Bupa’s Battersea-based Meadbank - have each rec
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Sarah Whitebloom
- Sep 27, 2018
- 6 min
Worst Care Homes part two: 'I wouldn’t put my Nan in here.'
There were never enough staff
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Sarah Whitebloom
- Sep 27, 2018
- 3 min
Worst Care Homes Part One
Almost all have been labelled unsafe by the regulator
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Sarah Whitebloom
- Aug 12, 2018
- 4 min
Care Regulator plays catch-up as vulnerable people at risk in unsafe homes
A shocking litany of injuries, abuse, police investigations - even deaths - is contained in recent reports by England’s care regulator. The Care Quality Commission's reports highlight its failure to identify or prevent dozens of incidents in care homes throughout the country - leaving hundreds of vulnerable people at risk and open to mistreatment. As if proof were needed that the system of care regulation is failing, these latest ‘Inadequate’ reports demonstrate serious incid
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