top of page
Search


Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 30, 20172 min read
Police-probe Sussex Healthcare tries to overturn critical CQC ratings
Since 2014, the CQC has overturned just 21 ratings given by inspectors - contrasting with 36,000 reports into adult care
8 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 29, 20171 min read
COMPETITION: YOUR CHANCE TO VOTE FOR THE WORST CARE HOME OF 2017
If you think a home is terrible and deserves to be named and shamed, then send in a nomination
5 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 28, 20173 min read
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...
13 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 21, 20175 min read
What is the biggest problem in care homes today? It’s the staff, stupid.
Worst care homes of the week - Calderdale Retreat, C&V Orchard and Barchester's Kingsland House in Shoreham
12 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 20, 20174 min read
Things I wish someone had told me: Sally's fantastic new blog
Always be mindful, you never know the minute....a time will come when you will miss this
7 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 10, 20172 min read
Worst home of the week? There are too many to choose just one.
Such is the choice, it is hard to decide which should be the worst care home of the week. There is one obvious candidate – with five...
9 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 4, 20176 min read
INADEQUATE: CARE SLAMMED AT SIX HOMES OWNED BY ONE PROVIDER - residents forced to rise before dawn
Residents were out of bed, dressed and in the lounge - and it was only 4.30am. Life inside an Inadequate home.
851 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 29, 20173 min read
Four deaths led care inspectors to 'Inadequate' Sussex Health Care home
Horsham-based Orchard Lodge has been rated 'Inadequate' by CQC inspectors.
2 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 28, 20172 min read
All that glitters is not gold - particularly when it comes to care homes
145 Three care homes received the worst possible marks from CQC inspectors this week -
8 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 21, 20171 min read
How the other half lives - and is put at risk
When they are good, they seem very very good. But when care homes are bad, they really are horrid – or worse. This week’s CQC reports...
2 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 15, 20171 min read
Sixty two per cent failing: was this the worst day for England's care industry?
What a difference a day made. In just one day, yesterday, more than 62 per cent of care homes in England failed their official...
7 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 14, 20172 min read
Vulnerable residents at risk as more than half of care homes fail official inspections
The rate at which care homes in England are failing official inspections has topped 50 per cent in the last week – with safety of...
7 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Aug 23, 20172 min read
Same old, same old. Has the care industry got no shame?....No.
Make no mistake, the care industry frequently fails to provide decent care at any price
3 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Aug 21, 20172 min read
Police Send Clear Signal over Sussex Health Care Investigation Deaths.
OLM argues here that 'carers' would have to beat an old person in the street with baseball bats to stand a chance of appearing in th
5 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Aug 16, 20171 min read
Lights, camera, action?
You need to be cynical when it comes to care. A camera can set your mind at rest - or provide the evidence
4 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Jul 29, 20172 min read
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
45 views0 comments


Sarah Whitebloom
Jul 11, 20173 min read
Bad homes, good publicity. Care groups turn failures into call for cash. Will they ever accept respo
Hard to argue: care homes want more cash but do not necessarily offer better care
5 views0 comments
Sarah Whitebloom
Jun 13, 20175 min read
CONCERNS IN 40 PER CENT OF RECENT CARE HOME REPORTS
Forty per cent of care homes for older people failed their Care Quality Commission inspections in the first days of June,...
27 views0 comments
bottom of page