‘Care home bosses could increasingly face prosecution over the neglect of residents after a “groundbreaking” court case into “organised and systematic” abuse.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Separating elderly couples against their wishes when one or both move to care homes must end, Britain’s most senior family judge has said.’
BBC News, 10th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Thousands of vulnerable people with dementia and learning disabilities are being detained in hospitals and care homes without the appropriate checks, due to a law unfit for purpose according to the Law Commission.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th March 2017
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The owners of a care home have sought to bar Cornwall Council officers from entering its premises, claiming that the action was necessary to “protect service users from disruptive local officials”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th March 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Two brothers who ran a care home where elderly residents lived in squalor have been fined more than £80,000.’
BBC News, 6th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The national child abuse inquiry has been criticised by a prominent lawyer representing victims for failing to seize potentially vital caches of evidence before they are destroyed.’
The Guardian, 2nd March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘There is a growing trend to hold care workers in control of risk responsible when things go wrong, a health and safety expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Lambeth Council faces paying out millions of pounds in compensation to children allegedly put at risk.’
The Independent, 15th December 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A review of the UK’s care home market is being launched by the competition watchdog to see if residents are being treated fairly.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Holocaust survivor who said living in a care home reminded her of being back in a Nazi concentration camp has been given special permission by a court to return home despite her frail condition.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Trafficked children and unaccompanied child asylum seekers are going missing from UK care homes at “an alarmingly high rate”, two charities have said.’
BBC News, 15th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of cases in relation to adult care could rise with local authorities struggling to cope with a funding gap, it has been claimed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Council cuts to care in England are so severe there is a real risk families may take legal action, experts say.’
BBC News, 8th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “fire-obsessed” care home worker who killed a 96-year-old resident by setting fire to her room has been given 14 life sentences.’
BBC News, 21st October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than half of failing NHS hospitals, care homes and GP practices have deteriorated or made no improvement since being inspected by watchdogs, official figures
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A care home that allowed a 91-year-old woman to die of severe hypothermia has been fined £1.6m.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Record numbers of care home residents are being deprived of their liberty by being put in straps, locked in or given behaviour-controlling drugs, fuelling fears that some are being mistreated.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two so-called “child houses” are to be set up to support victims of sexual abuse and help them through the court process, the home secretary has said.’
BBC News, 10th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A local authority has agreed to pay £2,000 to a man left in an unsuitable care home for 11 months longer than he should have been.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st September 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who shot his 81-year-old wife dead at a care home has been sentenced to six years in a psychiatric hospital.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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