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,...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Feb 4, 20181 min read
SCANDAL OF BRITAIN'S UNSAFE CARE HOMES - 1 IN 8 NEVER 'GOOD' DESPITE CHARGING UP TO £215
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-5348457/One-eight-care-homes-shamed-watchdog.html One in eight care homes in England has...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Feb 3, 20185 min read
A VERY UNHAPPY NEW YEAR SO FAR FOR CARE HOME RESIDENTS
Orchard Manor in Walsall was investigated after news of serious injuries
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Sarah Whitebloom
Jan 19, 20184 min read
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.
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Sarah Whitebloom
Jan 3, 20183 min read
WORST CARE AWARDS OF 2017
The Worst Care Provider of 2017 was Sussex Healthcare
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Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 10, 20175 min read
CONSUMER THREAT TO CARE INDUSTRY, DRUNK ON POOR HOMES
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-5163075/Care-homes-face-legal-action-failing-provide-care.html Britain’s care home industry...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 2, 20172 min read
LET'S SEE THEM IN COURT: CMA OPENS DOOR TO LEGAL ACTION OVER SUBSTANDARD CARE
In the United States, precisely this argument has been used legally to force care home owners to provide a decent service
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Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 1, 20172 min read
Care homes are unfair says the CMA: Is anyone surprised?
Care home groups are good at demanding more money but are not always so good at delivering good care - at any price
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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
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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...
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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
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Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 14, 20176 min read
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
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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 -
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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