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Latest news from the care industry

09/09/10 - Call over care home medication

Medication errors in care homes could be avoided if pharmacists were put in charge, research suggests.

09/09/10 - Hospitals 'still failing' on elderly patients' nutrition

Many hospitals across the UK are not doing enough to spot elderly people at risk from malnutrition, says a charity.

09/09/10 - Parkinson's UK-funded research paves the way for new drug trial

Exciting new research at University College London Hospital will test the drug Exenatide as a novel treatment for people with mild to moderate Parkinson's.

16/08/10 - Achieving goals empowers people with dementia

Achieving personal goals can help people in the early stages of dementia manage their condition, Alzheimer's Society research published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

09/08/10 - GSCC to be Scrapped

The General Social Care Council is to be scrapped as part of a government review of quangos. In future, regulation of social workers will be carried out by the Health Professions Council, which regulates 15 professions including occupational therapists and psychologists, though this is to be renamed.

09/08/10 - Opportunity to help improve care services for adults

A consultation to help improve care services and healthcare outcomes for adults with autism in England has been launched by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow.

09/08/10 - Councils planning for 40% adult care cuts, says Adass head

Some councils are considering cuts of up to 40% to adult services due to demographic pressures and expected government spending limits, a directors' leader has warned.

19/07/10 - Skills for Care launches the State of the Adult Social Care Workforce report

Skills for Care has launched the second State of the Adult Social Care Workforce report packed with the latest data helping 17,300 organisations make sense of a complex sector providing social care for adults and older people in England.



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