A new body which will oversee criminal records checks is being launched tomorrow. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is being created following the merger of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) and comes into… read more »
A reminder has been issued about the importance of regularly checking window restrictors in nursing and residential care homes. Melanie Minty, Care Forum Wales policy adviser, said: "We would like to remind all our members that regular checking of window… read more »
The health watchdog in England, the Care Quality Commission, has said that care standards for older people are suffering and key standards are being failed in hospitals and care homes because services are under increasing pressure. In its State of… read more »
An award given to a 101-year-old at the 2012 Wales Care Awards for her work in her community on Anglesey shows the value of older people in our society, according to Care Forum Wales chair Mario Kreft. Mary Augusta Edwards MBE, also… read more »
New technology which aims to slash the time it take to diagnose dementia from the current 18 months to three months is set to be trialled in a UK Government-backed scheme. According to reports the Prime Minister, David Cameron, is… read more »
First minister Carwyn Jones will meet Wales’ children’s commissioner tomorrow (Tuesday Nov 6) after calls were made for a fresh inquiry into child abuse at North Wales care homes in the 1970s and 80s. The First Minister began his monthly… read more »
The glittering Wales Care Awards 10th anniversary ceremony was held in Cardiff’s City Hall on Friday, October 26. Attended by both the Welsh Government’s Health Minister Lesley Griffiths and the Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services Gwenda Thomas, the… read more »
The Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services, Gwenda Thomas, has said there is a "real consensus" on the "broad proposals" in the Social Care Bill (Wales) which is due to be brought forward in January. She said she was… read more »
The Wales Care Awards are just one week away. We hope you’ll join us to celebrate at the 10th anniversary of the annual ceremony held to honour Wales’ unsung care heroes is being held in Cardiff’s City Hall next Friday,… read more »
Following a consultation on the proposed new Social Services (Wales) Bill which ran from March 12 to June 1 this year, the Welsh Government has published a report summarising the responses it had from across the sector from staff and… read more »