Minister for social services and public health Rebecca Evans has published the long-awaited results of the consultation into domiciliary care staffing. The consultation, which included a range of proposals under the title Domiciliary Care Workforce – Improving the Recruitment and… read more »
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is proposing changes to the advice it offers about performing risk assessments and has published a revised draft of its guidance. The HSE wants to see more emphasis on controlling risk and less on… read more »
A care home management company and a building contractor have been fined after a 92-year-old resident died while renovation work was being carried out at a care home in Moston, Manchester. Irene Sharples died at the Alexian Brothers Care Centre in Moston… read more »
Further warnings have been issued by the NHS National Patient Safety Agency about the risks associated with using paraffin-based creams following an inquest into a fire death. A coroner in Leicester recently raised concerns over the lack of warnings about… read more »
A care home company based in Middlesex has been fined £100,000 plus costs after an elderly resident of a Surrey home died from scalding injuries. Guildford Crown Court heard how the 89-year-old was receiving personal care from two employees of… read more »
A coroner in Leicester has raised concerns over the lack of warnings about the fire risks associated with E45 cream following an inquest into a recent fire death. According to CFW’s health and safety consultant Anthony Arcari, the case resulted in… read more »
The owners of a care home where an elderly woman died of hypothermia have pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations. Annie Barritt, 91, a resident of the Oaklands Country Rest Home in Kirk Hammerton, near York, was taken… read more »
Where can I go for information and advice over bed rail safety management? Our health and safety consultant, Anthony Arcari has this advice: Bedrails are used to protect vulnerable people from falling out of bed but the risks from inappropriate… read more »
The consultation on retaining the domiciliary care workforce in Wales closed on April 6. This is CFW’s response in full (below) as the main professional, representative organisation for the independent health and social care sector in Wales. CFW has more… read more »
If members are planning a new build or conversion, our Health & Safety Consultant, Anthony Acari, says you should be aware of the following documents (below). Sprinkler systems are to be built into all new builds and converted housing from… read more »