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Dec 15, 2014  |  Posted by HSC  |  FREE training Enrol now, or vote now

The Telegraph's Justice for the Elderly goals. 8:40AM GMT 14 Dec 2014. Photo: ALAMY.

1. PROPER TRAINING FOR CARE WORKERS. This must be compulsory, high quality and focused on dignity and kindness, as well as safety. There is currently no legal requirement for care workers to have completed any training before they start work. This is not good enough. The elderly and disabled and their families deserve a guarantee that the workers providing the most personal and sensitive care know what they are doing.

2. PROPERLY LICENSED AND PAID CARE WORKERS. Compulsory licences should be introduced for all care workers, with the option that inadequate staff can be struck off i.e. banned. There is no register of licensed care workers. There are better systems for regulating hairdressers and bouncers: both of these require licences to work. HMRC must also prosecute cowboy care agencies that dont pay workers the minimum wage, as research has repeatedly shown that this undermines the quality of service that home-care workers can offer.

3. BETTER REGULATION OF CARE SERVICES. The Care Quality Commission is currently not allowed to inspect the way councils organise their care services. But the variation in quality of care from one area to another amounts to a postcode lottery. Some councils are poorly organised and waste money on inefficiently run services. Councils should be routinely inspected to help them reach the standards of the best local authorities, who make the most of the limited cash they have. Just as Ofsted now inspects councils overarching work on organising education and childrens services, so the CQC should be given a new remit to regulate councils on their organisation of social care.

4. A NEW, NATIONAL, HIGHLY PUBLICISED CARE ADVICE SERVICE. For people caring for elderly relatives themselves, this service would offer practical sessions, perhaps run in local health centres, to give family members training in basic care techniques, such as safe methods of lifting people out of bed, appropriate cooking, washing, dressing tips, as well as illness- specific guidance, such as dementia training. Some councils already offer these practical sessions. Many do not.

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Justice for Carol.

Dec 15, 2014  |  Posted by Owner  |  Filed under justiceforcarol.com, internet

Ex-Head of Ethics of the British Medical Association Attempts Illegal Cremation of Vulnerable Mentally Ill Patient. This is a story about abuse of professional power. Before we tell our story, we would like to make it clear that we now understand and accept that Carol was severely mentally ill and that she was not in any way responsible for her actions. We will always remember Carol as a fun loving, caring, sociable and kind-hearted person. Wherever you are now Carol, you are in all of our hearts and we will always remember you with affection.

The Metropolitan Police conducted a fifteen month investigation into our complaint and stated that there is not enough evidence to prosecute Dr Fisher. The Independent Police Complaints Commission upheld the decision of the police. The General Medical Council also states that there is not enough evidence to take any action against Dr Fisher. The Metropolitan Police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the General Medical Council have all seen and heard all of the following evidence that we are now presenting to the public. In total it has taken five and a half years for each of the above organisations to conduct their individual investigations and effectively conclude that Dr Fishers behaviour is acceptable. We believe that their decisions are appalling.

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