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<title>Aberdeen dementia patient 'had 106 carers'</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:08:25 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A woman has claimed her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.  BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>State-funded elderly care declining, Labour figures suggest</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/state-funded-elderly-care-declining-labour-figures-suggest</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:30:18 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The number of elderly people in England getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in the last two years, figures obtained by Labour suggest. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Disability benefit change needed, says Iain Duncan Smith</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/disability-benefit-change-needed-says-iain-duncan-smith</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:44:16 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Planned changes to disability benefits will go ahead, the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said, insisting that reform is needed. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>'Nurses unhappy with Health Secretary'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nurses-unhappy-with-health-secretary</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:38:07 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nurses are still unhappy despite giving the Health Secretary a dignified reception, nurse leaders have said. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Local care 'close to break point'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/local-care-close-to-break-point</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:01:35 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Health services in the community are reaching breaking point in the UK, the Royal College of Nursing is claiming.]]></description>
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<title>NHS 'can't cope' with multi-disease patients</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-cant-cope-with-multi-disease-patients</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:36:32 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The health system in the UK cannot cope with the rising number of under-65s with long-term medical conditions and needs &quot;radical change&quot;, says a study in The Lancet. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>NHS report calls for joined up plan to cut falls by elderly</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-report-calls-for-joined-up-plan-to-cut-falls-by-elderly</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:47:53 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A more joined-up strategy, driven at the local rather than national level, is needed to cut falls by the elderly, says an NHS Confederation report. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Personal health budgets</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/personal-health-budgets</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 09:09:53 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health has published a revised version of the leaflet on personal health budgets. Personal health budgets is one of the ideas that the NHS is promoting in order to make it easier to get the care that is best suited to particular individuals. From the Department of Health]]></description>
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<title>Queen's speech 2012: Draft bill on social care announced</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/queens-speech-2012-draft-bill-on-social-care-announced</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:33:12 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A draft bill on overhauling care and support for elderly and disabled people in England has been announced in the Queen's Speech.]]></description>
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<title>Well-off elderly 'cannot expect free care or help with care home bills'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/well-off-elderly-cannot-expect-free-care-or-help-with-care-home-bills-</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:07:15 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The middle classes should not expect help with care home bills, two right-leaning pressure groups said yesterday. From the mail online]]></description>
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<title>Devon and Cornwall air ambulances return to duty</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/devon-and-cornwall-air-ambulances-return-to-duty</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:29:39 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two air ambulances in Cornwall and north Devon have returned to service after being grounded for 36 hours because of safety fears.]]></description>
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<title>Arthritis cases 'set to double to over 17m by 2030'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/arthritis-cases-set-to-double-to-over-17m-by-2030</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cases of osteoarthritis in Britain look set to double to over 17 million by 2030, according to experts.]]></description>
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<title>UK air ambulance services cleared to fly again</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/uk-air-ambulance-services-cleared-to-fly-again</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:11:23 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Air ambulances have been cleared to fly again from Wednesday, after half of the UK's fleet of 32 helicopters were grounded over safety fears.]]></description>
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<title>Social care reform: No half-measures, campaigners urge</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/social-care-reform-no-half-measures-campaigners-urge</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 09:08:54 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There must be no half-measures on the reform of social care, campaigners and council chiefs are warning, amid signs ministers are getting cold feet.]]></description>
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<title>Sir Keith Pearson confirmed as Chair of Health Education England</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/sir-keith-pearson-confirmed-as-chair-of-health-education-england</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 09:39:43 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sir Keith Pearson has today been confirmed as Chair of Health Education England (HEE). Sir Keith, currently Chair of the NHS Confederation, will head up Health Education England, the organisation that will provide national leadership to the new system of education and training in healthcare, when it is established in June 2012. Department of Health Website]]></description>
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<title>Severe dementia care: Homes try new approach</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/severe-dementia-care-homes-try-new-approach</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 09:29:07 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is estimated that one-in-three people over 65 will die with dementia.]]></description>
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<title>Hinchingbrooke hospital 'profit deal' revealed</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/hinchingbrooke-hospital-profit-deal-revealed</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 09:03:53 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Details of the deal which allows the private sector company Circle to profit from running an NHS hospital have emerged.]]></description>
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<title>Charity urges government to back new strategy on care jobs</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/charity-urges-government-to-back-new-strategy-on-care-jobs</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:39:15 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A charity representing carers has called for a new strategy to kick-start more jobs in the care industry.]]></description>
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<title>Stroke survivor Mark Belsey 'abandoned' by services (Video)</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/stroke-survivor-mark-belsey-abandoned-by-services-video</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:22:36 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many stroke survivors feel abandoned after they leave hospital and are being denied the chance to make the best recovery because of a lack of post-hospital care, a report suggests]]></description>
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<title>Stroke survivors 'being denied best recovery chance'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/stroke-survivors-being-denied-best-recovery-chance</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:15:21 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many stroke survivors feel abandoned after they leave hospital and are being denied the chance to make the best recovery because of a lack of post-hospital care, a report suggests.]]></description>
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<title>Third of asthmatics risk a fatal attack, study suggests</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/third-of-asthmatics-risk-a-fatal-attack-study-suggests</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:10:19 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A third of people with asthma are at a high risk of having a potentially fatal asthma attack, research suggests]]></description>
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<title>Plymouth dementia care centre named after campaigner</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/plymouth-dementia-care-centre-named-after-campaigner</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:03:11 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A day centre run and funded by a group of friends to help people with dementia has opened in Plymouth.]]></description>
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<title>Home inspector in bribery arrest</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/home-inspector-in-bribery-arrest</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:09:57 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A former care home inspector has been arrested over allegations that she pressured homes into giving money in exchange for &quot;favourable&quot; reports.]]></description>
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<title>Union calls for learning disability service cuts rethink</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/union-calls-for-learning-disability-service-cuts-rethink</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:59:23 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A trade union has called for Somerset County Council to rethink plans to outsource learning disability services to the private sector]]></description>
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<title>Bakewells and dogs vs dementia</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/bakewells-and-dogs-vs-dementia</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:24:42 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The drifting smells of a Bakewell tart, guide dogs for the mind and hi-tech wristbands could all have a future in helping people with dementia.]]></description>
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<title>Truro Pearl autism drop-in centre is opened</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/truro-pearl-autism-drop-in-centre-is-opened</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:32:46 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new drop-in centre for people with autism has opened in Cornwall.]]></description>
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<title>Louis Theroux on dementia: The capital of the forgetful</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/louis-theroux-on-dementia-the-capital-of-the-forgetful</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:13:49 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With an ageing population, a wave of dementia is approaching. Caring for those afflicted isn't easy, writes Louis Theroux.]]></description>
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<title>Half of over-50s 'will have to work beyond state pension age'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/half-of-over-50s-will-have-to-work-beyond-state-pension-age</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:05:46 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly half of people aged over 50 will have to work and save for 11 years beyond state pension age to keep their standard of living, a report has said.]]></description>
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<title>Health Secretary sets out objectives for NHS Commissioning Board Authority</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/health-secretary-sets-out-objectives-for-nhs-commissioning-board-authority</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:02:10 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has set out the Government’s strategic objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the basis against which the Authority will be held to account.]]></description>
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<title>Hastings care home worker cleared of assaults</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/hastings-care-home-worker-cleared-of-assaults</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:24:31 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A care worker has been cleared of assaulting pensioners at a residential home in East Sussex.]]></description>
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<title>CQC responds to care home abuse case (Radio 4 Today)</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cqc-responds-to-care-home-abuse-case-radio-4-today</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:21:15 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The health and social care watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has denied that it failed to take sufficient action after undercover filming showed an 80-year-old woman being assaulted by a care worker, which will be broadcast for the first time on BBC Panorama last night 23/04/2012.]]></description>
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<title>Regulator criticised after woman assaulted in care home (Video)</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/regulator-criticised-after-woman-assaulted-in-care-home-video</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:05:16 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Care Quality Commission is being criticised for failing to take sufficient action after undercover filming showed an 80-year-old woman being slapped by a care worker.]]></description>
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<title>&pound;20m elderly care scheme proposed for Thirsk</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/20m-elderly-care-scheme-proposed-for-thirsk</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:06:05 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More than £20m could be spent on new care facilities for the elderly at Thirsk in North Yorkshire. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Single organisation for health and social care in North Somerset</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/single-organisation-for-health-and-social-care-in-north-somerset</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:51:26 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Community nurses, social workers and hospital staff could be working more closely together as part of changes being made in North Somerset.]]></description>
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<title>Hospitals overcharging for short-stay patients - report</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/hospitals-overcharging-for-short-stay-patients--report</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:05:07 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NHS money is being wasted by hospitals in England wrongly charging the health service for treating short-stay patients, a watchdog says.]]></description>
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<title>Forget about 'social care pot of gold'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/forget-about-social-care-pot-of-gold</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:06:24 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There will be no &quot;pot of gold&quot; to answer the prayers of councils struggling to look after the elderly, according to social care chiefs]]></description>
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<title>Consultation over language tests for foreign doctors</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/consultation-over-language-tests-for-foreign-doctors</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:57:04 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors wanting to work for the NHS will have to prove they are fluent in English if proposals go ahead.  BBC news Website]]></description>
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<title>Councils get call to arms from new social care chief</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/councils-get-call-to-arms-from-new-social-care-chief</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[n many ways, this is perhaps the worst possible time to be a director of adult social care.]]></description>
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<title>Two more arrests in John Daniel Centre neglect probe</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/two-more-arrests-in-john-daniel-centre-neglect-probe</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:01:15 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two more people have been arrested by police involved in an investigation at a day centre for people with learning disabilities in Cornwall.]]></description>
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<title>New start for health services in Plymouth Devon</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/new-start-for-health-services-in-plymouth-devon</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:01:12 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A NEW body being set up to run Plymouth's health services has been welcomed as a &quot;renaissance&quot; for the city's wellbeing.

City councillors yesterday unanimously supported setting up a new shadow Health and Wellbeing Board.]]></description>
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<title>NHS's Sir Bruce Keogh warns over overnight discharging</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhss-sir-bruce-keogh-warns-over-overnight-discharging</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:21:38 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hospitals in England have been told to end the practice of discharging patients in the middle of the night in order to free up beds. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>'Care gaps and funding gaps'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-gaps-and-funding-gaps</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:06:52 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Older people are being failed by an under-funded social care system, according to Dr Ian Donald of the British Geriatrics Society.

With a white paper on social care imminent Dr Donald, who is working with Age UK, spells out in this week's Scrubbing Up how things need to change. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>John Daniel Centre neglect probe police arrest three</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/john-daniel-centre-neglect-probe-police-arrest-three</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:13:56 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Three people have been arrested by police involved in an investigation at a day centre for people with learning disabilities in Cornwall]]></description>
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<title>Changes planned to dementia care in North Yorkshire</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/changes-planned-to-dementia-care-in-north-yorkshire</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:03:29 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A major revamp of the provision of services for dementia patients in North Yorkshire is being considered by health officials.]]></description>
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<title>Devon Safeguarding Adults review recommends improvements</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/devon-safeguarding-adults-review-recommends-improvements</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:16:19 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[nvestigations into the deaths of elderly people in residential homes in Devon have resulted in more than 70 recommendations to improve care.]]></description>
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<title>Read the latest issue of the health and social care early intervention newsletter</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/read-the-latest-issue-of-the-health-and-social-care-early-intervention-newsletter</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:19:21 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The latest issue of the Health and Social care early intervention hubs newsletter is now available to view online.]]></description>
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<title>Duncan Selbie confirmed as Chief Executive Designate of Public Health England</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/duncan-selbie-confirmed-as-chief-executive-designate-of-public-health-england</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:38:27 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Duncan Selbie confirmed as Chief Executive Designate of Public Health England From the Department of Health Website]]></description>
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<title>Overnight discharges from NHS hospitals to be examined</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/overnight-discharges-from-nhs-hospitals-to-be-examined</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:11:59 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The government is investigating after figures emerged suggesting that hospital patients in England have been discharged overnight to free up beds. From the BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>'Dementia champions' start work across Scotland</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/dementia-champions-start-work-across-scotland</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:11:53 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A network of 100 &quot;dementia champions&quot; aiming to improve treatment for the condition has started work at hospitals across Scotland.]]></description>
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<title>Safety checks ordered for air ambulances across England</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/safety-checks-ordered-for-air-ambulances-across-england</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:45:08 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Safety checks have been ordered on helicopters used by air ambulance services across England after a fault was found.]]></description>
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<title>Diabetes blood pressure control warning</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/diabetes-blood-pressure-control-warning</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:25:25 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Half of people with diabetes are failing to keep control of their blood pressure, risking &quot;damaging&quot; complications, figures suggest.]]></description>
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<title>Cruel illness robs me of happy memories</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cruel-illness-robs-me-of-happy-memories</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:19:48 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, sprightly 50-year-old Norman McNamara was diagnosed with dementia, a cruel disease which will inevitably ebb his strength and memory]]></description>
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<title>Abortion clinic checks cost &pound;1m</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/abortion-clinic-checks-cost-1m</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:00:40 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Urgent checks of abortion clinics ordered by the health secretary last month cost £1m and meant hundreds of other inspections were cancelled.]]></description>
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<title>Reminiscence Network NI gets funding to help elderly</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/reminiscence-network-ni-gets-funding-to-help-elderly</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:07:18 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A project which encourages older people in care to reminisce and record their life stories has been awarded a major grant from the Big Lottery Fund.]]></description>
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<title>Next steps for transition set out</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/next-steps-for-transition-set-out</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:45:26 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson has written to NHS staff about transition arrangements, following the passing of the Health and Social Care Bill. Department of Health]]></description>
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<title>NHS prescription fee rise to &pound;7.65 comes in to effect</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-prescription-fee-rise-to-765-comes-in-to-effect</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:26:20 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An increase in NHS prescription charges in England of 25p to £7.65 has come into effect.]]></description>
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<title>CQC given 'an impossible task' (Radio)</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cqc-given-an-impossible-task-radio</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:33:54 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has said that the body that regulates health and adult social care in England was set up with &quot;an impossible task&quot;.]]></description>
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<title>Care Quality Commission has long way to go, say MPs</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-quality-commission-has-long-way-to-go-say-mps</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:12:56 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Care Quality Commission - England's health and social care regulator - still has a &quot;long way to go&quot; before it is up to scratch, MPs say.]]></description>
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<title>Discrimination 'denying care home residents hospital access', study suggests</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/discrimination-denying-care-home-residents-hospital-access-study-suggests</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:07:42 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Elderly people in care homes are being denied access to basic NHS services available to everyone because of discrimination, a major study suggests.  The Telegraph Website]]></description>
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<title>Dementia victims to use listed former convent</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/dementia-victims-to-use-listed-former-convent</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:32:18 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A GRADE TWO listed building in Redruth is to become a day care centre for people with dementia and their carers, thanks to a £700,000 investment.]]></description>
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<title>NHS ageism 'harming elderly care'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-ageism-harming-elderly-care</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:08:59 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The elderly are being passed around hospitals in England like parcels, often going without treatment because of ageist attitudes, a report suggests.]]></description>
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<title>Dementia: PM promises push to tackle 'national crisis'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/dementia-pm-promises-push-to-tackle-national-crisis</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:43:16 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Extra funding for research into dementia forms a central plank of the government's attempts to tackle the &quot;national crisis&quot; in care.]]></description>
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<title>Working with service users to improve services</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/working-with-service-users-to-improve-services</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:44:06 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Guide for commissioners on how NHS staff and service users can work together to improve services. From the Department of Health]]></description>
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<title>A&amp;amp;E waits for patients in ambulances increase in southern England</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/ae-waits-for-patients-in-ambulances-increase-in-southern-england</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:35:39 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Patients are waiting longer in ambulances at hospital entrances because of hold-ups at A&amp;E departments, it has been claimed. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Dementia research funding set to rise to &pound;66m by 2015</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/dementia-research-funding-set-to-rise-to-66m-by-2015</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:23:23 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Funding for research into dementia is to be doubled to £66m by 2015 to try to make the UK a world leader in the field, David Cameron will announce. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Health cuts: Welsh NHS Confederation says reform needed to save more cash</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/health-cuts-welsh-nhs-confederation-says-reform-needed-to-save-more-cash</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The NHS in Wales can not cut its costs further without making radical hospital reforms, according to the body representing health boards and trusts.]]></description>
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<title>Private firm to 'run Suffolk community health services'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/private-firm-to-run-suffolk-community-health-services</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A plan to transfer much of Suffolk's community health services to a private firm has been criticised by a union as &quot;gambling with people's health&quot;.]]></description>
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<title>Wiltshire care provider hands back contract</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/wiltshire-care-provider-hands-back-contract</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The employer of a care worker who left an elderly woman on the floor of her home when she fell has handed part of its contract back to Wiltshire Council.]]></description>
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<title>NHS faces 'decade-long savings drive'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-faces-decade-long-savings-drive</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The NHS faces a decade-long savings drive, managers believe.]]></description>
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<title>MPs approve NHS bill as Labour bid fails</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/mps-approve-nhs-bill-as-labour-bid-fails</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The government's health changes have survived their final parliamentary test and are set to become law.]]></description>
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<title>Arm blood pressure differences 'predict death risk'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/arm-blood-pressure-differences-predict-death-risk</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A large difference between the blood pressure in each arm suggests a bigger risk of dying early, researchers claim.]]></description>
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<title>'Cutting red tape' will enhance elderly care levels (Video)</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cutting-red-tape-will-enhance-elderly-care-levels-video</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The care of the elderly is being compromised in UK hospitals because there are too few nurses, according to the Royal College of Nursing.]]></description>
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<title>Elderly hospital care needs 'more complex' (Video)</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/elderly-hospital-care-needs-more-complex-video</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The care of the elderly is being compromised in UK hospitals because there are too few nurses, according to the Royal College of Nursing]]></description>
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<title>Low staffing levels 'harms elderly care' (Video)</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/low-staffing-levels-harms-elderly-care-video</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The care of the elderly is being compromised in UK hospitals because there are too few nurses, according to the Royal College of Nursing.]]></description>
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<title>Low staffing levels 'harms elderly care'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/low-staffing-levels-harms-elderly-care</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The care of the elderly is being compromised in UK hospitals because there are too few nurses, according to the Royal College of Nursing.]]></description>
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<title>Air Ambulance Petition - exempt from fuel duty.</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/air-ambulance-petition--exempt-from-fuel-duty</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A petition has been put together to encourage the government to exempt Air Ambulance services from duty on the fuel they use. 
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29349]]></description>
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<title>Home care for elderly branded 'shocking and disgraceful'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/home-care-for-elderly-branded-shocking-and-disgraceful</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The standards of care provided for older people in their homes in the UK has been labelled &quot;shocking and disgraceful&quot; by a consumer group.]]></description>
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<title>Progress on food industry health deal 'slow'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/progress-on-food-industry-health-deal-slow</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There has been &quot;inadequate&quot; progress in getting the food industry to adopt healthier practices, campaigners say]]></description>
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<title>Care homes 'struggling to meet medical needs'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-homes-struggling-to-meet-medical-needs</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Care homes in England are increasingly struggling to meet the medical needs of their residents, research by the Royal College of Nursing suggests]]></description>
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<title>Elderly are being 'forced out' of Penryn</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/elderly-are-being-forced-out-of-penryn</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Build a care home before we are all forced to leave - that's the message from one Penryn pensioner fed up with a lack of facilities in the town.]]></description>
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<title>NHS bill: GPs offer to help with health changes</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-bill-gps-offer-to-help-with-health-changes</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Royal College of GPs has indicated it is willing to work again with the government on implementing changes to the NHS in England, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<title>Social Services Bill: Care reform consultation starts</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/social-services-bill-care-reform-consultation-starts</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plans to give greater power and control to people who receive care are being opened to consultation.  BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Care home residents 'denied basic GP medical services'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-home-residents-denied-basic-gp-medical-services</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some doctors are refusing to visit elderly care home residents, a BBC investigation has found. BBC Website]]></description>
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<title>Pre-paid card scheme for care agreed</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/pre-paid-card-scheme-for-care-agreed</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LANS to give disabled and other vulnerable adults pre-paid cards to pay for their own care have been approved by councillors.]]></description>
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<title>Grieving family say care on ward was 'shocking'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/grieving-family-say-care-on-ward-was-shocking</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE GRIEVING family of a pensioner have complained about his treatment and a lack of dignity in the days before he died.]]></description>
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<title>MP calls on action to stop homes sell-off</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/mp-calls-on-action-to-stop-homes-sell-off</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Elderly people should not be forced to sell their homes to pay for care in old age, a Westcountry MP has said.]]></description>
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<title>Crown Care Home in Harwell closed by Four Seasons Health Care</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/crown-care-home-in-harwell-closed-by-four-seasons-health-care</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Residents at an Oxfordshire care home have been told they will need to move as their current home is to close.]]></description>
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<title>Alzheimer's patients 'should stay on drugs for longer'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/alzheimers-patients-should-stay-on-drugs-for-longer</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of patients with advanced Alzheimer's disease could benefit from drugs, research suggests.]]></description>
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<title>Care home residents lack NHS services - CQC survey</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-home-residents-lack-nhs-services--cqc-survey</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Vulnerable people in care homes may be struggling to get access to GPs and routine medicines, a review suggests.]]></description>
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<title>Cancer fear and denial 'is killing thousands'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cancer-fear-and-denial-is-killing-thousands</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of people in the UK are dying unnecessarily because they are too scared to mention early symptoms of cancer to their doctor, say experts.]]></description>
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<title>Care homes criticised for 'old fashioned' methods</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-homes-criticised-for-old-fashioned-methods</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The care watchdog has criticised three homes for adults with learning disabilities in Devon amid doubts that staff understood what abuse 'looks like' and laws on restraining residents.]]></description>
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<title>Norovirus alert at Cornwall care homes puts 'pressure on system'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/norovirus-alert-at-cornwall-care-homes-puts-pressure-on-system</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Five care homes in Cornwall that have been hit by a severe strain of the Norovirus has put &quot;pressure on the system&quot;, a health care trust says.]]></description>
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<title>Another Radstock care home comes under attack from CQC</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/another-radstock-care-home-comes-under-attack-from-cqc</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Another home providing care for the elderly in the Radstock area has come under fire.]]></description>
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<title>Care at three Devon homes branded 'outdated'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-at-three-devon-homes-branded-outdated</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Care for adults with learning disabilities at three homes in Devon &quot;cannot be allowed to continue&quot; in its current form, a watchdog says.]]></description>
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<title>Overhaul in approach to elderly care 'needed'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/overhaul-in-approach-to-elderly-care-needed</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Being compassionate should be as important as being clever when it comes to the recruitment of staff to care for the elderly, experts say]]></description>
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<title>Ruby Wax backed online community for mental illness sufferers, Black Dog Tribe, launches today</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/ruby-wax-backed-online-community-for-mental-illness-sufferers-black-dog-tribe-launches-today</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ental illness does stigmatise, but doesn’t discriminate]]></description>
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<title>Ward receives special award for Wiltshire patient care</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/ward-receives-special-award-for-wiltshire-patient-care</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A ward at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, has reached gold Charter Mark standard for the care given to patients with dementia.]]></description>
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<title>Life-saving mercy bikers are hit by fall in donations (Western Gazette, Yeovil)</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/life-saving-mercy-bikers-are-hit-by-fall-in-donations-western-gazette-yeovil</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A charity which provides a life-saving service for Somerset and Dorset hospital patients says it is having to change the way it raises money in response to “donor fatigue”.]]></description>
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<title>Heating scheme to help cut cold-related illness (Plymouth Herald)</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/heating-scheme-to-help-cut-cold-related-illness-plymouth-herald</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PEOPLE with a medical condition that is made worse by the cold and damp can get help to heat their homes under a new council scheme.]]></description>
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<title>'Silver surfers' should be listened to</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/silver-surfers-should-be-listened-to</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As patients' interaction with the health service increasingly moves online, it is easy to assume that the voices of the elderly will be lost along the way.

But in this week's Scrubbing Up, Dr Paul Hodgkin of the feedback site Patient Opinion, says social media channels are not just for the young.]]></description>
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<title>Plymouth University spends &pound;25m into medical research</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/plymouth-university-spends-25m-into-medical-research</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plymouth University is spending £25m on medical research, the establishment has announced.]]></description>
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<title>Health trust boosted by outpatient survey</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/health-trust-boosted-by-outpatient-survey</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[OUTPATIENTS at Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust are so pleased with the care they receive that the Trust has been placed in the top 20 per cent in the country.]]></description>
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<title>Care regulator head leaves post</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-regulator-head-leaves-post</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The head of the body regulating health and social care has announced her resignation - as a critical government report into its work is published.]]></description>
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<title>Call for Dignity Code to protect elderly patients</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/call-for-dignity-code-to-protect-elderly-patients</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nurses and care workers should sign a Dignity Code guaranteeing that elderly patients are treated with respect, say a group of politicians and charities.]]></description>
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<title>Plans approved for Derbyshire elderly care</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/plans-approved-for-derbyshire-elderly-care</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plans to replace 20 care homes in Derbyshire with apartments for the elderly have been approved by Derbyshire County Council.]]></description>
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<title>GPs 'to prescribe health apps'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/gps-to-prescribe-health-apps</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GPs could soon offer their patients free smartphone apps to help with managing health conditions]]></description>
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<title>Leicestershire charity recycles &pound;10m of waste medicine</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/leicestershire-charity-recycles-10m-of-waste-medicine</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Leicestershire charity has recycled more than £10m of unwanted medicines to help save lives in Africa.]]></description>
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<title>Andrew Lansley heckled by June Hautot in NHS protest</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/andrew-lansley-heckled-by-june-hautot-in-nhs-protest</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[David Cameron has said there &quot;are a few myths we need to bust&quot; and pledged to push ahead with his NHS changes after his health secretary was heckled and jostled outside Downing Street.]]></description>
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<title>Highcliffe Nursing Home 'expected notice of death'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/highcliffe-nursing-home-expected-notice-of-death</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A woman has called for more rules on what care homes can demand after she was asked to pay £3,000 because she failed to give it four weeks' &quot;notice&quot; before her father died.]]></description>
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<title>Good Care Guide launch prompts concerns</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/good-care-guide-launch-prompts-concerns</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Concerns have been raised about a new website that lets people post their thoughts on care providers in England.]]></description>
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<title>Apology for care facility failings</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/apology-for-care-facility-failings</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CONCERNS have been raised concerns over the welfare of patients at a facility at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish.]]></description>
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<title>Delay NHS 111 phoneline rollout, doctors urge</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/delay-nhs-111-phoneline-rollout-doctors-urge</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors' leaders say they have &quot;serious concerns&quot; about the rollout of the NHS 111 phoneline in England.]]></description>
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<title>Care home failed to meet essential safety standards, say inspectors</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-home-failed-to-meet-essential-safety-standards-say-inspectors</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE OWNERS of a private care home for people with autism blamed its &quot;cutting edge&quot; paper-free management system on its failure to meet essential safety and quality standards.]]></description>
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<title>Slow walking 'predicts dementia'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/slow-walking-predicts-dementia</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The speed someone walks may predict the likelihood of developing dementia later in life, according to researchers in the US. BBC NEWS]]></description>
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<title>Thousands sign petition to save Cumbria care homes</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/thousands-sign-petition-to-save-cumbria-care-homes</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More than 10,000 protesters have signed a petition opposing the planned closure of three care homes in West Cumbria.]]></description>
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<title>Shouldham Hall Nursing Home criticised by CQC</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/shouldham-hall-nursing-home-criticised-by-cqc</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Norfolk nursing home is failing to protect the welfare of people in its care, a report by an industry watchdog has said.]]></description>
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<title>Somerset County Council defers young carers budget cuts</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/somerset-county-council-defers-young-carers-budget-cuts</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Somerset County Council has deferred planned cuts to its Young Carers Service for one year.]]></description>
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<title>South West stroke research is 'saving lives'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/south-west-stroke-research-is-saving-lives</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers behind a pilot study in the South West say they are saving lives and improving recovery from the country's third biggest killer.]]></description>
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<title>Royal Cornwall Hospital ward closed after complaint</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/royal-cornwall-hospital-ward-closed-after-complaint</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A ward at the Royal Cornwall Hospital has been closed and staff suspended after a complaint about patient care.]]></description>
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<title>Hypothermia cases almost double</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/hypothermia-cases-almost-double</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A succession of cold winters paired with steep increases in the cost of energy bills has seen the number of older people dying from hypothermia almost double over the last five years]]></description>
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<title>How doctors choose to die</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/how-doctors-choose-to-die</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When faced with a terminal illness, medical professionals, who know the limits of modern medicine, often opt out of life-prolonging treatment. An American doctor explains why the best death can be the least medicated – and the art of dying peacefully, at home]]></description>
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<title>Apartments to replace care homes for elderly in Derbyshire</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/apartments-to-replace-care-homes-for-elderly-in-derbyshire</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plans to replace 20 care homes in Derbyshire with apartments for the elderly have been announced by Derbyshire County Council.]]></description>
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<title>BMA calls for fresh debate on rate of organ donation</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/bma-calls-for-fresh-debate-on-rate-of-organ-donation</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Society should have a fresh debate on organ donation, according to a new report by the British Medical Association]]></description>
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<title>Oldest living twins' aged 102 in Aberdeenshire</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two 102-year-old sisters who live in Aberdeenshire have been recognised as the world's oldest living twins by the Guinness World Records.]]></description>
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<title>Alzheimer's brain plaques 'rapidly cleared' in mice</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/alzheimers-brain-plaques-rapidly-cleared-in-mice</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice.]]></description>
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<title>Government defeat in Lords over Health and Social Care Bill</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/government-defeat-in-lords-over-health-and-social-care-bill</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The government has lost a House of Lords vote on its controversial plans to overhaul the NHS in England.]]></description>
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<title>Poltair Hospital closes ward due to staff shortages</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/poltair-hospital-closes-ward-due-to-staff-shortages</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A west Cornwall hospital has been forced to close a ward because of ongoing staff shortages over the last four months.]]></description>
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<title>New council warning over costs of care for the elderly</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/new-council-warning-over-costs-of-care-for-the-elderly</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[t's a political and financial worry for all of us; just how do we pay for our loved ones who need residential care?]]></description>
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<title>Lords urged to back NHS private work plan</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/lords-urged-to-back-nhs-private-work-plan</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Peers have been urged to support a move to let hospitals do more private sector work as plans to overhaul the NHS in England return to the Lords.]]></description>
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<title>Care for elderly 'let down by fragmented system</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-for-elderly-let-down-by-fragmented-system</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Older people are being let down by a social care system in which they are &quot;passed like a parcel&quot; between services, a committee of MPs has said.]]></description>
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<title>Review under way into Cornwall's ME service</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/review-under-way-into-cornwalls-me-service</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cornwall's chronic fatigue syndrome (ME) service is being reviewed.]]></description>
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<title>Elderly residents given days to leave Holcombe House</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/elderly-residents-given-days-to-leave-holcombe-house</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Eleven elderly people in a Dartmoor residential home have been given a week to leave. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Supreme Court to hear social care cost arguments</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/supreme-court-to-hear-social-care-cost-arguments</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is to hear a case challenging the way councils in England can consider their finances when assessing people for social care.]]></description>
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<title>Older people urged to keep houses warm in February</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/older-people-urged-to-keep-houses-warm-in-february</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Keeping your home warm while it is cold outside could potentially save your life.]]></description>
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<title>David Flory confirmed as first Chief Executive of NHS Trust Development Authority</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/david-flory-confirmed-as-first-chief-executive-of-nhs-trust-development-authority</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[David Flory has been confirmed as the first Chief Executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA).]]></description>
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<title>Nurse Plus- Leading by example for Care Home Agencies...</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nurse-plus-leading-by-example-for-care-home-agencies</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NursePlus have nurses' and carers' at all their care at home agencies across the country. Check out their website for more information www.NursePlusUk.com]]></description>
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<title>NHS reform bill: Royal College of GPs urges scrapping</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-reform-bill-royal-college-of-gps-urges-scrapping</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Royal College of GPs has called for the health bill to be scrapped, heaping more pressure on the government's controversial reforms in England.]]></description>
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<title>Amendments to Health and Social Care Bill published</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/amendments-to-health-and-social-care-bill-published</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Government has tabled a series of amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill in advance of its Report Stage in the House of Lords, which begins next week.]]></description>
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<title>Stoke-on-Trent petition calls for home care review</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/stoke-on-trent-petition-calls-for-home-care-review</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Campaigners are handing in a petition signed by more than 8,000 people calling for a full review of home care services in Stoke-on-Trent.]]></description>
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<title>Derbyshire County Council confirms &pound;25m budget</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/derbyshire-county-council-confirms-25m-budget</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plans to cut 600 jobs and £25m from Derbyshire County Council's annual budget have been approved.]]></description>
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<title>Private firm starts running NHS Hinchingbrooke Hospital</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/private-firm-starts-running-nhs-hinchingbrooke-hospital</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A private firm has become the first to start running an NHS hospital.]]></description>
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<title>New online test tries to cut deaths from asthma attacks</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/new-online-test-tries-to-cut-deaths-from-asthma-attacks</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new online test is being launched that will help people with asthma gauge to what extent they are at risk from a serious attack.]]></description>
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<title>Concern over alcohol-related hospital admissions</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/concern-over-alcohol-related-hospital-admissions</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Devon and Cornwall have seen a dramatic increase in the number of people admitted to hospital because of alcohol-related illnesses.]]></description>
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<title>Plans for NHS in England an unholy mess, say journals</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/plans-for-nhs-in-england-an-unholy-mess-say-journals</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Changes to the NHS in England have created an &quot;unholy mess&quot;, the editors of three leading journals have said.]]></description>
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<title>Young carers support in Somerset to be cut</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/young-carers-support-in-somerset-to-be-cut-</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Somerset County Council is to halve its budget for supporting young carers by £70,000 through job cuts.]]></description>
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<title>Serco plans to change GP out-of-hours service on hold</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/serco-plans-to-change-gp-out-of-hours-service-on-hold</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plans to change Cornwall's out-of-hours doctor service have been put on hold.]]></description>
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<title>Nurses asked for ideas to improve quality and safety in care homes</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nurses-asked-for-ideas-to-improve-quality-and-safety-in-care-homes</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nurses are being asked for ideas on how to improve patient care and working conditions in care homes, as part of a new programme of work by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. Nursing Times.net]]></description>
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<title>Cry charity's Penzance heart screening for young people</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cry-charitys-penzance-heart-screening-for-young-people</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A health roadshow is coming to Cornwall to screen young people's hearts.]]></description>
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<title>Elderly 'suffer as social care spending cut'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/elderly-suffer-as-social-care-spending-cut</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spending on social care for the elderly in England is falling this year - despite the assurances of ministers, an analysis by campaigners suggests.]]></description>
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<title>Government escapes rebellion by medics over NHS</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/government-escapes-rebellion-by-medics-over-nhs</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The government appears to have escaped a rebellion by the medical establishment over its controversial NHS reforms in England.]]></description>
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<title>Carers 'missing out on support', says charity</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/carers-missing-out-on-support-says-charity</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People looking after someone with cancer are missing out on &quot;vital support and benefits&quot;, a charity has warned. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Fifth edition of free healthcare guide</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/fifth-edition-of-free-healthcare-guide</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is a press release that was released in the West Briton relating to the New Cornwall RightCareIndex Directory.]]></description>
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<title>Heart attacks deaths halved in the last decade, experts say</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/heart-attacks-deaths-halved-in-the-last-decade-experts-say</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The death rate from heart attacks in England has halved in the last decade, says an Oxford University study.]]></description>
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<title>NHS shake-up: Medical leaders consider position</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-shake-up-medical-leaders-consider-position</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Talks between ministers and medical leaders have taken place over concerns about changes to the NHS in England.]]></description>
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<title>Care Quality Commission puts gagging orders on six employees</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-quality-commission-puts-gagging-orders-on-six-employees</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MP discloses news of gagging orders on the day that Cynthia Bowers, the CQC boss, faces Commons select committee.  The guardian]]></description>
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<title>Experts review vitamin D advice</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/experts-review-vitamin-d-advice</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The chief medical officer for England, Dame Sally Davies, is to contact medical staff about concerns young children and some adults are not getting enough vitamin D.]]></description>
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<title>Cardiff professor warns of dementia scientist shortage</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cardiff-professor-warns-of-dementia-scientist-shortage</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The chief scientific adviser to the charity Alzheimer's Research UK has said more experts are needed to work on understanding the causes of dementia.]]></description>
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<title>Fried food 'fine for heart' if cooked with olive oil</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/fried-food-fine-for-heart-if-cooked-with-olive-oil</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Eating fried food may not be bad for the heart, as long as you use olive or sunflower oil to make it, experts say.]]></description>
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<title>NHS reforms 'hindering drive to make savings'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-reforms-hindering-drive-to-make-savings</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The overhaul of the NHS in England is hindering its ability to make the savings it needs to safeguard its future, MPs have said. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Cornwall Works Mental Health and Wellbeing conference on the 6th February at St. Mellion Hotel</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cornwall-works-mental-health-and-wellbeing-conference-on-the-6th-february-at-st-mellion-hotel</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We will be attending and giving out the new FREE RightCareIndex Cornwall 2011-12 at the Cornwall Works Mental Health and Wellbeing conference on the 6th February at St. Mellion Hotel with key speaker Ruby Wax.]]></description>
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<title>NHS changes: Clegg says plans must go ahead</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-changes-clegg-says-plans-must-go-ahead</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Planned reforms of the NHS in England must go ahead, despite fresh criticism from MPs, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Domiciliary care cuts in Torbay could hit 1,000 people</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/domiciliary-care-cuts-in-torbay-could-hit-1000-people</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 people in Devon who receive home care could be affected by proposed cuts of £4m to social services]]></description>
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<title>West Cornwall Hospital 24/7 urgent care cover proposal</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/west-cornwall-hospital-247-urgent-care-cover-proposal</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plans for a 24-hour doctor-led Urgent Care Centre at a hospital in west Cornwall are being proposed.]]></description>
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<title>‘Early baby growth’ linked to asthma</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/early-baby-growth-linked-to-asthma</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Babies who grow rapidly in the first three months of life may be more likely to develop asthma as children, say Dutch researchers.]]></description>
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<title>Depression drugs ‘causing falls’</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/depression-drugs-causing-falls</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Elderly people with dementia are more likely to suffer falls if they are given anti-depressants by care home staff, a study claims. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>NHS plans: Unions move to 'outright opposition'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-plans-unions-move-to-outright-opposition</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The unions representing nurses and midwives have joined others in stating their &quot;outright opposition&quot; to the government's NHS plans in England.]]></description>
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<title>Dementia Community Roadshow- Redruth Tesco 19/01/12</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/dementia-community-roadshow-redruth-tesco-190112</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dementia Community Roadshow comes to Redruth Tesco tomorrow 19th January to answer all questions and queries regarding alzeihers and dementia.]]></description>
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<title>Torbay's Norman McNamara in 'Dementia friendly' plan for town</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/torbays-norman-mcnamara-in-dementia-friendly-plan-for-town</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A man in the early stages of Dementia wants his home town of Torbay in Devon to become &quot;dementia friendly&quot;]]></description>
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<title>MPs doubt supermarket scheme to spot carers</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/mps-doubt-supermarket-scheme-to-spot-carers</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Using supermarkets to identify carers has been described as a &quot;bemusing&quot; and &quot;nonsense headline-grabbing idea&quot; by members of the health select committee.]]></description>
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<title>NHS 'facing neurology disease time bomb'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-facing-neurology-disease-time-bomb</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The NHS in England is facing a time bomb if it does not get to grips with neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease, campaigners say.]]></description>
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<title>Sainsbury's and Channel 4 present.... David Smith 2012</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/sainsburys-and-channel-4-present-david-smith-2012</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Introducing David Smith - Paralympic gold medallist boccia player:]]></description>
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<title>Serco debates out-of-hours change in Cornwall</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/serco-debates-out-of-hours-change-in-cornwall</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A change in the out-of-hours doctor service for people in Bude is to be discussed by health officials.]]></description>
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<title>Cross party talks on social care reform to begin this week</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cross-party-talks-on-social-care-reform-to-begin-this-week</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cross-party talks about overhauling care and support for the elderly and disabled in England will begin this week with campaigners urging politicians to consider major change.]]></description>
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<title>Fruit and vegetables 'lacking' in UK diets</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/fruit-and-vegetables-lacking-in-uk-diets</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Britons are not eating enough fruit and vegetables despite nutritional advice being widely available, a study suggests.]]></description>
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<title>RightCareIndex collect &pound;1000 advertising</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/rightcareindex-collect-1000-advertising</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[RightCareIndex collect £1000 advertising with the West Briton for competing in a Local Business Accelerator competition. &amp;#8232;&amp;#8232;]]></description>
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<title>Processed meat 'linked to pancreatic cancer'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/processed-meat-linked-to-pancreatic-cancer</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A link between eating processed meat, such as bacon or sausages, and pancreatic cancer has been suggested by researchers in Sweden]]></description>
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<title>Hospitals told to improve productivity</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/hospitals-told-to-improve-productivity</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hospitals in England must do much better at improving productivity if patient care is not going to suffer in the coming years, experts say.]]></description>
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<title>The NHS hospitals that feed patients on 86p a meal - while others splash out &pound;7.50</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/the-nhs-hospitals-that-feed-patients-on-86p-a-meal--while-others-splash-out-750-</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some NHS hospitals are spending as little as 86 pence a meal on food for patients.
New figures show a massive disparity in what is spent per day on food and drinks for patients.
Some hospitals spend as little as £2.57 per patient while others spend more than £22 a day - nearly £7.50 per meal. Mail Online]]></description>
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<title>More elderly in London 'seek drink problem help'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/more-elderly-in-london-seek-drink-problem-help</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There has been a sharp rise in the number of elderly people being treated for drinking problems in London, figures suggest. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Nursing standards: PM aims to tackle 'care problem'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nursing-standards-pm-aims-to-tackle-care-problem</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nurses have been told to do regular ward rounds, and patients encouraged to carry out inspections to improve hospital standards. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Cooking timers trial for Falmouth's elderly residents</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cooking-timers-trial-for-falmouths-elderly-residents</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cooking timers are being given out to elderly residents in Falmouth as part of a pilot scheme to reduce firefighter call-outs.]]></description>
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<title>Cornish Health and Social Care Directory competes for a &pound;10,000 advertising campaign from the Local Business Accelerator Competition</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cornish-health-and-social-care-directory-competes-for-a-10000-advertising-campaign-from-the-local-business-accelerator-competition</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We were shortlisted to face the Dragon Den style panel to receive £10,000 worth of free advertising from the West Briton in Cornwall.]]></description>
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<title>Public 'still facing significant social care costs'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/public-still-facing-significant-social-care-costs</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Individuals will still face significant social care costs even if politicians reach agreement on reform, experts say. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Modernisation of health and care: New start date and funding for local HealthWatch</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/modernisation-of-health-and-care-new-start-date-and-funding-for-local-healthwatch</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Further details on the establishment of local HealthWatch bodies, including a new start date and extra funding, have been set out by Health Minister Andrew Lansley.]]></description>
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<title>Sharp rise in social care fees a stealth tax - Labour</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There has been a sharp rise in the cost of council services for elderly and disabled people, Labour has warned. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>&pound;150m home care boost for elderly patients</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/150m-home-care-boost-for-elderly-patients</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ministers have allocated an extra £150m for patients to get care at home after warnings that local authority cuts were creating a &quot;crisis&quot; in social care. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>The Government must make reforming the care system a top priority</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/the-government-must-make-reforming-the-care-system-a-top-priority</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[72 signatories, including leading figures from charities such as Carers UK and Age UK, as well as peers, academics and members of the British Medical Association and NHS Confederation, have suggested they should not squander the opportunity. From the Guardian Letters Website.]]></description>
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<title>Politicians urged to seize chance to change social care</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/politicians-urged-to-seize-chance-to-change-social-care</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Politicians from all parties have been urged to work together to find a way to overhaul the &quot;failing&quot; social care system in England. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>MRI scans 'are better for heart checks', experts say</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/mri-scans-are-better-for-heart-checks-experts-say</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans should be used to assess patients with suspected heart disease, rather than standard checks, experts say. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Morning flu jabs 'work better for men'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/morning-flu-jabs-work-better-for-men</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Flu jabs can be made more effective by changing the time of day they are given - mornings for men and afternoons for women are best - scientists believe. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Healthcare assistants: Mandatory regulation 'needed'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/healthcare-assistants-mandatory-regulation-needed</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nurses are stepping up their campaign to get ministers to toughen up the regulation of healthcare support staff in England. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Dementia care: Hospitals 'must make improvements'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/dementia-care-hospitals-must-make-improvements</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hospitals in England and Wales are falling short in the care given to dementia patients, a review says. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Buckley autism centre closure bid prompts anger</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/buckley-autism-centre-closure-bid-prompts-anger</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A specialist centre for children with autism is set to close in Flintshire despite protests from parents. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Con artists are 'targeting dementia sufferers'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/con-artists-are-targeting-dementia-sufferers</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Con artists are dealing &quot;another body blow&quot; to the most vulnerable in society who need more protection, according to a charity. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Over-40s health check provision in England 'patchy'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/over-40s-health-check-provision-in-england-patchy</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The provision of health MOTs for the over-40s in England has been &quot;slow and patchy&quot;, says a UK charity. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Plans for greater scrutiny of elderly care in England</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/plans-for-greater-scrutiny-of-elderly-care-in-england</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plans to &quot;radically drive up&quot; standards of social care in England to protect the elderly have been unveiled by the government. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Care for high-risk surgery 'falling short'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-for-high-risk-surgery-falling-short</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The care given to high-risk surgery patients is falling short of acceptable standards, an independent review says. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Over 40% of cancers due to lifestyle, says review</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/over-40-of-cancers-due-to-lifestyle-says-review</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly half of cancers diagnosed in the UK each year - over 130,000 in total - are caused by avoidable life choices including smoking, drinking and eating the wrong things, a review reveals.  BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Bowel cancer screening ‘does cut deaths’</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A bowel cancer screening programme in England is on course to cut deaths by a sixth, say researchers studying results from the first million people tested. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>HSBC faces &pound;40m bill for mis-selling to elderly in care</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/hsbc-faces-40m-bill-for-mis-selling-to-elderly-in-care</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HSBC has been fined £10.5m by the City watchdog for mis-selling investment bonds to elderly people in care. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Care regulator 'struggled to deliver'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-regulator-struggled-to-deliver</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The health regulator which inspects hospitals and care homes in England has &quot;struggled&quot; since its creation two years ago, a report says. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Almost half of carers made ill by money worries</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/almost-half-of-carers-made-ill-by-money-worries</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Almost half of people who look after sick or disabled loved ones have themselves fallen ill because of money worries, a survey shows. Telegraph Website]]></description>
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<title>Cornwall care workers could be monitored</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cornwall-care-workers-could-be-monitored</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Care workers in Cornwall could be monitored when they visit elderly or vulnerable clients. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Cornwall care agency staff 'insufficiently trained'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cornwall-care-agency-staff-insufficiently-trained</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Staff at a Cornish care agency were found to be insufficiently trained to look after patients, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Hospital patients 'more likely to die at weekends'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/hospital-patients-more-likely-to-die-at-weekends</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Being admitted to hospital in England at the weekend is risky, experts say. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Mental Health Alliance condemns Deprivation of Liberty rules</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/mental-health-alliance-condemns-deprivation-of-liberty-rules</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Safeguards to protect some of society's most vulnerable people are &quot;not fit for purpose&quot;, leading mental health experts have told the BBC. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Basic home care help 'breaching human rights'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/basic-home-care-help-breaching-human-rights</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Basic care for the elderly in their own homes in England is so bad it breaches human rights at times, an inquiry says. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>HealthWatch will give NHS patients a powerful local voice</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/healthwatch-will-give-nhs-patients-a-powerful-local-voice</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Patient involvement in the scrutiny of health services is essential and will be bolstered by the NHS bill, says advisory group chair Patrick Vernon. The Guardian Website]]></description>
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<title>Home care providers in England face inspections</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/home-care-providers-in-england-face-inspections</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Home care services in England are to be subject to a fresh inspection by the Care Quality Commission from April.  BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Social workers given guidance on inappropriate relationships with clients</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/social-workers-given-guidance-on-inappropriate-relationships-with-clients</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rise in misconduct cases prompts regulator to publish advice on professional boundaries for staff The Guardian News Website]]></description>
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<title>Elderly care cut as councils divert &pound;2bn cash to plug gaps</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/elderly-care-cut-as-councils-divert-2bn-cash-to-plug-gaps</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Elderly people are suffering because councils are cutting hundreds of millions of pounds from their nursing and care home budgets, the Coalition admits today.  The Telegraph Website]]></description>
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<title>Patients 'struggle to get emergency mental health care'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/patients-struggle-to-get-emergency-mental-health-care</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People with urgent mental health problems are struggling to get emergency treatment in England and Wales, campaigners say. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Care worker in &pound;11,000 con from pensioner</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-worker-in-11000-con-from-pensioner</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A care worker fleeced an elderly client out of thousands of pounds and gave the money to her drug addict son, a court heard.]]></description>
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<title>Code of conduct to be drafted for care workers</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/code-of-conduct-to-be-drafted-for-care-workers</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A code of conduct and minimum standards of training is to be drawn up for health care assistants and care workers who look after the elderly in England. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/ban-smoking-in-cars-says-british-medical-association</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[All smoking in cars should be banned across the UK to protect people from second-hand smoke, doctors say. BBC News]]></description>
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<title>Concerns over inquest 'failures' after hospital deaths</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/concerns-over-inquest-failures-after-hospital-deaths</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some coroners in England and Wales are failing to fully investigate hospital deaths, the BBC has been told. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Council's social care cuts unlawful</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/councils-social-care-cuts-unlawful</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two severely disabled adults have won a &quot;landmark&quot; High Court battle over cost cutting by their local authority. MSN News]]></description>
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<title>Cardiac cells 'heal heart damage'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cardiac-cells-heal-heart-damage</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stem cells taken from a patient's own heart have, for the first time, been used to repair damaged heart tissue, researchers claim. BBC News]]></description>
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<title>Lansley warns NHS trusts not to cut services to save money</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/lansley-warns-nhs-trusts-not-to-cut-services-to-save-money-</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Health Secretary to ban hospitals from imposing minimum waiting times for non-urgent treatment. The Independent News Website]]></description>
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<title>Fraud by staff and patients costs NHS '&pound;3bn a year'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/fraud-by-staff-and-patients-costs-nhs-3bn-a-year</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lives put at risk by financial losses, says report From the Independent News Website]]></description>
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<title>New hope for head injury patients</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/new-hope-for-head-injury-patients</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A method of communicating with brain damaged patients who appear to be in a vegetative state has been discovered by scientists in the UK and Belgium.  BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Taking care over reform</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/taking-care-over-reform</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Minister for care services Paul Burstow wants people to have greater choice and greater control over the care they receive. He calls for input from service users and providers to help government decide the priorities for reform. Public Services.co.uk]]></description>
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<title>Circle in deal to run Hinchingbrooke NHS hospital</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/circle-in-deal-to-run-hinchingbrooke-nhs-hospital-</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A groundbreaking £1bn, 10-year deal for a private firm to run a struggling NHS hospital has been confirmed. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>NHS: Elderly care dossier shows 'shameful attitudes'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-elderly-care-dossier-shows-shameful-attitudes</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A dossier containing &quot;shameful&quot; stories about the care elderly patients receive in NHS hospitals in England has been published by campaigners. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Welsh government's 'opt out' organ donor consultation</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/welsh-governments-opt-out-organ-donor-consultation</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Families would have no legal right to stop dead relatives' organs being used for transplant if the person has not opted out in advance, under a proposed Welsh law. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Have your say on adult care</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/have-your-say-on-adult-care</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[RESIDENTS are being given the chance to air their views about the future of adult social care as part of a national consultation.]]></description>
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<title>Hospital bed-blocking 'rising'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/hospital-bed-blocking-rising</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Patients are facing increasing delays in being discharged from hospital, figures obtained by the BBC suggest. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Look out for dementia warning signs, families urged</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/look-out-for-dementia-warning-signs-families-urged</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Families are being urged to look out for the warning signs of dementia when they visit their elderly relatives. BBC Website]]></description>
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<title>HC-One: Launch of HC-One: A company committed to kindness.</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/hc-one-launch-of-hc-one-a-company-committed-to-kindness-</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HC-One, the new care home company, launches today (1st November) having taken over the running of a third of the care homes across the UK formerly run by Southern Cross Healthcare. HC-One Website]]></description>
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<title>New GP registration system tested</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/new-gp-registration-system-tested</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some patients in England will be able to switch GPs so they can register close to work, under a new pilot agreed between doctors and the government.  BBC Website]]></description>
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<title>Health funds 'could be raided to pay for road repairs'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/health-funds-could-be-raided-to-pay-for-road-repairs</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cash-strapped councils may raid health budgets to pay for basic services such as filling potholes, MPs are warning. BBC Website]]></description>
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<title>Cold snap alert plan 'will save lives'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cold-snap-alert-plan-will-save-lives</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Winter weather alerts aimed at helping vulnerable people during cold snaps are to be introduced in England. BBC Website]]></description>
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<title>Doctors told to do more to keep the long-term ill employed</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/doctors-told-to-do-more-to-keep-the-long-term-ill-employed</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Politically sensitive draft GMC guidance says doctors should enourage patients to stay in or return to work. From the the guardian news website]]></description>
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<title>Cut medications for patients in care homes, GPs told</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cut-medications-for-patients-in-care-homes-gps-told</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More than 80% of elderly patients with diabetes in care homes are taking multiple medications, many of them ‘inappropriately' prescribed for cardiovascular prevention, a new study reports. From Pulsetoday.co.uk]]></description>
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<title>Scope says disabled people 'could lose vital benefits'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/scope-says-disabled-people-could-lose-vital-benefits</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:27:29 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many disabled people risk losing essential payments under planned benefits changes, a charity has warned. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Ida Lawrence, 105, says exercise classes keep her young</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/ida-lawrence-105-says-exercise-classes-keep-her-young</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:44:13 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A woman aged 105 puts her good health down to taking part in regular exercise and &quot;keeping her heart pumping a bit&quot;. BBC Website]]></description>
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<title>State pension age: what the latest changes mean</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/state-pension-age-what-the-latest-changes-mean</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:20:14 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The coalition government has back-tracked on its proposal to speed up the raising of the state pension age (SPA) for both men and women to 66 by April 2020. BBC Website]]></description>
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<title>Charity calls for help freeing up family homes</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/charity-calls-for-help-freeing-up-family-homes</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:50:27 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Older people should be encouraged to move into smaller homes to help tackle the &quot;housing crisis&quot;, a charity says. BBC Website]]></description>
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<title>Low birthweight 'linked to autism', says US study</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/low-birthweight-linked-to-autism-says-us-study</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:53:02 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Babies born weighing less than 4lb (1.8kg) could be more prone to developing autism than children born at normal weight, a study suggests. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Epilepsy surgery shows promising results, says study</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/epilepsy-surgery-shows-promising-results-says-study</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:55:42 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People who cannot control their epilepsy with medication should be referred sooner for surgery, suggests a study in The Lancet. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Public 'need to be more honest about eating habits'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/public-need-to-be-more-honest-about-eating-habits</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:22:46 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People need to be more honest about how much they eat and drink if obesity levels are to be cut, ministers say.]]></description>
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<title>Basic care given to elderly in hospital 'alarming'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/basic-care-given-to-elderly-in-hospital-alarming</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:50:43 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Too many hospitals in England are falling short in the most basic care they are giving elderly patients, inspectors say. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>CQC warns James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cqc-warns-james-paget-university-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:48:47 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CQC warns James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (in Norfolk) that it is still failing to meet the nutritional needs of people in its care]]></description>
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<title>Thousands of care workers paid under legal limit</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/thousands-of-care-workers-paid-under-legal-limit</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:06:29 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the new levels for the national minimum wage are introduced, Panorama discovers that many British workers are still being paid much less than the law states and finds the problem particularly acute in the care work sector. BBC Panorama Website]]></description>
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<title>Targeted back pain care 'cheaper and better for patients'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/targeted-back-pain-care-cheaper-and-better-for-patients</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:41:32 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More targeted treatment for back pain improves care and &quot;substantially&quot; reduces healthcare costs, say scientists. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Despite Dilnot, care home providers get squeezed on fees</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/despite-dilnot-care-home-providers-get-squeezed-on-fees</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:47:51 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Care homes for the elderly will struggle to provide good services at current levels of funding. The Guardian]]></description>
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<title>Physiotherapists may get medicine prescribing rights</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/physiotherapists-may-get-medicine-prescribing-rights</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:03:55 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Physiotherapists could soon have the right to prescribe medicines to patients, in the same way that nurses and pharmacists are allowed to. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Top ten tips: Choosing a care home</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/top-ten-tips-choosing-a-care-home</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:52:11 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lianne Lodge, associate at Pagan Osborne, shares her top tips on how to choose the most suitable long-term care. Business.Scotsman.com]]></description>
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<title>Cornish care home given 14 days to plan improvements</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/cornish-care-home-given-14-days-to-plan-improvements</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:26:51 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Elderly people at a Cornish care home are not living in safe surroundings and have little social contact with busy staff, according to inspectors.
Watchdogs at the Care Quality Commission said it was most concerned about the level of staffing and the safety and suitability of the premises at Marray House in Saltash. This is Cornwall News Website]]></description>
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<title>Report calls for more failing care home protection</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/report-calls-for-more-failing-care-home-protection</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:14:50 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More needs to be done to protect people from failing care services in England, a report says. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Elderly carers 'need more support from GPs'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/elderly-carers-need-more-support-from-gps</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:32:33 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GPs throughout the UK should be giving more support to carers who are aged over 60, a charity says. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Callington home residents 'deprived of food'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/callington-home-residents-deprived-of-food</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:02:02 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Residents at a Cornish nursing home were deprived of food, drink and medical treatment, the health watchdog has said. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Millions of malnourished 'go unnoticed'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/millions-of-malnourished-go-unnoticed</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:40:43 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The problems of obesity and overeating in our society receive a lot of attention.
But in this week's Scrubbing Up, Katherine Murphy of the Patients Association calls for more action to help the millions in the UK whose malnutrition is &quot;unnoticed, unheard and unsupported&quot;. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Transfer of care homes to begin</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/transfer-of-care-homes-to-begin</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:28:31 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[COUNCILS have begun writing to residents in Southern Cross care homes as the first wave begin to transfer to new operators.
The Northern Echo Website]]></description>
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<title>Residents moved from Hollybush care home in Warrington</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/residents-moved-from-hollybush-care-home-in-warrington</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:48:17 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A care home where inspectors found a woman resident trapped in a lift has been told to make urgent improvements. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Home care provider 'CareFound' awarded approval from national regulator</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/home-care-provider-carefound-awarded-approval-from-national-regulator</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:36:33 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new provider of high quality home care services to elderly people has recently received approval from the national regulator – the Care Quality Commission (“CQC”). Carefound, a locally owned and managed company is based on the edge of Harrogate, and is expected to create up to 40 jobs across the area over the next 2 years. Harrogate News Website]]></description>
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<title>Warning over disability living allowance shake-up</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/warning-over-disability-living-allowance-shake-up</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:19:55 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ministers must &quot;learn the lessons&quot; of past welfare changes or risk their proposed shake-up of disability support leaving many in poverty, it is claimed. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Global governments 'must get tough on obesity'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/global-governments-must-get-tough-on-obesity</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:43:54 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tougher action - including taxing junk food - is needed by all governments if the obesity crisis is going to be tackled, experts say. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>New support for autistic people falling victim to crime</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/new-support-for-autistic-people-falling-victim-to-crime</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:33:10 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new card will be available to people with autism to help them if they fall victim to crime or are involved in an accident. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Over 100 care staff accused of abuse</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/over-100-care-staff-accused-of-abuse</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:02:27 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 100 care staff were accused of abusing vulnerable adults in the Wokingham borough last year, but just 14 were disciplined. Wokingham Times]]></description>
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<title>Single-sex wards in the NHS 'now the norm'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/single-sex-wards-in-the-nhs-now-the-norm</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:25:33 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Further falls in the number of patients kept on mixed-sex wards has prompted ministers to suggest single-sex accommodation is now the norm in the NHS in England. BBC News Website.]]></description>
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<title>15-minute daily exercise is 'bare minimum for health'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/15-minute-daily-exercise-is-bare-minimum-for-health</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:02:45 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Just 15 minutes of exercise a day can boost life expectancy by three years and cut death risk by 14%, research from Taiwan suggests. BBC News Wesbite]]></description>
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<title>Autism sibling risk 'higher than previously thought'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/autism-sibling-risk-higher-than-previously-thought</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:07:02 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If a child has autism, the risk of a younger sibling also developing the disorder is higher than previously thought, says a large US study. From the BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Autism-friendly film gets people relaxed about cinema</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/autism-friendly-film-gets-people-relaxed-about-cinema</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:10:47 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Autism-friendly cinema screenings being shown over the summer. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Autistic teenager Liam Brunskill in adult care wrangle</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/autistic-teenager-liam-brunskill-in-adult-care-wrangle</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:35:15 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AN autistic teenager’s future could be decided by a court after his parents and City of York Council failed to agree on where he should live as an adult. The York Press]]></description>
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<title>Care homes 'lack named managers'</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/care-homes-lack-named-managers</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:45:53 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over 2,000 care homes in England have no registered manager, according to figures from the regulator. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Choices Care group enters administration</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/choices-care-group-enters-administration</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:06:33 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A care group providing services to about 800 people with learning disabilities in Scotland and north-east England has gone into administration. BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Top NHS trusts voice fears over waiting time targets</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/top-nhs-trusts-voice-fears-over-waiting-time-targets</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:47:12 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some of the top-performing NHS trusts in England are warning they may fail to hit waiting time targets this year, official documents show. BBC News Website.]]></description>
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<title>Plastic heart gives dad Matthew Green new lease of life</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/plastic-heart-gives-dad-matthew-green-new-lease-of-life</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:18:44 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A 40-year-old father who was dying from heart failure is set to leave hospital after receiving an artificial heart. BBC News Website.]]></description>
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<title>NHS funds moved to richer areas, Labour says</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/nhs-funds-moved-to-richer-areas-labour-says</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:22:39 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Labour is accusing the government of moving NHS spending in England away from poorer areas towards richer parts of the country.
BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>Six staff suspended at criticised Dolgellau care home in Wales</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/six-staff-suspended-at-criticised-dolgellau-care-home-in-wales</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:22:11 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Six staff have been suspended at a Gwynedd home which cares for adults with learning difficulties after a report criticised it for &quot;a significant number of failings&quot;. 
BBC News Website]]></description>
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<title>What's in the news 06.06.11</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/whats-in-the-news-060611</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:20:35 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Reforms to be speeded up after care scandal- The Times, 06.06.11, p4
New safeguarding to protect adults in care- The Independant, 06.06.11, p19
Care is Personal- The Times, 06.06.11, p23
Care Homes Fees for elderly should be capped- The Daily Telegraph, 06.06.11, p10
Europe shames Britain on care for the elderly- Daily Mail, 06.06.11, p20
Southern Cross may be forced to offload 180 homes- The Daily Telegraph, 06.06.11 pb1
Handful of big landlords likely to decide fate of southern cross- The Guardian, 06.06.11, p20
Abolish care quango- The Times, 06.06.11, p19
Shudder-making- Daily Mail, 06.06.11, p51]]></description>
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<title>New Support for People Discharged from Hospital</title>
<link>http://www.rightcareindex.com/news/story/new-support-for-people-discharged-from-hospital</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:21:52 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley on patient re-admissions to hospital]]></description>
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