Care home fined following death of vulnerable resident
March 1, 2024
A care home operator has been fined £400,000 for safety breaches, following the death of a vulnerable resident at a care home in Scotland. Read More
March 1, 2024
A care home operator has been fined £400,000 for safety breaches, following the death of a vulnerable resident at a care home in Scotland. Read More
June 9, 2022
Care provider, The Richmond Fellowship Scotland, has been fined after being found guilty of health and safety breaches after a vulnerable adult with severe learning difficulties drowned in a bath. Read More
March 17, 2022
A care home has been fined £46,000 for health and safety breaches after a 95-year-old resident died in a fire. Read More
March 15, 2022
Multiple new fire safety guides have been introduced in Scotland, including practical guidance for existing high-rise domestic buildings. Read More
March 7, 2022
WHO publishes guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers. Read More
January 20, 2022
A care home business, run by private health care provider BUPA, has been fined £1.04m after a resident died in a fire while smoking at one of its care homes. Read More
January 19, 2022
HC-One Limited has been fined following an incident when a resident choked to death on a jam doughnut. Read More
January 3, 2022
A lift maintenance company has been sentenced and a care home owner cautioned after a resident and care worker plunged four metres to the basement in a faulty lift at a residential care home. Read More
November 1, 2021
Sajid Javid has said that all frontline NHS staff in England will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Read More
October 22, 2021
Aster Healthcare has pleaded guilty after a dementia patient in its care died after being placed in a scalding bath. Read More