Jun 11 2014
EDGE Services supports ‘Carers Week’ which runs from Monday 9 to Sunday 15 June 2014. This is a UK-wide annual awareness campaign to improve the lives of carers and the people they care for. It does this by raising awareness of carers at a national, regional and local level. Hundreds of organisations and individuals join in each year to make it one of the UK's… Read Full story
Jun 10 2014
The Serious Case Review into the abuse and neglect that contributed to the deaths of five elderly people at the Sussex care home, has made more than 30 recommendations to prevent a repeat of what the Department of Health called ‘truly appalling’ care. Read Full story
May 01 2014
One member of care staff has been sacked and seven others suspended following a BBC 1 documentary Panorama, ‘Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed’ which was broadcast last night. Read Full story
Apr 25 2014
It has been predicted that by 2017 the number of elderly people in the UK needing care will “outstrip” family members in a position to provide it. Further to this an estimate in this recent report by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) suggests that by 2030 there will be more than two million people in the UK over the age of 65 who will have no family… Read Full story
Apr 14 2014
It has been brought to our attention, since we reproduced the poem ‘Look Closer, Nurse’ in our recent newsletter and on the EDGE website, that we have fallen for something of an urban myth. Read Full story
Apr 03 2014
When the Mental Capacity Act, 2005 was introduced its prime intention was to empower and protect vulnerable adults. However, a recent House of Lords Committee report found that in thousands of cases, those who oversee the care of such adults – for instance social workers or health professionals – are failing to correctly implement the legislation and in… Read Full story
Apr 03 2014
The following poem was reportedly written by a woman who died in a care of the elderly ward of Ashludie Hospital near Dundee, Scotland. It was found among her possessions on or around April 1974 so we are re-printing it in our newsletter to mark the 40 year anniversary. Read Full story
Mar 07 2014
Thousands of people who work in the NHS are pledging to do something different to improve care standards as part of NHS Change Day 2014. Read Full story
Mar 06 2014
A damning report published today from Age UK reveals that spending on social care services for the elderly population across the UK has dropped by at least £769 million since 2010. Read Full story
Feb 21 2014
Good news for the care sector; the HSE has recently reported there has been a decline in the number of violent incidents occurring in the workplace over the last ten years, and that fortunately cases of such events have remained stable over the last four years. Read Full story
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