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Social services sees rise in adults at risk of physical and sexual abuse - The Guardian 20th October 2009
"Study reveals that fears of sexual and physical abuse of vulnerable adults means more are being referred for assessment by social workers, as demand for other services also rises"
Wirral Council admits “unlawful” charging policy for vulnerable people - Liverpool Daily Post 17th September 2009
VULNERABLE people being cared for by a social services department were systematically overcharged to the tune of more than £100,000, a report has revealed.
The so-called “special charging policy” was applied at three locations in Wirral – but nowhere else in the borough.
Wirral social services charged vulnerable people too much for accommodation - Liverpool Echo 17th September 2009
VULNERABLE people being cared for by a social services department were systematically overcharged to the tune of more than £100,000, a report has revealed.
The so-called “special charging policy” was applied at three locations in Wirral – but nowhere else in the borough.
'Infatuated' male nurse struck off - Manchester Evening News 6th July 2009
A MENTAL health nurse who was caught on top of a female patient and spent hours locked away with her in a bedroom has been struck off.\n\nWilliam Whittaker, 55, became infatuated with the vulnerable 25-year-old and was often seen holding her hand and touching her face, hair and legs.
Adult abuse: the shocking truth - The Independent 30th May 2009
Child cruelty is frequently in the news – but cases involving vulnerable adults often fall below the radar. As this special report shows, psychological and sexual abuse is still a daily reality for many
Plans for tighter child protection measures delayed by IT problems - The Times 24th March 2009
Tougher checks on people wanting to work with children and vulnerable adults are now running two years late after a Home Office decision to further delay the full launch of the scheme.
The rollout of the scheme, planned to close loopholes in child protection measures, has been postponed a second time because of fears it would not be able to cope with demand.
CPS drops care home abuse charges - The Telegraph 14th March 2009
A row has broken out between police and the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations of "institutionalised abuse" at a care home for the disabled.
Nurses unfairly blacklisted, law lords rule - The Independent 22nd January 2009
Thousands of nurses banned from working following accusations that they harmed vulnerable adults are poised to win compensation worth millions of pounds after the law lords ruled yesterday that they were unfairly treated.\n\nSome nurses lost their homes as well as their livelihoods after being blacklisted while awaiting investigation of accusations based on the flimsiest evidence.
Care homes pioneer abuse helpline - BBC Health News 21st January 2009
Thousands of elderly people are looked after in homes, but for a few what should be a place of care sometimes becomes a place of abuse.
Often it goes unnoticed and unreported and so a helpline has been set up for residents or their relatives, to report cases of neglect.
Care workers blacklist 'unfair' - BBC Health News 21st January 2009
The procedure for blacklisting care workers in England accused of harming children or vulnerable adults is unfair, law lords say.
The House of Lords ruled that, because care workers were put on a provisional blacklist before any investigation, they were denied a fair hearing.
Patient with Down's syndrome starves in hospital - The Guardian 9th January 2009
There is institutional discrimination in the NHS against people with learning difficulties, says Mencap
Starved to death in an NHS hospital: Damning inquiry highlights case of patient left without food for 26 days - Daily Mail 9th January 2009
A vulnerable patient starved to death in an NHS hospital after 26 days without proper nourishment.
Martin Ryan, 43, had suffered a stroke which left him unable to swallow.
But a 'total breakdown in communication' meant he was never fitted with a feeding tube. It was one of a number of horrific cases where the NHS fatally failed patients with learning difficulties, a health watchdog is expected to rule later this month.
Call for damning death verdicts - BBC Health News 9th January 2008
A health watchdog should issue damning verdicts on six deaths of vulnerable NHS patients, a charity has said.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is due to rule on the cases highlighted by Mencap later this month.
They include Martin Ryan, 43, who spent 26 days without food before he died, after staff did not fit a feeding tube.
Liverpool social worker suspended as elderly woman dies in her own home - Liverpool Echo 7th January 2009
A VULNERABLE elderly woman was found dead in her own home after social workers in Liverpool failed to make contact with her for three days.
The woman who has not been named was found dead on Monday in her home in East Liverpool, she was last seen alive by council staff the Friday before.
Liverpool social worker suspended as elderly woman dies in her own home - Liverpool Daily Post 7th January 2009
A VULNERABLE elderly woman was found dead in her own home after social workers in Liverpool failed to make contact with her for three days.
The woman who has not been named was found dead on Monday in her home in East Liverpool, she was last seen alive by council staff the Friday before.
Psychiatric wards hit by surge of rape claims - The Independent 25th September 2008
The vulnerability of female patients on England's NHS psychiatric wards was revealed yesterday by figures showing that 435 patients reported being sexually assaulted last year, including 15 who said they had been raped.
The Tories, who obtained the figures, said the scale of assaults was increasing, raising new fears about the safety of patients. Labour had "broken their promises" on standards in mental health care, they said.
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