The
Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) has published a report entitled Handled with care? The report has revealed that nearly half of all nursing and care homes fail to meet national minimum standards for how they give people medication prescribed by their doctors to treat serious and other illnesses. Problems of poorly-trained staff inadequate record-keeping are also examined. Over 5,000 out of 11,500 homes for older people and over 3,000 out of nearly 8,000 homes for younger adults fail to meet national minimum standards. Around 210,000 people live in these 8,000 nursing and care homes. Many of the residents in care homes are extremely vulnerable and reliant on the correct medication to improve their qualityof life.
The report reflects a number of concerns that clients have expressed to solicitor Alison Millar who works in the human rights department at Leigh Day & Co. She has recently represented the family of an elderly woman who were concerned about the standard of care their mother was receiving in a care home. Leigh Day & Co, together with campaigning organisations such as
Help the Aged, welcome the report's conclusions that all care homes and children's homes urgently review their practices in managing medication.
For further information please contact
Alison Millar on 020 7650 1200.
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