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Tayside elderly hospital readmissions highest in Scotland
Older people in Tayside are more likely to be readmitted to hospital within a month of being discharged than anywhere else in Scotland, according to latest figures. (...)
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Council presses ahead with plans to privatise Fife's care homes
Fife Council is pressing ahead with controversial plans to privatise its care home provision by formally seeking interest from the private or not- for-profit sector. (...)
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Fife Council urged to rethink private sector care homes plan in light of Southern Cross problems
Fife Council is coming under increased pressure to abandon its plans to privatise the region's care home services. (...)
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Social work chief insists council is working to keep people informed on care homes
Social work chiefs in Fife have denied claims staff and relatives of care home residents were deliberately left out of meetings discussing the future of the region's residential care provision. (...)
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Medication error leads Fife Council to investigate Valley House care home
Fife Council has confirmed an investigation has been launched at a Fife residential care home following what The Courier believes is a "grave medication error" involving one of the residents. (...)
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Committee to make decision on future of Fife care homes
After months of discussion the future of several under-threat Fife Council care homes will be decided next week. (...)
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Fife carer attacks new electronic schedules
Fife Council's electronic system for scheduling home care visits has come under fire from its own staff. (...)
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Carers ask to help ease Fife hospital beds crisis
Home carers in Fife have urged social work managers to maximise their potential to help deal with the region's bed-blocking crisis. (...)
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Pledge to do what's needed for social service provision in Fife
Social work chiefs in Fife underlined their commitment to tackling the challenges ahead as the region's consultation on the future of care homes came to an end. (...)
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Claim that up to 13 Fife care home staff have been suspended
A damning inspection report has cast new doubt over the future of one of Fife Council's residential care homes after an apparent dip in standards. (...)
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Fife care homes consultation extended
Consultation on plans to privatise Fife Council-run residential care homes has been extended until January 4. (...)
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Fife Council care homes consultation begins
A controversial consultation on the future of Fife Council's care homes has been launched. (...)
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Alan McLure House warned over poor care standards
A Fife residential home has been told to address "poor standards of care." (...)
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Care homes campaigners winning support on Facebook
Campaigners have turned to the internet in a bid to save council-run care homes in Fife from possible closure. (...)
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Assurances about care of elderly as Fife's population gets older
An assurance has been given by Fife Council's chief of older people's services that the welfare of individuals who rely on care services will remain paramount during the ongoing consultation process. (...)
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Fife Council seeks to calm care homes concern
Fife Council chiefs have reassured the public that all options for the future of older people's care services will be explored before any decisions are made. (...)
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Anger at 'tick-box approach' to services for the vulnerable
Fife Council has been accused of abandoning housebound, elderly and disabled people just days before its shopping, pensions and prescriptions collection services are axed due to budget cuts. (...)
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'Abandoned' by Fife service cut
Elderly and housebound people are feeling "abandoned" by Fife Council's plans to withdraw a vital service, according to one of its clients. (...)
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