Andrea Sutcliffe, the Care Quality Commissions chief inspector for adult social care, said that a third of social care facilities require improvement, with as many as seven per cent providing inadequate services.
One in five adult New Yorkers is estimated to experience a mental health disorder annually, a figure similar to national estimates. And in New York City, unintentional drug overdose deaths outnumber both homicide and motor vehicle fatalities.
Lily-Grace Hooper, who is seven, suffered a stroke when she was just four days old, which left her virtually blind.
Older people are at increased risk of dehydration for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, however, it can be especially difficult to spot the signs of dehydration in the elderly.
A decision on reducing the cost of care for elderly people has been shelved, with the Welsh government blaming delays at Westminster.
More people suffered a significant antibiotic-resistant infection both in hospitals and the community between 2010 and 2014, a new report from Public Health England (PHE) shows.
An increasingly warped sense of humour could be an early warning sign of impending dementia, say UK experts.
Junior doctors will strike for three days in December if the ballot comes back in favour of industrial action, it was revealed today.
NHS guidance on treatment of the menopause could lead to many thousands more women being offered hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the UK.
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