1 in 5 nursing homes across the UK found to not have enough staff on duty to ensure residents receive safe care.
1 in 5 nursing homes across the UK found to not have enough staff on duty to ensure residents receive safe care.
I am very happy and satisfied with the settlement you achieved for me and the service was excellent and thank you very much
Mrs E.Swaffield
Loughborough
Everyone in the family has been badly let down
“One in five nursing homes across the UK have been found to not have enough staff on duty to ensure residents received good, safe care.” Care Quality Commission report , 2013/14.
Care homes have come under the spotlight in recent years as negative reports into care worker standards have revealed levels of negligence and abuse in a number of cases.
It’s often a difficult enough decision to place a member of your family into a care home. Your choice of home was based on trust and confidence. You expected an appropriate standard of care would be provided and you strongly feel that everyone in the family has been badly let down.
Lack of proper staff supervision
Read moreWhile many care homes do provide excellent care, it is not always the case. Some care homes have been found to lack the proper staff supervision, experience or training considered necessary to provide an appropriate level of daily care for elderly people in vulnerable physical or mental health.
The anxiety and distress felt by all the family demands answers for why “conditions have been allowed to continue” and a loved one appears “deprived of all sense of dignity.”
If you have believe that an elderly relative is not receiving the standard of care expected or even being willfully neglected, you may have cause to bring:
Our dedicated professional negligence team at Your Legal Friend has many years of experience in successfully resolving many different types of cases where standards of treatment and care have fallen below the appropriate standard, so that those responsible are brought to account.
We can help you:
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“I found the staff to be friendly, helpful, courteous and they kept me well informed on a regular basis”
Mrs. Vora,
Loughborough
“They acted in a sympathetic and professional manner and resolved my case very efficiently”
Mr Dowse
Leeds
You may be eligible to make a claim for care home negligence, if you have suffered an injury as a result of failures such as:
Residential care homes
Nursing homes
It’s almost certain you will immediately feel that 'something is wrong' because of:
However, accidents can also be caused by negligence because:
Between 2005/6 and 2012/13, the elderly’s use of:
Between 2013/14, a Care Quality Commission Study found:
As experienced clinical negligence specialists, we know that if you and your family are concerned by the treatment and care a relative has received at a care home or nursing home, you will be feeling severely let down and will want to hold those responsible to account for the harm and distress caused to all concerned.
Your Legal Friend is committed to ensuring that victims of all types of negligence have legal access to make their voice heard, which may prevent others from suffering in a similar way.
You may be eligible to make a claim for care home negligence, if you have suffered an injury as a result of failures such as:
Residential care homes
Nursing homes
It’s almost certain you will immediately feel that 'something is wrong' because of:
However, accidents can also be caused by negligence because:
Between 2005/6 and 2012/13, the elderly’s use of:
Between 2013/14, a Care Quality Commission Study found:
As experienced clinical negligence specialists, we know that if you and your family are concerned by the treatment and care a relative has received at a care home or nursing home, you will be feeling severely let down and will want to hold those responsible to account for the harm and distress caused to all concerned.
Your Legal Friend is committed to ensuring that victims of all types of negligence have legal access to make their voice heard, which may prevent others from suffering in a similar way.
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