Care homes face crackdown on abuse
Care homes will face prosecution if they do not report concerns that their staff are mistreating patients under social care legislation to be published this month. The "duty of candour" on social care providers, a recommendation in the Francis report into the Mid Staffs NHS scandal, will be set out by health secretary Jeremy Hunt and would mean industry executives would have to tell health regulators if they thought their employees might be harming or neglecting elderly people.
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