Care slots of 15 minutes are a ‘disgrace’
Published:
8:49 AM April 5, 2016
Updated:
6:34 PM December 14, 2020
News that more than two thirds of local councils across the country are still arranging 15 minute slots to look after vulnerable people is a disgrace and the Care Quality Commission with the Department of Health should step in and sort this out once and for all.
If we still reckon to be a caring society this needs firm action now.
GEOFF HEATHCOCK
Opposition health spokesman
Queen Edith’s Way
Cambridge
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