In the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report released this week MPs have stated that the CQC still has a long way to go before it is an effective regulator. The CQC has been criticised for not getting its priorities right by failing to act in relation to concerns raised about residents being abused by care …
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The controversial Health and Social Care Bill gained Royal Assent yesterday becoming law in the form of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. According to the Department of Health, the fundamental principles of the Act mean that doctors and nurses will be able to adapt services for their patients, more choice will be given …
David Cameron has instigated a programme of work which aims to deliver improvements in dementia care and research by 2015. Dementia is one of the biggest challenges that society faces today. As life expectancy increases, this is a matter which cannot be ignored. At present, 670 000 people in England live with dementia and an …
This week the CQC have announced that they are going to start phasing in the changes relating to how they inspect health and social care services from next week. This follows a consultation by CQC into how it regulates providers of these services. The main changes include an increase in general CQC inspections of services, …
Macmillan Cancer support warns that morality rates amongst older people with cancer are too high. It says doctors frequently give treatment plans purely based on a patient’s age, ignoring individual needs. Cancer mortality rates for people aged 74-84 in the UK are improving much more slowly than for younger patients, it said, and are rising …
An independent report published by the consumer group Which? has labelled the standards of care for elderly people receiving care in their home as “shocking and disgraceful”. The care has been described as rushed and inadequate, with some home visits being missed completely without any advanced warning. Other cases demonstrated elderly people being left in …
Many doctors are failing to visit elderly patients in care homes. Instead, they are diagnosing patients over the telephone which care home owners believe is insufficient and dangerous. The English Community Care Association believes that nearly one third of residents could be missing out on the full range of GP services they are entitled to. …
On Wednesday the CQC published a review on how the health care needs of people living in care homes are met. The review addresses how service users access healthcare services, the level of choice and control that they have and whether the care they receive is safe and respects their dignity. The idea was to develop …
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A recent study published by the CQC and the British Geriatrics Society has shown that the healthcare needs of elderly service users are being neglected in some Primary Care Trusts. The majority of PCT’s assess the needs of people who live in their own homes. This means that the needs of service users living in …
Prime Minister David Cameron has defended NHS reform plans. He said that the need for change was ‘unavoidable and urgent’. However, various NHS specialists have voiced a range of concerns about the government’s Health Bill outlining reforms to the NHS. In response to the proposed legislation many primary care trusts feel that Andrew Lansley’s changes …
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