The Department of Health has released its consultation on the proposed introduction of a statutory duty of candour. The duty is intended to apply to all providers registered with CQC and will form part of the registration requirements. The duty of candour will place a requirement on providers of health and adult social care to …
Yesterday the Department of Health published its consultation response, ‘Strengthening Corporate Accountability in Health and Social Care: Consultation on the fit and proper person regulations’. Following the DoH’s consultation on strengthening corporate accountability in July, the organisation decided that they needed to rebuild confidence in the health and social care system, following the Winterbourne View …
The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, has said that NHS trusts need to have plans in place to reduce the number of serious mistakes being made in order to save 6,000 lives over the next three years. Mistakes include medication errors, blood clots and bedsores and plans to halve “avoidable harm” could stop a third of …
Ofsted has said that local authorities are not doing enough to protect children from neglect. The watchdog has warned that neglect needs to be better understood by councils and safeguarding-children boards and that more shared strategies should be developed to prioritise action. According to Ofsted, there are “inconsistent approaches” to assessing neglect and conclude that …
Jim Gee, ex-director of NHS Counter Fraud Services said that fraud is costing the NHS £5bn a year, with a further £2bn lost to financial errors. The amount estimated by Mr Gee, who led the NHS anti-fraud section for eight years until 2006, is 20 times that recorded in the government’s annual fraud indicator report. …
According to the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) a funding crisis and increased demand for care means general practice, as well as patients know it is “under severe threat of extinction”. The royal college’s president, Dr Maureen Baker, said failing to properly fund GP surgeries could have an impact on the sustainability of the NHS …
The CQC is planning for a 50 per cent increase in the money it receives from the Department of Health to fund its overhauled inspection regime. The CQC’s plans are based on an indicative budget for 2014-15. The increase in funding is to support the introduction of CQC’s new inspection regime. In its plans, CQC …
Ofsted has this week set out its proposals for introducing separate graded judgements on the quality of nursery and reception, and post-16 provision in its school inspection reports. In the consultation Ofsted recognise that that it is important to place as much emphasis during inspection on the early years and the sixth form as on …
A report released by the Alzheimer’s Society has revealed that thousands of people with dementia are being subject to ‘conveyor belt care’ with 3% of those polled seeing more than 40 different care workers over a six month period. Results from surveys that collected the views of both relatives and care workers revealed that one …
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New guidance published by NICE this week sets out recommendations for good practice on the systems and processes for managing medicines in care homes. The guideline considers prescribing, handling and administering medicines to residents living in care homes (including all children, young people and adults) and the provision of care or services relating to medicines …
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