The NHS has announced that the number of hospital beds for people with learning disabilities and autism will be halved in England. This has arisen in response to the abuse scandal at Winterbourne View and will see more patients “live in homes, not hospitals”. As part of the new plans the largest disability hospital, Calderstones, …
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Jeremy Hunt is to announce today that local healthcare groups will be awarded ratings from next June onwards. It is hoped that this will highlight those local groups that are failing to meet standards and ‘shock’ them into improving by public pressure. The plan to award these ratings is in its early stages of development …
CQC have to be prepared to operate within tighter economic constraints and has been asked to absorb between 25 and 40 per cent costs savings for its 2016-17 inspection programme. In the most recent CQC board meeting David Behan, Chief Executive of CQC postponed discussions in relation to the budgeting until after the 25 November …
Research published earlier this month by the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked The UK as the best place to die in the world; London may have the unenviable title of being the worst place to die in the UK. A report conducted by London Cancer Alliance PallE8 and Marie Curie found that only 3/10 of London …
Britain’s growing elderly population is in need of additional purpose built retirement housing to meet the needs of the increased demographic according to research conducted by property firm Savills. The over 65’s are scheduled to increase in number annually by 2% and the over 75’s by 3.2%. This would result in the need for an …
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David Behan, Chief Executive of CQC has announced that CQC is missing all of its own inspection targets in the CQC Board Meeting held on 22 October. The targets are being missed across Adult Social Care, Hospitals and Primary Medical Services. David Behan anticipates that CQC will be in a position to meet its targets …
A Foundation Trust that was placed in special measures in July 2013, 2 years and 3 months ago, finally exits special measures. Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was one of the original 11 trusts that were placed in special measures following the report into mortality rates by Sir Bruce Keogh. . The Trust was rated …
The Government has announced that applications from nurses from non-EU countries will be prioritised and immigration controls relaxed with immediate effect. Nursing has been added to the Shortage Occupation List which is the list of professions that effectively removes the limit of numbers that can be employed as long as they have the backing from …
CQC published its annual ‘State of Care’ Report today which focuses on the adult social care sector and provides some interesting insights into the sector over the past year. For the first time, CQC has been able to analyse the findings of its new ratings system across all of the sectors it regulates. The analysis …
Baroness Ilora Finlay has been appointed as the lead of the new Mental Capacity Forum, the body responsible for raising awareness on the mental capacity act. The body has been set up to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders within health and social care to further the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act. The …
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