Month: February 2016

In a report compiled by the end of life care coalition it has been found that almost 50,000 people experienced substandard palliative care. A large proportion of those that experienced poor care did so due to being denied the opportunity to die within their own homes and subsequently died in hospitals. The report calls for …

Almost 50,000 people experienced poor end of life care last year Read More »

CQC has published reports on 110 adult social care services across the Central region in the past week. The results appear positive with 65% of homes being rated ‘Good’; 32% being rated ’Requires Improvement’; less than 2% ‘Inadequate’ and less than 1% ‘Outstanding’. The figures represent a snapshot of the region but as with most …

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A report by the King’s Fund titled ‘improving quality in the English NHS’ has called for a shift from the ‘regulation, inspection and performance management’ model of quality improvement in the NHS. The report recommends a new approach which would look at refocusing the processes within the NHS better and increasing cost efficiency. The report …

Report calls for NHS national centre for quality improvement Read More »

The most recently reported data on registered managers in the adult social care sector has found that half of all registered managers are over 50. The figure rises to 60% of all registered managers in nursing homes. This could see the sector lose 10,000 registered managers in the next 15 years. The issue of registered …

Ticking registered manager timebomb Read More »

Jeremy Hunt’s plans to introduce a new rating system for CCGs may be pushed back further than June 2016 according to a paper drawn up by NHS England. The paper suggests that introduction of the ratings system should be pushed back to 2017 but gives no specific date when this should occur. The plans when …

New ‘CQC style’ rating system for CCGs may be delayed Read More »

DNAR forms are scheduled to be replaced by Emergency Care and Treatment Plans (ECTP) but there are worries that this new form could lead to confusion with clinicians and families. The ECTP is being developed in response to a Court of Appeal decision in June 2014 which stated that a doctor who puts a DNAR …

Replacement for DNAR forms set to roll out in Autumn Read More »

Schemes to develop sheltered housing accommodation have been postponed due to cuts to housing benefit introduced by the Government. Sheltered housing is provided to elderly or disabled individuals with the use of some shared facilities and a warden. The National Housing Federation has found that almost 2500 units have been postponed or cancelled as a …

Sheltered housing figures don’t add up as Osborne looks to regularise private and public rent payments Read More »

The British Medical Association (BMA) announced that it will strike a further three times on 9 March, 6 April and 26 April this time for 48 hours each and also intends to seek judicial review of Hunt’s decision to impose contracts upon junior doctors. The strikes will not affect emergency care. In the game of …

Three 48 hour strikes and judicial review of Hunt’s imposition for Junior doctor contract Read More »

An Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report has said that the Scottish NHS needs to do more to learn from its mistakes and performance. This follows on from the call for an independent regulator for NHS Scotland as was raised earlier this year after failures were identified within the organisation. The OECD report …

Scottish NHS accused of failing to take note of its mistakes Read More »

Individual foundation trust hospitals have the power to choose to ignore the imposition of the now much vilified junior doctor contract in relation to new trainees in August 2016. There is an opt-out for foundation trusts which could potentially stop the imposition of contracts before it takes off the ground. Foundation trusts are the largest …

Jeremy Hunt’s imposition of a new junior doctor contract might not work Read More »