It’s been 5 years since the government’s ambitious pledge to bring mental health services up to the standards of those for physical ailments was announced. Yet, it seems that implementing such a system is proving to be difficult. The National Audit Office has scrutinised the Department of Health’s (DH) strategy for bringing a “parity of …
New mental health access and waiting times standards; what’s the delay? Read More »
Simon Stevens, the head of NHS England, has set out his plan for the future of General Practice in the UK and it includes a sizeable investment in the area designed to alleviate pressures on ‘overworked’ GPs. We highlight below some of the key changes being put forward by the plan. The key headline from …
New research has found that the numbers of men diagnosed with dementia has fallen in relation to estimates that were taken in 1990. Conversely the numbers of women developing dementia have remained constant. The drop in numbers for men is being attributed to a change in lifestyle towards more exercise and healthier eating in the …
Dementia levels reduced in men due to change in lifestyle Read More »
New research has found that the numbers of men diagnosed with dementia has fallen in relation to estimates that were taken in 1990. Conversely the numbers of women developing dementia have remained constant. The drop in numbers for men is being attributed to a change in lifestyle towards more exercise and healthier eating in the …
GMC asks junior doctors to reconsider striking in ‘struggling hospitals’ Read More »
Jeremy Hunt appears to have changed tack in the junior doctors’ dispute if the wording of his lawyers are to be believed. Gone is the spectre of an imposition of the junior doctors’ contract and in is the more conciliatory ‘introduction’ of the junior doctors’ contracts when their current contracts come to an end. There …
It is essential that care workers understand not only their obligations in reporting safeguarding issues but also what the “new” legal requirements are on local authorities in relation to safeguarding investigations. In April 2015, the law changed in relation to safeguarding with the introduction, under section 42 of the Care Act 2014, of a duty …
Care Talk: Safeguarding obligations in light of the changes in the Care Act 2014 Read More »
The General Practitioners Committee (GPC) has announced in its manifesto that the number of patients a GP meets daily should be capped. If the doctor reaches the cap then there will be a collection of ‘locality hubs’ who will be able to pick up the excess demand. This manifesto forms part of the wider document …
General Practitioners Committee manifesto seeks daily quota on patients seen per GP Read More »
CQC has called a national review into the ways that NHS trusts learn from deaths, if at all. The review has been called in the wake of the death of a mental health patient who drowned in a bath following an epileptic fit. An inquest into the death of the individual found that neglect had …
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Hull City Council has stated that it wishes to get tough on residential care homes whose standards don’t meet its own high levels. The local authority is largely happy with the standards of care at the services it’s 2,197 residents are housed. However, this hasn’t stopped the authority attempting to drive standards to the highest …
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17 Scottish schools have been forced to close following inspections of the schools which were all built under a public private partnership arrangement. The matter is isolated to a number of schools in the Edinburgh area but as a precautionary measure all schools in Scotland that could be affected have been or will be inspected …
Scottish schools forced to close due to health and safety failings Read More »
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