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Research released on 5 March 2016 has found that training in dementia care does not meet the needs of residents within care home settings. Such residents are usually approaching the end of their lives and the provision of treatment by care workers who do not have the highest levels of dementia care training is worrying. …

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The Government has completed its review which centred on cutting red tape across governmental departments. The review included a review of adult social care. The aims of the review more broadly were to commit to cutting £10bn of red tape to reduce unnecessary regulation and ineffective enforcement whilst ensuring protections for certain areas are not …

The Government’s Cutting Red Tape Reviews welcomed by CQC Read More »

In late 2015 the Government announced its intension to transfer the £5.5bn budget for the Attendance Allowance to individual councils. The petition that has since been launched is based on the premise that monies will filter into the general adult social care departments and deny the elderly the opportunity to receive an allowance (£55.10 or …

Petition launched by Care Home Owner to stop Attendance Allowance being disbanded Read More »

A recent report published by Respublica suggests that Care Homes could help ease the pressure on NHS services by taking on patients that are stuck in hospitals following treatment. The cost to the NHS of this blocking of beds is estimated to be £3.3bn over the next 5 years. The number of patients in these …

Care Homes to the rescue! Read More »

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 …

CQC publish reports on 110 adult social care services in Central region Read More »

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 »