A mental health hospital was closed following a report by CQC which forced 30 patients to be moved at extremely short notice with a further 400 outpatients also being affected. The report noted that the building built in the 18th Century posed a ‘significant risk to patients’; the criticisms that have commented on the swift …
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Ahead of George Osborne’s 2016 Budget on Wednesday 16 March, a group of 12 leading doctors have written to urge him to increase funding for social care. They argue that health care and social care can no longer be looked at as separate entities and specific targeted funding for social care should be increased. The …
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The first NHS national guardian has stepped down from her post owing to the pressure of fulfilling the post part time in addition to her other role as chief nurse at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust. She was due to begin the post officially in April this year but resigned before taking it on. …
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 …
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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 »
All registered nurses should be aware that, starting in April 2016, you must revalidate with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to renew your professional registration and to allow you to continue to practice as a registered nurse. The new process of revalidation replaces the Prep (Post Registration Education and Practice) requirements and requires to …
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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 …
One of the main themes announced in CQC’s strategy for 2016 – 2021 is its aim for there to be a “single shared view of quality” across health and care services. The implementation of the single quality view suggests that CQC expects regulatory bodies and providers alike to follow its guidelines on quality when making …
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