The NHS had to cope with unprecedented levels of demand from March 2015-2016 with almost 23m visits to A & E during that period. Such unprecedented demand has left the NHS missing a number of key operational targets which are designed to provide a snapshot of how well the NHS is performing in figures released …
In a bid to tackle the increasing recurrence of mental health issues with young people the Government has agreed to bring in inspections for mental health provision in schools. The Government has accepted recommendations to introduce inspections of mental health services within secondary schools made in the Institute for Public Policy Research’s report. In the …
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NICE is currently consulting on draft staffing guidelines for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals. They are the first in a series of guidelines on safe staffing in different healthcare settings that NICE was asked to produce, by the health secretary, as part of the government’s response to the Francis report. The draft …
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Talks that had recently been restarted following the previous refusal to negotiate further by Jeremy Hunt have been given more time to reach an agreement. It had been hoped that both sides could reach an agreement by the end of this week however this has now been extended to Wednesday 18 May 2016. It has …
In September 2015 Capita were awarded a 7 year contract worth £330m to provide primary care support services- back office support to primary care services. Eight months on the chair of the GPC, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, has criticised the poor performance of the contract in an open letter to NHS chiefs. He has called for …
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The report A different ending: Addressing inequalities in end of life care is illuminating in documenting the differences in end of life care experienced across the UK. Several key findings are brought to light within the report: – · A third of CCGs fail to properly assess care needs for those at the end of …
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults – A Legal Update’ by Nicole Ridgwell, Solicitor, Ridouts, from the Bromley Safeguarding Adults Board Conference 2016.
In April 2016, the Care Quality Commission announced that it is carrying out a review of how NHS trusts identify, report, investigate and learn from deaths of people using their services. The findings will be published in a national report by March 2017. This review was prompted by the Government response to the independent Mazars …
Look at a Safeguarding Adult Review (“SAR”) Report (and indeed a Serious Case Review report) and you can probably have a fair guess at some of the recommendations it makes before even reading the content – Improve information sharing between agencies; question and challenge; and escalate concerns earlier and higher up the chain of command. …
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