Month: November 2016

Jeremy Hunt will ask the NMC to regulate the new nursing associate role which takes its first cohort of 1,000 students in January 2017. Concerns had been raised following the announcement earlier this year that Health Education England intends to provide in its syllabus the provision for nursing associates to perform duties previously preserved for …

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Panorama conducted an investigation into two care homes which have now been placed in special measures. CQC brought forward its schedule of inspections for these Homes after being provided with information by Panorama. The documentary involved two undercover reporters working as staff and one posing as a resident. They uncovered serious staffing issues and issues …

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The former chief executive of NHS and Department of Health, Nigel Crisp, has said that the government’s focus on the impact of Brexit may overshadow the need for urgent reform in the health and social care sector. In the absence of a major public crisis in healthcare he suggests that health and social care will …

Brexit threatens to take the political will from wholesale health and social sector reform Read More »

The Insolvency Service has declared that since 2010, 380 care home businesses have declared themselves insolvent. This news comes in spite of the chancellor failing to offer additional support to care home businesses in the autumn statement.  Insolvencies in 2010 numbered 32 and for the first six months of 2016 the figure was 34. There …

Care Home businesses increasingly turning to insolvency Read More »

Current statistics released by Ofsted show that 9 out of 10 primary schools were rated as good or outstanding but 8 out of 10 of their secondary counterparts receive the same level. The significance of the apparent drop in quality may be misinterpreted in part due to the relative difference in size of primaries as …

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The Autumn Statement released today is notable by its absence of reference to any increase in funding to assist the health and social care sector through the growing storm of underfunding within the sector. The Chancellor stated that public spending would be reviewed in the comprehensive spending review that will take place next year. He …

No additional funding for health and social care in Autumn Statement Read More »

The 44 regional and sustainability plans announced by NHS would see a cost saving in the region of £22bn by 2020-21. The British Medical Association (BMA) has stated that it views these changes as a way of reducing the public offering the NHS is able to provide by reducing the number of hospital beds and …

Are NHS transformation plans cuts in disguise? Read More »

The contract was awarded from 1 April 2017 by Bath and North East Somerset CCG and Bath and North East Somerset council. The contract is worth £70m per year for seven years with the option of extending for a further three years. The other contract which many will use to compare with this new contract …

Major contract awarded to private provider to run 200 NHS and social care services Read More »