Due to plans to limit home care funding, older people and the disabled may not get the choice of receiving care in their own home and instead could be forced to enter care homes. Approximately 37 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) out of 209 have said they would not pay for home care if it proved …
The Terrence Higgins Trust, which is the UK’s largest HIV and sexual health charity, has called for a shift in awareness and training of care workers to support older people with HIV. This comes after it was revealed a care home made a woman with HIV sit on the same chair and used antibacterial wipes …
The ability to increase council tax to pay for the cost of adult social care was revered as an important political step which recognised the need to plug the gap in funding for adult social care. However, in reality it appears to be a regressive tax which is more effective in wealthier local authorities where …
Plans have been confirmed for Surrey council to raise its council tax by 15% because of mounting pressures on its social care budget and children’s services, a change which will lead to a county-wide referendum of residents. Since 2012, councils, fire services, and police and crime commissioners are required to hold a referendum if they …
The James Paget University Hospital in Norfolk has applied for a court order to remove a patient who had occupied a bed for more than two years. The man refused to leave the hospital despite being “fit for discharge” and having been offered appropriate accommodation. The hospital applied to the court for a possession order …
Hospital applies for a court order to remove patient after blocking bed for two years Read More »
Helen Humphrey’s HMI, a specialist advisor for residential care recently recorded a brief video on the top three requirements that are made following Ofsted inspections of children’s homes. A number of key points from the video are summarised below. Ofsted analysed all the requirements made in children’s homes over the last 12 months and developed …
The Top three requirements made on children’s homes inspections Read More »
The NHS is continually faced with the problem which seems to have no solution, the NHS is understaffed and it needs more staff. The Royal College of Nurses has stated that England requires at least an additional 20,000 nursing staff; and the Royal College of Midwives requires an additional 3,500 midwives. The situation is also …
Kirklees council has told Unison that it will face a court battle unless the 24-hour strike from social workers is called off. The strike is planned to go ahead next week and the council has written to its local Unison branch to warn it would take “immediate steps” to secure a court injunction unless the …
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Addenbrokes Hospital, one of the UK’s largest NHS trusts, is expected to come out of special measures thanks to the “dedication and skill” of staff, a report has said. The CQC has changed the rating for Cambridge University Hospitals Trust from ‘Inadequate’ to ‘Good’. This follows a visit by inspectors in September 2016. The last …
CQC is currently consulting on proposals to change the way that it regulates and inspects providers of care. It has announced its intentions for the next phase of regulation for adult social care and primary medical services but this is largely as a precursor to the detail which will be contained in a forthcoming consultation …
Special Ridout Report January 2017- CQC consults on its next phase of regulation Read More »
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