Due to the severe pressures NHS hospitals have been experiencing over the winter period, hospitals are being told to let care homes do more to help. Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, said:- “The NHS Acute Trusts could significantly reduce winter pressures by establishing long-term relationships with independent care providers. The care sector has …
A public consultation is currently underway until the 9th of March on a merger between three NHS hospitals. Basildon, Broomfield and Southend hospital are considering merging in an effort to modernise services and improve the reliability and safety of patients. The hospitals are run by a joint executive group and have been working in collaboration …
Ongoing consultation on a three-way merger to create the largest NHS Trust yet Read More »
NHS England and NHS Improvement have formally encouraged use of the NEWS2 system in the NHS. NEWS2 is an updated version of the early warning system which was introduced in 2012. It is an aggregate scoring system in which a score is allocated to physiological measurements, already recorded in routine practice, when patients present to, …
Trusts that fail to adopt NEWS2 could lose a percentage of their income Read More »
Due to the severe pressures NHS hospitals have been experiencing over the winter period, hospitals are being told to let care homes do more to help. Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, said:- “The NHS Acute Trusts could significantly reduce winter pressures by establishing long-term relationships with independent care providers. The care sector has …
CQC’s Strategy for 2016 to 2021 sets out four priorities it will focus on in order to achieve a more targeted, responsive and collaborative approach to regulation, so more people get high-quality care. One of those four priorities is to “deliver an intelligence-driven approach to regulation”. CQC hopes, that by being more intelligence-driven, it will …
Ridout Report -Can technology make the CQC more intelligent? Read More »
The Department of Health has confirmed that it will grant the Care Quality Commission (CQC) the power to rate even more healthcare services, such as online GPs. The CQC already rates NHS and independent hospitals, general practices and adult social care services as Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement and Inadequate. However, once amendments to the CQC …
CQC given power to award ratings to healthcare websites and other non-NHS services Read More »
In its strategy for 2016/2021 CQC undertook to continue to use the full range of its enforcement powers, such as restrictions or closure of services, fixed penalty notices or prosecution where they find poor care below the Fundamental Standards. Its business plan for 2017/2018 identified “the proportion of newly registered providers where we take a …
CQC and the imposition of conditions of registration – Caring Times – January 2018 Read More »
On 29 November 2017, CQC published ‘Substance misuse services: The quality and safety of residential detoxification’, a briefing on the 2016/ 2017 inspection cycle. The document, which is necessary reading for all within the sector, is significant for its almost exclusively negative tone. The 9 page document contains no reference to the hard work of …
A recent US report called ‘Physical Activity Interventions in Preventing Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer-Type Dementia’ reviewed previous significant trials that studied the effect of exercise, vitamin supplements, cognitive training and other ‘wellness regimes’ to determine if dementia can be delayed in people. The main aim of the study was to review past research on the …
Biggest study on Dementia concludes condition is still a mystery Read More »
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