A study by University College London surveyed care home staff and asked them about positive and negative behaviour they had witnessed or done themselves. The report found that neglect is widespread in care homes across England where staff are burnout and under enormous amounts of pressure. The study found that five per cent of staff …
Care homes with high rates of staff burnout most common for neglect Read More »
On 23 March 2018, the Legal Action Group will publish the second edition of its ‘Professional Discipline and Healthcare Regulators: a legal handbook’. The handbook’s Nursing & Midwifery Council chapter is co-authored by Ridouts’ solicitor, Nicole Ridgwell. In the foreword to the first edition, Mr Justice Collins referred to the handbook as ‘a necessary aid …
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Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for the upcoming Green Paper in the summer. At the British Association of Social Workers conference yesterday, he announced a joint NHS and social care 10-year workforce strategy and a £1m pilot scheme in Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Mr Hunt also confirmed there will be a cap on costs to …
Green Paper promised to ‘kick start the debate’ into social care funding Read More »
Be in no doubt! The CQC is engaged in the greatest “power grab” yet seen in Health and Social Care. It is comparable to the imperial aspirations of Genghis Khan or Napoleon. Whatever may be the attractions of the soft sell benefits of CQC’s actions, this is plain wrong. It is a strategy to convert …
Concerns have been raised by the CQC on people with mental health problems being sent to residential rehabilitation services ‘out of area’, leaving them isolated and vulnerable. CQC found the NHS is spending £350m a year to send these patients more than 60 miles away from their homes and for three years at a time. …
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The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, delivered his Spring Statement earlier today. Whilst announcing that the economy has grown every year since 2010, his speech failed to install any hope into the care sector. There were calls from his own party, alongside Labour, to use the extra cash from tax receipts to ease pressure on cash-strapped councils …
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Following a recent inspection we were unhappy with our CQC report. We felt that the person conducting the inspection did not have adequate experience of the substance misuse treatment sector and that the specialised nature of our service was not taken into account. Can we challenge our inspection on these grounds or ask for a …
To ensure patients get dignified and compassionate health care, new guidance has been drawn up for staff caring for transgender people with dementia, in North Wales. There has been a three-fold increase in people referring for gender identity treatment since 2014. Last year, 75 people from Wales were referred for the treatment. Margaret Hanson, vice …
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According to HSJ, at the end of February there was a strong suggestion that the NHS could seek to effect a saving by discharging patients into private domestic accommodation provided by property owners with no care qualifications. There is said to be a safeguarding concern; what a surprise! On the face of it swapping NHS …
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The Department of Health & Social Care will be working to improve the handling of care home feedback across the adult social care sector. The Government has said people should be ‘aware of bodies outside care homes’ that can assist with feedback and complaints. Working alongside the ‘Complaints Improvement Partnership for health and social care’ …
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