Following their first phase CQC have now published the second phase to their report on children and young people’s mental health services in England. CQC spoke with staff working across different parts of the system and to children, young people, parents, families and carers who use their services. CQC reviewed many policies and procedures and …
CQC have written to specialist mental health NHS trusts in England to inform them of an upcoming workshop to explore what can be done to improve sexual safety on mental health wards. More than 100 senior staff from NHS mental health trusts are expected to take part. The main issues around sexual safety in mental …
Nuffield Trust has found that offering support, through a new GP service, to care homes seven days a week has reduced emergency hospital admissions by almost 40 per cent. The cost of these admissions is valued at £1,000 per patient per year. Health 1000 gives care homes access to GP support from 8am-8pm, seven days …
GP support at care homes reduces hospital admissions by 40% Read More »
Yesterday marked the first day the Welsh Government confirmed the rise in capital limit from £24,000 up to £50,000 during the current Assembly term which runs until 2021. The limit was raised to £30,000 last April and from yesterday the limit will be £40,000. This capital limit in Wales is the highest in the UK. …
Welsh Government raises the capital limit to £40,000 Read More »
Concerns have still been raised by Ofsted, despite findings of improvement within ‘inadequate’ children’s services in Birmingham. During a monitoring inspection, which took place in March, children were found to be taken into care appropriately and promptly by the local authority. There were findings of a more stable workforce and lower caseloads. Notwithstanding the above, …
Ofsted finds improvement to ‘inadequate services’ but concerns still raised Read More »
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 »
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 »
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. …
CQC find mental health patients are being sent ‘out of area’ for care Read More »
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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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 …
Guidance for transgender patients is drawn up in North Wales Read More »
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