Hope Davis-McCallion

The number of nurses from the EU registering to practise in the UK has dropped by 90 per cent since the referendum on Brexit last year. Figures from the Health Foundation and a Freedom of Information request to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) showed that 1,100 EU nurses came to work in the UK …

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By 2025 the number of people over the age of 65 who will need care could rise by 25 per cent to 2.8m in England and Wales. This could result in more people with disabilities such as dementia. The Lancet Public Health journal published research which showed the number of people living into old age …

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CQC are currently in the middle of reviewing all mental health services for children and young people in the UK. They were asked by Theresa May to look at children and young people’s mental health services when she announced a series of measures to “transform mental health support”. The review by CQC will identify the …

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Earlier this month five local clinical commissioning groups considered the idea of restricting an autism diagnosis to only the most severe cases. Nothing has been decided yet, but the National Autistic Society says it is “deeply concerned” about the plans. The local CCGs cover Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth and Sutton. The National Autistic Society has …

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The decision to have a snap election has meant over a million potential voters with learning difficulties and Autism are at potential risk of being excluded from the voting process of the upcoming General Election on 8 June 2017. Due to the nature of a snap election, it is difficult for people with learning difficulties …

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Major new research shows a 25% increase in those who will need care between 2015 and 2025. Over the next eight years, there will be 2.8 million people over 65 needing nursing and social care, unable to cope alone, says the research. This is largely because of the toll of dementia in a growing elderly …

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Theresa May had promised, in her manifesto, that older people will not receive a cap on their social care costs but those with as much as £100,00 in savings and assets will no longer be required to pay for their social care. As it stands, care home residents with savings and assets (including the value …

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A recent investigation has shown that police recorded 1,200 assaults between residents living at care homes between 2014 and 2016, the BBC has found. More than one assault a day was reported in England and Wales, an investigation by File on 4 revealed. Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, has said: – “That …

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The act of separating older couples by sending one to a care home has been called both ‘shocking’ and ‘inhumane’ by Sir James Mumby, the head of the family court. Whilst speaking to an audience of local authority adult social care directors, Sir Mumby said professionals should think carefully about recommending a person be separated …

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