Schemes to develop sheltered housing accommodation have been postponed due to cuts to housing benefit introduced by the Government. Sheltered housing is provided to elderly or disabled individuals with the use of some shared facilities and a warden. The National Housing Federation has found that almost 2500 units have been postponed or cancelled as a …
The British Medical Association (BMA) announced that it will strike a further three times on 9 March, 6 April and 26 April this time for 48 hours each and also intends to seek judicial review of Hunt’s decision to impose contracts upon junior doctors. The strikes will not affect emergency care. In the game of …
An Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report has said that the Scottish NHS needs to do more to learn from its mistakes and performance. This follows on from the call for an independent regulator for NHS Scotland as was raised earlier this year after failures were identified within the organisation. The OECD report …
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Individual foundation trust hospitals have the power to choose to ignore the imposition of the now much vilified junior doctor contract in relation to new trainees in August 2016. There is an opt-out for foundation trusts which could potentially stop the imposition of contracts before it takes off the ground. Foundation trusts are the largest …
Jeremy Hunt’s imposition of a new junior doctor contract might not work Read More »
The Department of Health had to go cap in hand to the Treasury to request an additional £205m to balance its books for the 2015-16 financial year. It demonstrates a department under severe financial pressures that seems to operate outside of the rules that are set against other Governmental departments. The Department’s annual budget was …
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The staffing issue that has recently beset CQC and threatened to throw it’s already behind schedule inspection timetable has turned another corner. CQC speaks of the importance of its Experts by Experience to assist with the successful completion of inspections within healthcare settings. Earlier this year CQC handed the contract to fulfil its staffing needs …
Experts by Experience refuse to work at massively reduced rates Read More »
In November George Osborne gave Councils the ability to raise additional funds through council tax rises by up to 2% which must be used to exclusively pay for social care from April 2016. He also gave the Better Care fund an additional £1.5bn annually which will also help pay for care as it is used …
It is alleged that the charity Age UK struck a deal with E.On to offer pensioners energy tariffs at a seemingly higher rate. Age UK received over £6m a year for this deal. The deal is to be examined by regulators Ofgem and the Charities Commission. The rate that was offered on the tariff linked …
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The current regime in force in the UK is centred on substitute decision making whereby decisions are made on behalf of the individual lacking capacity. The driving force which operates against this norm is contained within the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) which seeks to afford those with disabilities mental …
Substitute Decision-Making vs. Supported Decision-Making- The great capacity dilemma Read More »
GPs voted in favour of removing care home visits from their 2016/17 contract at last weekend’s Special Conference of Local Medical Committees. This comes as GPs are in the process of renegotiating their contract to provide GP services for the forthcoming year. The move to consider patients from care homes separately from all others is …
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