David Behan, Chief Executive of CQC has announced that CQC is missing all of its own inspection targets in the CQC Board Meeting held on 22 October. The targets are being missed across Adult Social Care, Hospitals and Primary Medical Services. David Behan anticipates that CQC will be in a position to meet its targets …
A Foundation Trust that was placed in special measures in July 2013, 2 years and 3 months ago, finally exits special measures. Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was one of the original 11 trusts that were placed in special measures following the report into mortality rates by Sir Bruce Keogh. . The Trust was rated …
The Government has announced that applications from nurses from non-EU countries will be prioritised and immigration controls relaxed with immediate effect. Nursing has been added to the Shortage Occupation List which is the list of professions that effectively removes the limit of numbers that can be employed as long as they have the backing from …
CQC published its annual ‘State of Care’ Report today which focuses on the adult social care sector and provides some interesting insights into the sector over the past year. For the first time, CQC has been able to analyse the findings of its new ratings system across all of the sectors it regulates. The analysis …
Baroness Ilora Finlay has been appointed as the lead of the new Mental Capacity Forum, the body responsible for raising awareness on the mental capacity act. The body has been set up to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders within health and social care to further the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act. The …
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The UK has topped the charts in the Quality of Death Index 2015 report on the best place to receive palliative care. The report took in a data set of 80 countries and is based on extensive research and interviews with more than 120 palliative care experts from around the world. The report highlights the …
CQC has today released data on three of its four regions (Southern, Northern and Central) in relation to inspections of adult social care. The headline data follows: South 64 Inspections 33 Good (52%) 28 Requires Improvement (44%) 3 Inadequate (5%) Central 75 Inspections 2 Outstanding (3%) 42 Good (56%) 28 Requires Improvement (37%) 3 Inadequate …
Simon Stevens, NHS England Chief Executive announced last week the excellent practice demonstrated by ‘The Vanguards’ (a group of some of the highest performing UK hospitals) will be rolled out across wider parts of the UK. This strategy is the natural development of the NHS Five Year Forward View which points to different models of …
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NICE has released guidance on providing person-centred care for elderly people living at home. This is the first time NICE has issued guidance to the social care sector as it has traditionally focused on NHS services. The guidance was published in consideration of reports that the numbers of elderly people choosing to live at home …
In line with the SRA’s requirement for firm’s to gather diversity data from staff, Ridouts are pleased to publish the results of its review of the diversity and make-up of our workforce. The survey was undertaken in September 2015 and results can be found in the PDF document below.
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