CQC propose to bring in a Whistleblowing National Guardian for the NHS which it is hoped will help to bring about a culture change within the organisation. This Guardian will take a national approach to good practice and will advise NHS organisations and local representatives and publish reports in relation to its work. This proposal …
Figures released today in a report commissioned by Alzheimer’s Research UK suggest that almost 1 in 3 people will develop dementia in later life. The headline data appears worrying at first glance but a closer look into the datasets used to draw the conclusions of the report present a more nuanced picture. The report looked …
CQC has indicated its intention, by way of its strategy lead Sarah Bickerstaffe, to move towards a closer working relationship with healthcare providers. She stated at the event on 17 September 2015, at the Westminster Health Forum, that CQC was now moving to be a mature organisation and as such is looking to take a …
Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector has highlighted the difficulty in both attracting and retaining talent to some of the top jobs within Ofsted. He has dismissed this as a ‘blip’ brought about by the recent spate of child protection scandals which may be the reason for the shortage of high quality applicants. This exchange …
A set of principles entitled Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care has been developed by the National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership with the goal of improving palliative and end of life care across the UK. At the heart of these principles lies the goal of making care for those suffering …
The key health headline today is one which appears at first glance to be an obvious one, the richer live longer on average than the poorer. The statistics quoted in the study lead by Public Health England and published in the Lancet make for interesting reading and they cover the period between 1990 and 2013. …
Memory loss and lapses in judgement have often been associated with dementia. However, experiencing a ‘senior moment’ is a good sign rather than a cause for concern research suggests. The study indicates that the real cause for concern is when people begin to stop noticing and fail to acknowledge memory lapses. Published in the leading …
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Under plans announced in the budget it has been revealed that UK employees aged 25 and over will be paid a National Living Wage of at least £7.20 per hour from April 2016, this is planned toriseto £9 per hour by 2020. Although this is good news for most, serious concernshave been raised within the …
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In the March budget it was revealed that chancellor George Osborne had reserved an extra £1.25bn for investment to improve mental health services for children and young people for the next five years. This amount was to be split equally amounting to £250m annually, and had been included within the Department of Health’s (DoH) annual …
Integrated health and care services have been the aim of central policies and local discussion for many years, and moves to decentralize health budgets to areas such as Manchester, and Cornwall are giving integration more of an incentive. Recently, the Health Foundation has thought about ways to develop quality in both health and social care …
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