On 17 December 2019, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) published its ‘Mid-year update: 1 April – 30 September 2019’ Register Data Report (“Report”). The latest figures from the Report reveal that between 1 April 2019 to 20 September 2019, the number of nurses, midwives and nursing associates on the NMC register was at an …
In the past 5 years there has been an increase in diagnoses of dementia by 40% in the UK. A number of areas have seen those patients with dementia on their register more than double during this period. The cause of this increase is likely to be related to the increased drive by clinicians to …
With a new Conservative government led by Boris Johnson, what lies ahead for the health and social care sector? Pre-election, the Conservative Party’s number one guarantee was “extra funding for the NHS”. Expectations are high as not only have the Conservatives pledged £34 billion per year in additional funding for the NHS, they have vowed …
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Social care has failed to get a mention, in detail, in the recent run up to the election. This could be as a result of the impact such policies have had on campaigns in the past such as the ‘death tax’ and ‘dementia tax’ which proved to be damaging to respective campaigns run by Gordon …
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At the beginning of this year CQC re-introduced post-inspection letters for all routine NHS inspections. This came shortly after CQC were criticised by the Public Accounts Committee for not publishing inspection outcomes quickly enough which meant “the public do not have timely information to make informed decisions about their care”. Since April, included is now …
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The CQC has had a little shake up at the top recently with Sir David Behan, CQC’s Chief executive stepping down and Ian Trenholm replacing his place. Mr Trenholm has previously been chief executive of NHS Blood and Transport since 2014 and had started his career in the police service. During a recent interview, Mr …
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Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled that legal permission to withdraw treatment from patients in a permanent vegetative state will no longer be necessary. The effect of the ruling means that, when families and doctors agree, it will now be easier for medical staff to withdraw food and liquid from patients without having to …
Problems with bed shortages have reached an all time high. In a bid to alleviate a serious bed shortage Halton Council has purchased two new care homes. A report from the board showed that the current level of care is not sustainable. Vacancy rates are at five per cent which is worse than the national …
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Following Jeremy Hunt’s promotion to the role of Foreign Secretary, Matt Hancock has been appointed as the new Health and Social Care Secretary. The reshuffle of the cabinet was essentially forced upon Theresa May after the resignation of Boris Johnson and David Davis, in opposition to the government’s new Brexit strategy. To celebrate his new …
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The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has just launched a consultation requesting views on changes to their 2015 guidance for pharmacy services, specially for those services provided on the internet or at a distance. The consultation process will run for 8 weeks, until 21 August 2018, and we strongly urge all providers within this specific sector …
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