Staffing reductions placing quality of care at risk, NHS workers reveal…
A new poll published by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has discovered seven in 10 (69 per cent) NHS workers believe staffing and resource reductions are placing clinical standards and quality of patient care at risk. In conjunction with YouGov, the poll of 500 workers – part of a joint report ‘NHS: Warnings from All […]
Care home rights and expectations guidance published by the CQC…
Referencing cases recently reported on BBC Radio 4 and the Victoria Derbyshire Show on BBC 2 showcasing situations where loved ones had experienced visiting restrictions, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – together with partners – have developed ‘focused’ guidance to make providers aware of their obligations, and to help visitors feel ‘better informed’. The document […]
Care Forum coming this June!
Celebrating 15 successful years, the Care Forum is set to return bigger and better than ever on 6th & 7th June 2016 with an array of new delegates, increasingly innovative products and service providers and even more seminars packed into the two-day event. Purposely smaller than other events in the industry; the Care Forum has […]
Christopher Eccleston, Aardman release dementia awareness video…
The creators of Wallace and Gromit — Aardman Animation — have created a video for Alzheimer’s Research UK, which stars award-winning actor Christopher Eccleston and hopes to raise awareness for its #sharetheorange campaign. Bristol-based Aardman Animation’s online film uses an orange to show how dementia physically attacks the brain. The brain of an Alzheimer’s sufferer […]
Care Watchdog finds four in ten fall below standards…
This week the health regulator has issued a stark warning to the care industry, by releasing figures which suggest 40 per cent of care homes for the elderly are failing to meet required standards. Andrea Sutcliffe, the Care Quality Commission’s chief inspector for adult social care, said that a third of social care facilities require […]
Autumn Statement announces revenue plans to save care home crisis…
Local authorities now have the opportunity to increase council tax bills by two per cent a year to make up for shortfall in social care costs, following the announcement in the recent Spending Review by Chancellor George Osborne. A recent article in The Telegraph reported that it remains at the discretion of each local authority […]
