Care sector campaign targets hearing loss support in care homes
Care home providers are being urged to make hearing loss a greater priority after sector leaders warned that the condition is often overlooked despite affecting the vast majority of residents. Deaf awareness training specialist Engage and Care England have launched a nationwide campaign designed to improve awareness and practical support for people living with hearing […]
Guest Blog, Rachel Dryden: Staff motivation tips for the New Year…
Silverline Care recognises the current challenges the industry faces in recruiting and retaining great staff, and are working to build an internal resource of the best talent in the industry across their seven homes. Rachel Dryden, CEO of Silverline Care has introduced a unique Developing Potential Programme, with the aim of giving staff confidence to […]
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 […]
Recruiting overseas nurses may ‘negatively impact quality of care’…
Patients treated by nurses educated abroad are less likely to feel confident in the care they receive and report less satisfaction, according to a new study. Experts behind the research – the first evidence of its kind – said recruiting more nurses from overseas instead of from the UK may “negatively impact quality of care”. […]