Category: Healthcare
More support needed to help people self manage diabetes, says CQC
A report published today has said that diabetes sufferers are not receiving enough support to successfully self-manage their condition. The Care Quality Commission study, which explores diabetes...
Rethink health targets so they don’t discriminate against elderly, urges University of East Anglia
Researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) are urging experts to rethink current health targets, which they say, currently place the provision of healthcare to younger groups over the...
NACC welcomes all Sunrise and Gracewell care homes
Care providers Sunrise Senior Living and Gracewell Healthcare have signed up all of their sites to the National Association of Care Catering (NACC). Sunrise, who acquired Gracewell in...
More needs to be done to protect children at risk of harm, says CQC
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has urged healthcare staff and leaders to do more to identify and listen to children at risk of harm. The ‘Not seen, not heard’ report acknowledges...Oxfordshire care home and council not up to ‘expected standard’ handling neglect complaint, says Ombudsman
An investigation into a complaint at an Oxfordshire care home, which resulted in a dementia patient’s death, has shown substandard investigations by the care home and council are to...
Industry leaders speak out about next step after Brexit vote
Industry leaders have voiced their concerns about the impact last Thursday’s vote to leave the European Union will have on the UK’s NHS, healthcare and social care services. ...
Pregnant women with epilepsy need ‘specialist care’ to reduce preventable deaths, new guidelines reveal
Research published today has stated that pregnant women with epilepsy should receive ‘specialist care’ to lessen the risk of preventable deaths. Guidelines from the Royal...
Care provider prosecuted by CQC after vulnerable dementia patient dies at nursing home
A care provider that failed in its duty to provide safe care and treatment has been fined £190,000 by Bradford Magistrates’ Court. The CQC brought the prosecution following the death...
LGBT people face discrimination as they die, says Marie Curie
74% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people are not confident that health and social care services provide sensitive end of life care for their needs, according to research published today...
1 in 5 with MND have to wait a year or more for neurologist referral, says MND Association
One in five people who have been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in the last three years have had to wait a year or more to be referred to a neurologist, a study from MND Association has shown...
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