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NACC welcomes all Sunrise and Gracewell care homes

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

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...
Freemasons donate £65,000 to fund spinal cord injury research

Freemasons donate £65,000 to fund spinal cord injury research

The INSPIRE Foundation have received a £65,000 grant from the Masonic Charitable Foundation to fund a project aimed at improving the quality of life and independence of people with spinal...

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices awarded Outstanding rating by CQC

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) in Milton, Cambridgeshire to be Outstanding overall following an inspection...

Government recommendations not improved care quality for terminally ill

A report published today has raised questions about whether government recommendations have improved the experiences of those living with terminal illness.  The report from Sheffield Hallam...

New Chair announced for the Nuffield Trust

Andy McKeon is to succeed Professor Dame Carol Black as Chair of the Nuffield Trust health think tank.  Professor Dame Carol Black is to step down from the position of Chair after ten years...

NHS needs to save money and improve care in pathology, says Nuffield

The NHS has ‘clear opportunities’ to save £200 million and improve the quality of pathology care, a Nuffield Trust report has concluded.  The report states that...

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...
Solihull care home receives Outstanding CQC rating

Solihull care home receives Outstanding CQC rating

The CQC have praised the quality of care provided by a residential care home in Solihull, after an inspection carried out in January this year found the home to to be Outstanding. St Bernards...
Industry leaders speak out about next step after Brexit vote

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.  ...

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