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Loneliness is a taboo, says Campaign to End Loneliness
The majority of British people have experienced loneliness and also know someone who is lonely, according to new research from the Campaign to End Loneliness. Despite the large...
Lack of support and community awareness damaging life chances of UK’s carers, says Carers UK
The life chances of many of the unpaid 6.5 million carers in the UK are being damaged by inadequate support from local services, according to new research launched today by Carers UK. The...
Over half of local authorities spending less on services for disabled people and carers since Care Act, says disability charity
Research published today by disability charity Revitalise has shown that 55% of England's Local Authorities have spent less overall on services for disabled people and carers since the...
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...
Almost 75% care homes previously rated Inadequate have improved, says CQC
Nearly three quarters of care homes originally rated Inadequate have improved their ratings following re-inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). As a result, over 12,000 people...
Ombudsman report highlights NHS service failures and poor complaints handling
Too many people who complain to the NHS are not getting the answers they deserve when things go wrong, a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report has shown. The report outlines...
Urine tests not reliable for dehydration in older adults, says UEA
Urine tests should not be used to measure dehydration among the elderly, new research from the University of East Anglia has claimed. Water-loss dehydration happens when people don’t drink...Quality of care under threat in NHS, says King’s Fund
Nearly two-thirds of NHS trust finance directors and more than half of clinical commissioning groups (CCG) finance leads say the quality of patient care in their area has deteriorated over the past...
MRC announces £10m initiative to tackle antibiotic resistance
The Medical Research Council has announced £10million cross-council initiative to tackle antibiotic resistance. The MRC’s announcement comes on the same day new research claims...CQC publish reports on adult social care in Central region
In the past week the CQC has published 110 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the Central region. Following recent inspections, 75 of these care homes and...
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