Archive for April 2019

Care England, partners of the Quality Care Campaign and the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has welcomed the publication of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s good practice guide.Professor Martin Green OBE, chief executive of Care England, said: “The guide shares lessons from complaints to help adult social care…

Earlier this month (14 March) the Government delivered the spring budget.Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK and co-chair of the Care and Support Alliance, said: “Not for the first time the Chancellor held out the prospect of unspecified amounts of ‘jam tomorrow’ for our beleaguered social care system, but only if a deal to…

A report named ‘The State of Ageing in 2019’, from the Centre of Ageing Better is calling for a radical rethink from the Government, businesses and charities.The radical rethink is to ensure the next generation of older people can experience a good quality of life as they age and make the most of the opportunities…

England’s top nurse today pledged to ensure the voices of nurses and midwives will be valued and heard across the NHS.During her maiden speech at the chief nursing officer (NCO) Summit in Birmingham, Ruth May said that the profession, while often considered by the public to be the most trusted, is too often undervalued and…

New research in the US suggests that changes in the eye could help indicate if someone has Alzheimer’s disease. The findings were published in Ophthalmology Retina.The researchers investigated whether changes to blood vessels in the retina – the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye – could be an early sign of the disease.Researchers…

The NHS has launched a parliamentary awards scheme to celebrate and give national recognition to staff who go above and beyond the call of duty.The awards have been created to celebrate NHS staff, carers and volunteers – their hard work, innovative ideas and unwavering efforts to put patients first.MPs are now on the search for…

Two youths from Dundee, Scotland have been participating in invaluable work experience – and a peek into life in a busy care home – as part of a drive to increase apprenticeship opportunities.Balhousie St Ronans, part of the award-winning Balhousie Care Group, have the two teenagers on work experience placements in its kitchen, where Daniel…

The Health and Social Care secretary, Matt Hancock, has ordered the removal of pagers for non-emergency communications by the end of 2021.All NHS Trust hospitals will be expected to have plans and infrastructure in place in place to ensure this is possible by the end of September 2020.NHS staff teams will instead use modern alternatives,…