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One of NICE’s jobs is to work out the clinical and cost-effectiveness of drugs and treatments to ensure the NHS in England gets value for…
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So What Should We Do To Maintain Trust?
Professor Haslam said that it is important that the NHS and social care services continue to maintain public trust, and this is where NICE fits…
Read more...Kindness And Trust Are At The Core Of The NHS And Social Care
There are millions of acts of kindness going on within the NHS and social care services, says the Chair of NICE. Speaking at the NICE…
Read more...RNHA Calls For Independent Sector Involvement In Expanding Care Home Capacity To Alleviate Pressures On NHS Acute Hospital Beds
A suggestion from government adviser Lord Carter that NHS hospitals should unblock beds by building their own care home facilities has been questioned by the…
Read more...Patient Safety Alert – Risk Of Death And Serious Harm By Falling From Hoists
A joint patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England and the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to highlight the risk of…
Read more...War Veteran Leaves Gift Of Hope To Help Defeat Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Research UK has received a gift of £3,000 from the late Idris Evans, from Totton in Southampton. Idris died with pneumonia in January 2015,…
Read more...Dementia Experts To Hold Free Public Open Day In Cardiff
The event is organised by the Alzheimer’s Research UK Cardiff Network Centre based at Cardiff University and the Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research based…
Read more...Unique Summit To Be Hosted To Tackle The Mounting Challenges Facing End Of Life Care
As Britain’s ageing population grows older, with many of us increasingly facing the prospect of dying alone, one of the UK’s leading hospices, Somerset-based St Margaret’s,…
Read more...Home Group Welcomes New ‘Homes Not Hospitals’ National Plan
Plans to transform services for people with learning disabilities and or autism with behaviour that challenges have been welcomed by one of the UK’s leading…
Read more...Leading A Healthier Lifestyle Can Delay Dementia, Disability And Frailty In Later Life
People should be encouraged to stop smoking, be more physically active, reduce their alcohol consumption, and adopt a healthy diet to help lower the risk…
Read more...King’s Fund Report Shows The Impact Underfunded Social Care Is Having On The NHS
The King’s Fund recently published its 17th Quarterly Monitoring report on NHS performance. The report confirms the detrimental impact that underfunding of social care is…
Read more...Another Big Jump In Numbers Of Health And Social Care Apprenticeships
The provisional numbers from the Government’s Statistical First Release for 2014/15 also revealed that the numbers of Care Leadership and Management Higher Apprenticeships had more…
Read more...Government To Launch Ratings System To Help Improve Dementia Health Care
The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt has outlined new plans for a ratings system for local NHS services including dementia, diabetes, cancer, and mental health. The…
Read more...Oxford Rugby Teams Support Local Leonard Cheshire Disability Care Home
Oxford University’s top rugby talent visited Agnes Court care home in Banbury, Oxfordshire on Saturday to meet some of the disabled people the forthcoming Varsity…
Read more...New Framework To Support High Quality Dementia Care
A comprehensive new resource to support health and social care staff and educators who work with people living with dementia and their carers has been…
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