Just three per cent of health leaders think last week’s Budget will make a big improvement to their organisation’s ability to provide good care. The…
Read more...A report presenting information about adult safeguarding enquiries during the 2016/17 financial year has been published today by NHS Digital1. Safeguarding Adults, Annual Report, England…
Read more...The government must find at least £4 billion more for the NHS in the Budget to stop patient care deteriorating next year, three leading health…
Read more...Half (51 per cent) of NHS trust finance directors think patient care in their area has got worse over the last year, while just six…
Read more...A last desperate plea for additional funds to tackle the growing crisis in health and care services ahead of next month’s Budget is being made…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) are seeking views on new proposals for how they should calculate the fees that providers of health and adult social…
Read more...Responding to NHS England, Public Health England, the Department of Health and NHS Improvement’s announcement that employers of social care workers will no longer need…
Read more...The number of nurses employed by the NHS has fallen for the first time on a year-on-year basis since April 2013, according to a new…
Read more...Around 100 care professionals from across the region came together in Newcastle to celebrate the work taking place in care homes throughout Newcastle and Gateshead….
Read more...A leading social care group has warned that any predicted increases in NHS pay must be matched by better funding for the independent care sector…
Read more...Older vulnerable people are often reliant on relatives to raise concerns when things go wrong in hospital, yet over half (51%) of family members with…
Read more...A new survey of 55,700 carers published last week (Thursday 3 August 2017) by NHS Digital found that almost 40% of carers who reported the…
Read more...Research identifies how the NHS and care homes can work better together to deliver high quality, cost-effective healthcare to the half million people in residential…
Read more...“In short, ‘No’, not unless they change direction”, say the authors of a new report, entitled ‘Sustainability and Transformation Plans: How serious are the proposals?…
Read more...New report from independent think tank finds just seven health innovations could save the NHS £18.5 billion, and the social care sector £6.3 billion between…
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