Home Care News
Overworked GPs could be putting patients at risk
29 Jul 2015
GPs who are fatigued and overworked could be putting the lives of patients at risk unless action is taken, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has warned. In a new paper published today, titled: ‘Patient safety implications.....
Home care providers warn of human cost of implementing 'living wage'
28 Jul 2015
Leading home care providers have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to warn of the implication of extra costs on home care services unless the Government or local councils assist with additional funding to cover the costs.....
CQC must do more to ensure quality inspections and value for money says watchdog
23 Jul 2015
The Care Quality Commission has taken measures to address concerns from members of the public about how it regulates and inspects care providers, but more needs to be done to ensure value for money and quality service is being provided. In.....
Patient watchdog report reveals human and financial cost of getting discharge process wrong
21 Jul 2015
More than 3,000 people from vulnerable groups participated in a study of discharge experiences and revealed basic problems with poor communication and coordination between people and services when planning patient discharges. The.....
Government's plan to delay care cap until 2020 is 'outrageous'
17 Jul 2015
The Government is delaying plans that would have capped pensioners’ care costs to £72,000 until 2020, saying it cannot fund them at the current time. The £72,000 care cap was due to be implemented in April.....
People with learning disabilities 'over-medicated' with anti-psychotic drugs
16 Jul 2015
People with learning disabilities are regularly ‘over-medicated’ with anti-psychotic drugs, according to a study by Public Health England. The report ‘Prescribing of psychotropic drugs to people with learning.....
NHS end of life care services are failing in deprived areas
10 Jul 2015
One tenth of families in England receive inadequate support from NHS end-of-life care services, according to findings published by the Office of National Statistics in a National Survey of Bereaved People. Gathering responses from.....
New mandatory Living Wage could force care homes to close and cost of home care to rise
09 Jul 2015
The Chancellor’s announcement that the Government is to bring in a compulsory Living Wage next year, will be welcome news for care home workers and home care workers who are often poorly paid. Many will.....
Budget: Independent financial advisors accuse Chancellor of putting a 'cap on aspiration'
08 Jul 2015
A robust transformation of the pensions system is one of the key objectives announced by Chancellor George Osborne in the Summer Budget, the first under a Conservative Majority Government since 1996. Looking to further the previous.....
International comparisons suggest the UK faces a 'mountain to climb' on improving care quality
08 Jul 2015
Preventable hospital admissions, lower cancer survival rates and higher mortality rates from heart attacks and strokes are four key areas where UK health services are underperforming, according to a report published by the Nuffield.....
GPs admit to lack of support for families struggling with dementia
06 Jul 2015
Surveys carried out by the Alzheimer’s Society show that most GPs do not believe health and social care services are able to do enough to support adults with dementia and their families. Opinions obtained from 1,000 family doctors.....