30 May, 2012
30 May, 2012
Results will be used to help assess individual agencies and will form part of national report around quality and safety of home care services.
29 May, 2012
New Nuffield Trust report examines current level of funding of social care and the Dilnot Commission’s recommendations, and suggests ways of funding a fairer, more sustainable system of social care.
28 May, 2012
New Homeless Link and St Mungo’s report shows that NHS staff can improve health outcomes for homeless people by ensuring all patients have somewhere to stay when they are discharged from hospital.
24 May, 2012
Department of Health publishes consultation document that sets out proposals to provide more choice to enable patients and their representatives to share in decisions about their care in areas such as mental health services, maternity care, long-term conditions and community services.
24 May, 2012
Rules about when the treatment of patients on supervised community treatment has to be approved by a second opinion appointed doctor changes on 1 June so that approval is generally no longer necessary if the patient is able to consent to treatment in question.
22 May, 2012
21 May, 2012
'The power of information' strategy sets a ten-year framework for transforming information for the NHS, public health and social care.
18 May, 2012
New Equality and Human Rights Commission report also shows that closing the employment gap between disabled workers and non disabled workers can increase performance of staff.
18 May, 2012
Think Local Act Personal campaign encourages organisations that pay for, or provide, social care services to 'get real' about improving people's lives by publicly declaring their commitment to changing the way older and disabled adults experience care and support.
16 May, 2012
New figures show that 7,000 fewer older people had their care services fully paid for by a local authority in 2011 compared to 2009, reports guardian.co.uk.
15 May, 2012
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14 May, 2012
Royal College of Nursing survey shows that only six per cent of community nurses said they had time to meet the needs of their patients, and almost all said that their caseload had increased over the last year.
10 May, 2012
Department of Health publishes information on the benefits of the draft Bill including, putting people in control of their care and giving them greater choice.
9 May, 2012
Measures announced include draft Care and Support Bill, and Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill bringing changes to parental leave and reform of employment tribunals.
8 May, 2012
Elderly home-owners should not be first priority for Ministers when they respond to the Dilnot report, says Centre for Social Justice.
8 May, 2012
Letter from 78 charities and campaign groups - including Age UK, Saga and the Local Government Association - urges David Cameron to make reform of social care his 'legacy to future generations'.
8 May, 2012
Scottish Government launches consultation on integration of health and social care that seeks views of patients and members of the public on plans to provide more treatment closer to home.
2 May, 2012
Care Quality Commission seeks feedback from public about experiences of care to help make improvements to its regulatory work.
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