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Tag Archives: Staffing (Hospitals)
Safe Staffing Alliance Warning on Hospital Nurses Staffing Levels (BBC News)
Summary The Safe Staffing Alliance has issued a warning about hospital ward staffing levels in England. The recommended nursing staff to patients ratio is thought to be 1 to 4, but is reported that hospital wards regularly have registered nurses looking after eight patients; which could be unsafe … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Patients Association, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, BBC Health News, Care and Compassion, Compassion and Care, Compassion in Practice: Action Areas, Compassionate Care, Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity on the Ward, Elderly Care Nurses, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Patient to Nurse Ratios, Patients Per Nurse, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Safe Staffing Alliance, Staffing (Hospitals), Staffing Levels, Unison, Ward Staffing Levels
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Dignity and Nutrition In Hospitals: Inspection Programme Report (BBC News / CQC)
The Care Quality Commission‘s second Dignity and Nutrition report concerning NHS hospitals has found that roughly a third of hospitals fail to meet all the standards for nutrition and dignity. 50 hospitals were inspected by the CQC, of which 33 were meeting all of the five relevant … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard, Dignity, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (DANI), Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme 2012 (CQC), Dignity and Nutrition Reports, Dignity and Respect, Elder Abuse, Human Rights, Hydration and Nutrition, Malnutrition, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Nutrition and Hydration, Nutritional Support, Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT), Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), Performance by Ward / Unit Type (Dementia Care), PLACE (Patient-Led Assessment of Care Environments), Privacy, Record-Keeping, Safe Staffing for Older People in Hospitals, Safeguarding, Short Observational Framework for Inspection 2, Staffing (Hospitals), Staffing Levels, Time to Listen in NHS Hospitals
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Quality of NHS and Social Care Declining? (BBC News / Care Quality Commission)
Summary The latest report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has suggested that the quality of services provided to people across the health and care sectors in England may be beginning to suffer. The report presents a summary of over 13,000 inspections … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aaron Park Mews, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), Ageing, Ageism, Airedale General Hospital, Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Programme, BBC Health News, BMI Healthcare, Butterfly Scheme, Care Home Inspections, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Sheffield, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Communication, Community Care, CQC's 16 Essential Standards, Cross-Organisation Learning, Dehydration, Delayed Transfers of Care, Dental Healthcare, Dignity, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Dignity and Nutrition Reports, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Dementia, Direct Payment, Direct Payments, Discharge Planning, Domiciliary Care, EHRC, Elder Abuse, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Engagement, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Health and Social Care, Health Care Provision, Health Foundation's MAGIC Programme, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Inspections, Human Rights, Hydration, Improving Care in General Hospital Settings, Independent Community Health Care, Independent Health Care, Independent Hospital-Based Services, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lorna House, MAGIC (Making Good Decisions in Collaboration) Programme, MAGIC Programme, Medicine Record-Keeping, Merevale House, NHS Bed Numbers in England, NHS Community Health Care, NHS Complaints Process, NHS Hospital Activity, NHS Hospital-Based Services, Nuffield Health Shrewsbury Hospital, Nursing Homes, Nutrition and Hydration, Patient Complaints, Patient Discharge, Patient Involvement, Patient Referred to as a Task or as a Number, Personal Health Budgets, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Dental Care, Primary Medical Services, Reablement, Reablement Services, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Record-Keeping, Residential Care Homes, Safeguarding, Seeing the Task, Self-Funding, Service User Involvement, Social Care, Social Care Workforce, South Tyneside District Hospital, Staff Motivation, Staff Shortages, Staff Training, Staffing (Care Homes), Staffing (Hospitals), Staffing Levels, Task-Centred Care, User Complaints, User Involvement, Whistleblowing, Whiston Hospital, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Planning and Development
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Safe Staffing for Older People (RCN)
Summary This document from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) looked at hospital care for older people and presents findings from the RCN’s report on safe staffing for older people’s wards. This publication set out recommendations to address issues including … Continue reading
Posted in For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Older People's Wards, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Safe Staffing for Older People (RCN), Safe Staffing for Older People in Hospitals, Skills Mix, Staff Ratios, Staffing (Hospitals), Workforce Planning and Development
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