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Tag Archives: Caring Indicators (CQC)
Use of Quality Standards to Improve Practice in Care Homes for Older People (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a brief resource explaining how NICE quality standards fit together and relate to improvement initiatives relating to care homes. It explains how to use NICE quality standards to … Continue reading →
Posted in Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Care, Access to Healthcare Services, Access to Primary Care, Access to Services, Activity in Care Homes, Adult Mental Health Services, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Care Homes, Best Practice in Care Homes, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Homes: Last Year of Life, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Framework, Caring (CQC Inspection Question), Caring Indicators (CQC), Choice and Control Over Decisions, Community Mental Health, Coordinated Care, CQC Inspection Framework Questions and Related NICE Quality Standards, CQC Inspection Questions (Safe Effective Caring Responsive Well-Led), Delirium, Dementia (QS1), Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Depression in Adults (QS8), Diversity, Diversity Equality and Language, Effective (CQC Inspection Question), Elderly Mental Health, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, End of Life Care for Adults (QS13), End of Life Care in Care Homes, Equality, Health and Wellbeing, Holistic Care, Identity, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Independence, Independent Advocacy, Infection Prevention and Control, Language, Low Self-Esteem, Maintaining Identity, Maintaining Independence, Managers of Care Homes for Older People, Managing Medicines in Care Homes, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Services, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes (QS50), Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes: Support for Commissioning, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC), NICE Quality Standard 1 (QS1), NICE Quality Standard QS50, NICE Quality Standards, NICE Quality Standards Mapped to Related CQC Inspection Framework Questions, NICE Quality Standards on Improving Practice in Care Homes for Older People, NICE Resources Tailored for Managers of Care Homes for Older People, Patient Experience in Adult NHS Services (QS15), Patient Identity, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Personal Identity, Physical Problems, Physical Wellbeing, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Quality Statement 2: Personal Identity, Quality Statement 3: Recognition of Mental Health Conditions, Quality Statement 4: Recognition of Sensory Impairment, Quality Statement 5: Recognition of Physical Problems, Quality Statement 6: Access to Healthcare Services, Recognition of Mental Health Conditions, Recognition of Physical Problems, Recognition of Sensory Impairment, Residential Care Homes, Responsive (CQC Inspection Question), Safe (CQC Inspection Question), Sense of Identity, Sensory Impairment, Sensory Loss, Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health (QS14), Supporting Older People in Care Homes At Night, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia (QS30), Supporting People to Live Well with Dementia: QS30 (NICE), Visual Impairment, Well-Led (CQC Inspection Question), Wellbeing, Wellbeing and an Ageing Population, Wellbeing in Later Life, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning, Workforce Training
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Care Quality Commission’s Plans for Adult Social Care Inspections (BBC News)
Summary The new Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection regime planned for care homes and domiciliary care in England may involve hidden camera surveillance and mystery-shopper exercises. From next Autumn, care homes and domiciliary care services will receive Ofsted-style ratings of their performance; indicating whether … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Safeguarding, Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, BBC Health News, Better Care Homes, Care Home Inspections, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Caring Indicators (CQC), Changes to CQC Regulation Inspection and Monitoring of Care Services, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Domiciliary Care, Hidden Cameras, Home Care, Home Care Standards, Inspection Teams, Mystery Shopper, Ofsted-Style Inspections, Ofsted-Style Ratings for Care Homes, Ofsted-Style Ratings of Providers, Proportionality in Safeguarding, Ratings, Regulation, Regulatory System, Residential Care Homes, Responsiveness Indicators (CQC), Safeguarding, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Safeguarding Older People, Safety Indicators (CQC), Scrutiny, Secret Filming, Secret Shoppers, Surveillance, Surveillance Model (CQC), Undercover Investigators, Winterbourne View
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Response to Consultation on the CQC (King’s Fund)
Summary This is the King’s Fund’s response to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) consultation concerning proposed changes to how the CQC regulates, inspects and monitors care. Full Text Link Reference King’s Fund response to consultation on CQC. London: The King’s … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), King's Fund, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Better Care Homes, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Caring Indicators (CQC), Changes to CQC Regulation Inspection and Monitoring of Care Services, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Corporate Accountability, Effectiveness Indicators (CQC), Francis Inquiry Report, Generalist Inspectors (CQC), Improving Standards in Care Homes, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mortality, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death Data, New CQC Regulatory Model, NHS and Independent Acute Hospital Inspections (CQC), Patient Safety Indicators, Preventable Mortality, Qualitative Indicators (CQC), Ratings, Regulation, Regulatory System, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Residential Care Homes, Responsiveness Indicators (CQC), Safeguarding, Safety Indicators (CQC), Single Failure Regime, Stakeholder Regulatory Impact Mapping, Surveillance Model (CQC), Well-Led Indicators (CQC), Whistleblowing
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Care Quality Commission to Monitor Deaths in Elderly Care Homes (BBC News / CQC)
Summary Death rates in elderly nursing and care homes in England are to be monitored by the Care Quality Commission in renewed plans to eliminate poor care. The regulator is piloting a system whereby higher than expected numbers of deaths can trigger an … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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