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Tag Archives: Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC)
Corporate Accountability in Health and Social Care: Recent Care Quality Commission Publications (CQC)
Summary Persons wishing to discover more about recent developments at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) may be interested in the following documents. Annual Report for 2012/13 Full Text Link (a) Reference Care Quality Commission (2013). Annual report and accounts 2012/13. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Accountability in Health and Social Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Care Home Inspections, Care Quality Commission, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission: Annual Report for 2012/13, Complaints Annual Report, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Corporate Accountability, Criminal Sanctions, Dementia Care in Hospitals, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Elderly Human Rights, Equality and Human Rights, Fit and Proper Person Test, Francis Inquiry, Governance and Accountability, Grant Thornton (Care Quality Commission) Project Ambrose, Grant Thornton Report, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Services, Hospital Inspections, Human Rights, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, NHS Accountability, NHS and Independent Acute Hospital Inspections (CQC), Ofsted-Style Inspections, Regulation, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Social Care, Winterbourne View Serious Case Review
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Time to Listen in Care Homes, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme 2012 (CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission‘s second Dignity and Nutrition report concerning care homes has been published alongside that for NHS hospitals. The CQC inspected 500 care homes, including 422 homes providing dementia care. It found that 84% of care homes respected … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Regulation, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), 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, Experts by Experience (CQC), Homes Providing Dementia Care, Human Rights, Human Rights in Care Homes, Hydration and Nutrition, Independence, Malnutrition, Nutrition and Hydration, Nutritional Support, Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Residential Care Homes, Respect, Respect for Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Safe Staffing, Safeguarding, Short Observational Framework for Inspection 2, Staffing (Care Homes), 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 Standards in Nutritional Care: a Toolkit for Commissioners and Providers in England (BAPEN)
Summary The British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) toolkit, entitled “Malnutrition matters: meeting quality standards in nutritional care – a toolkit for commissioners and providers in England”, contains guidance on defining relevant, measurable outcomes related to nutritional care … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Management of Condition, National, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BAPEN Commissioning Toolkit, BAPEN Quality Group, BAPEN: British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN), Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCQ, Community Care, Council of Europe, Department of Health, Department of Health QIPP Safe Care Work Stream, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Enteral Tube Feeding, Hospitals, Hydration, Malnutrition, Malnutrition Community Pathway, National Association of Care Catering (NACC), National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), NICE, NICE Guidance on Nutrition Support in Adults, Nutrition and Hydration, Nutritional Care, Nutritional Care Standards, Nutritional Supplements, Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS), Parenteral Nutrition, Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT), Person-Centred Nutritional Care, Quality Standards in Nutritional Care: a Toolkit, RCN, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Screening for Malnutrition, Undernourishment
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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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Care Home Whistleblowing Increases (CQC / BBC News)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has reported an unusually large increase in the number of whistleblowing complaints concerning the poor treatment of care home residents. Over 4,300 whistleblowers came forwards in the past 16 months to complain about the treatment of elderly … Continue reading
CCQ Watchdog Declares Care Improved at New Cross Hospital (Express and Star)
Summary A report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) shows the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust is now meeting all of its targets for the care and welfare of patients, meeting nutritional needs, co-operating with other providers, assessing and monitoring the quality … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, CQC: Care Quality Commission, In the News, Local Interest, Patient Information, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Standards, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Care Quality Commission, CCQ, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Express and Star
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