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Tag Archives: Human Rights and Nursing
Recent Information on Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Plus Statistics on Other Safeguarding Topics (BBC News / NHS Digital)
Summary Freedom of information requests made by the Liberal Democrats have revealed that the use of restraint by mental health trusts in England has increased yearly since 2013, despite repeated calls over recent years for restraint to be minimised. It … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Adult Social Care Analytical Hub, Avoidable Harm, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Councils with Social Services Responsibilities, Culture of Zero-Harm, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, Dr Sridevi Kalidindi: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics and Decision-Making, Experimental Statistics, Face-Down Restraint, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Government Policy on Adult Safeguarding, Harm Free Care, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Identification and Reporting of Problems, Incident Reporting, Least Restrictive Principle, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Liberal Democrats, Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP), Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Health Hospitals, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Healthcare, Mind, Neglect and Acts of Omission, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS Digital: Annual Report for England (2016-17), NHS Digital: Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC), NHS Mental Health Trusts in England, Norman Lamb MP, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Psychiatric Hospitals, Recording and Reporting, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restrictive Practices, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Collection, Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC): Annual Report for England (2016-17), Safeguarding Adults Principles, Safeguarding Adults Reports, safeguarding Adults Reviews, Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs), Safeguarding Older People, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Unintended Consequences, Use of Reasonable Force, Vicki Nash: Mind
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Use of Face-Down Restraint in Mental Health Hospitals (BBC News / NHS Choices / Mind)
Summary Research by the mental health charity Mind has revealed figures showing the extent to which face-down restraint is used in some trusts. The government is considering a ban on the use of this method of restraint in English mental health hospitals. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Face-Down Restraint, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Hospitals, Mental Healthcare, Mind, Norman Lamb MP, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Psychiatric Hospitals, Race Equality, Restraint, Safeguarding, Tim Kendall: National Clinical Director for Mental Health at NHS England, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, Victoria Derbyshire Programme (BBC Two)
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Care Quality Commission Strategy for 2013 to 2016 (CQC)
Summary This Care Quality Commission (CQC) strategy document outlines how the CQC proposes to inspect and regulate services to ensure people receive safe, effective, compassionate and high-quality care. Section headings in this report comprise: CQC purpose, role and principles. CQC plans for … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Care Home Inspections, Care Home Regulation, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission Strategy for 2013 to 2016, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Chief Inspector of Primary and Integrated Care, Chief Inspector of Primary Care (Exploratory), Chief Inspector of Social Care, Chief Inspector of Social Care and Support, Deprivation of Liberty, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (DANI), Diversity, Elderly Human Rights, Equality, Expert Inspectors, Experts by Experience, Hospital Inspections, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Human Rights in Care Homes, Independent Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Act 2007, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), Patient Experience, Point of Care: Improving Patient Experience, Putting People First, Raising Standards: Putting People First (CQC), Regulation, Regulatory Stringency, Social Care Market Regulation, United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT)
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Future Nurses Required to Train as Care Assistants Initially (BBC News)
Summary The Department of Health‘s response to the Francis Inquiry Report is likely to include recommendations that nurses will be required to spend time performing duties such as washing and dressing, in the apprenticeship role of healthcare assistant, before embarking upon their degree training. There is … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Candour, Care in General Hospitals, Contractual Duty of Candour, Delivering Dignity, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Report, Fundamental Standards, General Hospitals, Healthcare Assistants, Human Rights and Nursing, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Nurse Education, Openness, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Professional Disengagement, Quality Improvement, Report of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Sir Robert Francis QC, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability
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Elderly Treated as Objects by Hospital Staff (NAPC GP Bulletin / Cardiff University)
Summary Research conducted on NHS wards concludes that hospital staff are sometimes unaware of how they “ignore vulnerable elderly patients, patronise them and treat them as objects”. The researchers, from Cardiff University, have made a training video called “Dignity: A Tale of … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Ageism, Balancing of Interests, Being Ignored, Being Informed, Cardiff University, Cardiff University: Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (cesagen), Care and Compassion, Care of Older Adults in Acute NHS Trusts, Care Quality, Caring Division of Labour, Caring Roles, Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (cesagen): Cardiff University, Communication, Continuity of Care, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Dignified Care, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Dementia, Dignity in Practice Report, Dignity on the Ward, Dignity: A Tale of Two Wards, Dignity: Whose Interests Matter?, Disempowering Spaces for Older People, Elder Abuse, Elderly Human Rights, Fiona Phillips, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Hospitals as Dangerous Places, Hospitals as Hazardous Places, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Impact of the Environment on Dignified Care, Influences on Dignified Care, Local Ward Cultures, National Association of Primary Care (NAPC GP Bulletin), National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Non-Involvement, PANICOA, PANICOA (Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults), Patient Experience, Patient Involvement, Patient Referred to as a Task or as a Number, Patronising Older People, Policy Research Programme (PRP), Power in Place, Privacy, Protocols of Care, Respectful Communication, Right Place Wrong Patient, Seeing The Person, Seeing the Task, Service User Involvement, Staff Dignity, Staffing Levels, Task-Centred Care, Toilet Problems, Trade Offs, Trust Blame and the Culture of Defensiveness, Unintended Consequences, University of Kent, User Involvement, Using the Toilet, Views of Relatives, Washing and Dressing, Working the System and Unintended Consequences
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New Vision for Nursing: Views Sought (Department of Health / NHS Commissioning Board)
Summary A new vision for nursing, midwifery and care-giving proposes placing greater emphasis on the importance of compassionate care and seeks feedback on how such values can be developed in health and social care. The vision seeks to understand: How … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Dignity, Empathy and Understanding, Empathy Training, Human Rights and Nursing, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHSCB, Nursing Midwifery and Care-Giving Vision Team, Nursing Older People, Nursing Practice, Personalised Care, Preventative Care, Prevention, Public Health, Whistleblowing
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Human Rights and Nursing (RCN)
Summary The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has produced a position statement outlining their standpoint on nursing, health and human rights. This document also outlines the legal and ethical background to this position. Full Text Link Reference Human rights and … Continue reading
Posted in For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), International, National, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, Universal Interest
Tagged Code of Ethics of the International Council of Nurses (2006), European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights, Human Rights Act (UK Parliament 1998), Human Rights and Nursing, ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses (ICN 2006), International Council of Nurses (ICN), National Nurses’ Associations (NNAs), RCN’s Royal Charter (RCN 2012), Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Standards of Conduct Performance and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives (NMC 2008), Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR (United Nations 1948), WHO: World Health Organization, World Health Organization
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