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Tag Archives: Institutional Abuse
Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism (Joint Committee on Human Rights / BBC News)
Summary Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) indicates that the human rights of young people with a learning disabilities and / or autism are being breached in mental health hospitals. Proposals for radical reform are advocated. “Too often families of … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, 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), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Young Adults and Children, Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs), Avoidable Harm, BBC Education News, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Undercover Abuse Scandal, BBC Panorama: Whorlton Hall Hospital Abuse, BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire Programme, British Association for Supported Employment, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Centre for Welfare Reform, Challenging Behaviour, Children With Learning Disabilities or Autism Admitted to Secure Mental Health Hospitals, Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Court of Protection, CQC Interim Report on How Hospitals Separate Children and Young People With Mental Health Problems Learning Disabilities or Autism, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism, Evidence Search and Summary Service (ESSS), Guidelines and Audit Implementation Network (GAIN), Harmful Detention, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Hospital Abuse, House of Commons, House of Lords, Ian Trenholm: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission (CQC), Inquiry Into Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services: IRISS, Institutional Abuse, Institutional Factors, Institutional Neglect, IRISS: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, Joint Committee on Human Rights, Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Acute Hospitals, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Community Services, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Mental Health Services, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disability in General Hospital Settings, Openness and Transparency, Patient Harm, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Picker Institute Europe, Protecting Vulnerable People, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restraint Prolonged Seclusion and Segregation, Restrictive Interventions, Safeguarding, Segregation, Segregation in Mental Health Wards for Children and Young People and in Wards for People With a Learning Disability or Autism, Transforming Care, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transitions of Care for Users of Learning Disability Services, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, Vulnerable Groups, Whistleblowing, Whorlton Hall, Winterbourne View Hospital, Winterbourne View: Transforming Care, Young Adults and Children Safeguarding, Young Adults and Children Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Young People With Learning Disabilities in Transition
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Reducing Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities (BBC News / HQIP)
Summary The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and the University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Research Centre have published an interim update report, commissioned by NHS England, on the premature deaths of people with learning disabilities in NHS care. The Learning … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC), Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, Care and Treatment Reviews, Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Community Learning Disabilities Teams, Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities (CIPOLD), Connor Sparrowhawk, Dr Sara Ryan, Electronic Integration of Health and Social Care Records, Health Action Plans, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Passports, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), HQIP, Institutional Abuse, Institutional Factors, Institutional Neglect, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme, Learning Disabilities: Data and Information, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Increasing the Take-Up of Routine Health Checks, Learning Disabilities: Joint Working Across Health and Care, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disabilities: Transforming Care, Learning Disability Awareness Training, Learning Disability Nurses, LeDeR: Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Mild Learning Disabilities, Moderate Learning Disabilities, Multiple Learning Disabilities, Named Health Care Coordinators, National Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme, Norah Fry Research Centre: University of Bristol, People With Learning Disabilities, Pneumonia and Sepsis in People With Learning Disabilities, Premature Mortality, Profound Learning Disabilities, Project Choice, Protecting Vulnerable People, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Severe Learning Disabilities, Sir Stephen Bubb: Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Specialist Learning Disability Nurses, Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, Teresa Colvin, Transforming Care (Winterbourne View) Improvement Programme, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, University of Bristol, University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Research Centre, Vulnerable Groups, Vulnerable Older People, Winterbourne View: Transforming Care
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Under-Cover Work in Elderly Care Home Exposes Sub-Standard Care (BBC News / BBC One Panorama)
Summary Eight staff members have been suspended from the Old Deanery care home in Essex after an undercover investigation by BBC Panorama found cases of malpractice and poor care. Secret filming for the “Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed” Panorama TV … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse (Care Workers and Care Homes), Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Anglia Retirement Homes Ltd, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed: Panorama (BBC One), Care and Compassion, Care Home Abuse, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Culture, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Regulation, Care Home Sector, Care Home Staff, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCTV in Care Homes, Compassion, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dignity and Respect, Elder Abuse, Essex County Council, Human Rights in Care Homes, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Old Deanery Care Home, Old Deanery in Essex, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Quality of Care, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Research in Care Homes, Safe and Compassionate Care, Secret Filming, Secret Filming in Care Homes, Staff Training, Staffing (Care Homes), Under Cover Working in Care Home, Whistleblowing
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NHS Whistleblowing Guidelines Published by NMC (BBC News / NMC)
Summary New guidelines have been issued by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to assist NHS staff who need to raise concerns about patient care. Read more: BBC News. NHS whistle-blower guidelines published by NMC. Reference NHS whistle-blower guidelines published by NMC. … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), National, NHS, NHS Employers, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales, Care Inspectorate, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Confidentiality, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, Failure to Act, Fear of Raising Concerns About Care, Health and Care Professions Council, Health Inspectorate Wales, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Institutional Abuse, Monitor, Neglect, Nurse Helene Donnelly, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Raising Concerns, Patient Rights, Patient Safety, PIDA: Public Interest Disclosure Act, Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, Public Concern at Work (PCaW), Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons), Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, Raising Concerns Externally, Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority Northern Ireland, Reluctance to Raise Concerns About Care, Safeguarding, Social Partnership Forum and Public Concern at Work, Stages in Raising Concerns, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing Guidelines, Whistleblowing Helpline
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