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Tag Archives: Ofsted-Style Ratings of Providers
Age, Neglect and Loneliness Reconsidered (BBC News)
Summary Figures from the Campaign to End Loneliness indicate there are 800,000 people in England who are chronically lonely. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt today discussed this problem at the National Children and Adults Services (NCAS) conference. Treatment of the elderly in the … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age and Ageing, Age Discrimination, Age-Friendly Communities, Ageing, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Ageism, Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Attitudes to Ageing, BBC Health News, Campaign to End Loneliness, Care Home Inspections, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Dementia, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Health and Wellbeing, Inspections by CQC, Lisa Martin (Orchid View), Loneliness, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Mental Wellbeing, National Children and Adult Services (NCAS) Conference, Ofsted-Style Ratings for Care Homes, Ofsted-Style Ratings of Providers, Preventing Loneliness, Quality Ratings, Residential Care Homes, Respect, Respecting Persons with Dementia, Reverence and Respect for Older People, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Southern Cross, Wellbeing, Wellbeing in Later Life, Whistleblowing
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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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Ofsted-Style Ratings of Providers for Quality (Nuffield Trust)
Summary The introduction of Ofsted-style ratings for hospitals and care homes was included in the Government response to the Francis Inquiry report into care failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. This Nuffield Trust report concludes that there is a gap … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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