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Tag Archives: Quality Ratings
Care Quality Commission: Special Measures Approach for Care Homes? (BBC News)
Summary The system of special measures, designed to improve failing hospitals in England, is likely to be extended to care homes. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2014). Hospital failure regime extended to care homes. London: BBC Health News, July … 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, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Buddying Schemes, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Market, Care Home Regulation, Care Home Sector, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Compassion and Care, Compassionate Care, Culture Change, Culture of Zero-Harm, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dignity and Respect, Failing Care Homes, Failing Hospitals, Human Rights in Care Homes, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Independent Scrutiny, Living Well in Care Homes, Management Changes, National Care Association (NCA), NHS Culture, NHS Patient Safety Culture, NHS Safe Staffing, No Harm Culture, Nurse Staffing Levels, Open Culture, Openness and Transparency, Organisational Culture, Patient Safety, Patient-Centred Culture, Professor Sir Mike Richards: Former Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC), Quality Ratings, Rating Systems, Safe Staffing, Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes, Scrutiny, Special Measures, Transparency, Transparency and Public Trust
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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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Maintaining and Improving Quality in the New Health System (National Quality Board)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary This National Quality Board (NQB) report explains how quality will be maintained and improved from April … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Care Quality Commission (CQC), Clinical Leaders, COF: Commissioning Outcomes Framework, Commissioning Outcomes Framework, Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF), CQUINs, Early Warning Systems in the NHS, Engagement, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Care Reform, Health Education England, Health Reform, Healthwatch, High Quality Care, High Quality Care for All, Leadership for Quality, Local Authorities, Local Authority Commissioners, Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs), Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Monitor, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), National Quality Board, National Quality Board (NQB), Networks, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Constitution, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHSCB, NQB: National Quality Board, Patient Experience, QOF Indicators, QSGs: Quality Surveillance Groups, Quality, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality and User Involvement, Quality Curve, Quality Framework, Quality Improvement, Quality in the NHS, Quality Ratings, Quality Surveillance Groups, Reform, Regulators, Responsible Officer (RO), Winterbourne View
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Quality of Care and Support / Caring For Our Future (Department of Health)
Summary In addition to Provider Quality Profiles (PQPs), the Department of Health is planning to introduce a range of new tools to help deliver better quality services and to improve the care people receive / experience. Recognised quality schemes in development, … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abuse (Care Workers and Care Homes), Adult Social Care, Bringing Clarity to Quality in Care and Support, Care and Support White Paper, Care and Support White Paper 2012, Care Audit, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Caring for Our Future, Caring for Our Future: Reforming Care and Support, Commissioning for Outcomes, Dementia Care and Support Compact, Department of Health’s Caring for Our Future: Shared Ambitions for Care and Support Consultation, Elder Abuse, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Social Care Services, Healthwatch, Healthwatch England, Local HealthWatch, NICE Social Care Quality Standards, PQP: Provider Quality Profile, Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Provider Quality Profile, Provider Quality Profile (PQP), Quality of Care and Support, Quality Ratings, SAB: Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults Boards, Social Care, Social Care Policy, Social Care Provision, Social Care Quality Standards, Social Care White Paper 2012, Think Local Act Personal, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, White Paper on Social Care
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