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NHS Foundation Trust fined over patient canoe suicide
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has been fined for safety failings after a patient drowned during a canoeing activity event. Mansoor Elahi, 31, from Rochdale was an inpatient at Birch Hill...
CQC publishes care home closure guidance to protect service users
The CQC published a good practice guide yesterday in a bid to minimise disruption to those affected by care home closures. The publication, Managing Care Home Closures, comes after an event...
Older people ‘falling through gaps’ of poorly integrated care services
A CQC report has found that care for people with complex needs can often become fragmented during periods of transition. The Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers report reveals that despite...
NACC welcomes all Sunrise and Gracewell care homes
Care providers Sunrise Senior Living and Gracewell Healthcare have signed up all of their sites to the National Association of Care Catering (NACC). Sunrise, who acquired Gracewell in...
More needs to be done to protect children at risk of harm, says CQC
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has urged healthcare staff and leaders to do more to identify and listen to children at risk of harm. The ‘Not seen, not heard’ report acknowledges...Government recommendations not improved care quality for terminally ill
A report published today has raised questions about whether government recommendations have improved the experiences of those living with terminal illness. The report from Sheffield Hallam...New Chair announced for the Nuffield Trust
Andy McKeon is to succeed Professor Dame Carol Black as Chair of the Nuffield Trust health think tank. Professor Dame Carol Black is to step down from the position of Chair after ten years...NHS needs to save money and improve care in pathology, says Nuffield
The NHS has ‘clear opportunities’ to save £200 million and improve the quality of pathology care, a Nuffield Trust report has concluded. The report states that...
Industry leaders speak out about next step after Brexit vote
Industry leaders have voiced their concerns about the impact last Thursday’s vote to leave the European Union will have on the UK’s NHS, healthcare and social care services. ...
CQC places Blackpool GP Surgery into special measures
England’s Chief Inspector of General Practice has rated a Blackpool GP surgery as Inadequate and placed it into special measures following a CQC inspection. A specialist team of...
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