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Thursday, 13 November 2014
The government has published the Care Act's
fundamental standards regulations. Two of these standards, the duty of candour,
and the fit and proper person requirement, come into force on 27 November. The
remaining 10 standards will be implemented next April. These are as follows:
- care and treatment must be appropriate and
reflect service users' needs and preferences
- service users must be treated with dignity and
respect
- care and treatment must only be provided with
consent
- care and treatment must be provided in a safe way
- service users must be protected from abuse and
improper treatment
- service users' nutritional and hydration needs
must be met
- all premises and equipment used must be clean,
secure, suitable and used properly
- complaints must be appropriately investigated and
appropriate action taken in response
- systems and processes must be established to ensure
compliance with the fundamental standards
- sufficient numbers of suitably qualified,
competent, skilled and experienced staff must be deployed
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
GP Martin Brunet offers a fascinating appraisal of how
dementia is diagnosed, and what should happen when a positive diagnosis is
made. He describes the latest government £55 'bribe' to GP's as 'hare-brained',
and offers alternative recommendations. He advocates,
- not referring patients to 'memory clinics'. They just
serve to frighten people recently diagnosed with dementia
- the appointment of a trained memory worker for each GP
practice
- having memory clinics attend GP practices.
He highlights a disparity between the resources freely on
offer to the newly born, to the vacuum newly diagnosed dementia patients
receive. Well trained memory workers can fill this void, "...expanding
[people's] horizons rather than closing them down".
He also suggests ways in which this new approach could be
(in part at least) funded:
- diverting the £5 million GP incentive scheme
- abolishing the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation
payment, "...an expensive box-ticking exercise of questionable
value".
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
The government has been embarrassed by the findings of its own financial watchdog, the National Audit Office. The £2 billion Better Care Fund, designed to reduce hospital admissions, is judged to be founded "on optimism rather than evidence”.
Integrated care is seen as unlikely to deliver the hoped for 3.5% reduction per year in hospital admissions, particularly as they've been increasing at the rate of 47% over the last 15 years.
The main consequence of the new initiative, it is forecast, will be to create a £700 million black hole in NHS funding.
Friday, 7 November 2014
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Thursday, 6 November 2014
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