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Washington Manor Care Home monitored by council

Washington Manor Care Home monitored by council. GOOGLE - Washington Manor Care Home was rated "required improvement" in March. A council has stepped in to monitor a care home after it was to ordered to improve by inspectors. Washington Manor Care Home on Wearside was rated "requires improvement" and "inadequate" for effectiveness by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Issues with medicine management, risk management and "chaotic record-keeping" were identified. Sunderland City Council commissioning manager Ann Dingwall said the home was "making significant improvements". St. Martin's Care Ltd, [...]

October 16, 2019 By Nachelle Geronimo Care Quality Commission (CQC), Health Care and Social Care, Medicines Management, Patient Safety, Records Management care home, health and social care, hydration risks, management, medicine management, record keeping, risk management 0 CommentsRead more...

More than half of A&Es ‘not good enough’

More than half of A&Es 'not good enough'. GETTY IMAGES Half of A&Es in England are not good enough - and there are no guarantees services will get better despite the extra money going into the NHS, the regulator says. The Care Quality Commission said people were turning to A&E in a crisis because of a lack of support in the community. It said services would remain under pressure until a funding solution was found for social care. The government pledged in the Queen's [...]

October 16, 2019 By Nachelle Geronimo Care Quality Commission (CQC), Core Clinical Skills, Emergency Services, Health Care and Social Care, Public Health Services ambulance and emergency, health service, high-quality care, lack of support, social care, social care system 0 CommentsRead more...

Asylum seekers ‘too afraid’ to seek NHS care, report says

Asylum seekers 'too afraid' to seek NHS care, report says. Watchdog says people failing to seek care over fear of upfront costs and of data being shared with the Home Office The NHS’s obligation until recently to share data with the Home Office has deterred many asylum seekers from accessing healthcare. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Asylum seekers who need NHS care have been left in “considerable fear” because of the government’s “hostile environment” policies, according to the human rights watchdog. In a highly critical report the [...]

October 15, 2019 By Rita Dune Allied Health Professionals, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Clinical Governance, Data Security & GDPR, Equality Act 2010, Health, Safety & Well-being, Healthcare Services, NHS Hospital Services, Patient Safety, Public Health Services, Records Management, Safeguarding Children & Adults asylum seekers, Doctors of the World, Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), good-quality healthcare, Home Office, hostile environment, human rights, human rights watchdog, humanity, immigration status, Liberal Democrats, NHS care, patient information and data 0 CommentsRead more...

GP at Hand receives green light in NHS England safety assessment

GP at Hand receives green light in NHS England safety assessment Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has relaxed restrictions on GP at Hand after a review by NHS England concluded that it met key national safety standards. Board papers posted by the CCG reveal that previous restrictions stopping individuals with more complex medical needs registering with the online service have been lifted, though the papers note that the requirement to de-register from a local practice to use the service “may not be clinically appropriate” [...]

October 15, 2019 By Ruth Mabhiza Care Quality Commission (CQC), Health Care IT & Technology, Patient Safety green light, Mental health conditions, safety assessment 0 CommentsRead more...

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Washington Manor Care Home monitored by council

More than half of A&Es ‘not good enough’

Asylum seekers ‘too afraid’ to seek NHS care, report says

GP at Hand receives green light in NHS England safety assessment