This article in the Daily Telegraph reports on a Price Waterhouse Cooper's survey of care home providers which concludes that there could be tough times ahead.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7879910/Care-home-standards-could-fall-because-of-spending-cuts-PWC-survey-warns.html.
The full text of the new Health Secretary's speech about the future of care is here
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Speeches/DH_117331.
He says in this speech that he wants to hear all our views so feel free to get in touch. His contact details are here
http://www.andrewlansley.co.uk/index.php?pageid=5
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Saturday, 17 July 2010
Radio London spotlights care standards
Eddie Nestor's radio program on Radio London on Friday 16th July featured standards of care and covered the story of Sandra Blight whose parents were told by Bexley council that they could not both go into the same care home after 66 years of marriage. Full story is here http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/localheadlines/8275109.BEXLEYHEATH__Council_parts_couple_married_for_66_years/.
Eddie Nestor read out an email from us about CareHomeMap and also interviewed Caroline Bernard from Counsel and Care - a charity which supports elderly people and their families in making decisions about care. Their web-site has various factsheets which are a mine of information
http://www.counselandcare.org.uk/helping-you/.
You can listen to the whole Eddie Nestor show on Radio London 'Listen Again' although this will only be available for a few weeks http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008ry60/Drivetime_with_Eddie_Nestor_16_07_2010/.
Eddie Nestor read out an email from us about CareHomeMap and also interviewed Caroline Bernard from Counsel and Care - a charity which supports elderly people and their families in making decisions about care. Their web-site has various factsheets which are a mine of information
http://www.counselandcare.org.uk/helping-you/.
You can listen to the whole Eddie Nestor show on Radio London 'Listen Again' although this will only be available for a few weeks http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008ry60/Drivetime_with_Eddie_Nestor_16_07_2010/.
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Errors in CQC data
The CQC does an extraordinary job in collection and publishing all of the inspection reports. However they make mistakes every so often and there are several cases where reports are incorrectly dated with the earliest dated October 1972 and the latest dated December 2010. These have been reported to them but they don't seem very interested in correcting them.
The CQC issued a press release in May saying that they are going to stop rating Care Homes and are also going to take on responsibility for assessing Hospitals and GPs. This is supposed to start in October but details are a bit sketchy so far: http://www.cqc.org.uk//newsandevents/pressreleases.cfm?cit_id=36253&FAArea1=customWidgets.content_view_1&usecache=false
A later press release seems to say that they are going to keep things pretty much as they are but share their data with Healthwatch England and Monitor http://www.cqc.org.uk//newsandevents/pressreleases.cfm?cit_id=36429&FAArea1=customWidgets.content_view_1&usecache=false
The CQC issued a press release in May saying that they are going to stop rating Care Homes and are also going to take on responsibility for assessing Hospitals and GPs. This is supposed to start in October but details are a bit sketchy so far: http://www.cqc.org.uk//newsandevents/pressreleases.cfm?cit_id=36253&FAArea1=customWidgets.content_view_1&usecache=false
A later press release seems to say that they are going to keep things pretty much as they are but share their data with Healthwatch England and Monitor http://www.cqc.org.uk//newsandevents/pressreleases.cfm?cit_id=36429&FAArea1=customWidgets.content_view_1&usecache=false
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