Ruth Robertson writing at The King’s Fund – Many policy issues seem simple from afar but they nearly always become more intricate on closer inspection, one current example being Brexit. Understanding the impact of the...
The NHS Five Year Forward View was published on 23 October 2014 and sets out a new shared vision for the future of the NHS based around the new models of care. It has been...
Melanie Newman and Oliver Wright writing in The Independent (03/08/2015) – The lives of vulnerable care home residents were put at risk because the country’s healthcare regulators failed to act promptly on official warnings about...
Deaf Brits are being told they can book a GP appointments only by phone, a damning report claims. And a blind patient was sent medical letters by his family doctor that he could not see...
A DEMENTIA patient has died just weeks after she appeared in video footage begging for food at a scandal-hit care home. Edna Slann’s family say her health rapidly faded when she was placed at Grantley...
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable patients are being illegally restrained by staff in hospitals and care homes, according to the care watchdog. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) warns that carers and nursing staff are ignoring...
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