Minister for Care Services Paul Burstow has launched a short consultation on priorities for improving the lives of carers in the next four years.
Carers and service users are invited to identify what they consider the key priorities, supported by evidence of good practice, on what will have the greatest impact on improving carers’ lives in the next four years.
Islington LINk has published the results of research into users experiences at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital. This was in response to concerns raised by the local community about the future of services provided by the Hospital. They conducted telephone interviews with service users to gather feedback from their perspective.
Local chemists, or pharmacies, are an important part of our health services. Most people go there to get advice, buy medicines or have a prescription dispensed. In recent years pharmacies have begun to offer a wider range of NHS services like flu vaccinations and health checks.
A new review, chaired by Tom Hughes-Hallett, Chief Executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care, will examine how best to ensure Government money intended to help look after people who are approaching the end of life is spent in the right way.
The rating system operated by health regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been scrapped. Hospital trusts, previously labelled from excellent to weak by CQC, will no longer be given a single rating.
New figures from the NHS Information Centre show nearly one in eight adults in England act as a carer for a sick, elderly or disabled person, with over a fifth providing care for more than 50 hours.
The latest edition of the bulletin for LINks from the Care Quality Commission - Voices into action - is now out.
Big news is that service users will now be able to submit views of the performance of local dentists and independent ambulance services, as they must now be registered with CQC and must meet the Commission's standards of quality and safety.
The NHS Confederation has produced a handy factsheet outlining the roles and responsibilities of primary care trusts (PCTs) in England as they currently stand.
