Posted in News on Jan 20th, 2010
The case of John Mejor, 88, whose continuing care funding was recently withdrawn by NHS Devon, has attracted nationwide media interest. Originally reported in the Exmouth Journal, Mr Mejor’s situation has since been highlighted by several national media including the Daily Mail, Radio 4 and Five Live. Mr Mejor, who served as a [...]
Posted in News on Oct 21st, 2009
Tina Donnelly, director of the Royal College of Nursing in Wales, has written an article for Wales Online explaining the vital contribution that is made by voluntary care nurses and calling on the Welsh Assembly Government to confirm that they will continue to support the service. Around 25% of nursing care in Wales is [...]
Posted in News on Oct 2nd, 2009
As of 1 October 2009, the organisational structure of NHS Wales has changed. The previous system of eight NHS trusts and 22 local health boards (LHBs) has been replaced by three new LHBs. The new LHBs will be responsible for secondary care services including hospitals and community services as well as primary care [...]
Posted in News on Apr 16th, 2009
The Alzheimer’s Society’s ‘Worried about your memory?’ campaign has resulted in a large increase in people visiting their GPs to talk about memory problems. Materials encouraging people to talk to their doctor if they were concerned about their memory were distributed to 10,700 GP surgeries across England last year A survey carried out by [...]
Posted in News on Apr 6th, 2009
The head of the new Care Quality Commission, Cynthia Bower, has vowed to tackle the existing gap between the nation’s health and social care services. The CQC – the new ‘super regulator’ of England’s care services – aims to improve standards across all areas of care, but is starting with a review into healthcare [...]
Posted in News on Mar 18th, 2009
Gordon Brown has announced a number of reforms in public sector policy, including the introduction of ‘web-style feedback’ to enable the public to comment on their GP surgeries, local police forces and children’s centres. People will be able to have their say on new Government-sponsored websites that are to be launched in summer 2009. [...]
Posted in News on Dec 18th, 2008
The Department of Health has confirmed that every GP in England is to receive additional training to help them to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in their patients at the earliest possible stage. Better training in dementia will be extended to medical students as well as fully-qualified GPs. The scheme aims not only to enable [...]
Posted in News on Dec 17th, 2008
The Department of Health has published guidelines for Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts and GP practices to follow when undertaking the 2008-2009 patient survey. The new, expanded survey has been developed by Ipsos MORI and academics from the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre and the Peninsular Medical School. 5.5 million [...]
