Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Drop in eligibility for continuing healthcare But the finding comes amid a drop in the rate of people found to be eligible for NHS continuing healthcare (CHC), under which the health service fully funds social care for people whose need for it arises primarily from a health condition.

Hospital Discharges 71

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Healthcare Recovery 71

Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

Patient Safety Awareness Week, sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement , is the perfect time to review the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals. The national patient safety goals listed by the Joint Commission include some of the biggest preventable risks to patient safety across healthcare systems.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Communication Healthcare Hospitals 52

Community Care

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The CQC welcomed the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) injection of £500m into the sector this winter to boost its capacity to respond to hospital discharges and tackle workforce shortages. Extra £500m for social care a ‘sticking plaster’, warn sector leaders. per hour per social care employee.

Government 56

Government Hospital Discharges Hospitals Mental Health 56

Community Care

JUNE 14, 2024

Labour will develop local partnership working between the NHS and social care on hospital discharge. As part of the efforts to move healthcare into local communities and professionalise the workforce, we will task regulators with assessing the role social care workers can play in basic health treatment and monitoring.

Government 68

Government Hospital Discharges Mental Health Youth Worker 68

Community Care

MARCH 5, 2025

Care England chief executive Martin Green Green also referred to the “increasing burden of delegated healthcare tasks”, under which nurses train and supervise care workers to carry out healthcare tasks, such as injections.

Hospital Discharges 30

Hospital Discharges Healthcare Hospitals Government 30