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She served on the Town of Leonia Juvenile Conference Committee for many years, and later health committees in Bergen County. Diana partnered on many social work journal articles such as “The Social Work Role in HospitalDischarge Planning” in Social Work in Health Care Vol 4, No.1 Thomas, Publisher.)
“More than 50 million PCR and 142 million LFD kits have been delivered to care homes and we have invested a further £478 million to support safe and timely hospitaldischarges to get patients into the best place for their care and support to continue.”.
. “It is also adding to the endless pressures we see with ambulances and hospitals, and adding to the pressures we see in our communities, [including] more people requesting help with mentalhealth and domestic abuse, [and] 2.2 million hours of home care [that] couldn’t be delivered in the first quarter of this year.
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 hospitaldischarges and tackle workforce shortages. Extra £500m for social care a ‘sticking plaster’, warn sector leaders. per hour per social care employee. BIA shortages.
“None of us can be required to live somewhere without exercising a choice unless we’ve broken the law or there are safeguards under the MentalHealth Act or DoLS [Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards]. Our concern is that with the focus on discharge above everything else,” she added.
A BASW spokesperson said staff shortages in the wider workforce had been exacerbated by Omicron, resulting in a lack of provision “to facilitate hospitaldischarge or to support a preventative approach”. Members have said they have got worries about their mentalhealth and their ability to provide services.
The report was also positive about aspects of commissioning practice, particularly how the authority had minimised the use of long-stay or secure settings for people with mentalhealth and substance misuse needs who would not typically accept help.
[including the] graduate scheme for mentalhealth social work students, ThinkAhead." We have also continued to provide support to retain and sustain the social work workforce, through provision of bursaries and placement fees, as well as the graduate scheme for mentalhealth social work students, ThinkAhead.
” On the care workforce, the plan cited a separate £500m pot that was being used to boost skills and wellbeing from 2022-25, and the government’s relaxation of immigration rules to boost international recruitment of staff.
We must take issue with the claim by a Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson quoted in the report that the government is giving social care “the biggest funding increase in history” of “up to £7.5bn available over the next two years”.
Labour will develop local partnership working between the NHS and social care on hospitaldischarge. Our new standards will ensure high-quality care and ongoing sustainability, and ensure providers behave responsibly. This sector collective agreement will set fair pay, terms and conditions, along with training standards. .”
Amongst other papers, I found a CQC special study on hospitaldischarge from 2004, the 2008 End of Life Care strategy (another hot topic as the Assisted Dying Bill progresses) and from 2009, a vision to reform our care and support system to establish a National Care Service.
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