Community Care

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Integrating local authority social workers within NHS mental health trusts can help reduce the number of “harmful” out of area hospital placements (OAPs), a report has found. The HSSIB investigates patient safety concerns across the NHS in England.

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Community Care

APRIL 1, 2025

Sharp rises in overseas applications and processing times The number of applications from overseas social workers applying to register in England annually almost trebled from 2020-23, from 659 to 1,866.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The regulator also found a lack of community and social care provision was driving discharge delays, raising concerns that social work input – which it said should be included throughout a patient’s pathway – had reduced on inpatient services in 2021-22.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

” The trust also says that clinical teams include a consultant psychiatrist, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists and social workers. ” The spokesperson said the trust was working with the CQC, police and NHS England and would “co-operate fully with all investigations” Police investigation.

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Relias

JULY 14, 2022

Lora Sparkman, MHA, RN, BSN, Partner, Patient Safety and Quality at ReliasAlarmingly, the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. Lora Sparkman, MHA, RN, BSN, Partner, Patient Safety and Quality, Relias. Maternal Risk Factors: Social Determinants and Mental Health. A Personal Story of Maternal Mental Health.

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