Great Ormond Street: We did not mislead inquiry
Great Ormond Street Hospital have refuted allegations that they mislead the inquiry into Baby P’s death:
Lib Dem MP: Great Ormond Street boss should go
Lynne Featherstone, Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, calls for Great Ormond Street Hospital’s (GOSH) boss to step down:
NHS horror stories revealed
By politics.co.uk staff Firsthand accounts of elderly patients’ terrible treatment have been published by the Patients’ Association (PA). Serious failings of nursing care, poor communication with relatives and an ineffective complaints handling system are outlined by the document, Listen For Patients, Speak Up For Change. Chief executive Katherine Murphy said it was a “scandal” and […]
‘Wake-up call’ for elderly care
By politics.co.uk staff Only one-third of elderly patients are receiving good treatment in hospital, a report has claimed. The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) investigated the care given to 820 patients over 80 years of age, who died within 30 days of surgery being performed on them. The report found that […]
Tories accused of death tax U-turn
By Alex Stevenson The Conservatives stand accused of abandoning their outright opposition to Labour’s ‘death tax’ proposals for funding social care. Terms of reference for the independent commission tasked with probing the future of Britain’s care services for the elderly were open-ended. It means the commission on the funding of care and support, to be […]
MPs fed up with social care ‘point-scoring’
By Alex Stevenson MPs have called on the major parties to avoid “pre-election point-scoring” and come together to achieve consensus on social care reform. The report from the Commons’ health committee comes after a conference on Wednesday in which the Conservatives criticised health secretary Andy Burnham for failing to make up his mind on the […]
No respite for carers
By Alex Stevenson Less than a quarter of government funding aimed at giving carers a break to go on holiday has been used in this way, new figures have shown. A freedom of information request by the Princess Royal Trust for Carers showed that in 2009/10, primary care trusts planned to use just 23% of […]
Lib Dems offer carer ‘holidays’
By politics.co.uk staff Nick Clegg wants to reallocate spending contained in the personal care at home bill to provide a week’s holiday for the country’s hardest-working carers. He is set to announce in a speech later that he would back the switching of £460 million of spending to give those caring unpaid for over 50 […]
Councils ‘face elderly challenge’
By politics.co.uk staff Local authorities are likely to struggle with the rising costs of looking after elderly people if they do not innovate to achieve savings, the Audit Commission has warned. Its ‘Under Pressure’ report attacks councils for not knowing enough about the costs of their ageing population and warns savings from preventive services could […]
Burnham raises home care stakes
By politics.co.uk staff The NHS should not be afraid of transforming services from hospital to the home, health secretary Andy Burnham will say later. It comes as he announces government ambitions towards providing more care at home, including dialysis for around 7,000 potential people. His calls are likely to give last week’s clashes over Labour’s […]
