Category Archives: Carers
Why is the NHS 'biased' towards mental health patients?
Paul Burstow: NHS is ‘biased’ against treating mental health
The NHS is “biased” against treating patients with depression and other mental health problems, wasting billions of pounds a year as their conditions grow worse, a former minister is warning.
By Tim Ross, Political Correspondent
6:00AM GMT 14 Mar 2013
Paul Burstow said families were paying the price as government figures showed spending on mental health services fell by 1 per cent last year.
Patients are suffering a “postcode lottery” in services across the country, with some areas spending three times more than others on therapies and treatment, he said.
The Lib Dem MP, who was the Care Minister until September’s reshuffle, is to lead a new Commission on mental health, backed by the think-tank CentreForum, which is launched today.
Writing for telegraph.co.uk, Mr Burstow said: “The NHS default remains stubbornly biased towards physical health – a terrible false economy at the expense of people’s lives, as well as the public purse.
James Nesbitt speaking about dementia
Actor James Nesbitt’s anguish at the turmoil of dementia
Care Quality Commission said both hospitals and care homes were failing in key areas
Health and care system ‘struggling with dementia’
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
The health and care system in England is “struggling” to look after people with dementia, according to the regulator.
The Care Quality Commission said both hospitals and care homes were failing in key areas as the number with the condition rose as people lived longer.
It found dementia patients in hospital were more likely to face longer stays, be readmitted and die there.
Meanwhile, care homes were not doing enough to keep patients well, it added.
The CQC announced the conclusions after reviewing more than 20,000 inspections it had carried out as well as looking at existing data.
It found that in 78 out of 151 local NHS areas people with dementia who lived in care homes were more likely to be admitted to hospital for an avoidable reason than people without the condition.
chenrezig 
annie 
JaneJ 