NHS staff with poor English ‘can be struck off’

April 2, 2014   Carers, hospital

The government said it would consider legislating.

Dr Ubani Dr Daniel Ubani was rejected by a hospital because of poor English but later found work in Cambridgeshire

NHS regulators will be able to discipline or strike off doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers who are not able to communicate clearly in English under new UK-wide plans.

The proposed powers are set out in a draft Bill published by the Law Commission.

The government said it would consider legislating.

Ministers have already been working to ensure any doctor’s English is up to scratch before they are first employed.

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What Japan teaches us about better care for older people

April 1, 2014   Carers, Older care

Seventeen per cent of England’s population is aged over 65

1 April, 2014 | By

Mayumi Hayashi says England can learn from Japan, which has devised radical solutions to meet the unprecedented demand for health and social care from its ageing population

Japan faces a serious challenge in meeting the unprecedented demand for health and social care for its older population. Already, a quarter of Japan’s 127.6 million population is aged 65 or over – compared with 17 per cent in the UK.

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Digital healthcare revolution relies on new form of tablet

March 31, 2014   Carers, internet, Older care, telecare
A new health initiative for elderly people is being rolled out

By Western Daily Press  |  Posted: March 31, 2014

 

 

The internet could spark a home health care revolution – and it’s being planned in the West Country.

A group of health professionals, ‘telehealth’ equipment makers, care providers and older people, are working together to see how tablet computers can be used as hubs to monitor vital health information, and reduce isolation.

But with figures from the Office of National Statistics showing that 6.7 million adults in the UK have never used the internet, 547,000 of them in the South West, more needs to be done to help people understand the internet and get online.

Today (monday)sees the launch of Spring Online, one of the year’s biggest digital inclusion campaigns, run in association with Carphone Warehouse. Free internet taster events will be available all week, including Saturday at libraries, cafes, community centres, shops, churches and housing estates across the country.

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