Cameron pledges to stamp out unacceptable care in hospitals
Untrained health “assistants” will not be able to work in hospitals under plans to improve standards in the NHS, ministers will announce.
7:30AM GMT 04 Jan 2013
More than 50,000 low-paid and unregulated assistants will have to receive formal care training.
A set of “minimum standards” will be unveiled in the coming weeks. Assistants found to be not caring properly for patients are likely to be banned from working in hospitals.
The findings of an official review into the scandal at the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, where substandard care led to hundreds of patients dying, will land on ministers’ desks soon.
The report is expected to make wide-ranging recommendations which will effectively mean that NHS workers dealing with patients should be regulated.
Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia Hails Launch of New Website for the South of England
Media release
Thursday 3 January 2013
Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia Hails Launch of New Website for the South of England
A pioneering online public information service is today being launched across the South of England.
The ‘Our Health’ website is the first of its kind in England. It aims to transform the way that patients, their carers and health professionals access and share the latest information on a range of key local health and care services across the South.
The Our Health website was developed in the South West, initially providing information on local stroke and dementia services.
The website received the Prime Minister’s backing in March 2012, when David Cameron launched his ‘Challenge on Dementia’ and set out the need to promote local information on dementia services.
Warwickshire's dementia portal brings vital information together online
A county council has developed an online portal to make it simpler for people with dementia and their carers to navigate their way through the system
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Christine Lewington
- Guardian Professional,
In social care commissioning many of us have been haunted by the graphs of doom; the forecasted reductions in spending set against the rising number of older people with complex conditions, a great number of whom will have dementia.
In Warwickshire alone there are 7,100 people living with dementia – a figure that is expected to rise by 34% by 2021.
We believe there can be a positive future for people with dementia, but only if we shape it now and help people to help themselves and family members earlier on.
