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Care Quality Commission’s David Prior attacks NHS culture
Health regulator David Prior said the NHS could ultimately go bust if change did not happen
The head of the health watchdog says the NHS in England has a culture that “doesn’t listen” and he has been “shocked” by behaviour he has seen.
Care Quality Commission chairman David Prior said a rift between managers and clinicians was jeopardising safety and blocking improvements in care.
He said the NHS could go bust without “serious change” and called for more competition to drive up standards.
Imperial College London is first university to offer emergency child and adult care
Imperial College London is the first university in the UK to offer its staff access to emergency child and adult care, as part of a new service to support parents and carers at the College.
Date of article: 20-Jan-14
Article By: Sue Learner, News Editor
The new service is being rolled out in partnership with My Family Care, a specialist provider of family-friendly services and resources, to provide all staff with access to three backup care services – emergency childcare, school holiday cover and backup adult and eldercare.
Professor James Stirling, provost of Imperial, said: “Imperial recognises that parents and carers, who make up a significant proportion of our staff, can find it challenging to juggle the demands of work and family. This initiative is part of our continuing commitment to ensuring that Imperial staff receive the support and help that they need to balance these responsibilities.”
The College will fund the registration costs to My Family Care, with the staff then paying for any care depending on how long services are required.
Patients ‘not ill enough’ for care funding
The NHS should pay for those who have a complex medical condition and need nursing care
BBC Scotland has discovered further evidence that Scottish people are being wrongly charged care home costs.
The BBC has now learned of three people who are minimally conscious or in a vegetative state who have been told they are not “ill enough” to get their care costs paid by the NHS.
The three individuals all suffered serious strokes.
