Analysis
Pressures on district nursing affecting quality, says King's Fund
The decline in district nurse numbers is well known. A fall of 48% between 2000 and 2014 has...
14 Sep 2016
Care homes may close due to cost of national living wage
Minimum pay rate of £7.20 per hour set to increase operators’ overheads
12 Aug 2016
Vanguards show the way in older people’s care
Encouraging improvements have been achieved, but spreading these successes more widely may...
28 Jun 2016
Care home nurses may desert rather than face revalidation
Two months ago, the Nursing and Midwifery Council launched a revalidation model that all...
27 May 2016
Nurses urged to comment on draft multimorbidity guidance
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued draft guidance to...
29 Apr 2016
Gaps remain in end of life care services
Variation the quality of care provision has been found following the first national audit of...
29 Apr 2016
Revalidation starts for first wave of nurses and midwives
At the start of this month, the first nurses to use the new revalidation system will have...
31 Mar 2016
Use of new technology to help patients receive care at home
Innovative technology is being piloted in the NHS to help older people receive more care at...
26 Feb 2016
Faster access means quicker discharge
Faster access to specialist care for frail, older patients at a Kent emergency department (...
26 Feb 2016
Needs of older people exceed ability of services to respond, claims report
Arguably, the greatest challenge faced by the UK’s health and care sectors in the 21st...
26 Nov 2015
Providers call on government to back down on pay rises
Boosting pay in the homecare and care home sectors is, on the face of it, a positive...
24 Sep 2015
How are we going to pay for the care of older people?
It was, tantalisingly, so close. After years of debate it had been decided that, from 2016,...
27 Aug 2015
Reshaping health and social care
The government's radical plans to re-structure the way in which health and social care are...
27 Aug 2015
Initiative boosts cleanliness and safety for residents
A team of nurses who created tools that help the independent care sector prevent infections...
25 Jun 2015
Worldwide research finds dementia affects women more than men
Women are much more likely to be affected by dementia than men, according to a global report
25 Jun 2015