NRS – Question in Parliament 5 comments
Baroness Thomas of Winchester asked a Written Question in the House of Lords, following coverage of the collapse of NRS Healthcare. It caused widespread disruption across adult social care and [...]
Picking up the pieces from NRS 0 comments
Picking up the pieces from NRS In my article about the collapse of NRS Healthcare, one of the contributors, David Stockdale, Chief Executive of the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA), [...]
Fallout from NRS collapse 4 comments
NRS Healthcare collapse exposes deep flaws in community equipment provision The collapse of NRS Healthcare, one of the UK’s leading providers of community equipment services, has left widespread disruption across [...]
Reforming adult social care 0 comments
Reforming adult social care The NAO (National Audit Office) has been reviewing the situation of adult social care in England. A combination of longer lives and poorer health means that [...]
Organ donation update 1 comment
Update on organ donation 18th – 24th September is Organ Donation Week, the annual campaign to raise awareness of the need for life-saving organ donors. This year, the target is [...]
Frailty – is it inevitable? 0 comments
Do frail and elderly have to go together? Age and Frailty – Updated February 2022 A new report published by Rethink Partners and NHS North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group [...]
Moving & Handling: It Takes Two? 11 comments
Is double handed care always necessary? Some interesting research came my way, on the subject of safe moving and handling. Undertaken by the University of Salford, the remit of the [...]
How safe is the NHS? 0 comments
NHS winter crisis in full swing The phrase “NHS winter crisis” seems to be appearing almost on a daily basis, as news media try to explain the conditions experienced in [...]
No New Year’s Resolutions 1 comment
A New Year, but no more New Year’s Resolutions! I am not a fan of New Year’s Resolutions: they come with such a weight of expectation and obligation that failure [...]