Editorial
Keith is enjoying a well earned break in sunny Sri
Lanka so I have the pleasure of editing BHCR in his
absence! Keith, being the workaholic that he is left
an article on the important House of Lords judgment
considering the PoVA scheme and the effect of
placing individuals on the provisional list without
having given them an opportunity to be heard so
you'll have to wait until next week to feel the full force
and effect of having me at the helm!
On 12 January 2009 I spoke at the Action on Elder
Abuse Conference considering the case for
legislation to strengthen the protection afforded to
vulnerable adults. I was asked to speak on the
provider's perspectives on Adult Abuse issues and
why local authorities sometimes get adult protection
so wrong.
If you want to listen to my remarks and the debate I
sought to engender amongst a largely local authority
audience you can download the podcast.
There are many many ways of downloading the
podcast but the 3 easiest are:
• direct download from our hosts at
www.brunswicks.libsyn.com;
• direct download from our website
www.brunswicks.eu; or downloading through a
podcast aggregator such as iTunes. Simply search
for "Andrew Dawson" or “Brunswicks."
Andrew W Dawson
This week’s article
The House of Lords has heard appeals brought by RCN nurses who were placed on the provisional PoVA
list. Their appeals challenged the PoVA scheme on the basis that they were placed on the provisional PoVA list and thus effectively prevented from continuing in their chosen careers with all the obvious effects on their earning and the ability to pay their mortgages without having had a proper opportunity to be heard. This they said was a breach of their human rights. At the risk of giving the game away the House of Lords agreed with them! At the risk of courting controversy I am always pleased to see our Judges standing up for civil liberties!
To read article click here.
Parliament
HoC – 5 Feb 2009
Adjournment - Prejudice and mental health - Mr
Charles Walker
Next
Abuse
1. No Secrets review must focus on abuse by
family carers
26 January 2009 – NCF
Researchers are warning that a government safeguarding
adults review will be “ineffective” if it does
not take into account abuse of older people by family
carers.
The Department of Health is currently consulting on
changes to its No Secrets guidance on the protection
of vulnerable adults.
For full report click here
Business News
Nothing to report
Care Homes
2. Charging for residential care: Personal
Expenses Allowance
27 January 2009 – DoH
Draft guidance issued by the Department of Health
means that councils will be allowed to pass on a percentage
of the cost of services to personal budget
users.
For full report click here
3. Charging for Residential Care
27 January 2009 – DoH
A document assessing several factors influencing the
charges made for residential care, including personal
expense allowances.
For full report click here
Case Reports
Law Reports
Nothing to report
Disciplinary cases
4. Sacked nurse settles with trust
28 January 2009 – BBC News
Karen Reissmann, the nurse formerly fired from her
NHS Trust for speaking publicly about her fears for
privatisation has accepted an out-of-court settlement.
She had claimed unfair dismissal by her employers,
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust,
which sacked her for gross misconduct.
Both parties reached a private agreement midway
through her employment tribunal hearing.
For full report click here
5. Social worker pleased to be removed from
register
28 January 2009 – Community Care
The General Social Care Council is defending itself
after being accused of misusing its regulatory powers
by holding a hearing into the conduct of a social
worker who wanted to be removed from the social
care register.
For full report click here
6. Baby death official is struck off
26 January 2009 – BBC News
Eleni Cordingly has been struck off for showing
“extremely poor judgement” in her dealings with a
case in which a 13-month-old boy was later murdered.
A conduct hearing was told she did not follow child
protection procedures in the case of Aaron Gilbert.
For full report click here
Cases in the news
7. Care accused 'questioned nurse'
29 January 2009 – BBC News
Nurse Andrea Garrick, along with care assistants,
Jodie Atkinson and Danielle Schofield are currently
accused of neglecting an elderly woman.
Ms Atkinson told the court that she twice asked Ms
Garrick whether the procedure of sitting the elderly
patient on a commode of hot water was safe.
For full report click here
8. Care home boss accused of murders
28 January 2009 – BBC News
Rachel Baker, 44, is accused in connection with the
deaths of three elderly residents at a care home in
Somerset. The co-manager has been charged with
murdering Francis Hay, Marion Alder and Lucy Cox at
Parkfields care home near Glastonbury.
For full report click here
9. Bug scandal boss 'made scapegoat'
27 January 2009 – BBC News
Bug scandal boss fights for cash
26 January 2009 – BBC News
Rose Gibb, the former boss of Maidstone and Tunbridge
Wells NHS Trust in Kent where 90 people died
is asking the High Court to uphold her £250,000 payoff.
The trust negotiated the £250,000 deal but withheld
£175,000 after being told not to pay it by the Government.
For full report click here
For full report click here
10. Care home patient was 'neglected'
26 January 2009 – BBC News
Leeds Crown Court heard that Violet Smith, 87-
years-old suffered third degree burns when care
home staff sat her on a commode filled with hot water.
Mrs Smith suffered from dementia and a patient
at a specialist care home in Batley at the time.
Andrea Garrick, Jodie Atkinson and Danielle
Schofield deny the charge of wilfully neglecting Mrs
Smith.
For full report click here
Children
11. City must improve child services
30 January 2009 – BBC News
Birmingham City Council has been given the ultimatum
to improve its children's services within one year
after 15 children died through abuse or neglect since
2005.
Children's Minister Beverley Hughes said she was
"very concerned" after Ofsted inspectors said four
out of five cases were inadequately dealt with.
For full report click here
12. 390,000 to access child database
26 January 2009 – BBC News
The Conservative party has said that a child protection
database containing the contact details for all
under 18-year-olds in England is "another expensive
data disaster waiting to happen".
The ContactPoint database will be accessible to
390,000 staff and aims to improve information sharing
between professionals working with children.
For full report click here
13. Baby P council pleads for staff
26 January 2009 – BBC News
Peter Lewis, Haringey Council's new children's services
director has written an appeal to other local authorities
asking for help with a staffing crisis.
He said the council needed skilled staff to address a
"pinch point" in assessing suspected abuse cases but
most social services departments at other authorities
say they are struggling because of the Baby P case.
For full report click here
Conferences & Courses
14. The New NHS Standard Contract: Mental
Health and Community Contracts Implementation
Workshops
PCTs across England will be introducing a new
form of standard contract with effect from
01.04.09. So far as we are aware there has not
been wide consultation of the sector – in fact, we
are not aware of any ! Whilst it makes sense to
have a common form of contract across the country
(wouldn’t it save time, energy and resources if there
was a single form of contract with all local authorities?)
the lack of consultation gives genuine cause
for concern.
However, there will be implementation workshops;
dates below:
6th February - The New NHS Standard Contract:
Mental Health and Community Contracts Implementation
Workshops
Radisson SAS Durham
10th February - The New NHS Standard Contract:
Mental Health and Community Contracts Implementation
Workshops
Mercure London Gatwick Hotel, Gatwick
RH6 0BE
12th February - The New NHS Standard Contract:
Mental Health and Community Contracts Implementation
Workshops
Hilton London Metropole, London W2
1JU
18th February - The New NHS Standard Contract:
Mental Health and Community Contracts Implementation
Workshops
Birmingham City Football Club
15. Improving Nutrition within Primary Care
The National Reporting and Learning Service, a division
of the National Patient Safety Agency, will be holding a
series of workshops to raise awareness of nutrition as a
safety issue within Primary Care.
The workshops will be run in partnership with the Royal
College of Nursing and the WRVS and will aim to identify
the barriers to providing nutritional care within Primary
Care environments and will highlight the key safety
issues related to the provisional of nutritional care.
Delegates will have opportunity to explore the current
provision of food services to their client group and to
learn about areas of good practice and innovation in
improving the health and well-being of service users and
individuals.
There will be five workshops which will take place
across England and Wales on the following dates:
11 February 2009 – The Wellcome Collection Centre –
London
19 February 2009 – De Vere Heritage University Arms
– Cambridge
05 March 2009 – The Ramside Hall Hotel – Durham
Who should attend?
The workshops are intended for all members of the
healthcare team that are responsible for the delivery
food services and nutritional care to people across a
wide variety of settings, from care homes to an individuals
own home.
This could include care home managers, community
matrons, caterers, dieticians, speech and language
therapists, district nurses and commissioners.
Spaces are limited to 30 delegates at each venue.
To find out more or to register to attend please contact
Gloria Taplin on 020 7927 9564 or via e-mail at gloria.
taplin@npsa.nhs.uk.
16. INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF URGENT
AND EMERGENCY CARE
17th February 2009 – Central London
Primary care commissioners are now tasked with
ensuring a successful strategy to enable the new
vision for a single point of access for 24/7 urgent
care. Opportunities for independent providers to
provide services are booming with an estimated 40
new contracts emerging in this financial year.
As the urgent and emergency care sector rapidly develops,
requirements for new services, new systems
and new providers are increasing. This conference
examines the raft of new primary initiatives and
aimed at reducing inequality, accelerating access and
promoting innovation in urgent care. The programme
addresses how providers and investors can to
achieve these new requirements and adapt quickly in
order to benefit from the expanding market.
Expert guidance will be offered on developing a
strong business case for your urgent care investment
and improving your commercial acumen within the
NHS. The programme will address the following key
concerns for investors:
The Department of Health vision for urgent care
Reasons for private sector investment in urgent care
Commissioning world class urgent and emergency
care
Driving improvements in urgent care in primary care
Building a business case for out-of-hours care provision
Towards world-class services in ambulatory care
Collaborating within urgent care and across external
care services
Working creatively with relevant agencies to improve
care outcomes
Improving public access to urgent and emergency
care
Contributors include:
Professor Sir George Alberti, National Clinical Director,
Emergency Care Access, Department of Health
Rick Stern, Primary Care Foundation and special advisor
in primary care management to the NHS Alliance
James Vallance, Urgent Care Policy Manager, Service
Design Division, Directorate of Commissioning
and System Management, Department of Health
Eric Peacock, Retired Chief Executive, Northern Doctors
Urgent Care
If you would like further details or to book a place at
these events, please visit www.healthinvestor.co.uk
or contact our Events Team on 020 7104 2000, or
email kate.atkins@healthinvestor.co.uk
17. Meeting the challenges of practice-based
commissioning
Thursday 19 February 2009, 10.00am–4.15pm,
London
Practice-based commissioning is a major strand of
recent NHS reform policy in England, offering an opportunity
to shape clinical outcomes and drive innovation
through service provision. This conference will
examine the next stage in the evolution of practicebased
commissioning, engaging general practitioners
and primary care trusts to look at devolving budgets,
accountability and the challenges of making this work
in practice.
We are pleased to confirm our keynote panel speaker
will be Gary Belfield, Director of Commissioning,
Department of Health.
What works?
The conference will include case studies, giving examples
of how practice-based commissioning is currently
working. Experiences will be shared from a clinician/
GP holding model, a community/social enterprise
model and also a private-sector facilitated
model of practice-based commissioning.
Key factors for success
Discussion groups at the conference will give delegates
the opportunity to question how the following
factors are important in making practice-based commissioning
work successfully:
• use of data and creating reliable data
• engagement of GPs and clinicians
governance and accountability, specifically roles and
responsibilities in the commissioning process.
Find out more
To download the full programme please visit our
website. Places are limited at this event, so book
early to secure your place. Book online now.
18. NAPA City Centre Training Days
1. Course Title: Activities for Mixed Abilities
This course will cover how to adapt activities to cater
for residents with poor memory/confusion or those
living with a dementia. 50 students per course.
Students will learn:
1. How to recognise different cognitive ability levels.
2. How to match activities to participants.
3. How to adapt ‘activities’ to meet individual needs.
COURSE DATES LOCATION
19th February 2009 Cambridge, Romsey Mill,
CB13BZ
22nd April 2009 Newcastle, Civic Centre
11th June 2009 Aberdeen, Arts Centre, King Street
16th July 2009 Cardiff, Star Centre, Splott, Cardiff
23rd September 2009 Leeds, Venue to be confirmed
7th October 2009 London, St Brides Institute, Off
Fleet Street
For further details and information about a range of
other training contact Sue Trischitta, NAPA, Bondway
Commercial Centre, 5th Floor Unit 5.12, 71 Bondway,
London SW8 1SQ (Please mark the envelope Training
Days 2009).
Tel. 020 7078 9375 Fax: 020 7735 9634
Email: sue@napa-activities.co.uk
19. Capita’s Annual Disability Forum
Improving Services and Embedding Equality
Monday 23 February 2009 - Central London
Bookings are now being taken for this event, which is
CPD certified and supported by RADAR and Action
for Children.
The course is of relevance to those involved with Disability
Services and Disability Equality.
For conference agenda and booking form please
click here or if the link doesn’t work please ask for a
brochure via email at dave.eastman@capita.co.uk
THE BOOKING REFERENCE CODE IS TSDE. YOU
MUST QUOTE THIS WHEN BOOKING.
Chair: Dr Philippa Russell CBE, Chair, The Prime
Minister's Standing Commission on Carers and former
Disability Rights Commissioner
Our speakers include:
Paul Zickel, Chair, Civil Service Disability Network
Caroline Ellis, Deputy Chief Executive, Radar
Caroline Tomlinson, Consumer Support Director, In
Control
Barbara Waters, Chief Executive, Skill
Greer Nicholson, Commissioning Manager Transport
and Concessionary Travel, London Borough of
Newham
Tasman Oxlade, Programme Director – Self Directed
Support, Essex County Council
Belinda Milrod, Housing Manager, Aspire
Capita’s Disability Forum brings together disabled
service providers and equality and diversity professionals
from across the public sector, to address how
to successfully improve service delivery for disabled
children and adults as well as fulfil your equality duty.
Designed and delivered around feedback from key
disability stakeholders and practitioners, this conference
explores key areas including:
• Sustaining a disability equality culture in service
provision and fulfilling your equality duty
• Meaningful involvement of disabled people in
service design and delivery
• Making the most of personalised support services
• Housing and associated support needs
• Self directed support and managing individual
budgets
• Managing transitions between services, and from
childhood to adulthood
• Support for disabled people to lead fulfilling and
independent lives
This conference will benefit delegates responsible for
delivering better services for disabled people as well
as those with responsibility for ensuring that your
organisation is continuing to meet the equality duty.
Take advantage of the opportunity to engage with a
wide range of experts, practitioners and colleagues
and take away ideas on improving standards for disabled
service users and employees.
Benefits of attending
• Find out more about how you can improve services
for disabled young people and adults
through good practice examples
• Identify how to take the next step to embed disability
equality throughout your organisation
through a practical interactive workshop
• Enhance your ability to involve and include disabled
users in shaping and delivering your services
• Hear innovative ideas to enhance personalised
support services
• Take part in focused sessions to learn more about
how to help disabled people lead independent
lives
• Learn more about how you can ensure a smooth
transition from young peoples’ services to adult
services and maximise opportunities for young disabled
people
• Find out the latest developments in self directed
support and individual budgets
• Get to grips with tools to mainstream disability
equality and enhance service provision across
key areas of need
You are strongly advised to book now as places are
limited.
Spaces can be booked on this event either by filling
in and faxing the booking form on the final page of
the brochure (For agenda and booking form please
click here) to 0870 165 8989, or by e-mailing me
directly with the delegate details.
Alternatively you can book online by clicking here
and use booking ref code: TSDE. If you have any
questions or difficulties please call Dave Eastman on
0207 202 0597 or email dave.eastman@capita.co.uk
Please read Terms and Conditions
THE BOOKING REFERENCE CODE IS TSDE. YOU
MUST QUOTE THIS WHEN BOOKING.
20. A Capita Interactive Seminar
Health Promotion: Improving Well-Being and
Reducing Health Inequalities
Please Click Here for the brochure and booking
form
Friday 27th February 2009 – Central London
Booking reference code is TSDE
Chair and Seminar Leader:
Professor Richard Parish, Chief Executive, Royal
Society for Public Health
Capita’s seminar provides strategic and practical
ideas to reduce inequalities and improve health outcomes.
This event brings together, Primary Care Trusts, local
authorities and health providers, to effectively unite
your agendas, and help meet your 2010 health inequality
targets and LAA objectives, through improving
partnerships and implementing proven successes
Practical presentations from award winning PCTs and
councils will be followed by group discussions to
share best practice. Participants will take away ideas
on how to work more closely to identify solutions for
preventing ill health and promoting healthier public
lives.
Our expert speakers include:
Steve Feast, Senior Advisor, Health & Wellbeing, Department
of HealthCathy Warlow, Head of Health Improvement
and Partnerships, NHS Sefton
Joanna Saunders, Public Health Specialist, NHS
Rotherham
Jeremy Wight, Director of Public Health, NHS Sheffield
Nicola Baboneau, Chair, Hackney and the City’s
Teenage Pregnancy Partnership
Eddie D’Silva, Portfolio Manager - Wellbeing in the
East, Eastern Development Centre
Chris French, Health Improvement Specialist, North
East Essex PCT
Places can be booked by filling out the booking form
on the final page of the event brochure, or by emailing
the delegate details to me directly at
dave.eastman@capita.co.uk
Alternatively you can book online by clicking here and
using Booking Reference Code TSDE.
21. The impact of personal health budgets
on managing long-term conditions
Wednesday 4 March 2009, 9.30am–1.00pm
The King's Fund, London
The personalisation of health and social care has
been a key theme in recent government health policy.
Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review highlighted
the importance for patients to have the power to decide
the nature of their own support including moves
towards personal health budgets. The Queen's
speech also made reference to the Health Bill, and
within this Bill there is a focus on developing ways to
give patients greater personalisation over the health
services they receive. Following the pilots of individual
budgets in social care, in 2009 the Department of
Health will pilot personal health budgets that will enable
patients to have greater control over the service
they receive.
The keynote speaker is Stephen Johnson, Head of
Long Term Conditions Team, Department of
Health, who will focus on delivering services for people
with long-term conditions.
Our event will give health professionals and managers
in both primary care and local authorities the
chance to:
• hear the latest evidence around personal health
budgets and the potential impact this will have on
managing long-term conditions
• access case studies looking at how professional
relationships will need to be developed to ensure
personal health budgets are implemented effectively
discuss the practical challenges involved in developing
personal health budgets.
Places at this event are limited so we recommend
that you reserve a place as soon as possible by
downloading a booking form from our website or
booking online. For further information please visit
our website or email us and we will be happy to provide
you with more details.
22. INVESTING IN HEALTH AND MEDICAL
TOURISM: OPPORTUNITIES, RISKS AND DEVELOPMENTS
24th March 2009 – Central London
By 2010 medical travel is expected to be a £23 billion
business, with over 780 million patients seeking care
outside their principal country of residence. Many
countries tourism income increasingly depends on it
and its impact on the organisation of national and
international healthcare is increasing.
It is a huge worldwide business, but until now, information
has been aimed at patients. This groundbreaking
conference will investigate from a business
perspective what is happening now and what is likely
to happen worldwide in different types of medical and
health tourism.
This event addresses the key questions:
Why is it happening? Where is demand coming from?
Where are people going? Who is offering or planning
to offer services? What is the relationship to insurance?
& What are the risks and problems?
It could help you:
Access this market
Stay ahead of the opposition
Identify new income areas
Understand the regulations and avoid the associated
risks
Gain from this developing sector
Promote your business
It could stop you:
Missing out on a growing market
Providing the wrong type of service
Missing out on deals
Losing market share and existing customers
Making assumptions based on inaccurate information
Using unregulated intermediaries
Contributors include:
Ken Anderson, Managing Director, UBS
Keith Pollard, Managing Director, TreatmentAbroad
Dipa Jethwa, Founder, The Taj Medical Group
If you would like further details or to book a place at
these events, please visit www.healthinvestor.co.uk
or contact our Events Team on 020 7104 2000, or
email kate.atkins@healthinvestor.co.uk
23. Action on Elder Abuse is pleased to announce
its National Conference for 2009 will
be on Monday 23 March 2009 and Tuesday 24
March 2009
Next year it will be held at East Midlands Conference
Centre
Nottingham Conferences
University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RJ
T: 0115 951 5000
F: 0115 951 5009
nottinghamconferences.co.uk
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 15
June 2009, this is in its 4th Year now and
we want to make it an important date in
everyone’s diaries , please join with us in
doing an event on the day and helping
raise awareness on Elder Abuse.
For more information email
worldelderabuseday@elderabuse.org.uk
or call 0208 765 7000.
Action on Elder Abuse has launched a
series of exciting challenge events, including
skydiving, trekking and running.
If you've ever wanted to trek the Inca
Trail, freefall from 10,000 feet or sledge
across Lapland with huskies (to name
but a few), visit www.elderabuse.org.uk
for more information.
24. Shaping PCT provider services: the future
of primary and community care
Tuesday 31 March 2009, 9.30am–4.45pm
The King's Fund, London
The NHS Next Stage Review has encouraged the
separation of PCT commissioning and provider functions.
The review also encourages PCTs to support
greater choice and contestability of provision within
primary and community health services and greater
service integration. A range of organisational and
governance models are now possible for community
health services, which include becoming a social enterprise
or creating an integrated care organisation.
With the Department of Health shortly publishing
guidance on future organisational forms and governance
for PCT provider services, we are delighted to
announce our keynote speaker, Bob Ricketts, Director
of System Management and New Enterprise,
Department of Health. He will share the Department
of Health's current policy direction on system reform
with a focus on the role of commissioners and PCT
providers.
For commissioners, managers and health professionals
working in primary care, this conference focuses
on moving towards implementation of changes and
will:
explore the strategic challenges facing community
health services
share the latest thinking on system reform and PCT
provider services
consider the issues posed by estates within community
health services – who should own and manage
it?
look at the organisational options and the key factors
that need to be taken into account when deciding on
a preferred option.
Places at this event are limited so we recommend
that you reserve a place as soon as possible by
downloading a booking form from our website or
booking online. For further information please visit
our website or email us and we will be happy to provide
you with more details.
25. Westminster Health Forum keynote seminar
The Future of Dentistry
Morning, 31st March 2009
Westminster, London SW1
With
Dr Barry Cockcroft
Chief Dental Officer for England, Department of
Health
Live Agenda| Our Website | Book Online
This seminar will examine issues around the future of
dentistry, the right to NHS dental treatment and dental
contracts. It is timed to take place as the gross
income protection scheme ends for dentists in England.
Bringing together policy makers from Government
and Parliament with key stakeholders to discuss how
current strategies may change dental care in the UK
and how they can be implemented across the PCT
network.
Sessions will look at:
• Recommendations for improving the dental contracts
and funding allocation;
• Addressing regional differences in oral health and
barriers to participation;
• The changing role of dental practitioners;
• The role of the private sector; and
• Dental practice in Scotland in comparison with the
UK.
Dr Barry Cockcroft, Chief Dental Officer for England,
Department of Health has agreed to deliver a
keynote address at this seminar.
Further speakers are expected to be confirmed
shortly.
Booking arrangements
To book places, please use our online booking form.
26. 2nd April 2009 - the Wakefield & District
Annual
Safeguarding Conference at Fieldhead Education
Centre
Keynote speaker - LEO QUIGLEY is Service Manager
for Safeguarding Adults with Sheffield City
Council, a position he has held since January 2004,
and is currently advising the Department of Health on
the review of No Secrets. Leo was previously Joint
Lead Officer for Older People at Gateshead Primary
Care Trust, where he was responsible for coordinating
the joint response to the National Service
Framework for Older People.
Leo has published several articles on adult safeguarding
in Community Care and in the Journal of
Adult Protection, and is a member of the Journal of
Adult Protection’s Editorial Board. He was a member
of the Department of Health Steering Group which
produced the No secrets section 7 guidance document
in 2000, and was also a member of the ADSS
Editorial Board which wrote the Safeguarding Adults
document launched in 2005.
Leo qualified as a social worker in 1976. He was
awarded the degree of M.Sc. in Public Sector Management
from Aston University Business School in
1996.
For the full programme and to register, please email
hgardner@fpld.org.uk or visit our website http://
www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/our-work/community-andinclusion/
life-in-the-community/building-community-networks/
27. Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar
Primary Care, Polyclinics and
the Future of the General Practitioner
Morning, 21st April 2009 in Central London
With Ben Dyson, Director of Primary Care, Commissioning
and System Management Directorate, Department
of Health
Live Agenda| Our Website | Book Online
Seminar
Timed to coincide with the launch of the first Polyclinics
in London, this seminar will focus on the changing
face of primary care delivery, and the future of the
GP.
Bringing together policy makers from Government
and Parliament with key stakeholders, discussion is
expected to focus on the future of primary care, GP
led health centres, Polyclinics and the role of the independent
and third sectors.
Planned sessions will examine:
• The Department of Health’s policies to improve
access to GP services, the role of new GP health
centres, and the conclusions of and impact of
Lord Darzi’s NHS Next Stage Review in relation to
primary care;
• What will be done to ensure that new services
improve the standard of primary care while maintaining
the relationship between a patient and
their GP practice?
• How far should GP services be integrated with
other community-based health services (e.g. diagnostic
services)?
• The role of the independent sector and third sector
in providing primary care; and
• The next steps for improving primary care.
Speakers and Delegates
Ben Dyson, Director of Primary Care, Commissioning
and System Management Directorate, Department
of Health has agreed to deliver a keynote address
at this seminar. Further speakers are expected
to be confirmed shortly.
We expect attendees and speakers to be a senior
and informed group numbering around 140, including
Members of both Houses of Parliament, senior government
officials involved in this area of public policy,
charities, interest groups, academia and other related
industries, together with representatives of the trade
and national press.
Booking arrangements
To book places, please use our online booking form.
28. Patient Safety Congress 2009 - Full programme
30 April - 1 May 2009, ICC Birmingham
Last year's Congress was about making the case for
patient safety. The programme this year has been developed
to help you get down to work. It provides
the information you need to be able to deliver improvement.
The Congress is a rich opportunity to share the
experiences of those that are successfully tackling patient
safety across the globe. Whatever your role, or
area of interest within patient safety, you will find content
designed specifically for you.
Keep up to date with the latest programme developments
by signing up for the Patient Safety Congress EBulletin.
Speakers will be added over the next 2 months. To be
the first to receive speaker and programme updates
sign up to the Patient Safety Congress E-Bulletin.
Should you need any specific questions answered
please complete the call me form and one of the team
will contact you directly.
29. Dignity is More Than Just a Word
Perceptive professionals embedding dignity
and respect in a care environment
Monday 11 May 2009, Cardiff
The workshop is focused on fine tuning communication
and listening skills to enrich relationships between
patients/clients, relatives and carers and colleagues.
Email for further information
We welcome your comments and suggestions. If
you have any information that you would like to share
with others please let us know and we will be happy
to circulate it in the next newsletter.
A Dignified Revolution, Britannia House, High
Street, Cowbridge, CF71 7AD
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Care strategy in your care home
Over 500,000 people die each year in England. On
16 July 2008 the Government launched its End of Life
Care strategy to improve the quality of care for people
at the end of their life. As a Care Home Manager,
you are required under the National Minimum Standards
to have policies and procedures in place for
palliative care.
Yet Care Home Managers tell us that many staff feel
ill-equipped to handle end of life care and can panic,
resulting in a patient avoidably dying alone in a hospital,
against their wishes. In order to help Care Home
Managers implement the End of Life Care strategy,
we have now developed:
Tools and Support for Assessing Palliative Care
Needs:
Practical checklists, policies, information sheets and
training on CD-ROM
With this practical CD-ROM and accompanying handbook,
you will be able to:
Develop a Resident Plan using our assessment
checklists for: care planning review; physical, learning
disabilities assessment; religious or spiritual needs
assessment.
Save money on training with our PowerPoint presentations
covering key issues such as: the Mental
Capacity Act; advance care planning and recognising
the end of life phase.
Provide dignity and privacy to residents and ensure
that residents are treated with respect with our
worked example policy on dignity and privacy in end
of life care.
Understand the law regarding end of life care with
our easy-to-use guidance on key issues such as the
Mental Capacity Act 2005 and 'do not attempt to resuscitate'
orders.
Reduce the number of emergency hospital admissions
with our needs assessment checklist, advance
care planning record and statement of wishes and
preferences.
Provide the best service for dying residents and
good care after death and ensure that residents and
their families are treated with sensitivity and respect
with our worked example policies on: resuscitation;
equality in end of life care; palliative care; and our
handout on making choices about palliative care.
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30. Westminster Briefing entitled “Keeping
Children Safe: Working In Partnership to Improve
the System” which will be hosted by The
House Magazine on Thursday, 21st May 2009
in Westminster.
As a result of the events in Haringey, which lead to
direct government intervention, and subsequent investigations
in Doncaster and Birmingham, keeping
children safe is now the government's top priority.
Consequently Lord Laming is conducting a new review
to determine how safeguarding is working and
Ed Balls has set up a task-force to undertake a fullscale
review of how social workers are trained, recruited
and supported in their work. Delegates at this
Westminster Briefing will have the opportunity to consider
the impact on the future of children’s social services
following recent events, bringing together all of
the key agencies involved in child protection. Participants
will engage with the panel throughout the
course of the day in a number of sessions which will
look at issues including:
• The role of central government in setting standards
for child protection
• Inspecting child protection services
• Intervention: when, why and how?
• Establishing common understanding between
different professional disciplines
• The role of the inspectorates in monitoring child
protection
• The future of Local Children’s Safeguarding
Boards
• How the serious case review procedure is working
For full details please see the attached agenda, for
an event synopsis please click here.
31. 1st July 2009 - Third Yorkshire and Humberside
ADASS Safeguarding Conference -
Barnsley
A huge success in previous years with nationally renowned
speakers and stimulating workshops. Book
early to avoid disappointment!
Consultations
To follow next week
CSCI/Care Quality Commission,
CSSIW, Healthcare
Commission &
Scottish Care Commission
32. National Care Standards campaign back
on our screens as awareness drive continues
29 January 2009 – SCRC
A campaign to increase awareness of Scotland’s National
Care Standards will have re-commenced on 2
February 2009, as new research shows that public
awareness has doubled with almost a third of Scots
(32%) now aware of the Standards, compared to 15%
in 2004.
For full report click here
33. Care Quality Commission consults on
involving people who use services
28 January 2009 – CQC
The Statement of Involvement has been published by
the Care Quality Commission and explains the importance
the body places of people’s views and experiences
to the work of the Commission. It also sets out
plans on how it wants to involve people who use services
in all of its work, including inspections and reviews
of services to help shape its priorities.
For full report go to http://www.cqc.org.uk/news__events/
statement_of_involvement.aspx
34. Zero tolerance policy across NHS Scotland
on non compliance to hand hygiene
28 January 2009 – SCRC
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has now launched
a zero tolerance policy across NHS Scotland on
those who do not comply with hand hygiene. The
policy is contained in new guidance issued to NHS
Boards.
For full report click here
35. Countdown to required registration for
workers in residential child care services
28 January 2009 – SCRC
The Scottish Care Commission has released a newsletter
available for workers in residential child care
services who are required to apply for registration by
31 March 2009.
For full report click here
36. The state of social care in England 2007-
08
27 January 2009 – CSCI
CSCI has released its report on social care in England.
It reveals that progress on personalised care is
patchy and too few people with complex needs are
experiencing the personalised care they need.
For full report click here
37. Dignity in care award
26 January 2009- CSCI
The People’s Award for Dignity in Care is a way to
say thank you to health and social care staff and
highlight the remarkable work they do.
For full report click here
Dementia
38. New push to end dementia 'stigma'
1 February 2009 – BBC News
Health Secretary, Alan Johnson has unveiled a national
dementia strategy which he claims will transform
the treatment of 700,000 sufferers.
He said the aim was to get people to seek diagnosis
earlier.
At the moment, it took three years, on average, for
someone suffering from to seek diagnosis, Mr Johnson
told BBC One's Andrew Marr show.
For full report click here
39. MPs inquiry will consider dementia workforce
29 January 2009 – NCF
MPs and Peers are to commence a 6 month investigation
into the dementia care workforce.
Members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on
Dementia (APPG) are to investigate whether social
care staff caring for people with dementia at home or
in care homes are being equipped with the right skills
to deliver quality dementia care.
The APPG on Dementia wants evidence from care
home organisations, care staff, regulators, people
with dementia and carers.
For full report click here
40. Dementia 'must get top priority'
27 January 2009 – BBC News
Professor Sube Banerjee, the Government’s main
adviser on its dementia strategy for England said that
dementia should be top priority. He also said the
condition should not be regarded “as an inevitable
part of growing old”.
For full report click here
Ireland, Scotland & Wales
Ireland
41. Abuse of elderly is highlighted
26 January 2009 – BBC News
Northern Ireland has seen the launch of a campaign
to try to raise awareness of abuse of the elderly.
A DVD has been produced by Uniting against Elder
Abuse, which is funded by a range of charities to
highlight the problem.
For full report click here
Scotland
42. Warning over new form of C.diff
1 February 2009 – BBC News
Jackie Baillie, a Labour MSP has warned of a
"potentially more dangerous" form of the Clostridium
difficile (C.diff) bug in Scottish hospitals.
She said there was evidence suggesting it could be
more serious than other strains of the bug.
Health Secretary. Nicola Sturgeon said Ms Baillie's
comments were alarmist and misleading.
For full report click here
43. New child protection hub set up
27 January 2009 – BBC News
The Scottish Government has announced that the
UK’s first hub of child protection expertise will be set
up at the University of Stirling.
The unit intends to bring together a network of experts
from practice, policy and research.
For full report click here
44. 'Immediate' C.diff inquiry backed
27 January 2009 – BBC News
Calls for an immediate inquiry into a C.diff outbreak at
the Vale of Leven Hospital, Dunbartonshire has been
supported by the Holyrood Committee. Health Secretary,
Nicola Sturgeon has said she won’t rule out a
public inquiry into the outbreak.
For full report click here
45. NHS Staff Warned To Clean Hands ... Or
Face The Sack
27 January 2009 – Evening Times
Health workers who fail to clean their hands could be
sacked after the Scottish Government introduced its
"zero tolerance" policy on poor hygiene.
For full report go to http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/
display.var.2484852.0.0.php?utag=28804
46. Nurse plea over hygiene crackdown
26 January 2009 – BBC News
RCN Scotland, the main Scottish nursing body has
said disciplinary action against its members for failing
to wash their hands should be used only as a last
resort.
Health boards will also be required to publish results
on how they are dealing with the control of infections
and under the zero tolerance hand washing scheme,
"serial offenders" who repeatedly fail to comply would
face disciplinary action.
For full report click here
47. Website To Reveal Hospital Superbug
Infection Rates
26 January 2009 – The Herald
A new campaign by the Scottish Governmen means
that patients will be able to monitor superbug infection
levels at every hospital in Scotland for the first
time ever.
For full report go to http://www.theherald.co.uk/
display.var.2484538.0.0.php?utag=28804
Wales
48. Cases of patients at risk double
29 January 2009 – BBC News
The BBC has learned that over 56,000 incidents put
patients at risk of harm in the Welsh NHS>
The figure has doubled over the last three years and
includes patient accidents, infections and abuse by
staff or others.
For full report click here
49. NHS work days lost 'significant'
28 January 2009 – BBC News
A report by Wales’ financial watchdog says that NHS
staff sickness in Wales is a “significant problem” despite
recent improvements.
Since April 2004, sickness absence rates averaged
around 14 working days per year for an NHS trust
employee, which is a reduction from 2002-03 when
rates averaged at just over 15-and-a-half working
days per year.
For full report click here
Learning Disabilities
Nothing to report
Legislation Update
50. Health and Social Care (Reform) Act
(Northern Ireland) 2009 c.1
28 January 2009 – OPSI
For full legislation click here
Mental Capacity
51. Mental Capacity and end of life care - new
from NCPC
27 January 2009 – NCF
The National Council for Palliative Care has published
a report on Good Decision-making: the Mental
Capacity Act and End of Life Care.
For full report click here
Mental Health
Nothing to report
Miscellaneous
52. Call for end to drug firms' gifts
1 February 2009 – BBC News
A report created by a working party led by the Royal
College of Physicians and including members of leading
pharmaceutical companies is calling for drug industry
representatives to stop giving gifts to doctors.
The report says the measure would do much to rebalance
the relationship between medicine and industry.
The UK regulator, the GMC, says gifts must not be
accepted which could be seen to affect clinicians'
judgement.
For full report click here
53. Medics get working hours opt-out
30 January 2009 – BBC News
The Government has announced that not all doctors
will have their working week cut to 48 hours in August
as planned.
Ministers said the European Working Time Directive
limit would not have to apply to certain doctors working
in emergency medicine, or in rural areas, and instead,
they will remain able to work up to 52-hours a
week.
For full report click here
54. Better care 'if doctors rest'
30 January 2009 – BBC News
Research carried out by the Univesrity Hospitals Coventry
and Warwickshire NHS Trusts suggests that
doctors working fewer hours can have direct benefits
for patient safety.
Doctors working to the new rota, which allowed them
more sleep and more recovery time, made 33% fewer
errors than their traditional counterparts.
For full report click here
55. Strengthening Workforce Planning - Department
of Health response to the King's
Fund Report on the Centre of Excellence
30 January 2009 – DoH
The Department of Health has responded to the
King’s Fund on its Report on the Centre of Excellence.
For full report click here
56. Health and Social Care Awards 2009 -
Who deserves recognition in the West Midlands?
30 January 2009 – NCA
The National Care Association is once again looking
for the best health and social care staff and teams in
the West Midlands.
You can nominate yourself or your own team. The
application deadline is 6th March 2009.
For full report click here
57. Provision of adult balance services: a
good practice guide
28 January 2009 – DoH
A document providing good practice and evidence to
help commissioners and service providers to change
the way that adult balance services are delivered. It
also aims to reduce waits for patients with the most
common hearing difficulties.
For full report click here
58. Planning for pandemic influenza in social
care
28 January 2009 – DoH
Guidance to help local authorities and other social
care organisations with the tools and resources
needed to plan for, and meet the challenges presented
by, pandemic influenza
For full report click here
59. Health Profile of England 2008
27 January 2009 – DoH
A statistical publication that profiles the health of
people living in England and is intended to be of use
to public service professionals and officials within the
local community, such as local councillors and primary
care trust directors of public health, who are in
a position to exert influence over the planning, commissioning,
procurement and delivery of public health
programmes.
For full report click here
60. World class commissioning of primary
care and community services: guides for primary
care trusts
27 January 2009 – DoH
These documents are for commissioners and form
part of a series of supporting guides to help primary
care trusts become world class commissioners of
primary care and community services.
The paperwork has been co-produced by NHS East
of England, NHS Primary Care Contracting (NHS
PCC), and the Department of Health.
For full report click here
NHS
61. Watchdog criticises NHS pay deal
29 January 2009 – BBC News
The National Audit Office (NAO) has declared that a
new pay system for over a million NHS staff has
failed to deliver promised rises in productivity.
"Agenda for Change" was aimed to bring in a single
pay scheme for most NHS staff, alongside schemes
boosting staff training and development.
For full report click here
62. Mixed-sex wards to be penalised
28 January 2009 – BBC News
Health Secretary, Alan Johnson has announced penalties
for NHS Trusts in England that fail to scrap
mixed-sex accommodation.