NI Health & Social Care statistics published
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) have released a number of statistical publications to update the health and social care sector on the latest available data.
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Tag: Health and Wellbeing
Welsh care home fined following elderly resident’s death
A care home company failed to ensure an elderly resident’s safety when she managed to overcome a restrictor device to open a window and fall from her first floor room.
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Northern Ireland health survey report published
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has published its ‘Health Survey Northern Ireland: First Results 2013/14’ report. The Health Survey Northern Ireland is conducted annually and covers
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New health watchdog to oversee patients’ medical records
A new health data watchdog has been announced for patients’ medical information as part of plans to improve the use of technology across the NHS. Dame Fiona Caldicott has been
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RCN Scotland campaign to tackle health inequalities
As a new YouGov poll revealed that 62% of people in Scotland believe health inequalities are unfair, more needs to be done to improve the health of people living in
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Report: Health Inequalities Statistics Scotland
Scotland’s Chief Statistician has announced the publication of the latest Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: Headline Indicators report. The gap in health outcomes between the most deprived and least deprived
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Report: NHS England sets out ‘Five Year Foward’ vision
THE NHS is at a crossroads and needs to change and improve as it moves forward. That is the message from NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens as a Five
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Apprenticeship Guide: Health and Social Care
This Apprenticeship covers a wide range of job roles on two pathways: the adult social care pathway and the health care pathway. This could mean working in the NHS, the
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Care home operator fined £85K following resident death
A Hertfordshire care home operator has been fined after a resident with clinical dementia was suffocated by an unsecure wardrobe. Mrs Claire Hughes, 64, died as a result of compression
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Report: Barker Commission on Future of Health and Social Care
Huge social, demographic and technological changes have taken place since the NHS and social care systems were established in 1948. People are living longer, often with multiple long-term conditions, while
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