CM Mental Health

Community Care Market News (News) November 2004 The total number of patients experiencing delayed discharge from hospitals in Wales was 785 on...

Domiciliary care provider City & County Healthcare Group, currently listed as the tenth largest provider in the UK, has boosted its presence with the acquisition of Careline Homecare for an undisclosed sum.

Independent mental healthcare providers should have been inspected under the new Care Quality Commission (CQC) regime by October 2015, according to chief inspector of hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richards.

Local authorities are having provide more children and young people’s services without any extra funding. While these budgets have not been subjected to the same cuts as others in community care, rising demand for services while spending remains static in real terms has led to local authorities being forced to be more productive’ in their provision, according to LaingBuisson’s Children’s Care & Special Education Services UK Market Report.

Government watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a further 36 inspection reports for services for people with learning disabilities. In its latest tranche of unannounced inspections, prompted by the fallout from the Winterbourne View scandal, which included 18 adult social care facilities, three were found to have major concerns over care and welfare of service users and two had major concerns about safeguarding adults from abuse.

The latest figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show that the number of completed deprivation of liberty (DoL) applications have...

Community Care Market News (News) November 2001 The Local Government Ombudsman has upheld a complaint against Leicestershire County regarding its social services...

More than 1,200 people with a learning disability die in England each year because they are not getting the right healthcare within the NHS, claims Mencap. Taking data from the three-year confidential inquiry into premature deaths of people with a learning disability in the south west of England, published last month, Mencap estimates that 1,238 children and adults have died unnecessarily across the country as a whole. Funded by the Department of Health, the Inquiry found that 37% of the deaths of people with a learning disability were considered avoidable. Compared to the general population, men with a learning disability died on average 13 years earlier, while women with a learning disability died 20 years earlier.

A report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that improvements are needed in 24-hour support for people having a mental health crisis despite government initiatives to improve access to services.

Community Care Market News (News) June 2005 Four Seasons Health Care has acquired the 40-bed Annahilt Care Home in Hillsborough. The home...