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DoLS under lockdown
DAC Beachcroft partner and expert in mental health, Gill Weatherhill, discusses what impact Covid-19 has had on DoLS, and whether we should expect the...
Providers felt pressurised and unsupported while obtaining PPE, report finds
Care providers felt under pressure and unsupported when trying to obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) at the beginning of the pandemic, with some suppliers...
Scaling new summits
IHPN’s first ‘virtual’ summit heard how independent providers have faced down the challenges of Covid-19 with innovation and partnership working
With the independent healthcare sector...
Staffing spend grows as care home operators meet challenges
Care home operators spent as much as 61.3% of income on staffing in the second quarter of this year, reflecting a reduction in revenue...
NCF members struggling to access whole home testing
Supported living services and extra care housing schemes operated by National Care Forum (NCF) members are struggling to access whole home testing.
A survey found...
Insurer-funded hospital activity dips in October
Insurer-funded activity in independent sector hospitals dipped in October ending the month-on-month increases reported since the end of lockdown in June, according to the...
The shape of things to come
As Covid-19 continues to surge across Europe, the pandemic looks set to remain the biggest story in healthcare well into 2021, but as delegates...
Safe visiting pilots in care homes to be launched
Family and friends of people living in care homes will be given regular testing as part of a pilot scheme to be launched today...
Data reveals ‘troubling’ impact of Covid on people with learning disabilities
People with learning disabilities were four times more likely to die because of Covid-19 than the rest of the population, data has revealed.
The rate...
Time for action
The CQC’s report on the use of segregation and restraint in care services is uncomfortable but essential reading for all providers looking to deliver...
Care groups seek clarity over guidance for visits
Representative bodies of providers want greater clarity from the government after it revised its stance on care home visiting.
Care England said it was awaiting...
Beating the backlog
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented pressures to healthcare systems across the world and for endoscopy, the backlog presented by postponed procedures could have...
Occupancy and survival
Care England chief executive Professor Martin Green believes a change
in culture and mindset is needed
Social care services have been on the front line during...
Sensyne app used to help assess feasibility of rapid Covid-19 tests in the community
Clinical AI company Sensyne Health has announced that its CVm-Health+™ app will be used in a study to evaluate rapid Covid-19 testing in the...
Experiences of staff need to be heard, says Scottish Care
Scottish Care is calling for a more detailed report highlighting the experiences of people working in the sector after analysis showed dozens of Covid-positive...
Re-imagining real estate
Covid-19 has transformed healthcare delivery faster than anyone could have imagined but far from reducing the need for real estate, digital disruption and diagnostic...
Resetting the consultant dynamic
In the third and final part of our three-part series exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the private healthcare market, Check4Cancer chief...
Covid-19 is breaking down historic private/public divisions in healthcare, says IHPN
The Covid-19 pandemic has the potential to break down the historic divisions that have separated the NHS and independent sector and create a more...
Regulatory road ahead
Care operators face difficult challenges. Partners at Bevan Brittan Carlton Sadler and Stuart Marchant take a look at what is in store
While the Covid-19...
Shooting for the moon
Operation Moonshot has become a much derided term in the weeks since it was first mooted by the Prime Minister but as Tim Read,...
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