30 September 2009

CARE QUALITY COMMISSION

Closing the Gap. Tackling cardiovascular disease and health inequalities by prescribing statins and stop smoking services (18th September 2009)
This new report, from Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling for a renewed drive to cut numbers of people with cardiovascular disease (CVD) which is responsible for one in three deaths in England.

The report also highlights health inequalities between people in deprived areas and other parts of the country, of which CVD is the biggest cause.
Report


The right information, in the right place, at the right time: A study of how healthcare organisations manage personal data (21st September 2009)
This report, from CQC, calls for better patient care by ensuring the right patient information is in the right place, at the right time.

Healthcare organisations should meet the individual care needs of patients by making better use of the patient information they collect.
Report


Working together to prevent and control infections (21st September 2009)
Infections are passing between hospitals and care homes due to a lack of communication between care services.

This report highlights a need for hospitals and care homes to provide information about infections to each other to:
  • make sure that people with, or recovering from, an infection are cared for properly
  • reduce the chances of other people being infected
Report

2009 survey of mental health acute inpatient services (24th September 2009)
The biggest-ever national survey of people's experiences of acute mental health inpatient services reveals that too great a proportion feel they were let down in some important aspects of the care they received, says the CQC. More than 7,500 people recently discharged from 64 NHS trusts across England gave their views on each stage of their care from the moment they were admitted to hospital to the support they got after they left.
Survey

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