4 March 2010

CARE QUALITY COMMISSION

Review of health care in care homes (22nd February 2010)
The Care Quality Commission's review of health care in care homes has now commenced.
This review will look at whether adults of all ages living in care homes have:
  • choice and control over their health care;
  • equal access to NHS services;
  • good quality health care provided by the care home when needed
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Results of Outpatient department survey 2009 show significant improvements have been made (25th February 2010)
Patients’ experiences of outpatient care and treatment are improving, according to results published today from the Outpatients department survey 2009.

The survey, conducted between July and October 2009 had a response of over 72,000 adult outpatients from 163 acute and specialist NHS trusts in England. It’s the third survey of its kind with previous national surveys conducted in 2003 and 2004.
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