PERFORMANCE: The community services division of Nottingham Healthcare saw a sharp rise in the number of grade three or four pressure ulcers in January - up from three in December to 11.
“A clinical summit was held in early February 2012 to consider issues around at tissue viability and pressure ulcers across the whole division; a tissue viability group is currently reviewing procedure for management of pressure ulcers,” the board was told.
February 2012
An integrated care board has denied its officials had conflicts of interest when awarding a £40m contract to run an urgent care centre, according to papers filed with the High Court in London.
Two large hospital trusts have been put into NHS England’s “recovery support programme” and placed on the lowest rung of its oversight ratings.
This article is written by two carers who have significant experience of caring for loved ones in inpatient mental health services, and who work with national and local mental health organisations to improve standards of care.
A high secure hospital has been rated “inadequate” again by the Care Quality Commission and prevented from admitting new patients without the regulator’s “prior written agreement”.
Problems with culture, racism and staff shortages compromising safety have persisted at one of England’s three secure hospitals, the care regulator has warned.
A mental health trust has established a dedicated improvement board to try to “deal with cultural issues” at the “inadequate”-rated high-secure hospital which it runs.
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