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40% of people delayed in hospital awaiting social care package

Community Care

Four in ten people whose discharge from hospital is delayed are awaiting a social care package, according to NHS data. The figure, revealed today in a government plan to reduce hospital pressures, came as council leaders criticised ministers for a narrative of “blaming” social care for delayed discharges.

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8 Strategies for Improving Nurse Engagement

Relias

To confront this, leaders are avidly seeking nurse engagement strategies. What are the biggest nurse engagement issues and the best approaches to solve them? Why is nurse engagement important? Every additional 1% in turnover can cost an average hospital over $380,000 in a year. Here are some strategies we recommend.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. I think I need to go to a hospital.” I think…” I started. “I

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Mounting demand for AMHPs and unmet need masked by fall in number of detentions, say service heads

Community Care

Under section 13 of the MHA, councils must engage an AMHP to consider a person’s case if it has reason to believe that an application may need to be made to detain them in hospital. Network co-chair Christina Cheney said the number of such section 13 requests for consideration was growing.

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Making a reality of asset-based practice in social care

Community Care

Common problems include co-ordinating with health-led activities, such as social prescribing, enabling social workers to have the time to engage with people and developing the local voluntary and community sector to respond to identified needs. Consequently, we rely heavily on the expertise of IMPACTAgewell to support our service users.

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‘Crisis-led’ approach saw council close referral over boy’s unexplained injury months before murder, says review

Community Care

A “crisis-led” approach saw a council close a hospital referral over a boy’s unexplained injuries, months before he was murdered by his mother’s partner, a review has found. Children’s social care had also shared its previous involvement with Shirley with the hospital.

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Safeguarding teams took no action on ‘serious’ concerns regarding people segregated in hospitals

Community Care

Safeguarding teams took no action in response “serious” concerns about the care of disabled people segregated in mental health hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said. In hospital for between 10 and 30 years. Almost half did not have an exit strategy from long-term segregation or a robust discharge plan.