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Making vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes
The UK Department of Health and Social Care are seeking your views on a proposal make COVID-19 vaccination a condition … Read more
The Doctor Will Zoom You Now: getting the most out of the virtual health and care experience
The Doctor Will Zoom You Now was a rapid, qualitative research study designed to understand the patient experience of remote … Read more
CQC stop routine inspections during COVID-19 pandemic
17th March 2020 The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have now stopped their routine inspections. During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, their … Read more
Coronavirus Q&A
Here’s a Healthwatch Coronavirus Q&A guide, including: Symptoms If you have symptoms Protecting yourself and others Treatment Seeing your GP/doctor/dentist … Read more
What matters to people using A&E
In early 2019, NHS England used the interim update on the Clinical Review of Standard (CRS) to set out key … Read more
Locked out? Prisoners’ use of hospital care – A Nuffield Trust report
It is widely known that prisons in England are crowded and facing severe difficulties, but the health and health care … Read more
NHS England announced Personal Wheelchair Budgets
NHS England announced last month that with effect from 2nd December 2019, all those eligible for an NHS wheelchair will … Read more
CQC campaign: Declare Your Care
Declare Your Care is Care Quality Commission’s year long campaign focusing on four key population groups which they know have … Read more
NHS Long term Plan
The NHS has written a Long Term Plan so it can be fit for the future and is based on … Read more
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