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Here we share how organisations from across the health and care sector have responded to our report 'What's it like to live in a care home?'.Response -
A new briefing from QualityWatch looks at the number of emergency readmissions to hospital. The report found there was a 41.3% rise in the number of people returning to hospital for "potentially preventable" conditions.Response -
Today, the CQC published a new report "Driving improvement: Case studies from nine adult social care services", which provides an insight into care services that achieved a significant improvement on their rating.Response -
Our National Director responds to NHS plans to improve patient care by cutting long hospital stays.Response -
New report from the Care Quality Commission looks at how well health and social care services are working together across 20 local authority areas.Response -
New research from Which? finds that millions of people are underestimating the cost of paying for a care home place - potentially putting some at risk of financial problems. Our National Director, Imelda Redmond, responds to these findings.Our response to new guidance to help care homes understand their responsibilities under consumer law
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New guidance from the Competitions and Markets Authority aims to help ensure that care home residents are treated fairly under consumer law.Response -
New research from the Care Quality Commission shows that people regret not raising concerns about their care - but those who do raise concerns see improvements.Response -
Thanks to your feedback, the NHS should now have a stronger focus on involving the public in changes to community and online health services.Response -
Leslie Hamilton and his working group have published their independent review into how the laws on gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide are applied to medical practice. Read our response.Response -
New report from CQC highlights the need for better support for residents in care homes and more training for staff to help people look after their oral health.Response -
Proposed legislative changes to the way the NHS in England is run have been welcomed today by an influential cross-party group of MPs.Response -
Latest ADASS report highlights the social care challenge faced by local councils as their budgets continue to be stretched as well calling out the Government on the delay to publishing a social care Green Paper. Read our response.Response -
42% of people we polled support using general taxation to fund social care. Jacob Lant, Head of Policy at Healthwatch England reflects on the public’s increasing desire for a social care solution.Response -
We share our response to the latest figures from the GP patient survey.Response -
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman's Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints has revealed it is investigating a greater proportion of complaints than previous years. Read our response in full.Response -
NHS England publishes its ambitions for the health service for 2016/17
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The Care Quality Commission is calling on people to act with caution when using online medical services.Response -
New guidance has been published about how Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and NHS England should engage people in work to improve health and care services.Response -
Today, the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has reported a 36% increase in the number of investigations linked to people having a poor experience of leaving care.Response -
A new report by the King’s Fund highlights some of the challenges and opportunities that exist with future changes to health and care services.Response -
The Care Quality Commission has released a report into progress made at 11 NHS trusts that were put into special measures in July 2013.Response -
We have written to the Secretary of State about our concerns about reduced local accountability arrangements around commissioning.Our response to the legal Duty of Candour coming into force for health and social care organisations
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New law to help improve patient safety, transparency and leadership in the NHS.Response -
Lord Carter's review of efficiency in hospitals shows how large savings can be made by the NHS.Response -
New figures show that approximately 27,900 new written complaints were made to the NHS between July and September 2015.Response -
The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, has today announced a series of changes to their contract with the NHS for 2014/15 that put a greater focus on patients.Response -
The government has accepted the recommendations made by Robert Francis, following the public inquiry in to the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.Response -
Following a public consultation to which over 130,000 responses were received, the Department of Health has now published the NHS mandate.Response -
A new report from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman reveals that health and social care services are leaving too many complaints unresolved and not learning from mistakes, often having a devastating impact on individuals.Response -
New report from Medical journal The Lancet estimates England will need an additional 71,000 care home places by 2025.Response -
The CQC has today published a report highlights the findings from its adult social care inspections from 2014-2017.Response -
Local people need to be given opportunities to contribute to changes to the NHS from the beginning of any decision making process.Response -
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published a report that explores how eight NHS trusts have been able to make significant improvements in the quality of care.Response -
New plan setting out changes across health and care services for the next few years is published.Response -
Latest statistics show a steady increase in delayed discharge from hospital settings over 12 months.Response -
Today, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has released a new report highlighting what they have learned from three year's worth of inspections of NHS Acute Hospitals.Response -
New report from the Kings Fund highlights challenges and opportunities that exist with future changes to health and care services.Response -
New research from the Press Association shows that hospitals collected more than £120 million last year in hospital parking charges.Response -
Britain’s leading GP has said that patients could be forced to wait weeks to see their family doctor as overstretched medics struggle to keep waiting times down during the busy winter period.Response -
New report highlights how doctors are failing to get enough feedback from patients.Response -
Media reports suggest that new plans will include proposals for ward closures, cuts in bed numbers and changes to A&E and GP care in 44 areas.Response -
New report from CQC highlights how services are currently working together to meet the needs of older peopleResponse -
New statistics from NHS England released about people’s experiences of GP services.Response -
The CQC has today published their latest survey results about people’s experiences of emergency departments in England.Response -
NHS England’s new nursing framework is supported by 10 staff commitments highlighting the importance of working with people, communities and local Healthwatch.Response -
This morning NHS England released figures on how A&E departments performed during October - December 2014.Response -
1 in 4 face difficulty booking an appointment on the phone according to new GP patient survey results.Response -
The work of the Healthwatch network is recognised in new report from the Public Accounts Committee.
