NURSING AND EDUCATION PLATFORM

People need to see the link in  a clear way, lenin Nightingale article who owns care homes? wideshut.

Does not matter who provides care as long as high quality - depends what that is, we know.

Virgin Care own 100plus NHS establishments- still with NHS logo up. So what? Different complaints procedure- harder. More secretive. When did you last read of problems in private hospital? care homes- in local newspapers. So-- govt restrict funding and fine the  NHS hospitals ...

Loads of issues medication- and private sector does differ to NHS. Anybody considered this one?

Nurse on shift told or notices, previous nurse did not sign for a drug.Now it could well be insulin or oromorph. What do you do? If you ring nurse you feel as though you are "picking on her". But if you give it, it may well have been given. Fuirther, if you ring nurse- and she SAYS it was not gven- do you then give it even if care staff told you and plead with you to give it? As a nurse, you ...

Many argue, money does not exist- used as a form of control. A local council receives one million pounds from the govt  to upgrade a historical property to boost visitors. There are many who ask, why not give the money to community care?

Billions of pounds to be spent on Uk high speed train; who will use it? Business men and MPs - nobody else can afford it. We all know this but can do nothing.

Probation services to be privatised. We know- less regulation, govt not respo...

Nobody gets it. Any private company- difficult to complain about. Not just private care. eg Apple do not have  a complaints dept. This is why all govts aim to privatise- take it or leave it. If i dislike meal I would be told to go elsewhere- and would not need telling. A resident in  a care home has little option., when the same company owns 80 % care homes in that district.

see Lenin Nightingale's article "Who owns care homes?" back of book the commodity of care

Talking to many nurses, students and care assistants in all fields, owned by all bodies eg care homes and hospitals. there are many situations that are not due to short staffing although certain bodies prefer not to speak of it

www.nursingtimes.net/.../rcn...patients-association.../5005657.article‎ 27 Aug 2009

For example, le...

Many agree that failure to report care, or to  deny that it occurs is unacceptable. Yet it happens to such  a degree, that we need to analyse possible reasons why. The book the Commodity of care is an attempt to do that; not a means to excuse such behaviour in any way. For example, in some parts of Africa, it remains acceptable to slap expectant mums when giving birth as was done in the parts of England until 1970 (See book). In Somalia, the mentally ill may be put in cages wit...

One interesting comment about quality measures existing. Research regarding quality has focussed on developing measures, for many years. Measures are used by establishments to gain acceptable ratings. Measures are also paper exrecises- depends on criteria, who fills them in , can be tick box. Indeed, CQC has hushed up poor reports, or upgraded aspects in some cases. Establishments have been given acceptable CQC passes only to be found to be very poor.Indeed, the manager of winterbourne View w...

Agency nurses are used within all areas eg prisons, care homes, hospitals- NHS/FT/private or community etc. Being an agency nurse demands great skill at adapting to individual situations and practices within all establishments. It also gives the nurse an opportunity to learn within the field and challenge him or her to deal with various issues and situations. This blog will recount a number of situations that an agency nurse was confronted by. The anon nurse did meet...

Unfortunately at all levels in care, and also in other professions, there are many who prefer not to challenge the status quo. Many old, retired care workers remark, it was the same in our day. Then why was nothing done, and why do some of them block anybody else's attempts to do anything? Could it be guilt or do they believe others are saying that they know more than them? Time everybody worked together and listened.

People who dare to speak out against  intentional abus...

Another case in a private care home- Devon (Gregory 2013). Residents with leaning difficulties,  put in a dungeon , locked in with a mattress. Eventually, somebody informed CQC. Meanwhile, the Govt insist they are not responsible for the private sector. How could you Mr Hunt? There are many such poor examples of care ( all sectors) across the country, and abroad. Yet only so many hit the national press. Meanwhile, campiagns focus on the NHS .

Article. mailonline (2013)...