Latest news

• Qualifications launched in food safety, diet, nutrition and diabetes
  13/09/11

  Four new qualifications for people working in health and social care settings where diet and nutrition is particularly important have been launched.

• Seeing the patient not just the illness
  09/09/11

  The Patients association was founded in 1963 by patients unhappy about the service they had received from the NHS. Now almost 50 years later it is a national independent healthcare charity led by a simple but powerful philosophy: "listening to patients, speaking up for change."

• Ipswich Hospital boss responds to poor inspectors' report
  05/09/11

  pswich Hospital's chief executive says a critical report into care of older people has set back its ambition to gain foundation trust status.

• Castlebeck closes Arden Vale, a centre for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems
  18/08/11

  Castlebeck, the firm at the centre of care home abuse allegations, has closed a third unit.

• A fifth of hospitals are failing on dignity and nutrition standards, Care Quality Commission inspections have found
  11/08/11

  Work on inspecting 100 hospital trusts on the standards began in February immediately after a damning report from the health ombudsman revealed widespread poor care of the elderly.

• The Dignity & Respect Campaign announce their July winner
  11/08/11

  Congratulations go out to Hilda Pang Fu, who was announced as the Dignity & Respect Campaign (D&R) Champion of the month.

• Dementia care: the inside story
  08/08/11

  Dr Max Pemberton recalls the casual neglect - and moments of inspired nursing - he witnessed while working in care homes for the elderly.

• CQC Publish Latest Dignity and Nutrition Reports
  03/08/11

  The CQC have published the last batch of reports from the Dignity and nutrition inspection programme.

• Queen's Nursing Institute needs your help
  21/07/11

  Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) are running a survey to gather the views of patients, carers and family members about their experiences of receiving nursing care at home.

• End of life care quality standard
  21/06/11

  NICE quality standards are specific, concise statements for the treatment and prevention of different diseases and conditions derived from the best available evidence. They are developed independently of NICE by professionals and service users and address effectiveness, safety and patient experience.

• Dignity Board response to CQC dignity and nutrition report
  26/05/11

  The Dignity in Care Partnership Board supported by the DoH, were very disheartened to learn that in 2011 there are still hospitals failing to meet the essential standards required by law, in regard to dignity and nutrition of older people.

• IsleCare's First Dignity Champion
  26/05/11

  The story of Cherry, Islecare's first Dignity Champion. Written by IsleCare, Isle of Wight.

• Who Cares? Exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery
  26/05/11

  Saturday 28 May 2-4.30pm, Manchester

  This Saturday the Who Cares? Cultural Programme comes to an end in a lunchtime event at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester.

• Please show me dignity, by Jo Jeffrey
  29/03/11

  Linda Moss, Team Leader of Goldington Day Centre for older people in Bedford, sent us this poem written for dignity action day by fellow dignity champion Jo Jeffrey.

• Pat Jago: my experiences as a dignity champion
  23/03/11

  I run a Community Centre for anyone who would like to be involved and most of the people who use it are elderly. So I find the most important ideas come from them.

• Norwich care home supports Dignity Day
  04/03/11

  Warren care home celebrates with local MP and Norwich City footballer.

• Marlborough care home marks Dignity Day
  04/03/11

  Hyde Lane staff and residents celebrate with a day of activities.

• Dignity Action Day: competition winners in Lyndhurst
  04/03/11

  The winners of the SCA Group Dignity competition were awarded their prizes at the Fenwick2 Health and Well-being Centre in Lyndhurst as part of their Dignity Action Day celebrations.

• Inspection programme - dignity and nutrition for older people
  28/02/11

  This review is a targeted inspection programme of NHS hospitals looking at whether older people are treated with respect and how they are helped with food and drink when they need it.

• Dignity Action Day: Crewe District Nursing team are celebrating, are you?
  25/02/11

  THE Crewe District Nursing team are joining the campaign for delivering care with dignity in a special Dignity Awareness Day.