Latest news

• Nominate a colleague - Dignity in Care - Great British Care Home Awards
  16/03/10

  Dignity in Care Category in the Great British National Care Home Awards 2010, 5th June, The Guildhall, London - nominations close 19 April 2010.

• Please Help us Make Sure our £50,000 is Spent Wisely
  11/03/10

  All the bids are now in - we need you to vote on which Bright Ideas should get a share of our £50,000 fund

• The General Election
  11/03/10

  Important information for Dignity Champions in the run up to the general election.

• North East E-learning in End of Life Care for All Launch Event
  09/03/10

  North East E-learning in End of Life Care for All (e-ELCA) Launch Event on 23^rd March 2010 at The Vermont Hotel , Newcastle.

• Mid Staffordshire Inquiry Report
  09/03/10

  Robert Francis QC has published his Inquiry report into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, this was following concerns in march 2009.

• Life Story Network
  08/03/10

  Life Story work aims to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of people by enabling them to document and share their life story in whatever means is best for them. Register for updates from the Life Story Network.

• TV nutritionist cooks-up a storm for Dignity Action Day
  03/03/10

  Labour MP for Nottingham South, Alan Simpson was amongst the visitors to Radford Care Centre this week who sampled the culinary delights of TV Home Economist and Food Stylist Michaela Bowles, when she cooked up a feast in celebration of the UK-wide Dignity Action Day.

• 1,000 Extra Dignity Champions in one week!
  02/03/10

  We now have over 15,000 Dignity Champions - a thousand more than this time last week!

• NMC Launches Pre-Registration Nursing Edcuation Questionnaires for Patients and the Public
  02/03/10

  To make sure that people who are at the receiving end of nursing care can take part in our consultation on pre-registration nursing education, the NMC have developed shorter questionnaires which focus on issues that are particularly relevant to older people.

• I have dementia - I also have a life!
  01/03/10

  Download resources about dementia awareness, view the latest advertising campaign and help spread the word about living well with dementia.

• Over 14,000 Dignity Champions
  26/02/10

  The number of dignity champions just keeps growing and growing. In the space of one month, the number of champions has risen by over 2,000 people.

• DAD - A Great Success
  26/02/10

  Dignity Action Day (DAD) was held yesterday (25 February 2010). The day was by large a huge success. DAD was a day where we asked health and social care staff and members of the public to take action on or around this date to promote the dignity of people receiving care.

• Jo Brand and Kevin Whately Launch New Resource for Dementia Care in Hospitals
  25/02/10

  Comedian Jo Brand and actor Kevin Whately are launching a new leaflet today (Tuesday 23 February) to help tackle poor dementia care in hospitals. The Alzheimer's Society tool is designed to help hospital staff better understand the needs of people with dementia. 'This is me' comes following the publication last November of Counting the Cost: caring for people with dementia on hospital wards which found large variations in the quality of care for people with dementia.

• Robert Francis Inquiry report into Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
  25/02/10

  Robert Francis QC has published his Inquiry report into Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. His inquiry followed concerns about standards of care at the Trust.

• Helping Hand For Care and Support Housing
  25/02/10

  Older people needing care and support will benefit from new and refreshed housing strategies that promote dignity, respect and choice.

• Devices for Dignity Website Launch
  25/02/10

  Devices for Dignity, a health programme which supports patients with long term conditions preserve their dignity and independence is launching a new website this week.

• Dignity Champions Make a Dignity Song - Hello
  25/02/10

  To help us raise the awareness of the importance of Dignity in Care we enlisted the help of a young musician who has provided a soundtrack locally to the national campaign.

• Same Sex Accomodation- facilitators guide soon to be launched.
  19/02/10

  A new guide is soon to be launched that will help NHS staff facilitate same sex accommodation sessions.

• Have you shared your Dignity Action Day Activity?
  17/02/10

  What are you doing for Dignity Action Day? Make sure others know about.

  Be sure to complete the on-line pledging form as soon as possible so everyone know what you have planned for Digntiy Action Day

• Local Healthwatch
  01/02/10

  We previously encouraged Dignity Champions to get involved with their local Healthwatch. Healthwatch are made up of both individuals and community groups who work together in order to bring about an improvement in local health and social care services.