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• RCN Dignity Survey
  17/03/09

  See the results of the RCN dignity survey, which took place over a three-week period from February 2008.

• £13m to help promote dignity for victims of recession
  17/03/09

  Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced a faster rollout of the government's talking therapies programme to help tackle the impact of the recession on mental health.

• NMC publishes dignity leaflet and new guidance
  17/03/09

  New guidance for nurses and an advice leaflet for the public have been published by the NMC in response to shock statistics on public perceptions of dignity for older people using care services.

• Improve customer care in NHS
  05/03/09

  Read this new guide to help you respond to people who are unhappy about the service they have received in your organisation.
  

• Eastern Winning Bid
  03/02/09

  Winner of regional funding to support the Dignity in Care Campaign. Read the winning plan for 'Countering Stigma in Dementia Through Creativity' who have just secured £15k funding ...

• Dementia Strategy announcement
  03/02/09

  The first ever National Dementia Strategy is a landmark document that will transform the quality of dementia care. It sets out initiatives designed to make the lives of people with dementia, their carers and families better and more fulfilled.

• You Tube
  02/02/09

  The Dignity Campaign & the Department of Health launches its own Youtube page

• Leaflets offer a guide through the Ageing Society Housing Strategy
  29/01/09

  Leaflets published today explore key aspects of the Government's housing strategy for an ageing society - Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods.

  Aimed at planners, commissioners and providers of health, social care and housing services, the nine leaflets explore issues such as housing design, housing's links with health and care, private sector involvement and the role of home improvement agencies.

• New Dignity in Care video podcasts
  07/01/09

  Hear more about the People's Award for Dignity in Care and the Dignity in Care Campaign in our new video podcasts from Sir Michael Parkinson.

• Discussion forum now live
  12/12/08

  Do you want to chat and share experiences, views and information with other dignity champions? Why not take part in our new discussion forum for dignity champions.

• Putting Older People First
  12/12/08

  'Putting older people first in the South West' draws together a wealth of data on issues around housing in the South West and examines the challenges ahead in providing a range of accommodation options for an ageing population.

• Want to improve how your Trust responds to patient feedback?
  12/12/08

  NHS Choices has alerted heads of communications, PALS managers and patient feedback managers at acute and mental health NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts to a new guide aimed at helping trusts maximise the benefits of the patient feedback facility on NHS Choices.

• RCN launch resources to help nurses promote dignity
  10/12/08

  A NEW 'dignity toolkit' designed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and aimed at healthcare professionals was launched in November 2008. It will help nurses to improve the patient experience. It contains an interactive practice support pack for use in the workplace and an influencing resource to help nurses make a case for the resources they need.

• NMC new guidelines on the care of older people
  10/12/08

  The guidelines, constructed around the views of older people, fit with the government's drive for dignity in care.

• Help the Aged Report - The Challenge of Measuring Dignity in Care
  04/12/08

  The research carried out by the Picker Institute on behalf of the Charity, argues that current measures do not give a clear reflection of the overwhelming lack of dignity in care.

• Seeing the person in the patient - Kings Fund report
  04/12/08

  A major programme to transform patients' experience of care in hospital has been launched by The King's Fund. Alongside this, they have published a report assessing the scale and nature of the problems patients experience.
  

• Put people power into action to improve the NHS,
  04/12/08

  Patients are being urged to put people power into action from today by rating the service they receive in hospitals using a new tool on the NHS website.

• Sir Michael Parkinson's Sofa Chat with Dignity Champions
  04/12/08

  The National Dignity Ambassador, Sir Michael Parkinson, returned to his day job at the National Dignity Champions Conference on 25 November 2008 to interview three inspiring women who have championed dignity and respect for older people and people with dementia.

• End of Life Care Strategy: Quality Markers Consultation
  02/12/08

  The Department has launched a consultation on Quality Markers for End of Life Care, as promised in the End of Life Care Strategy published in July. Closing date 6 February 2009.

• Care Services Improvement Partnership will cease to exist as a separate identity
  25/11/08

  The Care Services Improvement Partnership is disappearing as a separate identity within the Department of Health - but the work of CSIP Networks goes on.