New research on patients' experiences of health services and how these relate to their expectations and satisfaction, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, reveals that older people have higher expectations of their care and that they believe that their expectations are being met.
The research questions prevailing stereotypes that characterise older patients as being satisfied with their care because their expectations are lower.
Patients visiting their GP and hospital outpatient departments were surveyed before and after their consultations. They were...
NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) officially launched today (1 April 2013).
From today local GPs and clinicians will be responsible for buying services for people in the northern, eastern and western areas of Devon from healthcare providers such as local hospitals, the community and mental health services.
Rebecca Harriott, chief officer at Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG said she was pleased to launch the new organisation.
“The hard work starts now, realising our vision of healthy people, living healthy lives, in...
A £1 million contract to develop a new consumer champion for Devon has been awarded by Devon County Council to the Community Council of Devon, an independent local charity.
UNISON South West is building the fight against the threat of regional pay in the NHS, which they claim will have a detrimental effect on the rights of health workers in regional parts of the UK. They have scheduled 18 events across the region this month, including four this week in Barnstaple, Plymouth and two in Exeter outside meetings of the North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust and the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, to try to lobby members of the Pay Consortium Boards, which have banded together in a bid to make “radical” changes to staff pay, terms and conditions outside of the national...
153 prospective employees have attended two recruitment days at Axminster and Seaton hospitals in February as work continues to re-open the inpatient beds at Axminster community hospital.
Members of the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust and the League of Friends in Axminster and Seaton have been working together to recruit full time and part time nurses to safely re-open 16 beds in Axminster, the equivalent of 11 extra nurses are needed and this new way of working is bringing us closer to our target. The beds at Axminster have been temporarily closed in January due to concerns...
Access 21 Care Interiors offering interior design exclusively for the care sector and specialists in dementia design unveiled its new brand at the Care Show at the NEC in Birmingham, the largest care-sector event in the UK. The innovative design company created the new logo to reflect its services as specialists in the healthcare market. The brand was developed by Plymouth-based ADG Architects.
The expanding Surbiton-based business works with clients across the South West and the UK as a whole designing across a full range of care schemes including general/extra care,...
Approximately 2.8 million workers are set to strike on Wednesday in a nationwide protest in Indonesia. The strike, taking place in 21 cities and 80 industrial zones across the country is in protest of the government's labour policy; calling for an increase in the minimum wage, and end to outsourcing arrangements, and implementations of national healthcare.
Said Iqbal, the head of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI), said the workers would stage a series of strikes across the country in order to remind the Indonesian government of their...
