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Health inspectors say there has been a “significant improvement” in how public sector organisations work together to provide services for older people who need care in Stoke-on-Trent.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revisited the city to look at how well older people – and specifically those over 65 – can move through the health and social care system following an initial inspection in September 2017.
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Health and care leaders across Staffordshire today welcomed the publication by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of a report into services for older people in the county.
The CQC’s Staffordshire System Review is unveiled today (Friday December 14) and follows an inspection carried out in the autumn.
The three new areas we have now been asked to review and will report on individually by December are:
Staffordshire
Leeds
Reading
We have also been asked to choose three local system areas, from those that we carried out in our programme of work in 2017/18, to follow up on progress made.
The three follow-up areas are:
Stoke-on-Trent
York
Oxfordshire
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A new series of exercise classes are being launched across Shropshire to help older people maintain their independence and mobility in later life.
The Elevate project is aimed at people aged 65 and above who want to improve their strength and balance, but in a friendly, social setting with time for a cup of tea too!
A new series of exercise classes are being launched across Shropshire to help older people maintain their independence and mobility in later life.
The Elevate project is aimed at people aged 65 and above who want to improve their strength and balance, but in a friendly, social setting with time for a cup of tea too!
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The free morning of presentations and discussion will take place at Guildhall, UCS’s learning and research base in Frankwell Quay, from 9am to 1pm, on Tuesday 19 June 2018.
News from our partners Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin (Age UK STW)
The spring meeting of the Shropshire Older People’s Assembly (SOPA) is on Tuesday 17 April 2018 at University Centre Shrewsbury.
With pressures on health and social care, the meeting is themed around alternative medicine and assistive technology in the home to raise awareness of the opportunities available to older people in Shropshire.
News from our partners Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin
Local charity Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin will be offering weekly adult ballet sessions as a new activity to complement their Living Well programme for older people.
Health and care leaders have pledged to work together to improve services for Stoke-on-Trent residents with their first task to develop an action plan to drive through areas for improvement.
As part of the review, which took place between 4 and 8 September, the work of public sector organisations including Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Stoke-on-Trent City Council, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM), and Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust* was examined. It focused on how services including GPs, care homes, hospitals, health commissioners and the local authority work together.
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New campaign to help reduce the risk of falls in older people
Related topics: Adult services / Health / My area
Residents and organisations across Shropshire are being asked to support a new campaign to help older people reduce their risk of falling.
diagram of vulnerable people, linking in with preventing falls campaign
Let’s talk about the F-word
The ‘Let’s talk about the F-word’ campaign launched today (Monday 22 May 2017) is being led by Shropshire’s public health service Help2Change and Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin.
The campaign was developed at UHNM by Dr Amit Arora and his team and is designed to try to stop older people becoming deconditioned whilst in hospitals or care homes. The initiative is helping to educate patients, relatives, and staff on the myths and facts about being active in hospitals and care homes promoting physical and functional independence. Prolonged bed rest in older people can lead to substantial loss of muscle, physical strength, and functional ability which may lead to increased dependency and demotivation.
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CCGs in northern Staffordshire are rolling out an innovative service linking GPs with their elderly patients and care home staff through online video technology. Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire CCGs have been given £136,000 each by NHS England to buy equipment for their ‘Making Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) a Reality in Elderly Care’ scheme.