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Quest for quality: British Geriatrics Society joint working party inquiry into the quality of healthcare support for older people in care homes: a call for leadership, partnership and quality improvement
- Author:
- BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- British Geriatrics Society
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Residents of Care homes have complex healthcare needs, reflecting multiple long-term conditions, significant disability and frailty. However, the social care model is insufficient to meet residents‟ health needs. This report describes current NHS support for care homes. It describes unmet need, unacceptable variation and often poor quality of care provided by the NHS to the estimated 400,000 older people resident in UK care homes. It also describes what should and could be done and calls for national action by government and local action by NHS commissioners, planners and clinical services to improve the quality of NHS support to care homes. It highlights the need to build joint professional leadership from the health, social, and care home sectors, statutory regulators and patient advocacy groups to find the solutions that none of these can achieve alone. The report recommends that local NHS planners/commissioners should ensure that clear and specific service specifications are agreed with their local NHS providers. These need to link with quality standards based on patient experience and appropriate clinical outcomes.