Last month, CQC (Care Quality Commission) published its annual survey of the State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in England.
In its own words, it presents ‘a mixed picture’.
Across the breadth of healthcare nationwide, improvements have been identified but there remain on-going and increasing areas of concern:
• Of concern, there continues to be a rise in demand for services and, in some areas, increasing complexity in the nature of that demand.
• Staffing issues remain a problem, causing ‘challenging workloads’ for existing staff.
• Inequality in the access to and quality of care continues to be a challenge.
• Access to mental health services, especially for children and young people, and access to adult social care can be a problem, the latter being described as ‘the most persistent issue throughout the years that we have reported to Parliament’.
• Maternity care continues to require improvement.
However, positive developments and trends were also identified including reduced waiting times in Accident and Emergency, earlier cancer diagnosis, easier GP contact and a reduced waiting time for elective care. Furthermore, 9 out of 10 GP practices were identified as ‘good or outstanding’.
Behind the statistics, whether good or bad, it is the patient who either benefits or suffers.
Where the quality of care causes the patient to suffer, the patient may be entitled to compensation.
Speak to us here at Glynns for advice.
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