June 2012
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Delegates at this seminar considered the next steps for improving dignity and nutrition in care for elderly patients in the reformed NHS. It followed the release of the Partnership on Dignity in Care's Commission on improving dignity in care, which has recommended fundamental changes to leadership, staff development, clinical practice and service delivery in care, as well as findings from the CQC Dignity and Nutrition Inspection (DANI) programme, which found that 1 in 5 of hospitals inspected failed to meet essential standards on nutrition and dignity. Discussion focused on what more can be done to improve standards of basic care, and included thoughts on how best to share good practice from those hospitals which are meeting current standards. The seminar also followed the launch of the Nursing and Care Quality Forum and NHS Institute Productive Ward - Releasing Time to Care programme, which aim to tackle shortcomings on dignity and respect and to give nurses more time to spend on frontline care.
Participants examined the challenges of managing improvement in basic care during a period of organisational change and financial constraint, and evaluated the priorities for policymakers and the NHS in light of the Government's stated aim of introducing more on-the-spot inspections. Sessions assessed dignity and nutritional care from the service user's perspective, and examined how commissioning reforms will take into account patient feedback to improve care standards.
