CQC calls for action to improve care for older people
CQC published a report into the standards of care that older people receive in hospital – and calls for a system-wide response to combat the failings identified.
This report summarises the findings of 100 unannounced inspections of NHS acute hospitals which took place between March and June, looking at whether the essential standards of dignity and nutrition were being met on wards caring for older people.
Around half of the hospitals needed to do more to ensure that they were meeting people’s needs – with twenty of the hospitals visited failing to meet essential standards required by law.
