Social care

Donepezil may delay nursing home admission in moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease

Discontinuing donepezil in Alzheimer’s patients as their disease worsens could double the risk of admission into a nursing home within a year, suggests a study published in The Lancet Neurology.…

Poor medicines management a common issue in NHS services, finds Care Quality Commission

Patient safety is being compromised by poor medicines management in many NHS and adult social care services, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission.…

Oversight body criticises the effectiveness of health regulation

Health and care regulation is incoherent and expensive and there is little evidence for its effectiveness, says the Professional Standards Authority.…

New government must keep its word on the NHS

The new UK government’s ambitions for a seven-day NHS will need more than a cash injection and unprecedented efficiency savings.…

Burt picks up pharmacy brief in UK government’s new health team

New health minister Alistair Burt has taken over responsibility for pharmacy from former health minister Earl Howe.…