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Plans to bring in a minimum price for alcohol look set to be dropped after a Cabinet revolt. The idea, which experts say could cut 2,000 drink-related deaths in a decade, ran into opposition from ministers including home secretary Theresa May, education secretary Michael Gove, Eric Pickles and Andrew Lansley.
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A Care Quality Commission report has found that people with dementia end up in hospital more often and are more likely to die there because their medical needs are being neglected by hospitals and care homes. The report found that care home staff are failing to prevent or detect a range of problems including pneumonia and dehydration. The Alzheimer’s Society have said that even though 80% of care home residents have dementia, many staff have no training in how to care for them properly.
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Anyone going into hospital in future decades are at risk unless new antibiotics are discovered to stem the rise of deadly superbugs, warns Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer. In her report, Dame Sally Davies says antibiotic resistance should be ranked alongside terrorism, pandemics, climate change and natural disasters on the Government's risk register of serious threats to Britain. The RCN issued a response from Dr Peter Carter saying: “This is an important issue and it is the responsibility of everyone in health care, from front line staff to the Government, to act. Nursing staff play an important role by driving improvements in infection prevention and supporting patient and public education on the use of antibiotics”
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David Cameron yesterday blamed Labour’s top-down target culture for the Mid-Staffs scandal and suggested they should apologise. Mr Cameron made the comments at Prime Minister’s questions in response to a call to sack Sir David Nicholson, saying that Sir David had apologised and calling for others to be ‘thinking about their positions.’
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The regulator for nurses and midwives is still not doing enough to protect patients properly, according to MPs. The Health Select Committee said a huge backlog of cases was hampering the ability of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to safeguard standards. The cross-party group of MPs also highlighted the regulator's poor record of having decisions overturned on appeal. The RCN issued a response by Dr Peter Carter saying: “Nursing needs a strong, effective regulator which is fit to meet the needs of patients and the profession. This report highlights that the NMC has made some progress in prioritising Fitness to Practice hearings, and reducing its immense backlog. The NMC needs to forge ahead with this and develop revalidation as a priority”.
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