Patients Association’s comment on Care Quality Commission's State of Care 2021 report

The Care Quality Commission's annual State of Care report cataglogues a very difficult year for health and social care services. Here's our reaction to its findings. Read more

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Patients Association’s comment on Care Quality Commission's State of Care 2021 report

The Care Quality Commission's annual State of Care report cataglogues a very difficult year for health and social care services. Here's our reaction to its findings. Read more

Being a parent-carer for an adult child

Mo Hafeez, from Lancashire, is full-time parent carer for his adult son, Nav. In this guest post, he reflects on managing Nav’s nutritional health. Read more

Good nutrition is fundamental to good health

For us, food is more than fuel for the body, it is a critical component of a patient’s care and recovery. That's why our new disease-related malnutrition resources are so needed. Read more

The emotional rollercoaster of being a carer

Caring for someone with disease-related malnutrition can be challenging, says Ruby Bhatti who lives in West Yorkshire. In this guest post she talks about the emotional rollercoaster, for both patient and carer. Read more

The challenges of managing nutritional health

There are many health conditions that can affect someone’s nutritional health. For Heather Devey, from Bath and North East Somerset, it was treatment for cancer that resulted in her needing nutritional support. Read more

Three million people are at risk of malnutrition – they need help and support

Dietitian Emily Walters worked with us on our disease-related malnutrition project. In this guest post she explains why the work is so important. Read more

World Patient Safety Day

The theme of this year's World Patient Safety Day is maternal and newborns safety. The UK is a safe place to give birth, but there are variations in quality and safety across the country for mums to be. Read more

When the levy breaks: what does the new health and care funding mean?

We take a look at the Government's announcement on how it plans to fund social care and the NHS Read more

Shared decision making – not business as usual

Despite the acceptance of shared decision making and the NHS Long Term Plan’s commitment to make personalised care business as usual, our latest report finds that shared decision making is not business as usual in the NHS. Read more

Pandemic Patient Experience II: Delays and cancellations

Most respondents to our survey had experienced delayed or cancelled appointments. Read more

Pandemic Patient Experience II: Staying away from care?

We found that it was more common during the pandemic for patients to try to access care but struggle than to stay away voluntarily, although both happened. Read more

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Patients Association’s comment on Care Quality Commission's State of Care 2021 report

The Care Quality Commission's annual State of Care report cataglogues a very difficult year for health and social care services. Here's our reaction to its findings.
Being a parent-carer for an adult child

Mo Hafeez, from Lancashire, is full-time parent carer for his adult son, Nav. In this guest post, he reflects on managing Nav’s nutritional health.
Good nutrition is fundamental to good health

For us, food is more than fuel for the body, it is a critical component of a patient’s care and recovery. That's why our new disease-related malnutrition resources are so needed.
The emotional rollercoaster of being a carer

Caring for someone with disease-related malnutrition can be challenging, says Ruby Bhatti who lives in West Yorkshire. In this guest post she talks about the emotional rollercoaster, for both patient and carer.