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| The rise and fall of National Minimum Standards | | Author(s) | Jef Smith |
| Journal title | Caring Times, December 2008 |
| Publisher | Hawker Publications, December 2008 |
| Pages | pp 16-17 |
| Source | Website: http://www.careinfo.org |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Registration eg homes, nursing homes ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | The National Minimum Standards (published as 'Care homes for older people: national minimum standards') and the preceding consultation paper 'Fit for the future' aimed to set "the floor below which no provider is permitted to fall". Jef Smith reviews the improvements which the standards have brought, while noting pitfalls such as disparities with the Care Homes Regulations and the "one size fits all" that has not helped smaller care home providers. He reflects on the impending demise of the National Minimum Standards, and hopes that the replacement will be similar in character to more recent strategies, such as that on terminal care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081217201 A |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: Q3: 583 |
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