Tackling the “postcode lottery” of specialist stoma care nursing services, embedding bladder and bowel content in nurse education and the ongoing success of a project preventing toileting-related falls were all discussed this week in parliament. Continence nurse specialists met with campaigners and MPs during a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Bladder and Bowel Continence Care. “To my patients, the impact of not having specialist services is catastrophic” Natasha Rolls The group convened at the House of Commons for the first time since it was re-registered as an APPG and the meeting was led by its new chair Jodie…
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Brightspring Health Services (NASDAQ: BTSG) aims to increase synergy across the service line by expanding its home care programme. Specifically, the company is considering expanding its line of injecting at home, primary care at home and rehabilitation services, according to Jennifer Phipps, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Brightspring. Overall, Brightspring expects the home health segment to continue to grow in terms of service lines and margins. “Our home health segment, we see good market growth in that area, and we expect it to continue,” Phipps told the 46th Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday. “We believe…
This article is part of the HHCN+ membership This week, my screen is filled with images and videos of Marines and National Guard members trying to suppress the Los Angeles protests, denounced the Immigration Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) agency's aggressive raid strategy. As people all over the US take them outside and condemn the ice and the Trump administration's approach to the LA protest, my attention goes back to the potential consequences of immigration policies in the home-based care industry. Finding enough caregivers to meet the growing demand is an endless challenge for the home care industry. One in three…
International health leaders have called for more support for nurses working in areas of war and humanitarian crises. At the 2025 International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress, a plenary session was held focusing on nursing “on the front lines”. “Health security in the European region stands at a pivotal moment” Margrieta Langins Margrieta Langins, nursing and midwifery policy advisor for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe, told the session about the “critical” role nurses had played in conflict zones in her region, particularly Ukraine ever since Russia invaded in 2022. She spoke about the work Ukrainian nursing satff who…
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has signed an agreement with the International Council of Nurses (ICN) to support the education and training of nurses across the world. The partnership will see the two organisations collaborate on improving, facilitating and accrediting continuing professional development (CPD) programmes for nurses globally. “We don’t get CPD when times are tough, and as we know they’re going to become tougher again” Howard Catton RCN chief executive and general secretary Professor Nicola Ranger and ICN chief executive Howard Catton signed a memorandum of understanding. Mr Catton said he hoped it would build on existing work…
Care sector leaders and key organisations across the UK have voiced a mixed but largely cautious response to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first spending review, unveiled this week. While the announcement included pledges to support the health and social care workforce and investment in infrastructure, many within the residential and nursing care home sector warn that the measures fall short of addressing the deep-rooted funding crisis and growing demand for services. Speaking to The Carer, industry figures stressed the urgent need for sustained investment, workforce reform, and long-term planning to secure the sector’s future. Professor Vic Rayner OBE Chair of the…
Problems at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit began before Lucy Letby’s time and created a “perfect storm” for care failings, a former senior nurse on the ward has claimed. Speaking to Nursing Times, Michele Worden, a former advanced neonatal nurse practitioner (ANNP) at the hospital, described a unit “not fit for purpose”, citing mass redundancies of senior nurses, wards operating beyond capacity and an estate in disrepair during the early 2000s. “You cannot run an intensive care unit with no senior nursing staff and really junior nurses” Michele Worden The claims come amid ongoing scrutiny of the Letby…
This article is part of the HHCN+ membership Home-based care providers are constantly innovating new ways to recruit and maintain care staff, but businesses still earn the most mileage from internal word-of-mouth referrals. Companies, which have invested heavily in employee referral programs, such as creating social media groups, have been able to distribute campaigns with current and former employees and send them via email, improving retention. Word-of-mouth referrals don't always generate the most lead for home care workers, but as a result, they have a higher conversion rate and lower acquisition costs. Tribute Home Care hired 50% of its care…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced an update to the Responsible Care Organization (ACO) “REACH” model. This provides private home health providers with the opportunity to participate in traditional risk sharing agreements with Medicare. According to Fred Bentley, managing director of ATI Advisory's Care Continuum Strategy and Solutions Practice, the new updates are essentially “adjusted” based on learning obtained during the first two years of the program. It also raises questions about the future of the program, which is expected to end on December 31, 2026. “Will the Trump 2.0 team expand their reach or will…
The chancellor has said she is “hugely grateful” for the work that nurses do, as she announced extra funding for the NHS. In her spending review today, Rachel Reeves pledged a “record cash investment” in England’s health service. “I am hugely grateful to our nurses, our doctors, our paramedics and other healthcare professionals for everything that they do” Rachel Reeves The review will provide a 2.7% real-terms uplift per year to the day-to-day spending budget for health and social care between 2023-24 and 2028-29, from £177.9bn to £232bn. As part of that, England’s NHS will see a 3% boost, from…