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HS28 |
NIPP notes with concern the unacceptably high audiology waiting lists, poor aftercare and inaccessibility of hearing services in Northern Ireland and calls for NHS hearing services to be provided in the community in full consultation with the needs and views of older people. |
2016 |
Health & Social Care |
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HS27 |
NIPP calls for the retention of free prescriptions for everyone over the age of 60 regardless of income. |
2016 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS26 |
NIPP calls for steps to be taken to ensure domiciliary care packages are determined by clinical need and that realistic timetables are implemented. |
2016 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS25 |
NIPP calls for operation waiting times for older people to be substantially reduced. |
2016 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS24 |
NIPP calls for assurances that any changes to health and social care policies or practices fully consider any negative impact on older people and that measures are taken to ensure older people receive high quality healthcare. |
2016 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS23 |
NIPP seeks assurances that Integrated Care Teams will contain a full complement of appropriately trained staff across all disciplines and will have senior decision makers, including a dedicated consultant available 24/7. |
2014 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS22 |
NIPP expresses concern regarding the employment terms and conditions of carers, particularly those working in rural areas where no mileage is paid, and the impact this could have on providing enough quality domiciliary care support in future in these areas. |
2014 |
Health & Social Care |
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HS21 |
In light of the recent statement by the Health Minister that funding shortfalls could compromise patient safety, NIPP expresses concern regarding the impact of Transforming Your Care on older people’s health. |
2014 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS20 |
NIPP calls on the Health Minister to reinstate admissions, both respite and permanent, to statutory residential care homes that can, with the appropriate investment, continue to provide quality care for older people. |
2014 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS19 |
NIPP expresses concern about the projected annual shortfall of £500m in funding by 2015 and the impact this may have on older people. NIPP calls on the Health Minister to assure older people that the necessary funding to support older people’s health and social care needs will be provided. |
2013 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS18 |
NIPP calls on the NI Executive to recognise the massive contribution of unpaid carers by providing additional support services and also to establish regular audits of this support to identify how it can be continuously improved. |
2013 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS17 |
NIPP calls for all frontline staff engaged in domiciliary care to be fully trained with the level of training subject to inspection by the appropriate professional body to ensure older people receive good quality care. |
2013 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS16 |
NIPP calls for statutory bodies to continue to play a meaningful role in the provision of domiciliary care to ensure that the quality of care is of a high standard and meets the individual needs of each recipient. |
2013 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS15 |
NIPP calls for a full Equality Impact Assessment to be carried out on the Transforming Your Care proposals as a matter of urgency to establish the full impact of them on older people. |
2013 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS14 |
NIPP expresses serious concern regarding the recent announcements about the closing of statutory residential homes and in particular on the impact this had on current residents. NIPP is particularly concerned with the lack of engagement and communication with older people affected by the changes and calls for an urgent review to ensure this situation does not reoccur in future. |
2013 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS13 |
NIPP formally supports the NPC’s Dignity Code for older people and welcomes the Health Minister’s support for the code. NIPP calls for the principles and practices included in it to be exercised at all times during the implementation of changes to our Health and Social Care system. |
2013 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS12 |
NIPP calls on the Health Minister to ensure that the assessment of individual domiciliary care need will include “home help” aspects essential for an adequate standard of living and that realistic timescales to fulfill those duties are included in this process. |
2013 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS11 |
The NIPP is concerned with the proposed cuts to the budget of pharmacies across Northern Ireland and calls on the Health Minister to consider the potential impact of these cuts on older people and take measures to ensure that there is no reduction in the quality of service. |
2012 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS10 |
The NIPP calls on the Health Minister to ensure that any changes proposed to health and social care takes into account any negative impact on older people and takes measures to mitigate this impact to ensure that older people receive high quality healthcare. |
2012 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS09 |
NIPP supports in principle the proposals in the Compton Report for reforming and modernizing our Health and Social Care system. The NIPP agrees that with the statement that “we get the best from the resources available to us; to ensure that services are, where possible, brought closer to the patients home, and to ensure that patients are treated in the right place, at the right time, and by the right people”. |
2012 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS08 |
NIPP welcomes the main thrust of the Compton Report that accepts the home should be the hub of care for older people, with more services provided at home and in the community. |
2012 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS07 |
NIPP calls on the Health Minister to provide free dental care for all pensioners, given the negative health impact on older people who do not receive appropriate dental care for financial reasons. |
2012 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS06 |
NIPP calls on the Health Minister to ensure outpatient clinics are designed and managed to afford maximum dignity and respect for patients with dementia and that patients are supported and encouraged to speak for themselves as much as possible. |
2012 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS05 |
NIPP calls for action to reduce waiting times for older people waiting on operations. |
2011 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS04 |
NIPP calls for an increase in home help services for those older people who are in need of extra support. |
2011 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS03 |
NIPP calls for better transport support for older people travelling to doctor and hospital appointments, particularly for those living in rural areas, and calls for the Senior Smartpass to be usable on all community transport services. |
2011 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS02 |
NIPP calls for better support for older carers and in particular more respite care and the payment of carer’s allowance to pensioners. |
2011 |
Health & Social Care |
|
HS01 |
NIPP calls for increased funding for preventative healthcare programmes to help maintain the quality of life and independence for older people living at home. |
2011 |
Health & Social Care |
|
F05 |
NIPP calls on major supermarkets to enter into discussions with representatives of the Parliament on a range of issues relating to older shoppers including the call for a ‘Pensioner Discount Day’. |
2013 |
Food |
|
F04 |
NIPP would like to formally thank the thousands of people who have signed the ’Silver Saver’ petition and also extend our appreciation for the support from District Councils, MPs, MLAs and Members of the European Parliament for the campaign for a pensioner discount day. |
2013 |
Food |
