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Category Archives: Antipsychotics
Transforming Health and Social Care for People with Dementia (Department of Health, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary Health and care organisations are working on improvements to dementia services as defined in the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge. The … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Carers UK, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged ADASS, CCQ, Dementia Champions Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Health and Care Group, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, English Community Care Association, Essex County Council, Health and Social Care Integration, Hertfordshire County Council, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing for Older People, Integrated Care, Integration, Memory Services, NHS Institute, NHS South West, NICE, Nursing and Care Quality Forum, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns, Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Foundation Trust, Sarah Pickup (ADASS), SE Dementia Group, Service Integration, Sir Ian Carruthers (NHS South West), Sussex Partnership, UK Home Care Association
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Johnson & Johnson Fined $1.1bn Over Risperdal: Subversion of Science? (BBC Health News)
Summary The drugs giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered by a US judge to pay $1.1bn (£690m) for downplaying the risks involved in taking its anti-psychotic drug Risperdal (Risperidone). This is only the latest of fines the company … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, BBC News, In the News, International, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Atypical Antipsychotics, BBC Health News, Prescribing Anti-Psychotic Drugs to People with Dementia
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Spotlight on Dementia Care (Health Foundation)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 9, April 2012]. Summary The Health Foundation’s “Spotlight on Dementia Care” report, written by Matrix Evidence, assembles a huge volume of statistical evidence, good … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care in General Hospitals, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Cognitive Stimulation Therapy at Dementia Academy in Norfolk, Community Care, Comparative Costs of Community Care, Costs, Costs of Dementia Care, Costs of Social Care for Older People, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Metrics, Dementia Quality Standards, Dementia Skills Gap, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Enriched Opportunities Programme, Epidemiology, General Hospitals, Guidance for Commissioners, Health and Social Care, Health Foundation, Home and Community Care Services, Information and Metrics, Integrated Care, MAGDR, MAGDR: Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research, Manchester Health and Social Care Trust, Matrix Evidence, Memory Clinics, Memory Services, Mersey Care NHS Trust, Mind the Gap, Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research (MAGDR), National Guidance and Quality Standards, NICE Guidelines Dementia, Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Foundation Trust, Norfolk Clinical Academy for Dementia, Personal Social Services, Prescribing, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prevalence of Dementia, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Research Funding, Social Care, Social Epidemiology, Social Services, Spotlight on Dementia Care, Transforming General Hospital Care, Typical Dementia Care Pathway
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Guidance for Commissioners of Dementia Services (JCP-MH)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 9, April 2012]. Summary This document has been written by Ruth Eley and the JCP-MH editorial team. It is based broadly on the Dementia … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Centre for Commissioning (Royal College of General Practitioners), Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning Guides, Commissioning Support, Commissioning Task, Dementia Expert Reference Group, Dementia Services (JCP-MH), Guidance for Commissioners, Integrated Commissioning, JCP-MH: Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health, Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (JCP-MH), Mental Health Commissioning, National Dementia CQUIN, Royal College of General Practitioners: Centre for Commissioning, Value in Commissioning
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Economic Evaluation of Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs for Individuals Living with Dementia (NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 8, March 2012]. Summary This economic evaluation of the alternatives to antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia assembles the economic evidence about the benefits … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ann Curtis, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Economic Evaluation, Joanne Knowles, Matrix Evidence, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Optima (University of Oxford’s Dementia Research Project), Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Psychosocial Interventions, Singing For The Brain, South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust
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Consultation on Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF) Indicators (NICE)
Summary As a step in the development of a Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF), stakeholders have been invited to comment on suggested new quality indicators. The indicators have been mapped against the five domains of the NHS Outcomes Framework, and encompass … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Guidelines, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged COF: Commissioning Outcomes Framework, Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF) Indicators, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13, NICE
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National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2011: Full Report (Royal College of Psychiatrists)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 6, January 2012]. Summary The first full report of the National Audit of Dementia across 210 hospitals in England and Wales, by the Royal College … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Models of Dementia Care, National, National Voices, NHS, NHS Choices, Patient Care Pathway, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Alzheimer's Society, BGS, British Geriatrics Society, Centre for Quality Improvement, Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Champions, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), HQIP, Living with Dementia, Living with Dementia Group, National Audit of Dementia, National Audit of Dementia Care, National Audit of Dementia Steering Group, National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), Professor John Young, Professor Peter Crome, RCN, RCP, Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Psychiatrists Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Centre for Quality Improvement
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