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Category Archives: Royal College of Physicians
Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report (Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry)
Summary High mortality rates and poor standards of care provided at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust resulted in concern about services and management in the Trust. This three-volume Francis Inquiry report investigates the causes and lessons learned. “…[the widespread] disconnect between … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, National Voices, NHS, NHS Alliance, NHS Confederation, Nuffield Trust, Nutrition, Pain, Patients Association, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Action Against Medical Accidents, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, After Francis: Doing Justice (National Voices), BGS, British Geriatrics Society, Bureaucracy, Candour, Care Bill 2013-14, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission Strategy for 2013 to 2016, Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI), Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Chief Inspector of Primary Care (Exploratory), Chief Inspector of Social Care, Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH), Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Contingency Planning Team (CPT), Culture, Culture of Compassionate Care, Culture of Zero-Harm, Feeding the Beast, Foundation Trust Status, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report, Francis Report, Friends and Family Test (NHS), Fundamental Standards, Gagging Clause Culture, General Hospitals, General Medical Council, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Health Protection Agency (HPA), Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Health Service Ombudsman, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs), Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Inspections and Bureaucracy, Institute of Healthcare Management, Leadership, LINks, Local Government Association, Local Involvement Networks (LINks), Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Monitor, Monitor Contingency Planning Team (CPT), Mortality, Mortality Rates, National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals 2011, National Patient Safety Agency, National Voices, Negative Culture, NHS Complaints System: Department of Health Review, NHS Constitution, NHS England, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS England Business Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), NHS Networks, Nursing & Midwifery Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing Standards, Openness, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs), Patient Experience, Patients First and Foremost, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professional Disengagement, Putting Patients First: NHS England Business Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16, Quality Accounts, Quality Improvement, RCGP, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Review of NHS Complaints System, Robert Francis QC, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSENG), Scrutiny, Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority (SaSSHA), Somebody Else's Problem (SEP), South Staffordshire PCT (SSPCT), Staff Motivation, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), UK Parliament, Warning Signs, West Midlands, West Midlands SHA (WMSHA), Whistleblowing, Workforce Learning Points From Francis 2013, Workforce Planning Implications From Francis 2013
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Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme: Acute Organisational Audit Report 2012 (Royal College of Physicians)
Summary This is the first Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) report published on behalf of the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party following the national stroke audit. This report includes national and hospital level findings on aspects of stroke service organisation, … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Organisational Audit Report 2012 (Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme), Aphasia, Auditing, Community Hospitals, Community Rehabilitation, Community Rehabilitation Teams, Community Stroke Care, Computerised Tomography, CT Scan, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Early Supported Discharge Teams, ESD: Early Supported Discharge, Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party, Interdisciplinary Services (Stroke Units), Mini-Stroke (TIA) Services, National Stroke Strategy (2007), NICE Quality Standard for Stroke (2010NICE Quality Standard for Stroke (2010), Occupational Therapists, Organisation of Stroke Care by Domains, RCP, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, Specialist Community Rehabilitation Teams, SSNAP Easy Access Report, SSNAP: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Units, Thrombolysis
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Re-Prioritisng Ward Rounds (BBC News / RCP / RCN)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary Ward rounds are being neglected in some hospitals, to the detriment of patients, largely due to the lack … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Communication, Decision Making, Dignity, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Engagement, Engaging Patients, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Hospital Discharge, Interdisciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multidisciplinary Teams, Patient Counselling, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patient-Centered Care, Protecting Vulnerable People, RCN, RCP, Record-Keeping, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Shared Decision-Making, User Involvement, Vulnerable Adults, Ward Rounds
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National Audit of Intermediate Care Report 2012 (NHS Benchmarking Network, British Geriatrics Society)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 2, September 2012]. Summary Unnecessary hospital admissions and longer acute hospital stays by the frail and elderly need to be reduced significantly in order … Continue reading
Posted in ADASS, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged AGILE, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Bed Based Services, Bed Occupancy, Bed/Home and Step Up/Down Provision, BGS, Birmingham: Benefit of Community Unit Models, British Geriatrics Society, Care Integration, College of Occupational Therapists, College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Older People (COTSS-OP), Commissioning Task, Community Unit Models, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Support, COTSS-OP: College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Older People, County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Duration of Service (Home Based Services), Durham County Council, Elderly Rehabilitation Services, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Failed Discharges, Frail Older People’s Board (FOPB), Halfway Home, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT), Home Based Services, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Hospital Discharge, Integration, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care Geriatrician, Intermediate Care Teams, Length of Stay (LoS), Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), National Audit of Intermediate Care Report 2012, NHS Benchmarking Network, NHS Birmingham & Solihull Cluster, NHS Worcestershire, NHS Workforce, Occupational Therapists, Older People’s Specialists’ Forum, Partnership Working, Payment by Results (PbR), Preventable Hospital Admissions, PROMs: Patient Reported Outcome Measures, QIPP, Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), RCN, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Re-admission Avoidance Scheme (RAS), Reablement, Reablement Services, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Rehabilitation Services, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Single Point of Access (SPA), Staffing (Intermediate Care), Step Down, Step Up, Vulnerable Adults, Whole System Impact, Whole Systems Approach, Whole-System Approaches, Worcestershire GP Practices, Worcestershire Health and Social Care Access Service (WHASCAS)
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Hospitals on the Edge? Time for Action (BBC News / NHS Choices / RCP Report)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 2, September 2012]. Summary A report from the Royal College of Physicians points out that the triple effect of rising demand, increasingly complex cases and falling bed … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Choices, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 24-Hour Crisis Support, Access to Primary Care, Access to Primary Care At Night and Weekend, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Care in General Hospitals, Care Seven Days a Week, Clinical Audits, Continuity of Care: Older Hospital Patients (King’s Fund), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dignity, Dignity in Dementia, Education and Training, Electronic Patient Records: NHS, Emergency Admissions, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Generalism, Health Education England (HEE), Hospital Admission Rates, Hospital Emergency Departments, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medical Education and Training, Medical Generalism, Multimorbidity, Multiple-Morbidities, New Deal, NHS Choices, NHS Electronic Patient Records, NHS Workforce, Older Hospital Patients: Continuity of Care (King’s Fund), Out of Hours Care, Patient Care, Patient-Centred Care, Patients with Dementia in Primary Care, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Care, RCP, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Service Redesign (Telehealth), Work Patterns, Workforce Planning and Development
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Standardised National System for Monitoring Vital Signs (BBC News / RCP / RCN)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary A joint group of doctors and nurses suggests that moving to a standardised national bedside chart scheme, called the National Early … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Bedside Chart Models, Bedside Charts, Care in General Hospitals, Clinical Response to NEWS Triggers, Delirium, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Level of Consciousness, Monitoring Vital Signs, National Early Warning Score, National Early Warning Score (NEWS) Online Training Resource, National Early Warning Score Development and Implementation Group (NEWSDIG), National Outreach Forum, NEWS Scoring System, NEWS Thresholds and Triggers, NEWS: National Early Warning Score (RCP), NEWSDIG, Observation Chart for NEWS, RAG Coding: Red Amber Green (RCP NEWS Chart), RCP: Royal College of Physicians, RCP’s Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit (CEEU), Red Amber Green: RAG Coding (RCP NEWS Chart), Royal College of Nursing, Vital Signs
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Falls Prevention Resource Pack (RCP’s FallSafe Project)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary Over 280,000 patient falls occur in hospitals and mental health units annually, costing approximately £15 million per annum. Most persons … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Guidelines, Health Foundation, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Care Bundle, Care Bundle Approach, Care in General Hospitals, Closing the Gap: FallSafe Project, Falls, Falls and Fractures, Falls Assessment, Falls Reduction, FallSafe Leads, FallSafe Project, FallSafe Wards, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Health Foundation’s Closing the Gap Programme, Interventions to Reduce Falls in Acute Care Hospitals, Medicines and Falls in Hospital, Multifactorial Assessment (Falls), National Patient Safety Agency, National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) Programme, Quality Innovation, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, RCP’s Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit (CEEU), Safety Express: Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) Programme
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