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Monthly Archives: July 2012
“Dementia: a National Crisis” Coming to Birmingham (Public Service Events)
Summary Public Service Events have announced that “Dementia: a national crisis” will be held in the West Midlands on December 5th 2012, at The Clarendon Suites, Birmingham. This event is said to have been fully booked in Manchester (for early October 2012) already, so the … Continue reading
A Point of Clarification (RWHT)
Summary As of mid-August 2012, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust will officially become known as The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. This change of name has been arranged to reflect the fact that the organisation is an integrated community and acute provider. … Continue reading
Health and Social Care Reform: Making it Work for Mental Health (APPG on Mental Health)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary This report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health represents the results of a one … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health, APPG on Mental Health, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Charles Walker MP, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Former Care Services Minister Paul Burstow, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Commissioning Support, Integration, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local Authorities, Local Decision-Making, Local Strategic Commissioning, Mental Health Commissioning, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Strategy, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, Patient Choice, Paul Burstow (Former Care Services Minister), Personalisation of Social Care, Personalised Care, Personalised Carer Support, Seldom Heard Groups
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Implementation Framework for No Health Without Mental Health (NHS Confederation)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary The Government published the “No Health Without Mental Health” in February 2011; this is a cross-government, all-age strategy … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation), National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Hospitals, ASCOF, ASCOF: Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Centre for Mental Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Dementia Liaison Services, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Wellbeing Boards, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Implementation Framework Working Group (No Health Without Mental Health), Implementing Recovery Through Organisational Change (ImROC) Programme, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Liaison Services, Mental Health Dashboard, Mental Health Liaison Services, MHMDS, MHMDS: Mental Health Minimum Dataset, Mind, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHSOF, NHSOF: NHS Outcomes Framework, No Health Without Mental Health, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, No Health Without Mental Health: Implementation Framework, PCT Clusters, PHE: Public Health England, PHOF, PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Framework, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Psychogeriatric Liaison Team, Public Health, RAID, Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Rethink Mental Illness, Social Housing, Social Services, Time to Change, Turning Point
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Risk Prediction and Stratification Activities (NIGB)
Summary This guidance from the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care (NIGB) is targeted at NHS, social care and partner agencies. It covers the use of risk prediction and stratification activities in relation to information governance with a … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Anticipatory Care Planning and Integration, Bupa, Combined Model, Combined Model Predictive Risk Model, Commissioning Data Set (CDS), Data Controller, Data Processor, Data Protection Act (1998), Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Ethics and Confidentiality Committee (ECC), Gathering Linking and Analysing Data, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health Dialog, Integration, Intensive Social Care, King's Fund, King’s Fund Algorithm Project, King’s Fund Risk Prediction Approach, National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care, National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care (NIGB), New York University, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NIGB: National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care, PARR + (Prediction And Reducing Re-admission Plus Tool), Predicting People Who Will Start Intensive Social Care, Prediction And Reducing Re-admission Plus Tool: PARR +, Reducing Unplanned Hospitalisation, Risk Prediction and Stratification Activities, Secondary Use Services (SUS), Secondary Uses Service (SUS), Social Care, SUS Data Warehouse, West Kent Care Call
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Adult Social Care Workforce Learning and Development Programme: £2.4m Funding (Department of Health / Skills for Care)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 1, August 2012]. Summary The Department of Health has commissioned Skills for Care to help deliver a national learning and development programme for the … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Common Core Principles for Supporting People with Dementia, Dementia Qualifications (Skills for Care), Eight Common Core Principles for Supporting People with Dementia, Former Care Services Minister Paul Burstow, National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC) Requirements for WDF, Paul Burstow (Former Care Services Minister), Skills for Care, Social Care, Social Care Workforce Development, Supporting People with Dementia (Common Core Principles), WDF: Workforce Development Fund, Workforce Development, Workforce Development Dementia Fund, Workforce Learning and Development Programme
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Dementia Tsar Shines Light on Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for People with Dementia (Department of Health, Dementia)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 1, August 2012]. Summary Professor Alistair Burns (National Clinical Dementia Director, Department of Health) recently drew attention to a Cochrane review into the benefits … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Evidence, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged ADI, Antipsychotics, Bangor University, Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, CHAT: Cognitive Help and Therapy, Cognitive Help and Therapy (CHAT), Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Early Interventions, Eyes on Evidence (NHS Evidence), Matrix Evidence, NHS Evidence, NHS Evidence’s Eyes on Evidence, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Professor Alistair Burns, Professor Martin Orrell, University College London (UCL), World Alzheimer Report 2011
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