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Monthly Archives: December 2012
National Pain Audit 2010/12: Final Report (Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership)
Summary This National Audit of Pain Services collected detailed data on pain services in England and Wales. The audit was funded by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and performed in partnership with the British Pain Society and Dr Foster … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, Pain, Standards, UK
Tagged British Pain Society, Dr Foster, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), HQIP, National Audit of Pain Services, National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), National Pain Audit, National Pain Audit 2010/12, Pain Management, Pain Relief
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Social Value Guide (Social Enterprise UK)
Summary This guide from Social Enterprise UK, in association with Anthony Collins Solicitors, is intended to help with embedding social value in commissioning and procurement. It is aimed at local government or public bodies which will be affected by the Public … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Anchor Institutions (Including NHS Hospital Trusts STPs and ICSs), Anchor Institutions in Place, Anchor Organisations, Anthony Collins Solicitors, Best Value Duty, Contract Management, Duty of Best Value, Local Area Plan, Local Assets, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Decision-Making, Local Government, Local Policy Development, Local Strategic Commissioning, NHS as an Anchor Institution, Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), Public Service Reform, Public Services, Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Sandwell Community Caring Trust, Social Economics, Social Economy, Social Enterprise UK, Social Enterprises, Social Value, Social Value Act 2012, Social Value Guide, Sustainable Community Strategy
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Free Older Persons’ Bus Passes Promote Active Travel and Regular Exercise (NHS Choices / American Journal of Public Health)
Summary This is a further critical appraisal from the NHS Choices “Behind the Headlines” service, released during 2012, on elderly care and old-age health related topics appearing in the news. Full Text Link (a) Reference Free bus pass is ‘ticket … Continue reading
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Active Travel, American Journal of Public Health, Department of Primary Care and Public Health: Imperial College London, Exercise, Exercise for Dementia, Exercise Regimens, Free Older Persons' Bus Passes, Imperial College London, Incidental Physical Activity, Moderate Exercise, National Bus Pass, National Travel Survey, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Activity Rehabilitation Schemes, Regular Exercise
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Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Gene Studied in Young Adults (NHS Choices / Lancet Neurology)
Summary This is another critical appraisal from the NHS Choices “Behind the Headlines” service, released during 2012, on elderly care and dementia-related topics appearing in the news. Full Text Link (a) Reference Early-Onset Alzheimer’s gene explored in teens. London: NHS … Continue reading
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices)
Tagged Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative, Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP), Anonymous Foundation, Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease, Banner Alzheimer's Institute, Boston University Department of Psychology, Brain Imaging, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers, Colciencias, Colombian Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative Registry in Medellín Antioquia, Common Genetic Risk Factor Links Alzheimer’s Disease and Type 2 Diabetes (SorCS1), CSF, CSF Aβ, CSF Aβ(1-42), Department of Psychiatry: University of Arizona, Early-Onset Alzheimer's Gene, Fluid Biomarker Analysis, Forget Me Not Initiative, Genetic Profiling, Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease, Hereditary Form of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Lancet Neurology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), MRI, MRI Scan, Neurogenomics Division: Translational Genomics Research Institute (Phoenix), Nomis Foundation, Presenilin 1 (PSEN1), Presenilin 2 (PSEN2), PSEN1 E280A, State of Arizona, Translational Genomics Research Institute, University of Arizona, US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, US National Institute on Aging, Young Onset Dementia (YOD)
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline in Adults Aged Over 50 (NHS Choices / Age and Ageing)
Summary The NHS Choices “Behind the Headlines” service has released a number of critical appraisals during 2012 about elderly care and dementia-related topics which have appeared in the news. Reference Full Text Link (a) Smoking ‘rots brain’ causing mental decline. … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age and Ageing, Behind the Headlines, Cardiovascular Risk, Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Cognitive Decline, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Epidemiology, Framingham Risk Scores, Framingham Stroke Risk Score (FSR), Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Kings College London, Modifiable Risk Factors, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at King's College London, PHE: Public Health England, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Professor Kevin Fenton: Director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England, Professor Kevin Fenton: PHE Director for Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England (PHE), Risk Factors, Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke, Smoking, Stop the Rot Campaign, Systolic Blood Pressure
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NHS Funding Transfer to Local Authorities (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health has communicated with the NHS Commissioning Board about the transfer of £859m in 2013/14 to from the NHS to local authorities. This funding was announced previously as part of the Spending Review and in the Care and Support White … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NHS, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Services, Care Integration, CCGs, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Funding Transfer to Local Authorities, Health and Social Care Integration, Integrated Commissioning, Integration, Local Authorities, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Funding Transfer, NHSCB
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Passive Case-Finding for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Two United States Communities (Alzheimer’s Association)
Summary Passive surveillance – which uses documentation from existing health records – has the advantages of lower research costs and a lower impact on the population studied, but effectiveness is limited by the comprehensiveness of the healthcare coverage in a … Continue reading
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights
Tagged Alzheimer's Association, College of Medicine: Mayo Clinic, Dementia Case Finding, Department of Neurology: Mayo Clinic, Electronic Medical Record Database, Electronic Medical Records, Epidemiology, Group Health Medical Records System: Seattle, Mayo Clinic, Medical Records-Linkage System, Olmsted County: Minnesota, Passive Case-Finding, Passive Dementia Case Detection, Rochester Epidemiology Project, Screening, Selection Bias, Surveillance, United States
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