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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Avoidable Hospital Admissions Crisis (BBC News / NAO)
Summary Too many emergency admissions to hospitals in England take place according to the National Audit Office. There were 5.3 million such admissions during the last financial year, which represents a 47% rise over 15 years. Many of the individuals involved are frail elderly patients who … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 999 Ambulance Service, Accident and Emergency Departments, Admission Avoidance, Alignment of Services Across Health and Social Care Sectors, Ambulance Services, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Bed Days, Bed Occupancy, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Emergency Admission Rates in UK, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Care Pathway, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Good Practice in Managing Emergency Admissions, Good Practice in Reducing Emergency Admissions, GP Home Visits, GP Out-of-Hours Services, Hospital Accident and Emergency Departments, Hospital Admission Rates, Hot Clinics, Marginal Rate Emergency Tariff, Multi-Specialty Teams Across Hospital and Community, NHS Direct / 111, Out of Hours Care, Out of Hours Services, Patient Admission, Patient Flow Diagrams, Patient Flows, Payment System for Hospital Activity, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Senior Clinical Input, Social Demographics, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Whole System Patient Flows
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Three Patient Information Leaflets from Parkinson’s UK (Parkinson’s UK)
Summary Three further briefings, tailored specifically to the information needs of patients, families and carers, have been produced by the charity Parkinson’s UK. Mild Memory Problems This briefing offers insights into the symptoms of mild cognitive impairment and offers practical … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Advice and Information, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Education, Information and Support for Carers, Information for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Lewy Bodies, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy Body Parkinson Disease, Lewy Body Society, Memory Problems, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mild Memory Problems, Parkinson’s Dementia, Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s UK (Parkinsons Disease Society), Patient Information, Patient Information Factsheet
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South Devon and Torbay: Community Virtual Wards and Proactive Case Management (King’s Fund)
Summary This King’s Fund case study (funded by Aetna and the Aetna Foundation) investigates community virtual wards based in GP practices within South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The community virtual wards were introduced by Devon Primary Care … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aetna (US), Aetna Foundation, Avoidable Admissions, Care Coordinators, Case Management, CCGs, Chronic and Severe Illness, Chronic Care, Chronic Diseases, Chronic Illnesses, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Combined Predictive Model, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Nursing, Community Support Services, Community Virtual Wards, Coordinated Care, Coordination of Care, Dedicated Care Coordination, Devon County Council, Devon Predictive Model (DPM), Devon Primary Care Trust, Direct Enhanced Service (DES) Payments, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Exeter City Council, GP Facilitators, GP Practice, GP-Led Commissioning, GPs, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, Integrated Care Coordinators, Integration, Locality Working, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multiagency Teams, Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Team Care, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple Needs, Patient Assessment, Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC), Patient Care, Personalised Case Management, Plymouth, Predictive Modelling, Predictive Risk Models, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Prevention, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Preventive Support: Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Proactive Care, Proactive Case Management, Quality of Care, Responsible GPs, Risk Prediction and Stratification Activities, Risk Stratification, Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Secondary Uses Service (SUS), Shortlisting, South Devon, South Devon and Torbay, South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Torbay, Torbay Council, Torbay Primary Care Trust (PCT), Virtual Wards, Virtual Wards to Reduce Readmissions
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NHS Complaints Review Report (BBC News)
Summary The government-backed review investigating how the NHS in England handles complaints has been published. An achievement of this review is to have persuaded twelve important organisations to sign-up to a series of pledges. Recommendations include improving quality of care, improving how … Continue reading →