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Monthly Archives: June 2014
The Big Picture: Department of Health Corporate Plan 2014-15 (Department of Health)
Summary This Department of Health Corporate Plan discusses the priorities for the year, focusing on how strategic objectives will be delivered. Section headings in this report comprise: About the Department of Health: The Department in 2014-2015 – Summary. Chapter 1: … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, NIHR, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Ageing Well, Arm’s Length Bodies, Arm’s Length Bodies (Department of Health's ALBs), Avoidable Premature Mortality, Care of People with Dementia: Quality Standard, Care Outside Hospital, Caring Better, Coordination of Care, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Department of Health Corporate Plan, Department of Health Corporate Plan 2014-15, Department of Health Leadership Team, Department of Health Ministers, Department of Health Non-Executive Board Members, Department of Health's Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs), DH Corporate Plan 2014-2015, Health and Care System Facts (UK), Health and Social Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Living and Ageing Well, Premature Death, Premature Mortality, Productivity, Quality of Care, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Social Care Reform, Standards of Care, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Transforming Care Outside Hospital, Value for Money (VfM)
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Consultation on the Protection of Personal Health and Care Data (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health has published a consultation document on proposals to strengthen controls and safeguards on the use of health and care data. The aim is to reassure people that their personal data will not be not open … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accredited Safe Havens, Accredited Safe Havens (ASHs), Advisory Group for the care.data Programme, Anonymised Patient Medical Records, Anonymising Data, ASH: Accredited Safe Haven, Caldicott Principles, Caldicott Review of Information Governance, Caldicott Standards, care.data, care.data Advisory Group, Care.data: Modern Data Service for the NHS, Case Management, Commissioning Organisations, Confidentiality, Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG), Controlling the Release of Data, Dame Fiona Caldicott: Chair of the Independent Information Governance Oversight Panel (IIGOP), Data Extraction, Data Protection Act, Data Release Review (PwC), Data Sharing Review, Department of Health Arm’s Length Bodies, Department of Health's Information Strategy, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Electronic Medical Records, Fair Processing, Francis Inquiry Report, Future Forum, General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), General Practice [Data] Extraction Service, Government’s Information Strategy, Government’s Life Sciences Strategy, Health and Care Data, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Information Governance Review, Information Governance Reviews, Information Governance Toolkit Controls, Information Sharing, Information Strategy, Legal Basis for Data Extraction, Local Authorities, Modern Medicine, NHS Constitution, NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (IC), Opt Out Procedures, Opting Out, Opting Out (care.data), Patient Confidentiality, Patient Identifiable Data, Patient Representative Groups, Personal Confidential Data, Protection of Personal Health and Care Data, Pseudonymised Data, Public Confidence, Register of Approved Data Releases, Secondary Uses Service (SUS), Secure Safe Havens, Winterbourne View
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Brief Guide to the New NHS (NHS England)
Summary This updated guide, from NHS England, clarifies the structure and function of the NHS, reflecting changes from the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Topic headings include: Introduction The NHS belongs to us all. Foreword (Sir Bruce Keogh). NHS … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 5 Live Investigates (BBC Radio 5), Arm’s Length Bodies, Arm’s Length Bodies (Department of Health's ALBs), Armed Forces Healthcare, BBC 5 Live, BBC 5 Live ‘In Short’ Series, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates, Better Training Better Care, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Senate Assembly or Forum, Clinical Senate Council, Clinical Senates, Clinically-Led Commissioning, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Commissioning NHS Services, Commissioning Organisations, Commissioning Support Units, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Community Services, Compassion, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Concise NHS Handbook, Culture of Compassionate Care, Differences Between NHS Foundation and NHS Trusts, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Engagement, Everyone Counts, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM), Finance, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financing of Health Care, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health Education England, Healthwatch England, Healthwatch Local, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Improving Lives, Improving Public Health, Leadership Development, Local Authorities, Local Education and Training Boards, Local Education Providers, Local Public Health Services, Locally Commissioned Services, Market Competition, Mental Health Services, Money Flows in the NHS, Monitor, Monitoring and Regulation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellows 2013/14, Nationally Commissioned Services, New Structures, NHS Budget, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS Constitution, NHS Finance, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Improving Quality, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS in Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland, NHS Leadership Academy, NHS Money Flows, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework Domains, NHS Structures, NHS Values, NHS Values and the Constitution, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Offender Healthcare, Patient Involvement, Payment by Results (PbR), Performance Incentives (CQUINs QOFs and Quality Premiums), PHE: Public Health England, Primary Care, Process and Structures, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Public and Patient Involvement, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Quality of Care, Quality Premium, Rehabilitation Services, Resource Challenges, Respect, Secondary Care, Service Redesign, Societal Challenges, Specialised Services, Staff Engagement, Strategic Clinical Networks, Transactional Commissioning, Transformational Commissioning, Trust Development Authority, Working Together for Change
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Mental Health, Dementia and Neurology Networks: Local Profiling Tools (PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE), in partnership with NHS England (and support from the Department of Health) have developed local profiles of mental health, dementia and neurology. The purpose is to assist people commissioning and / or providing care to … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Depression, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Services, Adding Value Locally, Benchmarking, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Profiles for England, Cardiovascular Disease Profiles, Care in Local Communities, CCG CMHD PDF Reports, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Closing the Gap, Commissioning Dementia Care, Commissioning Dementia Services, Commissioning Development, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Recovery, Commissioning Landscape in England, Commissioning Local Services, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Common Mental Health Disorder Care Pathway, Common Mental Health Disorder Pathway, Common Mental Health Disorders, Common Mental Health Disorders System Profiling Tool: Indicator List, Common Mental Health Disorders: Local Profiles, Community Mental Health Profiles, Dementia Intelligence Network, Dementia Intelligence Network (DIN), Dementia Priority Programme Board, Dementia: Effective Services, Dementia: End of Life, Dementia: Measuring Effectiveness, Diagnosis, DIN: Dementia Intelligence Network, East Midlands, English Local Authorities, Fingertips Software Features, Health and Wellbeing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Intelligence Networks, Health Promotion, Illness Services, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Knowledge and Intelligence Team (KIT East), Local Authorities (LAs), Local Cardiovascular Disease Profiles, Local Care Services, Local Profiles, Local Variations, Local Wellbeing, Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network (MHDNIN), Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Networks, Mental Health Dementia and Neurology ProfilesMental Health Dementia and Neurology Profiles, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Systems Board, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Method for Variation Approach, MHDNIN: Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network, National Cardiovascular Intelligence Network, National Cardiovascular Intelligence Network (NCVIN), National Cardiovascular Intelligence Network (NCVIN) Cardiovascular Disease Profiles (2014), NHS England’s Strategic Clinical Networks, North West, Northern and Yorkshire Knowledge and Intelligence Team (NYKIT), Outcomes, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Wellbeing, Prevalence, Prevention, PRIMHE, Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Public Health England (PHE), Recovery, Reducing Variation, Regional Mental Health Commissioning Networks Portal, Rehabilitation, Risk Factors, South East, South West, Strategic Clinical Networks for Mental Health Dementia and Neurological Conditions, Subnational Fingertips Tool, Unwarranted Variations, Variation in Commissioning, Variations in Quality of Care, West Midlands, Yorkshire & Humber / North East
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Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up: Francis to Review Whistleblowing in the NHS (Department of Health / NHS England)
Summary Sir Robert Francis QC is leading a review of NHS reporting culture to ensure better protection of NHS whistleblowers who speak out in the public interest. The aim of this review, called “Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up: An … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, Avoidable Harm, Behaviours to Enable Whistleblowing, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Central London Community Healthcare Trust, Character Assassination of Whistleblowers, Closed Ranks Culture (Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry), Culture Change, Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up (Francis Review Whistleblowing), Freedom To Speak Up Review (Sir Robert Francis QC), Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Harassment of Whistleblowers, Honesty, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Incident Reporting, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Mistreatment of Whistleblowers, National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), NHS Culture, NHS Litigation Authority, NHS Nottingham University Hospitals, North Bristol NHS Trust, NRLS Under-Reporting, Open and Honest Care: Driving Improvement, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open Culture, Openness, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Alerts, Patient Safety Incidents, PIDA: Public Interest Disclosure Act, Positive Culture, Potential Under-Reporting of Patient Safety Incidents to NRLS, Potential Under-Reporting to the NRLS, Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, Public Interest Disclosures, Raising Concerns, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Reporting Culture, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust, SAFE Team: Safety Action for England Team, Safety Reporting, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (SRFT), Seven Safety Indicators (NHS Choices), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sign up to Safety, Sign Up to Safety Campaign, Sir David Dalton: Chief Executive of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Sir Robert Francis QC, Staffordshire and Stoke Trent Partnership Trust, Structures to Enable Whistleblowing, Systems to Support Whistleblowing, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing in the NHS
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Statistical Focus on the Health and Care of Older People (HSCIC)
Summary The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has published a summary of information about older people living in England. This collection of statistical information presents a broad picture of the health, care and wellbeing of older people in … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E Attendances, Access to Hospital Services, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Combined Activity Return (ASC-CAR), Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Aids and Adaptations, Bed Days, Body Mass Index (BMI), Care in an Ageing Society, Cause of Death, Community Care Statistics, Community-Based Services, Consultants Working in Geriatric Medicine, Consultants Working in Old Age Psychiatry, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England, Day-Cases, Dementia and Falls, Diabetes Prevalence, Disability Free Life Expectancy (DFLE), Epidemiology and Statistics, EuroQol Group, Falls in Older People, FCE Bed Days, Geriatric Medicine, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Future Trends, Health Episode Statistics, Health Statistics, Home Adaptations, Home Care, Hospital Admissions, Housing Adaptations, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy, Local Authority Equipment and Adaptations: Unit / Reference Costs, Mental Health Minimum Data Set (MHMDS), National Dementia Prevalence, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) Workforce Statistics, Obesity, Obesity Prevalence in England, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Official Statistics, Old Age Psychiatry, Older People, Older People’s Services, Outpatient Attendances, Prescribing, Prevalence of Cancer, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevalence of Ischaemic Heart Disease, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Referrals Assessments and Packages of Care Return (RAP), Secondary Mental Health Services, Services for Older People in England, Smoking, Social Care, Social Care for Older People, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Wellbeing Ageing and Mortality, Wellbeing in an Ageing Population
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Living Spaces for People Living With Dementia and Sight Loss (University of Stirling and Thomas Pocklington Trust)
Summary Research from Stirling University, published by the Thomas Pocklington Trust, shows that good design of living spaces can improve the lives of people living with two common conditions which often occur together: dementia and sight loss. Evidence-based guidelines have … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Community Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aids and Adaptations, Alzheimer Scotland, Bathroom Design, Bathroom Fittings, Bathrooms, Colour, Concurrent Dementia and Sight Loss, Contrast, Cupboards and Cabinet Design, Dementia and Sensory Loss, Dementia and Sight Loss, Dementia Service Development Centre: University of Stirling, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Design for People with Dementia, Design Techniques, Entrances and Exits, Environmental Design, Environments for Care at End of Life, Eon Creative Ltd, Fixtures and Fittings, Gardens, Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Dementia, Housing and Support for People With Dementia, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Kitchens, Layout and Design, Lighting, Linburn Centre, Maintaining Independence, Neighbourhood Design, Outdoor Areas, Regaining Independence, Renfrewshire Council, RNIB, Scottish War Blinded, Sensory Impairment, Sensory Loss, Sight Loss, Sightloss and Dementia, Smart Home Adaptations, Stirling University, Supportive Design for People with Dementia, Thomas Pocklington Trust, University of Stirling, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, Visual Impairment
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