Monthly Archives: August 2014

Patient Safety Risks: Focus on Patient Handover and Patient Discharge From Secondary Care (NHS England)

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has issued a patient safety alert in the effort to improve the quality and timeliness of communication with primary and social care when patients are discharged from hospital. Read more: NHS England. Patient safety alert on risks arising from breakdown … 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), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Breakdowns or Failures in Communication, Clinical Quality Improvement, CMHT: Community Mental Health Teams, Communication During Handovers, Community Mental Health Teams, Continuing Care Team (CCT), Deficient Checking and Oversight, Department of Primary Care and Public Health: Imperial College London, Discharge, Discharge and Out of Hospital Care, Discharge Coordination, Discharge From Acute and Mental Health Trusts, Discharge Information, Discharge Planning, Dysfunctional Patient Flow, Equipment-Related Errors, Failure of Prevention, Failure to Recognise Deterioration, Handover, Handover Records, Hospital Discharge, Imperial College London, Improving Patient Safety, Inpatient Falls, Institute of Global Health Innovation: Imperial College London, Integrated Discharge Process, Mental Health Trusts, Mismanagement of Deterioration, National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), NHS England (Patient Safety), NHS England Patient Safety Domain, NHS England Patient Safety Steering Group, NHS England Primary Care Patient Safety Expert Group, NHS Patient Safety Culture, Patient Discharge, Patient Discharge From Secondary Care, Patient Flows, Patient Handovers, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Alert on Breakdown and Failure to Act: Communication During Handover at Discharge From Secondary Care, Patient Safety Alerts, Patient Safety First (PSF), Patient Safety in the NHS, Patient Safety Incidents, Patient-Safety-Related Hospital Deaths in England, Post-Discharge Support, Quality Improvement, Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, Review of NRLS Incidents at Discharge From Acute and Mental Health Trusts, Stage 1 Patient Safety Alert | Leave a comment

NHS Statistical Summary (NHS Confederation)

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS Confederation has compiled some summary statistics about the NHS, covering broad topic areas including: NHS Funding. NHS Organisations. NHS Staff. NHS Management. International Comparisons. Patient Experience. NHS Activity. Health and Population. Full Text Link Reference Key statistics … Continue reading →

Posted in For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Declining Investment for Elderly Mental Health, Declining Investment for Mental Health, Funding, Health and Population (Statistics), Health Statistics, International Comparisons, National Statistics, NHS Activity (Statistics), NHS Funding, NHS Management, NHS Managers, NHS Net Expenditure, NHS Organisations, NHS Spending, NHS Staff, NHS Statistical Summary, Nursing Workforce Statistics, Patient Experience, People of State Pension Age (SPA) in UK, Spending Per Capita on NHS Services (in England), Staffing, Staffing Levels, Statistics on the NHS, Summary Level Statistics | 3 Comments

Spend and Outcome Tool (SPOT) for Local Authorities (PHE)

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Public Health England (PHE) tool provides local authorities and clinical commissioning groups in England with an overview of spending and outcome across various aspects of public health (and much else). The Spend and Outcome Tool (SPOT) is an interactive spreadsheet, … Continue reading →

Further Dementia Diagnostic Test Accuracy Systematic Review Protocols (Cochrane Database)

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This is an additional list of diagnostic testing-related protocols, further to the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group (CDCIG) Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) protocols and protocol templates listed earlier in Generic Protocol(s) for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews in Dementia … Continue reading →

Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Models of Dementia Care, NIHR, Systematic Reviews, UK | Tagged 11C-PIB-PET, 18FDG-PET, 6-Item Cognitive Impairment Test (6-CIT), Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT), Addenbrooke's Cognitive Exaination-Revised (ACE-R), ALOIS: the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, APOE e4 (Apolipoprotein E e4), APOE-4 Allele, Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease, Blessed Information-Memory-Concentration Test (Blessed I-M-C), Brain Imaging, Bristol University, Canada, CDCIG: Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, China, China Medical University, Clinical Cooperation Unit Nuclear Medicine (Heidelberg), Clock Drawing Test (CDT), Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group (CDCIG), Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) Dementia Reviews, Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) Reviews, Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Review Unit (DTA Unit), Cognitive Assessments / Screening Tools, CSF (Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis of Amyloid Beta and Tau), CSF Tau, CSF Tau / ABeta Ratio, Department of Neurology: VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam, Devon, Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) Handbook, Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews, Differential Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease, Dopamine Transporter Imaging, Dopamine Transporter Imaging (for Diagnosis of DLB), DTA Handbook, Early Differential Diagnosis, Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta: Neuroepidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, FP-CIT (Fluoropropyl-Carbomethoxy-3b-(4-Iodophenyl)Tropane), Frenchay Hospital (Bristol), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Generic Protocols for Cross-Sectional and Delayed-Verification Studies, German Cancer Research Center: Medical PET Group - Biological Imaging, Germany, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, GP-Cog, Imaging, Imperial College London, Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE), Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences: Glasgow, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences: University of Glasgow, Institute of Health Research: Exeter, Institute of Public Health (Cambridge UK), Institute of Public Health (IPH), Institute of Public Health: Cambridge, IRCCS Fatebenefratelli (Brescia), Italy, John Radcliffe Hospital, LITA Polo Universitario, Maastricht University, Maastricht University: Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Mini-Cog, Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3-MS), MRI, MRI Brain Imaging, MRI Scans, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cochrane Collaboration Programme, Netherlands, Neuroimaging in Dementia Diagnosis, Neuropsychological Tests for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis, Neuropsychological Tests for Dementia Diagnosis, North Bristol NHS Trust, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Oxford), Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Medicine (Oxford), Older People and Healthy Ageing Service Line (London), OPTIMA (Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing), OPTIMA (Oxfordshire UK), Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Oxford, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford University Medical School, PenCLAHRC, Peninsula CLAHRC, Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG), PET-FDG (Positron Emission Tomography F-Fluorodeoxyglucose), PET-PiB (Positron Emission Tomography-Pittsburgh Compound B), Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Abeta42, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Protocols, Public Health Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Birmingham, Queen's University (Canada), Radcliffe Department of Medicine, ratio, rCBF SPECT, Research Protocol, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience: Maastricht University, Shengjing Hospital, sMRI (Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging), SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography), St Louis University Mental Status Examination (SLUMS), Study Protocol, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto), Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Test Your Memory (TYM), University Hospitals Bristol, University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Glasgow, University of Milan, University of Oxford, University of Toronto, VU University (Netherlands), VU University Medical Centre | Leave a comment

Patient Complaints in the NHS: No Shortage of Feedback (BBC News / HSCIC)

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The number of complaints made about NHS care in England increased to roughly 480 per day, according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). 174,872 complaints were made during 2013-14. Full Text Link Reference NHS complaints rise … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Comments and Complaints, Complaint and Redress, Complaints Support Services, Customer Contact & Complaints, Formal Complaints, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Hospital Complaints, Learning from Complaints, More Complaints Please!, NHS Complaints Process, NHS Written Complaints, Patient Complaints, Patient Complaints Handling, User Complaints, Valuing Complaints, Written Complaints in the NHS (2013-14) | Leave a comment

Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Improves Memory / Ability to Learn? (BBC News / Science)

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A small US study indicates that electromagnetic stimulation of specific regions of the brain may improve the ability to remember. Researchers are already speculating whether similar techniques could help people with memory disorders and / or reduce memory loss … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Studies, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Associative Memory, BBC Health News, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science and Brain Research Institute: Yonsei University College of Medicine, Brain Stimulation, Cortical-Hippocampal Brain Networks, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Face-Word Pairs, Feinberg School of Medicine, Hippocampal Cholinergic Activity, Hippocampus, Hippocampus-Based Cognitive Processes, Neurogenesis, Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Northwestern University, Northwestern University (NUFFACE Test), Northwestern University Famous Faces (NUFFACE) Test, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University: Chicago, Science Journal, Sensory Motor Performance Program: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Seoul National University, Yonsei University College of Medicine | Leave a comment

Population Level Commissioning: LTC Year of Care Programme (NHS IQ / NHS England)

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ) has released a paper analysing a Kent “whole population” dataset, which links whole population demographics with activity and cost data from acute, community, mental health and social care providers. The data / analyses are … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged A Year of Care, A&E Data, Admitted Patient Care (APC), Admitted Patient Care Data, Ashford Clinical Commissioning Group, Assigning LTCs to Inpatient Activity, Assigning Risk Scores to People, Canterbury and Coastal Clinical Commissioning Group, Capitated and Outcome-Based Incentivised Contracts (COBICS), Capitated Budgets, Capitated Budgets (Budgets Calculated Per Person), Capitated Budgets for Long-Term Conditions, Capitated Budgets for People With Complex Needs, Capitated Budgets Within Long Term Conditions, Commissioning Simulation Model (Long Term Conditions Year of Care Commissioning Programme and Simul8 Corporation), Community Contact Data, Community Inpatient Data, Comparison of Risk Score and Multimorbidity Populations, Complex Care, Complex Needs, Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group, Deaths in Hospital, Demographics, Implementation of Capitated Budgets, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Institute of Global Health Innovation: Imperial College London, Jacquie White: NHS England’s Deputy Director for People with Long Term Conditions, Kaiser Permanente Pyramid, Kent County Council, Kent LTC Year of Care Value Model Programme Early Implementer Team, Kent Whole Population Dataset, Long Term Conditions (LTC) Year of Care Commissioning Programme, Long Term Conditions Year of Care Commissioning Programme, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), LTC Year of Care Commissioning Model, LTC Year of Care Currency, LTC Year of Care Programme, Mental Health Data, Mental Health LTCs, Multimorbidity, Multimorbidity and Patterns of Services Delivered, Multimorbidity and the Cost of Healthcare, National Long Term Conditions QIPP Programme, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS IQ, Outpatient Data, Patient Targeting and Risk Stratification, Physical LTCs, Population Level Commissioning, Population Risk Stratification, Population-Based Capitated Contract, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement National Audit, Risk Scores and Multimorbidity in Population Stratification, Risk Stratification, Risk Stratification Programmes, Scottish School of Primary Care's Multimorbidity Research Programme, Selection of Patients With Complex Health and Social Care Needs, Sir John Oldham: Institute of Global Health at Imperial College, Social Care Data, South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group, Swale Clinical Commissioning Group, Thanet Clinical Commissioning Group, Trends in Costs, Unbundling Recovery Simulation Model (Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement National Audit), Unit Cost Categories (TFC or HRG), West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group, Whole Population Datasets, Year of Care Approach, Year of Care Capitated Budget, Year of Care Commissioning, Year of Care Funding Model, Year of Care Payment Approach, Year of Care Programme | Leave a comment

Generic Protocol(s) for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews in Dementia (Cochrane Database)

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group (CDCIG) is working – in collaboration with the Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Review Unit (DTA Unit) and the Institute of Public Health (IPH) – on a series of Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy … Continue reading →

Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, NIHR, Systematic Reviews, UK | Tagged 6-Item Cognitive Impairment Test (6-CIT), Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT), Addenbrooke's Cognitive Exaination-Revised (ACE-R), ALOIS: the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, APOE e4 (Apolipoprotein E e4), Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Blessed Information-Memory-Concentration Test (Blessed I-M-C), Bristol, Bristol University: Academic Unit of Psychiatry, Bristol University: Addiction and Suicide Research, Bristol University: Centre for Mental Health, Bristol University: School of Community Medicine, CDCIG: Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, Clock Drawing Test (CDT), Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group (CDCIG), Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group: Oxford University, Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) Dementia Reviews, Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) Reviews, Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Review Unit (DTA Unit), Cognitive Assessments / Screening Tools, CSF (Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis of Amyloid Beta and Tau), Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) Handbook, Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews, DTA Handbook, Exeter, FP-CIT (Fluoropropyl-Carbomethoxy-3b-(4-Iodophenyl)Tropane), Generic Protocols for Cross-Sectional and Delayed-Verification Studies, Glasgow, GP-Cog, Institute of Public Health (IPH), Institute of Public Health: Cambridge, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Mini-Cog, Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3-MS), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cochrane Collaboration Programme, Neuropsychological Tests for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis, Neuropsychological Tests for Dementia Diagnosis, Oxford, Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG), PET-FDG (Positron Emission Tomography F-Fluorodeoxyglucose), PET-PiB (Positron Emission Tomography-Pittsburgh Compound B), Protocols, Research Protocol, School of Community Medicine: Bristol University, School of Social and Community Medicine: Bristol University, Severn Deanery (Bristol UK), sMRI (Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging), SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography), St Louis University Mental Status Examination (SLUMS), Study Protocol, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Test Your Memory (TYM), University of Bristol, University of Bristol: School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge: Department of Public Health and Primary Care: Cambridge, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Glasgow, University of Oxford, University of Oxford: Radcliffe Department of Medicine | Leave a comment

Dementia Data Extraction Process Revised (HSCIC)

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has introduced a different sign-up process concerning automated data extraction for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and enhanced services. The QOF subset 2014-15 dementia extraction supports the Prime Ministerial challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Statistics, UK | Tagged Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS), Data Extraction, Data Extractions: National Governance, Dementia Data Extraction Processes, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Enhanced Services from GPs, General Practice, General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), GP Data Extraction, GPES Training Materials, GPES Website, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Local Area Teams (LATs), Local Enhanced Services, NHS Area Teams (ATs), Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Support for Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates | Leave a comment

The CAREDEM Case Management Modelling and Feasibility Study (HTA)

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The CAREDEM Case Management Study adapted a promising case management project from the USA (the PREVENT Study) and attempted to test the feasibility and acceptability of this approach to case management for dementia support in English general practice. The … Continue reading →

Monthly Archives: August 2014

NHS Statistical Summary (NHS Confederation)

Further Dementia Diagnostic Test Accuracy Systematic Review Protocols (Cochrane Database)

Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Improves Memory / Ability to Learn? (BBC News / Science)

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