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Monthly Archives: November 2014
The Winterbourne View: Time for Change Report (BBC News / ACEVO / NHS England)
Summary The government may be failing many people with learning disabilities, by sending them to hospitals too far from home for too long, according to the “Winterbourne View: Time for Change” report, commissioned by NHS England. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged ACEVO (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations), ACEVO Transforming Care and Commissioning Steering Group, Alternatives to Hospital Care, Alternatives to Hospital-Based Treatments, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Mortality, BBC Health News, Bradley Report Five Years On, Building Capacity in the Community, Care Closer to Home, Challenging Behaviour Foundation, Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF), Challenging Behaviour National Strategy Group, Challenging Behaviour National Strategy Group Charter, Charter of Rights for People With Learning Disabilities, Chemical Restraint, Closure Programme for "Inappropriate" In-Patient Facilities, Closures of Inpatient Institutions, Co-Commissioning with Charities and Social Enterprises, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Complementary Approaches to Reform, Direct Payments, Dr Margaret Flynn: Author of Winterbourne View Serious Case Review, Education and Training, Health and Social Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Health Education England, Inappropriate Use of Restraint Seclusion and Anti-Psychotics, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Jan Tregelles: Chief Executive of Mencap, Learning Disabilities, Life in the Community Social Investment Fund, Mandatory Commissioning Framework, Mencap, National Workforce Academy, NHS Reform, NHS Workforce, Patients’ Right to Challenge, Payment for Outcomes Fund, People With Learning Disabilities, Personal Budgets, Personal Health Budgets, Residential Services for People With Learning Disabilities, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Right to Challenge, Seclusion (Supervised Confinement), Sir Stephen Bubb: Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Skills for Care, Skills for Health, Social Care Reform, Social Investment Fund for Community-Based Services, Social Investment Fund: Life in the Community, Social Property Fund, Specialised Housing, Staff Training, Supported Housing for People With Learning Disabilities, Third Sector, Third Sector Commissioning, Training and Capacity-Building, Training and Support, Training for Carers, Transforming Care and Commissioning Steering Group, Vivien Cooper: Chief Executive of Challenging Behaviour Foundation, Winterbourne Joint Improvement Programme, Winterbourne View, Winterbourne View Concordat, Winterbourne View Hospital, Winterbourne View: Time for Change Report, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Training
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Possible Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Schizophrenia? (BBC News / PNAS)
Summary A “weak spot” in the brain, which may be play some common role(s) underlying both Alzheimer’s Disease and schizophrenia, appears to have been identified using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) brain scans. The brain area in question has been … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Brain Scans, Bristol Brain Bank, California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT), Dementia Praecox (Old Medical Nomeclature), Dementia Praecox (Premature Dementia or Precocious Madness), Department of Neurology: University Hospital Mannheim, Division of Brain Sciences: Imperial College London, Division of Mental Health and Addiction: Oslo University Hospital, Felix Platter-Hospital (Basel), fMRI, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) Centre: University of Oxford, Genetic Risk Factors, Germany, Heidelberg, Human Connectome Project (HCP), Human Connectome Project (HCP) Consortium, Imperial College London, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs), Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London, John Radcliffe Hospital, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research: Oslo University Hospital, Kings College London, Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Memory Clinic: University Center for Medicine of Aging Basel, MRC: Medical Research Council, MRI Brain Imaging, MRI Scans, Neural Networks, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Research, Neuroimaging, Neuroimaging in Dementia Diagnosis, Neuroimaging of Dementia, Neuroimaging of Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Human Connectome Project), Neuroscience, Norway, Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT): Oslo University Hospital, Novel Targets in Neurodegeneration, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Oxford, Organoids (Madeline Lancaster), Oslo, PNAS, Potential Link Between Alzheimer's Disease and Schizophrenia, Premature Dementia (Old Medical Nomeclature), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Professor Ed Bullmore: Head of Psychiatry at University of Cambridge, Professor Ed Bullmore: Vice-President of ImmunoPsychiatry at GSK, Research Group for Life-Span Changes in Brain and Cognition: University of Oslo, Schizophrenia, Switzerland, UK Brain Banks Network, UK Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University Center for Medicine of Aging Basel: Felix Platter-Hospital, University College London, University College London (UCL), University Hospital Mannheim, University of Cambridge, University of Heidelberg, University of Oslo, University of Oxford, Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)
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Parity of Challenge for NHS Mental Health Services? (BBC News / RCN)
Summary Staff cuts and bed shortages, in the face of increasing demand, pose questions about the credibility of the NHS “parity of esteem” policy for mental health services. Full Text Link Reference Nurses warn of mental health services strain. London: … 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, Mental Health, National, NHS, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, RCN, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Acute Mental Health Services, Admissions to Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), All Wales Medicine Strategy Group (2014), Available Beds, Betsi Cadwallader University Health Board, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Communities: Mental Health, Bridging the Gap Campaign, CAMHS Services, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community-Based Services, Crisis Care Concordat, Delivering Parity of Esteem, Dr Peter Carter: Chief Executive and General Secretary at Royal College of Nursing, Early Intervention Psychosis (EIP) Teams, Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Formal Legal Detentions (Under Mental Health Legislation), Frontline First (RCN), IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Information Services Division Scotland, Inpatient Admissions, Inpatient Admissions and Bed Management in NHS Acute Hospitals, Liaison Mental Health Services, Mark Winstanley: Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA), Memory Services, Mental Health, Mental Health Beds: Local Availability, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Commissioning, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health in England, Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Nursing, Mental Health Nursing Posts, Mental Health Nursing Workforce, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Statistics, Mental Health Strategy, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Health Waiting Times, Mental Health Waiting Times Targets, Mental Healthcare, Mental Illness in the NHS, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCISH), NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Mental Health Services, No Health Without Mental Health, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, Nursing Skill Mix, Older Adult Mental Health Services (OAMHS), Older People and Mental Health, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Peter Carter: Royal College of Nursing, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Rethink Mental Illness, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Frontline First Campaign, Secondary Mental Health Services, Shortages of Senior Nurses, Skill Mix in Mental Health Settings, Staffing Level Indicators: Skill Mix, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, UK Mental Health Services, Waiting Time Target for Psychological Therapies, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times and Access Standards, Waiting Times for Mental Health Services, Welsh Government, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Planning, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Shortages in Mental Health Nursing
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Dementia and Sight Loss Group: Eye Examinations for People With Dementia Factsheet (VISION 2020 UK)
Summary A new factsheet is available to improve public knowledge and supply information for people living with dementia and sight loss, their families and friends. The factsheet aims to improve the lives of individuals with both dementia and sight loss: … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Action for Blind People, Alzheimer Scotland, Bedford Moorfields Hospital, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Bifocals, Commissioning for Effective and Efficiency (CEE) Project, Commissioning for Effectiveness and Efficiency (CEE) Project: UK Vision Strategy, Commissioning LIVE Conference (Manchester 2014), DaSLIG: Dementia and Sight Loss Interest Group, Dementia and Sensory Loss (SCIE Dementia Gateway), Dementia and Sight Loss Group, Dementia and Sight Loss Interest Group (DASLIG), Dementia Gateway, Driving Local Change for Effective and Efficient Eye Care Services, Eye Examinations, Eye Examinations for People With Dementia Factsheet, Eye Health Needs Assessment (EHNA), Eyecare Action Groups, Eyecare Services, Free Eye Examinations, Gateshead, Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group, General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) Records (Exeter System), LEHN National Steering Group, Local Eye Health Networks (LEHNS), Local Eyecare Action Groups, Local Hospital Eye Clinics, Low Vision Clinics, Macular Society, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, National Eye Health Epidemiological Model (NEHEM), National Eyecare Charities, RNIB, RNIB Data Tool, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), SCIE Dementia Gateway, Social Care Institute of Excellence: Dementia Gateway, South Devon and Torbay, South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group, South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Thomas Pocklington Trust, Tips for Wearing Glasses, UK Vision Strategy, UK Vision Strategy Commissioning for Effectiveness and Efficiency (CEE) Project, V2020UK DaSLI Group, Varifocals, VISION 2020 UK, Wearing Glasses
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