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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Review of NHS Performance Under the Coalition Government (King’s Fund / BBC News / Macmillan Cancer Support)
Summary The following review of NHS performance by the King’s Fund finds that waiting times for A&E, cancer care and routine operations have been deteriorating recently, and that Trust deficits are increasing in scale and extent. The report analyses NHS … 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, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Quality Indicators, Access Targets, Access Times for Planned Treatments, Access to Hospital Care, Access to Mental Health Services, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency: NHS Performance Indicators, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Agency Staff, Agency Staff (Exorbitant Waste of NHS Funding), Ambulance Services, £20 Billion Question, BBC Health News, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed Occupancy, Cancelled Elective Operations, Cancelled Operations: NHS Performance Indicators, Cancer Treatment, Cancer Treatment Standards, Cancer: Waiting Times for Testing and Treatment: NHS Performance Indicators, Coalition Government, CONCORD Working Group, CONCORD-2 Global Study, Crude Hospital Productivity, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Efficiency Savings, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, End-User Experience, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Position of NHS Trusts, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five-Year Cancer Survival Rates 2005-2009, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Funding Deficits, General Hospitals, Global Surveillance of Cancer Survival 1995–2009, Healthcare Targets, Hospital Activity, Hospital Activity and Capacity, Hospital Emergency Departments, Hospital Productivity, Hospital Waiting Times, Key Performance Indicators, Low Morale, Macmillan Cancer Support, Mental Health Services, Mixed Sex Accommodation, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS England Winter Health Check, NHS Expenditure, NHS Foundation Trust Performance, NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts (NHSFTs), NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Performance Under the Coalition Government, NHS Productivity, NHS Safe Staffing, Nurse Staffing Levels, Outcomes and Monitoring, Outpatient Data, Patient Experience, Patient Reported Outcomes, Patient Safety, Performance Indicators, Performance Targets, Planned Treatment, Production Path Analysis, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Quarterly Monitoring Reports, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Safe Staffing, Troubled NHS Foundation Trusts, UK Cancer Survival Rates, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times for Planned Treatments, Winter Pressures
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Promoting the Importance of Mental Wellbeing: Awareness, Budgets and Policy (NHS Employers / BBC News / CommunityCare / Department of Health / NHS England)
Summary NHS Employers has published an infographic / poster outlining key facts and figures about mental wellbeing. Full Text Link Reference Things you need to know about mental wellbeing. London: NHS Employers, February 20th 2015. Mental Health Service Budgets: Swings … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Depression, 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, NHS Employers, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Mental Health Services, Admission Avoidance, Assertive Outreach, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, CAMHS Services, Care Integration, Changing how Services Are Commissioned: Care Based Around the Needs of children and Their Families, Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce, Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce Report (2015), Children’s and Adolescents’ Mental Health Services, CMHT: Community Mental Health Teams, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Community Care, Community Care Beds and Services, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Community Mental Health Teams, Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Community Service Funding, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Mental Health and Social Care Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, CommunityCare (Online Journal), Continued Support Throughout Teenage Years into Early 20s (Avoiding Cliff-Edge of Lost Support at 18), Crisis Care Concordat, Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams, Crisis Response, Crisis Response Services, Crisis Response Teams (CRTs), Danny Alexander: Liberal Democrat Treasury Secretary, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Faye Wilson: Chair of British Association of Social Workers’ Mental Health Forum, Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Future in Mind Report (2015), Health and Social Care Integration, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Importance of Mental Wellbeing Infographic Poster (NHS Employers), Improved Care for Children and Young People in Crisis, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Information and Self-Help Via Online Tools and Apps, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Investing in Recovery, Joint Working on the Liverpool CAMHS Model, Liaison Psychiatry Services, London Youth Health Centre Supporting Mental Wellbeing, Mental Health Budgets, Mental Health Early Interventions, Mental Health Funding, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Service Budgets, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Training for Health Professionals (Including GPs), Mental Health Trusts, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, NHS Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) for Older People with Mental Health Problems: Unit / Reference Costs, NHS Mental Health Budget, NHS Mental Health Services, Nick Clegg: Former Deputy Prime Minister, No Health Without Mental Health, Norman Lamb MP, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), One Stop Shop Support Services in the Community, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Preventing Future Crises, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Public Mental Health, Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Wellbeing, Self-Care, Simon Wessely: President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Steve Chamberlain: Chair of College of Social Work’s Approved Mental Health Professionals Network, Support for Parents to Help Improve Family Relationships, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Time to Change, Tower Hamlets CAMHS Parenting Groups, Waiting Time Target for Psychological Therapies, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Young Minds Report (Children Young People and Family Engagement)
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NHS England Supporting Nutrition and Hydration Week (NHS England)
Summary NHS England has again given support to the annual Nutrition and Hydration Week. The Nutrition and Hydration Week 2015 falls between March 16th – 22nd 2015. This national campaign aims to improve awareness of the importance of nutrition and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 6Cs in Dementia Practice, 6Cs Live!, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Awareness Raising, Care Catering, Compassion in Practice: 6Cs Live!, Dehydration, Diet, Dr Mike Durkin: NHS England’s Director of Patient Safety, Dysphagia, Good Nutritional Care, Healthcare Caterers International, Hospital Caterers Association (HCA), Hospital Catering, Malnutrition, Malnutrition and Caring (Carers UK), Malnutrition in Later Life, NACC: National Association of Care Catering, National Association of Care Catering (NACC), NHS England Patient Safety Domain, Nutrition and Hydration, Nutrition and Hydration Videos on 6Cs Live! YouTube Channel, Nutrition and Hydration Week (2015), Nutrition Support, Nutrition Support in Adults, Nutritional Care, Nutritional Care Standards, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Domain of NHS England, Patient Safety First, Patient Safety First (PSF), Preventable Hospital Mortality, Preventable Mortality, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Six C’s of Nursing, The 6Cs, World Tea Party
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Global Action Against Dementia and World Dementia Council: Progress Reports (Dementia Challenge / Department of Health / World Dementia Council / GAAD)
Summary Coinciding, roughly, with the First Global Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia, which is currently hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva between March 16th – 17th 2015, the World Dementia Council (WDC) has released a … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged First Global Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia, First WHO Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit: Global Action Against Dementia, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Action Against Dementia (GAAD), WDC: World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council’s Annual Report 2014/15, World Dementia Council’s Year-On Report 2014/15, World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe
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Two Additions / Re-Locations to the Department of Health’s New Engagement Platform (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health’s Dementia Challenge website has been archived and replaced by the new Dementia Challenge site on the Engagement Platform. The archived site can still be accessed, but it won’t be updated. The Department of Health’s new … Continue reading →