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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Commitments to Carers: Progress Update (NHS England)
Summary NHS England has published a review of progress against on 37 “Commitments to Carers” made earlier in the “NHS England’s Commitment to Carers” document of May 2014. Full Text Link Reference Change is happening for carers – Dr Martin … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, 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, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Access to Primary Care, Balancing Work With Caring, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Distress, Caregiver Support, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Champion, Carer Fatigue, Carer Inclusion, Carer Isolation, Carer Satisfaction, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Needs Assessment, Carer’s Perspective, Carers, Carers Champions Network, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers Leave, Carers Week, Carers’ Breaks, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Carers’ Week 2015, Caring for Carers, Citizen Inclusion, Collaboration for Coordinated Care, Commissioning and Service Development, Commissioning for Carers, Commissioning for Carers Principles, Commissioning Support, Commitments to Carers: NHS England 2014, Commitments to Carers: September 2015 Progress Update, Dementia Enhanced Service (DES), Designing for Inclusion, Dr Martin McShane: NHS England’s Director for People With Long Term Conditions, Emily Holzhausen: Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK, Employers for Carers, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Family Carers' Legal Rights, Flexible Hours for Carers, Health and Wellbeing of Adult Carers, Hertfordshire County Council, Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group, House of Care, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Information and Advice, Information and Education, Information and Signposting Services, Information and Support for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, International Carers Conference in Sweden (2015), Jennifer Kenward: Head of Patient Experience Community Primary and Integrated Care at NHS England, John’s Campaign: Allowing Carers Accompany People With Dementia When Admitted to Hospital, Listening to Carers, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), LTC Handbooks, Mandy Rudczenko: Expert by Experience on the NHS England People and Communities Board, National Voices Principles of Care and Support Planning, NHS England and NHS Improving Quality, NHS England as an Employer, NHS England Carers Group, NHS England Commitment to Carers: End of Year Progress Summary 2014/2015, NHS England Commitment to Carers: Priority 1: Raising the Profile of Carers, NHS England Commitment to Carers: Priority 2: Education Training and Information, NHS England Commitment to Carers: Priority 3: Service Development, NHS England Commitment to Carers: Priority 4: Person Centred Well Co-ordinated Care, NHS England Commitment to Carers: Priority 5: Primary Care, NHS England Commitment to Carers: Priority 6: Commissioning Support, NHS England Commitment to Carers: Priority 6b: Partnership Links, NHS England Commitment to Carers: Priority 6c: NHS England as an Employer, NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS England’s Commitment to Carers, NHS England’s Responsibility to Carers, NHS England’s Widening Digital Participation Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Herts Valleys CCG, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), Partnership Links, Raising the Profile of Carers, Signposting Patient Information, Signposting Services and Knowledge, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Standing Commission on Carers, Support for Carers, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Valuing Carers, Views of Informal Carers, Working and Caring, Working Carers
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Pharmacological Treatment for Agitation in Alzheimer’s Disease? (JAMA)
Summary Combination dextromethorphan-quinidine shows early signs of being a safe and effective treatment option for Alzheimer’s Disease-related agitation. Full Text Link Reference Cummings, JL. Lyketsos, CG. [and] Peskind, ER. [et al] (2015). Effect of dextromethorphan-quinidine on agitation in patients with … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights
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Tagged ADCS Clinical Global Impression of Change and Patient Global Impression of Change, Agitation, Agitation and Aggression, Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Agitation, Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc (California), Banner Alzheimer's Institute (Arizona), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Caregiver Strain Index, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health: Las Vegas, Clinical Biotechnology Research Institute: Roper St Francis Hospital, CSD Biostatistics Inc (Arizona), Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide-Quinidine Sulfate, Dextromethorphan-Quinidine, Dextromethorphan-Quinidine for Agitation in Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease, JAMA, Johns Hopkins Bayview (Maryland), Johns Hopkins Memory and Alzheimer's Treatment Center: Johns Hopkins Bayview, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Kings College London, Managing Agitation, Miami Jewish Health Systems, Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Agitation / Aggression Scale, Neuropsychiatric Inventory Agitation / Aggression Domain (NPI), NPI Caregiver Distress Scale, Ohio State University, Quantum Laboratories Inc (Florida), Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (South Carolina), Reducing Agitation and Distress, Roper St Francis Hospital (South Carolina), United States, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Washington School of Medicine, USA, VA Puget Sound Health Care System: University of Washington School of Medicine, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases: King’s College London
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Acute Care Collaboration Vanguards: Thirteen New Hospitals Collaboration Vanguards (NHS England / NHS Improvement)
Summary The search for new models of care, as proposed in the NHS Five Year Forward View, has previously entailed four types of vanguards: Integrated Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS): which involve local integration of GP, hospital, community and … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Accountable Clinical Networks, Accountable Clinical Networks for Cancer, Accountable Clinical Networks: Cheshire and Merseyside Women’s and Children Services, Accountable Clinical Networks: Developing ‘One NHS’ in Dorset, Accountable Clinical Networks: East Midlands Radiology Consortium (EMRAD), Accountable Clinical Networks: MERIT - Mental Health Alliance for Excellence Resilience Innovation and Training (West Midlands), Accountable Clinical Networks: Royal Marsden Manchester Cancer and UCLH, Accountable Clinical Networks: Working Together Partnership, Acute Care, Acute Care Collaboration (ACC) Vanguard Trust Buddying Schemes, Acute Care Collaboration (ACC) Vanguards, Acute Care Collaboration Vanguards, Acute Care Services, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham and Solihull, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Buddying, Buddying Schemes, Cancer Vanguards, Cheshire and Merseyside Women’s and Children Services (Maternity and Paediatrics Accountable Clinical Network), Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Networks, Collaboration, Collaborative Quality Improvement, Common Model for NHS Franchising, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, Dalton Review (2014), Dalton Review: New Options for Providers of NHS Care, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (DGT), Delivery of Specialist Back-Office and Diagnostic Services Across Providers, Developing ‘One NHS’ in Dorset (Multispecialty), District General Hospitals, Dorset Clinical Services Review, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, East Midlands, East Midlands Radiology Consortium: EMRAD (Radiology), Efficiency Savings, Exemplar Orthopaedic Services, Federations, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Forward View Into Action, Forward View Into Action: New Care Models, Foundation Healthcare Group (Dartford and Gravesham), Franchises, Geographically Disperse Multi-Service Chains, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), High-Performing Foundation Trusts, High-Performing Foundation Trusts (Buddying / Mentorship), High-Performing Foundation Trusts (Buddying / Mentorship): Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, High-Performing Foundation Trusts (Buddying / Mentorship): Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, High-Performing Foundation Trusts (Buddying / Mentorship): Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, High-Performing Foundation Trusts (Buddying / Mentorship): Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Hospital Chains, Hospital Chains and Specialty Chains, Hospital Franchises, Hospitals Collaboration Vanguards, Independent Cancer Taskforce, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, Integrated Care Systems, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Commissioning Support, Jim Mackey: Chief Executive of NHS Improvement, Joint Ventures on Shared Services, Liverpool CCG, Manchester Cancer and UCLH (Cancer), Mental Health Vanguards, MERIT: Mental Health Alliance for Excellence Resilience Innovation and Training: West Midlands (Birmingham and Solihull) (Mental Health Accountable Clinical Network), Models of Care Across Organisational Boundaries, Moorfields (Ophthalmology Specialty Franchise), Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Multihospital Chains, Multihospital Chains: Northumbria Foundation Group, Multihospital Chains: Royal Free London, Multihospital Chains: Salford and Wigan Foundation Chain, Multisite Specialty Franchises, Multisite Specialty Franchises: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (DGT), Multisite Specialty Franchises: Moorfields, Multisite Specialty Franchises: National Orthopaedic Alliance, Multisite Specialty Franchises: Neuro Network (Walton Centre in Liverpool), National Orthopaedic Alliance (Orthopaedics Specialty Franchise), National Orthopaedic Alliance Vanguard, Networks, Networks and Alliances, Neuro Network (Walton Centre in Liverpool) (Neurology and Spinal Specialty Franchise), New Care Models, New Care Models Programme, New Care Models Programme: Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Vanguards, New Care Models: Support for Acute Care Collaboration (ACC) Vanguards, New Care Models: Vanguard Sites, New Models of Care, New Models of Care Vanguards, New Models of Service, New Ways of Working, NHS Cancer Taskforce, NHS Efficiency Challenge, NHS Efficiency Savings, NHS England Specialised Services Commissioning Team (North), NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS England’s Cancer Taskforce, NHS England’s New Models of Care Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Forward View, NHS Foundation Groups, NHS Franchising, NHS Liverpool CCG, NHS Providers, NHS Warrington CCG, North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, Northumbria Foundation Group, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Poole 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Frameworks, Specialty Franchises, Sustainable Health and Care Services, UCLH: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington CCG, West Midlands, Working Together Partnership (South Yorkshire North Derbyshire and Mid Yorkshire) (Multispecialty), Working Together Partnership: Mid Yorkshire, Working Together Partnership: North Derbyshire, Working Together Partnership: South Yorkshire, Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, WWLFT: Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
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More on Diabetes in Later Life as a Dementia Risk Factor (Diabetes Care)
Summary Further epidemiological evidence indicates that diabetes onset in late life is a risk factor for dementia. A cohort study involving 169,114 new cases of dementia in Ontario (Canada) found that dementia risk was 16% higher among the subgroup with … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age-Related Neurodegenerative and Neurovascular Diseases, American Diabetes Association (ADA), Canada, Canada Department of Medicine: Queen's University, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cerebral Vascular Disease, Cerebrovascular Disease, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Medicine: University of Toronto, Diabetes, Diabetes and Multiple Morbidities, Diabetes Care, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Evidence for Risk Factors of Dementia, Hypoglycaemia, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Modifiable Risk Factors, Ontario (Canada), Overlapping Risk Factors, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Queen's University (Kingston Canada), Risk Factors, Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Toronto: Canada Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
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Home Care Services Guideline (BBC News / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline concerning high-quality home care services for older people (i.e. home care, sometimes known as domiciliary care). It puts the focus on supporting the aspirations, goals … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, 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, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Social Value Argument Supports Investment in Dementia Support Services (Health Innovation Network)
Summary A report from the Health Innovation Network highlights the positive social value of peer support groups for people with dementia, their carers and volunteers. It is estimated (based on just three such groups evaluated) that each pound of investment … Continue reading →
Posted in Universal Interest
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Tagged Accounting for Social Value, Ageing Population Carer Support, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Burden, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Fatigue, Carer Inclusion, Carer Isolation, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Commissioning Carer Support Services, Commissioning Dementia Support Services, Community and Voluntary Sector, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Croydon, Dementia Support Services, Emotional and Social Isolation, Health Innovation Network, Interventions for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Men, Investment in Dementia Support Services, Isolation, Lambeth, Lambeth and Southwark, Loneliness and Isolation, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Peer Support, Peer Support - Making it Happen, Peer Support – Principles in Practice, Peer Support for People with Dementia, Peer Support for People with Dementia: Social Return on Investment, Peer Support Groups, Peer Support in Long Term Conditions, Peer Support Network Model: Evaluation, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Networks: Evaluation, Peer Support Services, Peer Support Workers, Preventing Isolation, Self-Esteem (Peer Support), Self-Help Groups, Self-Help Groups for People With Dementia, Services and Support for BAME Communities, Social Inclusion, Social Isolation, Social Networking, Social Networks, Social Return on Investment (SROI), Social Value, Social Value Act 2012, Southwark, SROI (Social Return on Investment)
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World Alzheimer’s Day (BBC News / ARUK / OHE / NHS Choices)
Summary To mark World Alzheimer’s Day, life-expectancy and dementia incidence statistics, commissioned from the Office of Health Economics, have been used to arrive at the projection that perhaps one in three people born in the UK this year could develop … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Patient Care Pathway, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accelerating Alzheimer's Research and Drug Development, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), ARUK: Alzheimer’s Research UK, Behind the Headlines, CFAS I Study, Cognitive Functioning and Ageing Study (CFAS), Costs of Dementia in UK, Delaying Onset: Cost Impact, Delaying Onset: Human Impact, Dementia Innovation, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Champions Group, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease Progression, Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Dr Matthew Norton: Alzheimer's Research UK, Drug Development for Alzheimer's Disease, Drug-Development Pipeline, Epidemiology, Estimation of Future Cases of Dementia: From Males / Females Born in 2015, Forecasting Life Expectancy, Gender (Sex), Gender Differences in Diagnosis Rates, Incidence Studies, Life Expectancy, Life Table Data, Life Tables, National Life Tables, Office of Health Economics (OHE), OHE Consulting, OHE: Office of Health Economics, Prevalence, Prevalence of Dementia, Progression to Alzheimer's Disease, Slowing Progression: Cost Impact, Slowing Progression: Human Impact, Solanezumab (Eli Lilly), Trajectory of Dementia in the UK
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Carers Charged For Support? / Social Care Funding Shortfalls (Carers Trust / BBC News)
Summary Councils are reported to be increasingly likely to consider charging unpaid carers for the support they receive… despite the valuable role these people themselves play in relieving the pressures of growing demand for local health and care services. Such … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care Funding, Ageing Population, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Barriers to Integration, BBC Health News, Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Care Act 2014, Care Funding, Care in an Ageing Society, Care Providers Alliance, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Support, Carer's Needs, Carers Charged For Support, Carers Strategy, Carers Trust, Carers Trust: Charges on Carers Report, Carers Trust’s View on Charging Carers For Own Support, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family Finances, Charge on Caring: Use and Impact of Charges by Councils Providing Support to Unpaid Carers, Commissioning and Funding, Dr Anna Batchelor: Dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Dr David Richmond: President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Dr Giles Maskell: President of the Royal College of Radiologists, Dr Liam Brennan: President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, Dr Moira Fraser: Director of Policy and Research for Carers Trust, Dr Suzy Lishman: President of the Royal College of Pathologists, Experiences, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Financial Issues, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Impact of Caring on Carers, Local Carers Trust Network Partners, Miss Clare Marx: President of Royal College of Surgeons of England, Mr Michael Lavelle-Jones: President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, National Carers Strategy, Needs of Carers, Personal Finances, Poverty, Prof Carrie MacEwen: President of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Prof David Oliver: President of the British Geriatrics Society, Prof John Ashton: President of Faculty of Public Health, Prof Neena Modi: President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Professor Dame Sue Bailey: Chair of Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Professor Jane Dacre: President of Royal College of Physicians, Professor Sir Simon Wessely: President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Social Care, Social Care Expenditure, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Shortfalls, Spending Cuts, Spending on Local Authority Social Care, Support for Carers, Sustainable Caring, Sustainable Funding, Tale of Two Systems (NHS and Social Care), Underpaid, Undervalued Hidden Workforce, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Valuing Carers
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Moving Care Closer to Home: Resource Collection (Monitor)
Summary Monitor has released a collection of resources to support healthcare providers and commissioners when making evidence-based decisions about the costs and benefits of different approaches to moving care closer to patients’ homes (i.e. away from hospitals and into the … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community 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, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Care Closer to Home, Care Closer to Home Project, Carter Review of Operational Productivity in NHS Providers, Community Hospital Day-Case Settings, Community Hospitals, Delayed Discharges, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge Support, Early Discharge Support, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Enhanced Step-Up: Community Hospital Day-Case Settings, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Five Year Forward View, Good Practice in Reducing Emergency Admissions, Healthcare Closer to Home (Monitor), Hospital Discharge, Improving Patient Flow, Independence at Home, Integrated Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS), Maintaining Independence, Monitor, Moving Care Closer to Home: Resource Collection, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home Project (Monitor), New Care Models, New Care Models Programme, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), Operational Productivity in NHS Providers, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Post-Discharge Activities, Post-Discharge Support, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS), Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Rapid Response, Rapid Response and Early Supported Discharge, Reablement, Reablement Services, Regaining Independence, Services Maximising Independence, Smoother Patient Flows, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Telehealth, Whole System Patient Flows
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NHS Atlas of Variation (BBC News / NHS England / NHS Right Care / PHE)
Summary The NHS Atlas of Variation, produced by NHS England, NHS Right Care and Public Health England (PHE), compares service performance across over 200 local areas. This latest Atlas includes over 100 maps covering data, at the level of individual … Continue reading →
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