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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Increasing Numbers of Prisoners With Dementia (PPO / MHF)
Summary The Prison Service is said to be unsuited, at present, to meet the needs of an ageing inmate population with chronic age-related conditions. It needs a strategy to handle growing numbers of older prisoners. Prison staff generally need to … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age-Friendly Prisons, Aged Inmates, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing in the UK, Ageing Inmates, Ageing Offenders, Dementia (Learning Lessons Bulletin: Issue 11), Dementia in Ageing Prison Population, Dementia Incidence in Prisons, Dementia Prevalence in Prisons, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Prisons, Education and Staff Training, Elder Inmates Services, Elderly Inmates, Elderly Prisoners, Exercise for Cognitive Impairment, Hidden Psychiatric Morbidity in Elderly Prisoners, HMI Prisons, HMP Isle of Wight Memory Service Referral Process, Information Sharing, Inmate Dementia, Learning Lessons Bulletin: Fatal Incidents Investigations: Issue 11 (Prisons and Probation Ombudsman), Life After Imprisonment, Low Cost Modifications to Prison Living Environments, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health in Prison, National Offender Management Service, National Offender Management Service - Hidden Disabilities: Dementia, Nigel Newcomen CBE: Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, Older Offenders, Older People in Prison, Older Prisoners, Older Prisoners in England and Wales, Physical Exercise, Physical Restraint, PPO Investigations, Prison Health, Prison Population in England and Wales, Prison Service, Prisoner Carer Schemes, Prisoner Mental Health, Prisoners, Prisoners With Dementia, Prisons, Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales, Restraint, Restraint and Restrictions, Robert A. Fox Leadership Program: University of Pennsylvania, Routine Screening of Older Prisoners (Proposal), Special Needs Program for Inmate-Patients With Dementia (SNPID), Staff Training, University of Pennsylvania, Workforce Development
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“Poverty of Ambition” on Reducing Delayed Transfers of Care? Improvements Recommended (BBC News / House of Commons PAC / NICE)
Summary The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s latest report challenges the government, NHS Improvement and NHS England to tackle the extent of (i) the harm to patients and (ii) the financial costs, arising from delays in discharging older patients … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, NICE Guidelines, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability and Integration, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Areas With the Highest Delayed Transfers of Care, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Four: Six O'Clock News, Bed Days, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Cumbria County Council, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Discharges Higher in Mental Health Trusts, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Delayed Transfers of Care by Responsible Organisation, Discharge From Acute and Mental Health Trusts, Discharge Programme Board, Efficiency Opportunities, Financial Incentives Across Local Health and Social Care Systems (Proposals), Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Geographical Variations, Good Practice, Good Practice Standards, Health and Adult Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Beds, Hospital Beds Use: Variations, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Hospital Long-Waiters, House of Commons, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration Transformation Fund (aka Better Care Fund), James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Health Services: Variations, Local System Resilience Groups, Local Variations, Long Hospital Stays, Lord Carter Review, Loss of Mobility During Long Hospital Stays, Loss of Older Patients' Muscle Strength Per Day of Hospital Treatment, Measures to Capture the Number of Older People Who No Longer Benefit From Acute Hospital Care (Proposal), Meg Hiller MP: Chair of Public Accounts Committee, Mental Health Trusts, National Audit Office (NAO), National Discharge Programme Board, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Market Position Statement, NHS Mental Health Trusts in England, NHS Sustainability, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Parliamentarians, Patient Care, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Patient Safety, Personal Budgets in Adult Social Care, Post-Discharge Support, Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Public Accounts Commons Select Committee, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Regional Variations, Sharing Good Practice, Sharing Patient Information, Sir James Munby: President of Family Division of the High Court, Social Care Delays (Impact on Hospital Bed-Days and LoS), Social Care Providers, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variation in Performance, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Service, Variations in Spending, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Whole System Patient Flows
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Guideline on Sepsis Recognition, Diagnosis and Early Management (NICE / BBC News / RCEM)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recently published “Sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management – guidance” (NG51). This presents recommendations on the identification and assessment people with suspected sepsis; risk factors and risk stratification; and the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, NICE Guidelines, Standards, UK
Tagged Acute Sepsis, Antibiotic Treatment in People With Suspected Sepsis, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Avoidable Hospital Mortality, Avoidable Mortality, AVPU (Alert Voice Pain Unresponsive) Scale, AVPU: Alert V oice pain, BBC Health News, Dr Foster, Dr Foster Intelligence, Dr Ron Daniels: Chief Executive of UK Sepsis Trust, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Improving Sepsis Recognition and Treatment, Infection and Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE Guidance on Sepsis Recognition Diagnosis and Early Management (NG51), Patient Safety, Premature Mortality, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professor Sir Brian Jarman, Quality Improvement, Raising Sepsis Awareness, Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Russells Hall Hospital (Dudley), Sepsis, Sepsis Awareness, Sepsis Bundles, Sepsis Recognition, Sepsis: Risk Stratification Tools, Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: RCEM National Clinical Audit 2016/17, Sir Brian Jarman, unresponsiv e') scale
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Patients Aged Over of 75 Caused Over Half of Physical Assaults on NHS Staff? (BBC News / BBC Radio 5 Live / NHS Protect)
Summary Statistics from NHS Protect on physical assaults against NHS employees indicate that patients aged 75 and over accounted for 57% of violent incidents on wards, between 2010 and 2015 in England. It is estimated that 4% of the assaults … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Delirium, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute NHS Trusts, Aggression, Agitation and Aggression, Anger, BBC 5 Live, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 5 Live, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Bites and Pinches, Care in General Hospitals, Centenarians, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, General Hospitals, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), NHS Assaults, NHS Protect, Over-75s as Perpetrators of NHS Assaults, Patients Not Always Treated With Dignity And Respect: By Individual Hospital Trust (2012), Physical Assaults on NHS Staff, Physical Assaults on NHS Staff By Centenarians, Physical Assaults on NHS Staff By Elderly Patients, Triggers of Violence and Aggression, Violence and Aggression, Violence and Aggression Against Hospital Staff (in England), Workforce Issues
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