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Funding for Research and Innovation in Health and Social Care (Department of Health / AHSNs / NHS Digital / MRC / UKRI)
Summary The government has announced new funding of up to £86 million for UK firms to develop and test new technologies in the NHS. This development is a follow-up to the Accelerated Access Review (AAR). This initiative for more rapid … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academic Health Science Network, Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for South London, Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC), Academic Health Science Network Led Projects, Academic Health Science Networks, Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Accelerated Access Partnership, Accelerated Access Review, Accelerated Access Review Interim Report, Accelerating Innovation, Access to Transformative Health Technology, Adoption of Innovations, Ben Moody: Head of Health and Social Care at techUK, Care Closer to Home, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Commissioning for Transformation, Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, Digital Health Innovations, Digital Health Technology Catalyst for Innovators, Doris-Ann Williams MBE: British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA), Dr Christopher Parker: Managing Director of WMAHSN, Dr Liz Mear: Chair of AHSN Network, Early Access to Medicine Scheme (EAMS), East Midlands Academic Health Science Network, Eastern Academic Health Science Network Patient Safety Collaborative, Health Innovation Network, High Impact Innovations, Imperial College Health Partners, Innovate UK, Innovation, Innovation Agency: Academic Health Science Network for the North West Coast, Innovation Exchange Process, Innovation Exchanges, Innovation Scorecard (NHS Digital), Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network, Lord O’Shaughnessy: Health Minister, Lord Prior: Business Minister, Medical Research Council (MRC), More Flexible Funding Systems (Facilitators of Innovation), Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, MyCOPD, New Models of Care, New Technology, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England, NWL Academic Health Science Network, Office for Life Sciences, Pathway Transformation Fund, Peter Ellingworth: Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) CEO, Removal of Barriers to Transformative Health Technology (Facilitators of Innovation), Research and Innovation, Research Councils, Research England, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), SMEs, South West Academic Health Science Network, Support for Uptake of Transformative Health Technology (Facilitators of Innovation), Supporting Research and Innovation, UCLPartners, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), UK Research and Innovation Website, West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN), West of England Academic Health Science Network, West of England Academic Health Science Network: Improvement and Innovation Academy, WMAHSN: West Midlands Academic Health Science Network, Yorkshire and the Humber Academic Health Science Network
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Chief Medical Officer’s Generation Genome Report (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary The latest annual report from Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England unveils a “genomic dream” vision, whereby whole genome screening (WGS) might soon become standard practice in the NHS, much like blood tests and biopsies. … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 100000 Genome Project: NHS Genomic Medicine Centres, 100000 Genomes Project, Annual Report of Chief Medical Officer 2016: Generation Genome, Cancer Diagnosis, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Data Protection, Data Protection Procurement Rules and Competition Rules (Potential Barriers to Information Sharing), Data Protection Procurement Rules and Competition Rules (Potential Barriers to Integration), Data Protection Procurement Rules and Competition Rules (Potential Barriers to Partnership Working), Diagnosis of Rare Diseases, Early Screening, Economics of Sequencing, Four Ps of Personalised Medicine: Participatory Role for Patients, Four Ps of Personalised Medicine: Precise Diagnoses, Four Ps of Personalised Medicine: Prediction and Prevention of Disease, Four Ps of Personalised Medicine: Targeted and Personalised Interventions, Generation Genome: 8th Annual Report of Chief Medical Officer (2016), Genetic Testing, Genomic Data Environment, Genomic Information and Insurance, Genomic Medicine, Genomic Medicine Centres, Genomic Services, Genomic Technologies, Genomics, Genomics and Personalised Medicine, Genomics and Theraputics, Genomics England, Human Genome Project, Human Genome Project (HGP), Low Prevalence Rare and Complex Diseases, National Genomics Board (Proposal), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NIHR BioResource Rare Diseases, NIHR Rare Diseases Translational Research Collaboration (RD-TRC), Pathogen Genomics, Personalised Medicine, Personalised Medicine Strategy for the NHS, Personalised Medicine: Improving Outcomes, Personalised Prevention, Phenotypes, Phenotyping, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Screening, Social Contract for Genomics in the NHS, UK Genetic Testing Network (UKGTN), Whole Genome Screening (WGS), Whole Genome Sequencing, Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS), Whole Genome Sequencing and Imputation
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2017 Heatwave Plan for England (Public Health England)
Summary Public Health England has again issued a collection of resources deigned to guide the public generally, and health and social care professionals, about how to prepare for, and prevent, the avoidable harmful effects of hot weather. Full Text Link … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountable Officers of CCGs, At-Risk Groups, Avoidable Effects on Health During Severe Heat in England, Avoidable Harm, Beat the Heat Leaflet, Beat the Heat Poster, Beat The Heat: Keep Care Home Residents Safe And Well Checklist, Beat the Heat: Keep Cool at Home Checklist, Care Quality Commission, Civil Contingencies Secretariat, DCLG Resilience and Emergencies Division and Local Resilience Forums, Dehydration, Directors of Adult Social Services, Directors of Children Social Services, Directors of Housing and Planning, Effects on Health of Severe Heat, GPs, Health Issues Related to Heatwaves, Healthwatch England, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Health Advice During Ramadan, Heat Oedema, Heat Syncope, Heat-Related Illnesses, Heatstroke, Heatwave Advice and Mass Gatherings, Heatwave Alert Service (aka Heat-Health Watch), Heatwave and Summer Preparedness, Heatwave Plan for England 2017, Heatwave Plan for England: Equality Analysis, High Temperatures: Air Quality and Health, High-Risk Groups, Hot Weather, Information on Air Quality, Keep Care Home Residents Safe And Well Checklist, LA Emergency Planning Officers, Level 2 Heatwave Alert, Level 3 Heatwave Alert, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Health Resilience Partnerships, Local Health Resilience Partnerships (LHRPs), Local Resilience Forums, Looking After Children and Those in Early Years Settings During Heatwaves: Guidance for Teachers and Professionals, Loss of Electrolytes, Medications Likely to Provoke or Increase Severity of Heatstroke, Met Office Heatwave Warnings, National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), NHS England Heads of EPRR, NHS Improvement, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Chief Executives, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Medical Directors, NHS Trust and Foundation Trust Nursing Directors, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nursing Older People, Older People, Ozone, Particulate Matter, PHE Region and Centre Directors, PHE: Public Health England, Professional Bodies, Protecting Health and Reducing Harm From Severe Heat / Heatwave, Public Health England (PHE), Ramadan, Reducing Risks Before a Heatwave, Residential Care Homes, Seasonal Excess Deaths, Severe Heat, Severe Heat in England: Avoidable Effects on Health, Sulphur Dioxide, Summer Preparedness, Supporting Vulnerable People in a Heatwave, Thermoregulation, Threshold Temperatures, Trigger Temperatures, Typical Cascade of Heatwave Alerts, Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
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Dementia Diagnosis Rates in England (NHS Digital)
Summary NHS Digital – formerly the Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) – has released statistical information on recorded dementia diagnoses for April 2017. Data about people with dementia is recorded for each GP practice, enabling GPs and commissioners … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, CCG Outcomes Indicator Set, CCG Outcomes Indicator Set (CCGOIS), CCG Outcomes Indicator Set (COIS), CCG Outcomes Indicator Set (OIS) Domain 2, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Diagnosis Rate Indicator, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Diagnosis Rates in England, Dementia Prevalence: CCGs Summary, Dementia: 65+ Estimated Diagnosis Rate, Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, Early Diagnosis, Enhanced Services from GPs, General Practice, General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), GP Data Extraction, GPES Recorded Dementia Prevalence, Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Indicator Methodologies, National Health Applications and Infrastructure Services (NHAIS) Database, National Recorded Dementia Prevalence, NHAIS Registered Patients, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), Prevalence of Dementia, Primary Care, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF): Recorded Dementia Diagnoses, Quality Outcomes Framework: Dementia Diagnoses, Recorded Dementia Diagnoses, Recorded Dementia Prevalence, Regional Dementia Prevalence, Sub-National Recorded Dementia Prevalence, Support for Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Timely Diagnosis
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Integration 2020: Towards an Integration Standard for Health and Social Care (SCIE)
Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s “Integration 2020” research was commissioned by the Department of Health to help plan for more integrated health and social care. This report clarifies what better integration of health and care is expected … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, 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, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, All Together Better, Association, Barriers and Facilitators to Integration by 2020, Barriers to Integration, Berkshire Healthcare NHS, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund Graduation, Birmingham City Council, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Care Closer to Home, Care England, Care Planning, Care Quality Commission, Careline, Collaborate, Continuously Improving Value for Money, Delayed Discharges, Department for Communities and Local Government, Devolution and Local Place-Shaping, Digital Interoperability, Digital Maturity Index, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Dudley CCG, Dudley CVS, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley Healthwatch, Dudley MBC, Dudley’s Multispecialty Community Provider Model, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), foundation trust, Health and Care Suitable for an Ageing Population, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, High-Risk Cohorts Targeted, Home Group, Innovation and Training (MERIT) in the West Midlands, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care in Dudley, Integrated Care in Mid-Nottinghamshire, Integrated Care in Southampton, Integrated Care in York, Integrated Care Plans, Integrated Community Care, Integrated Health and Care 2020: Integration 2020, Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC), Integrated Urgent and Emergency Care, Integration 2020: an Integration Standard for Health and Social Care, Integration Agenda, Integration by 2020, Integration of Health and Care, Integration Pioneer, Integration Scorecard, Integration Scorecard 2020, Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mansfield District Council, MCP Logic Model, Measuring Progress and Outcomes, Mental Health, Mental Health Alliance for Excellence, Modality in Birmingham and Sandwell, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, National Care Forum, National Voices, New Care Models, New Models of Care Programme, NHS Confed, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Providers, North West London, Nottinghamshire County Council, Personal Budgets for Older People, Personalisation, Personalised Care Plans, Preventive Support: Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Priory Medical Group, Reconfiguration of Health Care Services, Resilience, Risk Stratification, Risk Stratification Programmes, Scottish Government, Single Assessment and Care Plans, Single Assessment and Integrated Care Planning, Social Care Embedded in Urgent and Emergency Care, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Southampton City CCG, Southampton City Council, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), The Health Foundation, The Leadership Centre, The Social Work for Better, Timely and Safe Discharges, United Kingdom Homecare, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Commissioning, Value for Money
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Sustainability of Funding for NHS and Adult Social Care (House of Lords Select Committee)
Summary The House of Lords Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS has identified a culture of short-termism regarding the funding of NHS and adult social care. All governments have short-sightedly failed to plan effectively for the long-term, … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care Funding, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Barriers to Integration, Barriers to Integration: Different Funding Incentives for the NHS and Local Authorities, Barriers to Integration: Different Funding Models, Barriers to Integration: Different Workforce Cultures, Barriers to Integration: Difficulties in Effective Information Sharing, Barriers to Integration: Integration of Budgets, Barriers to Integration: NHS Services Free Versus Means-Tested Social Care, Barriers to Integration: Problems Regarding Joint-Departmental Oversight, Cap on Care Costs, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care Funding, Cross-Party and Public Consensus On Sustainable Funding, Data Sharing, Department of Communities and Local Government, Department of Health to be Renamed as the Department of Health and Care (Proposal), Dilnot Commission and Government’s Response, Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Encouraging Innovation, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Funding, Funding and Investment, Funding Challenges, Funding Gaps, Funding of Care and Support, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Health and Care Suitable for an Ageing Population, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health Education England (HEE), House of Lords, House of Lords (HL Paper 151), House of Lords Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS, Houses of Parliament, Innovation and Improvement, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Local Solutions: Place-Based Approaches, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Models of Care: Integrated Models, New Care Models, New Care Models Programme, New Models of Care, New Models of Care Vanguards, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Funding, NHS Spending, NHS Sustainability, Office for Health and Care Sustainability (Proposal), Organisational Integration, Parliament, Parliamentarians, Place-Based Collaboratives, Political Consensus (Faltering), Prevention, Professor Andrew Dilnot, Public Health, Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS ( House of Lords), Service Transformation, Sustainability, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Trust and Data Sharing, UK Parliament, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Design, Whole-System Approaches
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More on NHS Funding and Expenditure: Questions of Balance Regarding Income Versus Outgoings (BBC News / King’s Fund / Health Foundation)
Summary NHS England hopes to save between £100 – £400 million of spending annually, by no longer funding / prescribing products and services identified by NHS Clinical Commissioners as having little or no clinical value. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Department of Health, Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability and Integration, Achieving Better Value, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing Population, Anita Charlesworth: Director of Research and Economics at the Health Foundation, Anita Charlesworth: Health Foundation, Barriers and Enablers to Value in Healthcare, BBC Health News, Closing the Finance and Efficiency Gap, Closing the Funding and Efficiency Gap, Commissioning for Value, Consultant Delivered Care, Consultant Input, Consultant Productivity, Consultant Productivity n Acute NHS Hospitals, Dr Clare Gerada, Dr Peter Carter OBE, Duty of Best Value, Economic Sustainability, Efficiency Savings, Finance, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Financing of Health Care, Forty Treatments With Little or No Benefit For Patients (Academy of Medical Royal Colleges), Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Funding of Care and Support, Funding Reform, Future Funding Models, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future Panel: Clare Gerada, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future Panel: Katherine Murphy, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future Panel: Peter Carter, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future Panel: Sir David Nicholson, Health: Financing, Hypothecated Tax for Health and Social Care, Hypothecated Taxes, Hypothecation, Independent Providers, Independent Sector, Integration of Health and Social Care, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, Low Value Prescription Items, Low-Value Care, Mythology of the Times, NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC), NHS Expenditure, NHS Finances and Consultant Productivity, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Funding, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Myths (King’s Fund Debunker): The NHS Always Needs More Money, NHS Myths (King’s Fund Debunker): The NHS Been Given the Extra Funding it Demanded of Politicians, NHS Myths (King’s Fund Debunker): The NHS is Inefficient, NHS Myths (King’s Fund Debunker): The NHS is Too Bureaucratic, NHS Myths (King’s Fund Debunker): The NHS is Too Slow to Change, NHS Sustainability, Patients Association, Patients' Association / Liberal Democrats Panel on Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future, Private Health Insurance (PHI), Rationing, Rationing Care, Rationing: Limiting the NHS, Sir David Nicholson, Social Health Insurance (SHI), Sustainability, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Upward Spending Pressures, User Charges, Whole-System Approaches
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