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Category Archives: NHS Employers
CEM Prescription for Acute and Emergency Care (College of Emergency Medicine)
Summary A recent policy paper from the College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), working with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Surgeons, proposes 13 recommendations to reduce the rising pressure on … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS Employers, Northern Ireland, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Scotland, Standards, UK, Wales
Tagged 2015 Challenge Declaration (NHS Confederation): Workforce Challenge, 24/7 Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, 24/7 Consultant Cover, 24/7 Diagnostic Services, 24/7 Service, A&E, Access to Primary Care, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Hospital Care, Admissions, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Avoidable Admissions, British Medical Association (BMA), Care Seven Days a Week, Case-Mix, Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, Chronic Diseases, College of Emergency Medicine, College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), Commissioning Urgent and Emergency Care for Older People, Community Care, Community Facilities, Community-Based Services, Complex Care, Complex Needs, Diagnostic Services, Education and Staff Training, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Centres, Emergency Departments, Emergency Medicine Consultants, Emergency Medicine Workforce Implementation Group (EMWIG), Emergency Planning and Resilience, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Emergency System Resilience, Funding, GP Out-of-Hours Services, Health Information Technology, Hospital Accident and Emergency Departments, Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Information Technology, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Emergency Department (A&E), Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration and Communities, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Interventional Radiology 24/7 Services Provision, Investment in Information Technology, Kent Community Health NHS Trust, Leadership, Leadership Development, Local Urgent Care Boards, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multi-Disciplinary Working, NHS 111, NHS 24, NHS Confederation’s Hospitals Forum, NHS Confederation’s Urgent and Emergency Care Forum, NHS Direct, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Physicians, PwC LLP, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Repeat Non-Emergency Attendees (Emergency Departments), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal College of Surgeons, Safe Staffing, Seven-Day Services in Hospital, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Skill Mix, Skills Mix, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, Telephone Advice Services, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Commissioning, Urgent and Emergency Care Forum, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Services, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Design, Workforce Development, Workforce Issues, Workforce Planning, Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS), Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
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Named GPs to Coordinate the Care of Frailest Patients (BBC News / NHS Choices / Department of Health / BMA / NHS Employers)
Summary The British Medical Association and NHS England have agreed that next year’s GP contract will involve GPs taking more direct responsibility for the most vulnerable and elderly patients. It is anticipated that this move will relieve pressure on hospital admissions. This move is reported to be a resurrection of the “Old-fashioned … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS Employers, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E Pressures, Admissions, Ageing Population, Alternatives to A&E, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Avoidable Admissions, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, BMA: British Medical Association, BMA’s General Practitioners’ Committee, British Medical Association (BMA), Care Closer to Home, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Planning, Care Seven Days a Week, Community Care, Community Facilities, Community-Based Services, Complex Care, Complex Needs, Coordinated Care, Coordination, CQC Inspections of GP Surgeries, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Admissions from Care Homes, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Enhanced Services from GPs, Family Doctors, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Future of Urgent & Emergency Care Services in England, General Medical Services Contract, General Practitioners Committee (GPC), GP Contract, GP Dedicated Telephone Line Support, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GPs, GPs Pay, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Named GPs, New Approaches to Coordinating Care, NHS Choices Find a GP Service, Patient Choice, Patient Flows, Personalised Care Planning, Personalised Care Plans, Post-Discharge Support, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Reduction in Box-Ticking, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Responsible GPs, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Same-Day GP Telephone Consultations, Support for People with Complex Needs, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Vulnerable Older People, Whole System Patient Flows
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NHS Whistleblowing Guidelines Published by NMC (BBC News / NMC)
Summary New guidelines have been issued by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to assist NHS staff who need to raise concerns about patient care. Read more: BBC News. NHS whistle-blower guidelines published by NMC. Reference NHS whistle-blower guidelines published by NMC. … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), National, NHS, NHS Employers, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales, Care Inspectorate, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Confidentiality, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, Failure to Act, Fear of Raising Concerns About Care, Health and Care Professions Council, Health Inspectorate Wales, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Institutional Abuse, Monitor, Neglect, Nurse Helene Donnelly, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Raising Concerns, Patient Rights, Patient Safety, PIDA: Public Interest Disclosure Act, Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, Public Concern at Work (PCaW), Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons), Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, Raising Concerns Externally, Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority Northern Ireland, Reluctance to Raise Concerns About Care, Safeguarding, Social Partnership Forum and Public Concern at Work, Stages in Raising Concerns, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing Guidelines, Whistleblowing Helpline
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Department of Health’s Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) 2013/14 (Department of Health)
Summary Summary information about the Department of Health’s arm’s length bodies (ALBs) is supplied, including: The role of each organisation. Achievements in 2012 to 2013 (where applicable). Business priorities for 2013 to 2014. This online report includes sections on: NHS England. Monitor. … Continue reading
Posted in CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, Health Education England (HEE), National, NHS, NHS Employers, NHS England, NICE Guidelines, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Arm’s Length Bodies (Department of Health's ALBs), Care Quality Commission (CQC), Choose and Book, Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), Department of Health's Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs), Electronic Prescription Service, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HEE: Health Education England, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Human Tissue Authority, Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs), Mandate from the Government to NHS England, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Monitor, National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health Care Excellence, New Architecture of the NHS, NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), NHS Business Services Authority, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Health Research Authority, NHS in 2013 Infographic Poster (NHS Employers), NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), NHS Mandate, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework Domains, NHS Reform, NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), Nuffield Trust, Personal Demographics Service, PHE: Public Health England, Public Health England (PHE), Quality Management and Analysis System, Summary Care Records, TDA Accountability Framework for NHS Trusts, UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)
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