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BBC Health and Care Pre-Election Policy Navigator (BBC News)
Summary BBC News has produced a Policy Guide mapping tool, summarising the positions of the respective main political parties on various health and care related themes, both nationally and regionally. “This issue includes NHS funding, GP access and social care, … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Northern Ireland, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 24/7 Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, 24/7 Care, 24/7 Consultant Cover, 24/7 Diagnostic Services, 24/7 Service, 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Adult Social Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Agency Staff, Agency Staff (Exorbitant Waste of NHS Funding), Alliance Party, An Independence Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Bank And Agency Staff, BBC Health and Care Pre-Election Policy Navigator, BBC Health News, Britain First Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), British National Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Cancer Waiting Times, Carers UK’s Carers Manifesto, Carers' Manifesto, Christian Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Christian Peoples Alliance (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Cista (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Communities United Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Community Nursing Workforce, Conservative Party, Creeping Privatisation in NHS (sic), DUP, Education and Training Commissions for 2015/16 (HEE), Election 2015, Election 2015: Reality Checks (BBC News), English Democrats (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Future Workforce, General Infection (Surrealist Humour), General Practice Workforce, GP Access, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GP Workforce, Green, Health Education England's (HEE) Workforce Plan for England 2015-16, HEE Workforce Plan for England: Proposed Education and Training Commissions (2015/16), Hospital Waiting Times, Jury Team (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Labour Party, Left Unity (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Lib Dems, Long Waiting Times, Mebyon Kernow (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Mental Health Waiting Times, Mental Health Workforce, National Health Action Party, National Health Action Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Funding, NHS Privatisation Debate (sic), NHS Safe Staffing, NHS Waiting Times, NHS Workforce, NHS Workforce Census, NHS Workforce: Community Nursing, NHS Workforce: General Practice, NHS Workforce: Mental Health, Nicholson Challenge, No2EU (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Nurse Staffing Levels, Older Carers, Plaid Cymru, Pre-Election Policy Navigator, Privatisation (Backdoor), Privatisation (Debate), Progressive Unionist Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Repeal of Health and Social Care Act 2012, Respect, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Scottish Socialist Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), SDLP, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-Day Opening, Seven-Day Services in Hospital, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Sinn Fein, Sir David Nicholson, SNP, Social Care, Socialist Labour Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Socialist Party of Great Britain (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Solidarity (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Staffing Levels, The Doctor Can't See You Now (Labour Election Campaign Poster), Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), UKIP, Unmet Needs of Family Carers, Unpaid Carers, Weaponising the NHS (Labour: Attributed Phrase), Workforce Development, Workforce Planning, Workforce Planning (NHS), Yorkshire Devolution Movement (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Yorkshire First (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site)
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Pressures Upon the NHS: Ongoing Questions About the Relationship(s) Between Proxy Targets and Underlying Standards (BBC News / Nuffield Trust)
Summary Patients increasingly wait longer for key services in many hospitals in England. A Nuffield Trust report investigates whether this is a significant problem. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2015). Best hospitals ‘now struggling to see patients’. London: BBC … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, 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, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 24/7 Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, 24/7 Consultant Cover, 24/7 Diagnostic Services, 24/7 Service, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Quality Indicators, Access Targets, Access Times for Planned Treatments, Access to Hospital Care, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency: NHS Performance Indicators, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing and Society, Ambulance Quality Indicators, Ambulance Response Times: NHS Performance Indicators, Attendances at A&E: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Cancelled Operations: NHS Performance Indicators, Cancer: Waiting Times for Testing and Treatment: NHS Performance Indicators, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive of NHS Providers, Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Emergency Admissions: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, End-User Experience, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, General Hospitals, Healthcare Targets, Hospital Emergency Departments, Julie Wood: Director of NHS Clinical Commissioners, Key Performance Indicators, Local NHS Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Myth-Busting, Myths and Misconceptions About Accident & Emergency Services Use, NHS 111, NHS 111 Minimum Data Set, NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Review Team, NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Winter 2014-15: Weekly A&E Tracker, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Project (BBC News), NHS Winter Project: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service, Outpatient Data, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patients Seen in 4 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), People Who Have to Wait More Than 4 hours to be Admitted: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Performance Indicators, Performance Targets, Planned Treatment, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Referrals From NHS 111 to A&E, Stephen Conroy: Chief Executive of Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Target Culture, Target-Driven Behaviour, Target-Driven Priorities, Targets and Performance Management, Trolley Wait Between 4 and 12 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Services, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times for Planned Treatments, Winter Pressure Funding, Winter Pressures, You and Yours (BBC Radio 4)
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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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