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Tag Archives: Accident and Emergency Departments
NHS Funding and Expenditure: Joint Statement on Health and Social Care, Pre-The Autumn Budget (BBC News / King’s Fund / Health Foundation / Nuffield Trust)
Summary A joint King’s Fund, Health Foundation and Nuffield Trust report reviews NHS funding and possible implications for NHS performance against targets, and the likely impact on future access to health and care services. Full Text Link Reference The Autumn … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Quality Indicators, A&E Waiting Times and Activity, Access Targets, Access Times for Planned Treatments, Access to Hospital Care, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency: NHS Performance Indicators, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Acute Medical Care of Elderly People, Adult Social Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Autumn Budget (2017), Autumn Budget: Joint Statement on Health and Social Care (2017), BBC Data Team, BBC Health News, BBC Norfolk News, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Brexit Dividend of £350 Million a Week Extra for NHS (Democratic Deficit Allegation), British Medical Association (BMA), Cancer Care Waiting Time Target, Cross-Party and Public Consensus On Sustainable Funding, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Health Spending in England, Key Performance Indicators, Mr Clive Lewis: Norwich South MP, NHS Capital Funding Limiting Opportunities to Modernise Services (Allegation), NHS Capital Funding: Impact on Patient Safety (Allegation), NHS Charity Funding Requests, NHS Confederation: NHS on the Brink (2017 Allegation), NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS Expenditure, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Funding, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Funding Projections Versus Historic 4% Growth, NHS Heads For Winter on Knife Edge (King’s Fund Allegation), NHS in Winter (BBC News), NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Productivity, NHS Providers, NHS Providers' Annual Conferenc (2017), NHS Spending, NHS Sustainability, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Winter Crisis, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Project (BBC News), Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, November Budget (2017), Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Patient Safety, Performance Indicators, Performance Targets, Philip Hammond, Planned Operations Waiting Time Target, Planned Treatment, Quality and Sustainability, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Sir Nick MacPherson (Former Permanent Secretary of Treasury), Social Care Provider Market, Spending Review, Spending Review 2015/16, State of Care Report, Sustainability, Sustainable Funding, Target Culture, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Transformation Funding, Turning the Ship Around (Avoidance of NHS Unsustainability), Two Difficult Years for NHS Funding Ahead, Upward Spending Pressures, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times for Planned Treatments, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressure Funding, Winter Pressures
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Broken NHS Promises: Democratic Deficits Versus Bottomless Pits (BBC News / BMA / King’s Fund / NHS England; NHS Improvement / NHS Providers)
Summary Simon Stevens has reminded the Government (and the voting public) of EU referendum claims that Brexit would deliver a further £350 million per week which could be spent on the NHS. This move appears to be part of a … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, 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, King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E, A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Quality Indicators, A&E Waiting Times and Activity, Access Targets, Access Times for Planned Treatments, Access to Hospital Care, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency: NHS Performance Indicators, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Acute Medical Care of Elderly People, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Autumn Budget (2017), Bailouts and Rewards for Failure, BBC Data Team, BBC Health News, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Boris Johnson, Brexit Dividend of £350 Million a Week Extra for NHS (Democratic Deficit Allegation), British Medical Association (BMA), Cancer Care Waiting Time Target, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Key Performance Indicators, Long A&E Waits, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS Expenditure, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Funding, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Funding Projections Versus Historic 4% Growth, NHS Heads For Winter on Knife Edge (King’s Fund Allegation), NHS in Winter (BBC News), NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Productivity, NHS Providers, NHS Providers' Annual Conferenc (2017), NHS Spending, NHS Sustainability, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Winter Crisis, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Project (BBC News), Patient Safety, Performance Indicators, Performance Targets, Philip Hammond, Planned Operations Waiting Time Target, Planned Treatment, Quality and Sustainability, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Short-Term Funding Impeding Necessary Change in NHS, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Sir Amyas Morse: Head of National Audit Office, Sustainability, Sustainable Funding, Target Culture, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transformation Funding, Turning the Ship Around (Avoidance of NHS Unsustainability), Upward Spending Pressures, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times for Planned Treatments, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressure Funding, Winter Pressures, Working on Edge of Safety (NHS Providers Allegation)
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BBC’s NHS Tracker Service: Re-Launched (BBC News)
Summary The BBC has launched a new improved version of the online NHS Tracker, in readiness for anticipated Winter-pressures. This service allows local variations in service performance to be viewed by postcode. Updates will be added to reflect monthly and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 62 Day Cancer Waiting Standard, 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, Ageing Population, BBC Data Team, BBC Health News, BBC News Reality Check, BBC Reality Check Team, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Cancer Care Waiting Time Target, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Geographical Variations, Jeane Freeman: Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Katherine Henderson: President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Key Performance Indicators, Local NHS Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Local Variations, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), NHS Funding and Performance: Wales Versus England (BBC Reality Check), NHS in Winter (BBC News), NHS Pensions Row (2019), NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Performance Tracker, NHS Sustainability, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Tracker Service (BBC), NHS Winter Crisis, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Project (BBC News), North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, Northwick Park Hospital, Performance Indicators, Performance Targets, Planned Operations Waiting Time Target, Planned Treatment, Quality and Sustainability, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Sustainability, Target Culture, Target-Driven Behaviour, Target-Driven Priorities, Targets and Performance Management, University Hospital Of North Tees, Unscheduled Admissions, Unwarranted Variations, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Services, Variations in Service, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times for Planned Treatments, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures
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Reducing Pressures on Hospitals: Exploring the Potential Impact of Occupational Therapists (BBC News / COT / BAOT)
Summary A report from the College of Occupational Therapists demonstrates the role(s) which occupational therapists (and physiotherapists) can play in helping to reduce avoidable admissions / re-admissions to hospitals and subsequent delayed discharges of care in transitioning patients back into … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged : Policy Officer (Wales) at College of Occupational Therapists, A&E Pressures, Accident and Emergency Departments, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Argyle Street Primary Care Practice (Pembroke Dock), Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, BBC Health News, Bed Days, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), British Association of Occupational Therapists, British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT), Cardiff, Cardiff University, Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales, College of Occupational Therapists, College of Occupational Therapists (COT), Community Occupational Therapy Interventions, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Dr Alan Rees: Vice President of Royal College of Physicians Wales, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Department Assessment Unit: University Hospital of Wales, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Frail Older Persons Assessment and Liaison (FOPAL) Team, Frail Older Persons Assessment and Liaison Team: University Hospital of Wales Emergency Department Assessment Unit, Health Boards, Home-Based Rehabilitation and Reablement, Hospital Admissions, Hospital Beds, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Emergency Departments, Improving Lives, Improving Lives Saving Money Campaign (COT/BAOT), Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Julia Scott: Chief Executive Officer at College of Occupational Therapists, Length of Stay (LoS), Long Hospital Stays, Loss of Mobility During Long Hospital Stays, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapists: Addressing Over-Reliance on Social Care, Occupational Therapists: Keeping People Out of Hospital, Occupational Therapists: Reducing Pressure on Primary Care, Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy in General Practice (Pilot Project), Occupational Therapy: Improving Lives Saving Money Campaign, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapists, Physiotherapy, Post-Discharge Support, Prevention and Reablement, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Team-Based Interventions in A&E, Reablement, Reablement Services, Readmissions, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Over-Reliance on Social Care, Reducing Pressure on Primary Care, Reducing the Pressure on Hospitals Report (COT/BAOT), Reducing Waste in the NHS, Ruth Crowder, Sarah Rochira: Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, University Hospital of Wales, Value of Occupational Therapists (#ValueofOT), Value of Occupational Therapy in Wales, Vaughan Gething: Cabinet Secretary for Health Wellbeing and Sport (Wales), Vaughan Gething: Welsh Health Secretary, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST), Welsh Reablement Alliance, Whole System Patient Flows
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Reviewing the Current – and Likely Future – State of the NHS (NAO / Dods)
Summary The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a “Short Guide to the Department of Health” as one of their collection of short guides about different government departments. This guide includes a wealth of statistical information in summary form, concerning … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Quality Indicators, A&E Waiting Times and Activity, Access Targets, Access Times for Planned Treatments, Access to Hospital Care, Access to Mental Health Services, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency, Accident and Emergency Attendances, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency: NHS Performance Indicators, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care for People with Complex Needs, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Arm’s Length Bodies (Department of Health's ALBs), Avoidable Mortality, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed Days, Bed Occupancy, Better Care Fund (BCF), Cancelled Elective Operations, Cancelled Operations: NHS Performance Indicators, Care Act 2014, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Costs and Cost Pressures, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Statistical Trends, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Diagnostic Waiting Times, Diagnostics Waiting Times And Activity, Dods Research, Dr Martin McShane: NHS England’s Director for People With Long Term Conditions, Economic Sustainability, Efficiency Savings, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Position of NHS Trusts, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Funding Deficits, Funding Gap (NHS), General Hospitals, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Integration, HEE: Health Education England, Hospital Activity and Capacity, Hospital Emergency Departments, Hospital Productivity, Hospital Waiting Times, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Human Tissue Authority, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Key Performance Indicators, Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs), Low Morale, Mandate from the Government to NHS England, Market Oversight, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Monitor, National Audit Office (NAO), 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, New Models of Care, New Models of Service, NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS Efficiency Savings, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Five Year Forward View, NHS Foundation Trust Performance, NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts (NHSFTs), NHS Funding, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Health Research Authority, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Reform, NHS Services, NHS Sustainability, NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Financial Deficits, NHS Waiting Times, Obesity, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity in the UK, Obesity is the New Smoking, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesity the New Smoking, Obesity Time-Bomb, Organisational Challenges, Oversight and Monitoring, Performance Statistics, PHE: Public Health England, Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL), Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Funding, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Regulation, Seven-Day Consultant-Delivered Care, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-Day Opening, Seven-Day Working, Short Guide to Department of Health (NAO), Social Care Funding, Special Measures, Standardised Years of Life Lost (SYLL), Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, UK NHS Performance, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Waiting Times and Access Standards, Waiting Times for Cancer Services, Waiting Times for Diagnostic Tests, Waiting Times for Referral to Treatment for Consultant-Led Elective Care
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