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Tag Archives: Acute Care
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's NHS Winter Project, Cancer Care Waiting Time Target, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Geographical Variations, 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 in Winter (BBC News), NHS Performance Indicators, 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), 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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Specialist Geriatric Wards for Older Patients With Dementia: in Ireland / N. Ireland (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
Summary Data on 900 patients, taken from the Irish and Northern Irish audits of dementia care, was analysed to determine whether admission to a specialist geriatric medicine ward yielded improvements to acute care for patients with dementia. It was found … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Advance Planning, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Centre for Ageing: Tallaght Hospital, Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation: University College Cork, Cork (Ireland), Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute District General Hospital, Dementia Nursing Specialists, Discharge Planning, Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Orders (DNACPR), Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Do Not Resuscitate (DNR), International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Ireland, Irish National Audit of Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals, Multidisciplinary Holistic Assessments, Multidisciplinary Patient Management, Multidisciplinary Team Care, National Audit of Dementia Care, Neuroscience and the Humanities: Tallaght Hospital (Dublin), Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, School of Medicine: University College Cork, Specialist Centres of Care, Specialist Dementia Support, Specialist Geriatric Wards for Patients With Dementia, Specialist Wards for Older Patients With Dementia, Tallaght Hospital (Dublin), Trinity Centre for Health Sciences: Tallaght Hospital (Dublin), University College Cork
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Mortality Rate of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Hospital: a Local Audit (Wounds UK)
Summary An audit was performed at an NHS trust over a 6-month period to examine the mortality rates of patients reported to have SCALE grade 2, 3 or 4 pressure ulcers in acute care. It was found that 44% of … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, New Cross Hospital, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Statistics, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Co-Morbidity, Comorbidity, Complex Comorbidities, Decreased Tissue Perfusion, Dehydration, End of Life Care, End of Life Care Research, End-of-Life Care in Acute Hospitals, End-of-Life Skin Changes, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s SCALE: Skin Changes at Life’s End, Frailty, Hospital End-of-Life Care, Immobility, Incontinence, Inpatient Palliative Care, Irregular Blood Chemistry, Local Audit of Mortality Rates of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Acute Hospitals, Localised Hypoxia, Loss of Function, Loss of Mobility, Malnutrition, Managing Comorbidity and Complexity, Mortality Rates, Mortality Rates of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Hospital, Mortality Risk Factors, Multiple Comorbidities, NHS England Midlands and East: Stop the Pressure Campaign, Organic Deterioration Towards End of Life, Overlapping Risk Factors, Pain, Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Hospitals, Palliative Care, Pressure Ulcer Incidence, Pressure Ulcer Prevalence, Pressure Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Pressure Ulcers: Risk Assessment, Pressure Ulcers: Risk Factors, Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers, Reduced Mobility, Reduced Peripheral Tissue Perfusion, Risk Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers, Risk Factors, Skin Changes at Life’s End (SCALE), Skin Failure, Skin Integrity, Stages of Pressure Ulcers, Stop The Pressure, Tissue Integrity, Wounds UK
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