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Tag Archives: Acute Medical Care of Elderly People
Transformational Change in Health and Care: Learning From Case Studies (King’s Fund)
Summary A recent King’s Fund report explores diverse examples of successful transformational change, i.e. those which tend to focus on improving the lives of patients, to see if there are lessons for leadership style and organisational culture. Four case studies … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care Services, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams: Transforming Mental Health Crisis Care (NHS England), Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Acute Medical Care of Elderly People, Ageing Population, Birmingham (UK), Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham and Solihull NHS Mental Health Trust, Bromley by Bow Centre, Bromley by Bow Health Partnership, Bromley-by-Bow Healthy Living Centre in East London, Buurtzorg Model: Netherlands, Buurtzorg Nederland, Buurtzorg: Netherlands, Capability and Culture, Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, Change Bystanders, Change Leaders, Change Participants, Change Recipients, Change Sparks, Change Sponsors, Collaborative Leadership, Collaborative Working, Collective Leadership, Continuous Learning and Improvement, Continuous Learning Culture, Culture and Leadership, Culture Change, Culture Change in Health and Care, Culture Change in the NHS, Defining Ethos and Brand, Don Berwick: International Visiting Fellow at the King’s Fund, Dual Focus: Change and Stability, East London, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Care, Emergency Care Networks, Emergency Centres, High-Quality Home Care (Buurtzorg: Netherlands), Hospital Liaison Psychiatry Services, Information Technology, Innovative Technology, Involvement and Participation, Leadership and Culture, Leadership Style, Learning Culture, Learning-Based Approaches, Liaison Psychiatry, Liaison Psychiatry in the Hospital Setting, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Long Term Care in the Netherlands, Netherlands, New Care Models, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Over-Optimism (NHS Reform Versus Institutional Inertia), Overcoming Inertia, Potential of Technology, Power Dynamics: Old Power Versus New Power, Professor Don Berwick, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement and Transformational Change, Rapid Access Ambulatory Care Clinics, Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Reducing Complexity, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Storytelling Approaches (to Research), Systems Complexity, Team-Based Approaches, Theory X Versus Theory Y (Basic Motivational Models), Transformational Change in Health and Care, Transformational Leadership, Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Widening Participation, Work Complexity
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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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