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Tag Archives: Acute Medical Units (AMUs)
Some Implications of Seven Day Hospital Services Explored (Nuffield Trust)
Summary The Nuffield Trust’s “London Quality Standards” report evaluates recently introduced standards to improve acute and emergency care in London hospitals. London-wide experiments with Seven Day Services Standards are soon to feature in STPs elsewhere in the UK. These standards … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, 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, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 7 Day Hospital Services Self-Assessment Results (NHS England), Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Medical Units (AMUs), Barriers and Enablers to Implementation of LQS, Barriers to Engagement, Challenges of Reconfiguration, Clinical Engagement, Clinical Leadership, Costing Seven Day Services, Costs and Benefits of Seven-Day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions, Disconnectedness Between Senior Level Staff and Clinicians, Disconnects in NHS Reform, Emergency Care, Employee Engagement, Hospital Reconfiguration, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), London Health Programmes (LHP), London Quality Standards, London Quality Standards (LQS), LQS Audit Process, NHS Service Reconfiguration, NHS Services Seven Days a Week, Out-of-Hours Urgent Care, Perceived Impact of Implementing the LQS in Hospitals, Perceived Strengths and Weaknesses of the LQS, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Seven Day Care in England, Seven Day Services Standards, Seven-Day Consultant-Delivered Care, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day Hospital Services Self-Assessment Results (NHS England), Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-day Rounds and Supporting Services, Seven-Day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions: Costs Versus Benefits, Seven-Day Services in Hospital, Seven-Day Working, Staff Engagement, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC), Weekend Working, Workforce Issues, Workforce Issues (Feeling Undervalued)
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Acute Care Toolkit 4: Delivering 12-hour, 7-day Acute Medical Unit Consultant Input (Royal College of Physicians)
Summary This is the fourth in a series of acute care toolkits. This toolkit, “Acute care toolkit 4: delivering a 12-hour, 7-day consultant presence on the acute medical unit”, supplies practical guidance for hospital managers and clinical staff on organising acute … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), National, NHS, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK
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Tagged 12/7 Consultant Presence, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Acute Care, Acute Care Toolkit 4, Acute Care Toolkit 5, Acute Care Toolkit 6, Acute Care Toolkit 7, Acute Care Toolkits (RCP), Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Medical Unit Consultant Input, Acute Medical Units, Acute Medical Units (AMUs), Acute Oncology, Acute Oncology Service (AOS), Admission Avoidance, Ceilings of Care, Clinical Red Flags, Consultant Input, Continuing Assessment: Using NEWS to Track and Trigger, Febrile Neutropenia (FN), Health Improvement and Wellbeing (Hospital Staff), Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital Staff Health Improvement and Wellbeing, Intensive Care Society (ICS), Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression (MSCC), Mortality Rates, National Early Warning Score, NEWS: National Early Warning Score (RCP), NICE Public Health Guidance, NICE Public Health Guidance in the NHS Workplace, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Right Patient Right Bed, SBAR (Situation Background Assessment Recommendation), SBAR Tool: Situation - Background - Assessment - Recommendation, Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), Superior Vena Cava Obstruction (SVCO), Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT), UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) Triage Tool, Weekend Effect
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Silver Book: Quality Care of Older People with Urgent and Emergency Care Needs (University of Leicester)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary Older people seldom have one single condition; they frequently have multiple physical and mental health problems. This “Silver Book” is … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, ADASS, Age UK, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, Nutrition, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Acute Care Toolkit: Improving Care for Frail Older People (Royal College of Physicians)
Summary This is the third in a series of acute care toolkits. It recommends procedures for the initial assessment on admission, and later Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments (CGAs), as ways to improve the care of frail older patients. The toolkit has … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), Guidelines, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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