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Some Implications of Seven Day Hospital Services Explored (Nuffield Trust)

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 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 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) | Leave a comment

Acute Care Toolkit 4: Delivering 12-hour, 7-day Acute Medical Unit Consultant Input (Royal College of Physicians)

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | 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 | Leave a comment

Silver Book: Quality Care of Older People with Urgent and Emergency Care Needs (University of Leicester)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[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 | Tagged Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Acute Assessment Units, Acute Medical Units (AMUs), Ambulance Service Commissioning, AMT-4 Short Cognitive Assessment Tool, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Audit Standards, BGS, Capacity Management System (CMS), Challenging Behaviour, Clinical Assessment of Frail Older People, Clinical Governance and Research, CMS Directory of Services, Commissioning an Integrated Emergency Department (A&E), Commissioning Urgent and Emergency Care for Older People, Community Support Team, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Department of Cardiovascular Sciences: University of Leicester, Detecting Elder Abuse, Discharge Planning, Dr Simon Conroy: University of Leicester, Elder Abuse, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Frailty Unit, End of Life Care, Essence of Care Benchmarks, Falls, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Geriatric Giants: Frailty Syndromes, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Information Sharing, Integrated Emergency Department (A&E), Integrated Whole System Services for People With Dementia, Integration, Interdisciplinary vs. Multidisciplinary, Mental Capacity Legislation Contact Points, Multidisciplinary Teams, NHS Pathways: Integrating Urgent Care, Nutrition and Hydration, Occupational Therapy, Out of Hours Care, Physiotherapy, RCGP, RCGP Centre for Commissioning, RCP, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Nursing, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Older People, Seniors At Risk Tool, Service Integration, Silver Book, Skin Care, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, University of Leicester, Urgent Care in General Practice, Urgent Care Units, Urinary Tract Infections (in Patients with Catheters), Whole Systems Approach, Whole-System Approaches | Leave a comment

Acute Care Toolkit: Improving Care for Frail Older People (Royal College of Physicians)

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Care Toolkits (RCP), Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Units (AMUs), BGS, British Geriatrics Society, Clinical Assessment of Frail Older People, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Delirium, Dementia, Dementia Care in Emergency Departments, Emergency Departments, EOL, EoLCP: End of Life Care, Falls, Frailty Syndromes: 30-Second Guide, General Hospitals, Geriatric Liaison Services in the AMU, Geriatric Liaison Teams, Handover, High-Quality Acute Care (RCP Toolkit), Hospital Emergency Departments, Immobility, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Incontinence, Initial Assessment on Hospital Admission, Integration, Models of Care: Age-Related Models, Models of Care: Integrated Models, Models of Care: Needs-Related Models, Polypharmacy, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, The Silver Book, Urgent Care Axis: Points for Intervention (Jay Banerjee’s Silver Book), Whole Systems Approach | Leave a comment

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