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Tag Archives: Advocacy
Personal Health and Care Budgets (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary Vulnerable patients will be offered their own personal health and care budgets, the says Simon Stevens, NHS England’s Chief Executive. Approximately five million people should be offered personal budgets which combine health and social care funding by 2018. Full … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A Year of Care, Adult Mental Health Services, Advocacy, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Autonomy, Autonomy and Choice, BBC Health News, Benefits of Integrated Care, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund and Integration Pioneers, Budget Management, Budgets, Capping Care Costs, Care Planning, Choice and Competition, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Chronic Mental Health Problems, Community Mental Health, Complex Care, Complex Chronic Conditions, Complex Needs, Early Discharge Support, Health and Social Care Integration Pioneers, High-Need Individuals, Hospital at Home Early Discharge, House of Care, iCASE, Independence, Independence Choice and Risk, Independent Living, Individual Budgets, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support Exchange (iCASE), Integrated Care Services, Integrated Care Teams, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Personal Commissioning, Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC) Programme, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Integrated Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Kent Approach to Integrated Intelligence, Kent County Council, Length of Stay (LoS), LGA: Local Government Association, Local Councils, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Health and Social Care Economies, LTC Year of Care Commissioning Model, Mental Health Care, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Patient Choices Available, Payment Systems and Incentives, Person-Centred Care at Home, Person-Centred Coordinated Care, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Commissioning (Self-Directed), Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Personal Independence Payments, Personalised Care Planning, Personalised Care Plans, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Regaining Independence, Self Management of Chronic Disease, Self-Care, Self-Help, Service Brokerage, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Support for People with Complex Needs, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Supporting Self-Care, Third Sector, Third Sector Commissioning, Types of User Choice, Voluntary Sector, Whole System Integration Pioneers, Year of Care, Year of Care Approach, Year of Care Commissioning, Year of Care Funding Model, Year of Care Partnerships, Year of Care Payment Approach
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Framework for Personalised Care and Population Health (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health has published a framework to support nurses, midwives, health visitors and allied health professionals in accessing the best evidence and support for their public health role. It is also intended to act as a tool … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
Tagged Activities for Population Health, Activity Matters Toolkit, Admiral Nurses, Adult Social Care Outcome Indicators, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Advocacy, Age UK’s Falls Prevention Guide, Alcohol, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infection (ARHAI), ASCOF: Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), Broad Determinants of Health, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, CIDSC, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Toolkit for Falls and Fractures, Communicable Disease Outbreak Management, Communicable Diseases, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control (CCDC), Corporate Resilience Team (CRT), Cross Border and International Outbreaks, Cross Boundary Outbreaks, Dementia Care and Support in England: 2013 Review, Dementia First Aid Course: Manual for Family Carers, Dementia Interventions, Dementia Management Home Treatment Team, Dementia Self-Assessment Framework, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Directors of Public Health (DsPH), Disease and Health Event Investigation, Early Memory Diagnosis and Support Service, Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Falls and Fractures, Falls and Fractures Alliance, Falls Facts, FallSafe Project, FallSafe: Care Bundles to Reduce Inpatient Falls, Field Epidemiology Services, Food Standards Agency, Framework for Personalised Care and Population Health, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Health and Wellbeing Directorate: Public Health England, Health and Wellbeing Framework for England, Health Determinants, Health Improvement, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Health Protection, Health Protection Teams, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthcare Public Health, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Improving Local Public Health, Improving Public Health, Incident Co-coordinating Centres, Independence, Infection and Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Information and Intelligence, Lifecourse, Lifecourse Approach to Wellbeing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Liveability Service, Local Authorities, Local Health and Care Services, Local Health Protection, Local Health Resilience Partnerships (LHRP), Local Leadership for Healthy Communities, Local Outbreak Plans, Local Public Health, Local Public Health Services, Local Resilience Forums (LRF), Longitude Prize 2014, Making Every Contact Count, Making Every Contact Count Programme (MECC), Mental Health Older Peoples’ Service, Minnesota Department Health, Minnesota Public Health Intervention Wheel, National Incident Response Plan (Public Health England), NHS Outcome Indicators, Nursing Vision and Strategy, Outbreak Control Team (OCT), Personalised Care and Population Health, Personalised Care and Public Health, PHE Centres (PHECs), PHE Field Epidemiology Service (FES), PHE Guidance on Management of Communicable Diseases, PHE Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) With CQC, PHE Microbiology Services, PHE: Public Health England, PHEC Directors, PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Framework, Prevalence of Dementia, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England Centre (PHEC), Public Health England Incident Levels, Public Health England Outbreak Control Plan, Public Health England’s Health and Wellbeing Framework, Public Health Improvement, Public health Intervention Wheel (PHIW), Public Health Outcome Indicators, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Public Health Protection Powers, Public Health Surveillance Strategy, Reducing Health Inequalities, Risk Factors, Scientific and Technical Advice Cell (STAC), Service Design, Service Redesign, Skills Passport, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Marketing, Societal Determinants of Health, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Specialist Microbiology Network (SMN), State of the Nation Report: Dementia Care and Support in England (2013), Stay Active, Strategic Coordination Group (SCG), Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement, Structure and Organisation of Public Health England, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Surveillance, Tuberculosis (TB), Unhealthy Lifestyles, Wellbeing, Wellbeing: Communicable Diseases, Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS), Wider Determinants of Health
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Care and Support Jargon Buster Online (TLAP)
Summary The Care and Support Jargon Buster is a plain English guide to the meaning of many commonly used social care words and phrases. The Care and Support Jargon Buster won a Plain English Campaign Award in 2013. A version … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, Patient Information, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Jargon Explained, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Terminology, Advice and Information, Advocacy, Assessment, Benefits, Broker, Care Plan, Care Worker, Carer, Carers Trust, Client Contribution, Client group, Co-Production, Commissioner, Community Care Services, Community Health Services, Continuing Health Care, Dictionary of Social Care, Direct Payments, Eligibility, Glossary of Social Care, Home Care, Integrated Care, Jargon Explained, Occupational Therapist, Older People, Outcomes, People Who Use Services, Personal Assistant, Personal Budget, Personalisation, Pre-Assessment, Preventive Services, Primary Care, Reablement, Referral, Residential Care, Resource Allocation System, Respite Care, Review, Rights, Risk Assessment, Safeguarding, Self- Assessment, Self-Directed Support, Self-Funding, Signposting, Single Assessment Process, Social Care Jargon Buster, Social Worker, Support Plan, Telecare, Think Local Act Personal, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, Universal Services, Voluntary Organisations, Wellbeing
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Independent Mental Capacity Service: Sixth Annual Report (Department of Health)
Summary The sixth annual report on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) service provides statistical information on referrals to this statutory advocacy service. The profile of impairment has not changed; the most common impairments for people receiving the IMCA service are: … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accommodation Decisions, Action for Advocacy (A4A), Action for Advocacy’s Quality Performance Mark for Advocacy / IMCA Services, Adult Social Care, Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, Advocacy Networks, Care Reviews, Commissioning Arrangements, Commissioning IMCA Services, Court of Protection, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Empowerment Matters CIC, Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Lords MCA Committee, IMCA Instructions by Local Authority, IMCA Reports, IMCAs and Safeguarding, IMCAs as Litigation Friends, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate, Independent Mental Capacity Service, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority Commissioners, Local Authority Commissioners and Providers, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, Mental Capacity Advocacy, Partnership Working, Post-legislative Scrutiny of the Mental Health Act (2007), Report Writing Evaluation Tool, Safeguarding, Serious Medical Treatment, Serious Medical Treatment (SMT), Serious Medical Treatment Decisions, Social Care
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