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Tag Archives: Agreed Care Plans
Improving the Quality of Care For Care Home Residents With Dementia (NHS England / Clinical Medicine / BBC News)
Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, discusses multi-pronged progress to improve the quality of care – and to enhance health and wellbeing – for people with dementia living in care homes. It has been estimated … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Communication Failures in Hospital End-of-Life Care (BBC News / RCP)
Summary The latest Royal College of Physicians (RCP) audit has estimated that one in five families may not be consulted when hospital staff decide not to revive their relatives and issue “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) orders. “Guidelines issued by the … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Further Room For Improvements in End of Life Care (BBC News / RCP)
Summary End of life care in the UK has previously been assessed to be possibly the best in the world, but a Royal College of Physicians audit report identifies local variations in the quality of hospital care for the dying. Full … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Neurological Care in England: Recommended Improvements (BBC News / House of Commons)
Summary The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s earlier report (2012) made recommendations for improving services and delivering better outcomes for people with neurological conditions. Their latest follow-up report points to the continued existence of long delays in diagnosis, poorly … Continue reading →
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New End of Life Care Guideline (BBC News / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline on individualised end of life care, to replace the widely discredited Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) which was phased-out in 2014. This fresh guideline advocates a … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), 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, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Agreed Care Plans, BBC Health News, Care of Dying Adults in Last Days of Life, Care Plan, Communication, Compassionate Care, Culture Change, Culture Change in the NHS, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dehydration, Dignity and Respect, End of Life Care, End of Life Care Pathway, End of Life Care Plans, End of Life Care Strategy, Hydration and Nutrition, Individualised Approaches, Individualised Support, Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP), Medically Assisted Hydration, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Culture, Palliative and End of Life Care, Personalised Care Planning, Pharmacological Interventions, Reduction in Box-Ticking, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Shared Decision-Making, Tick Box Culture
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Improvements to Care in the Last Days / Hours of Life (Department of Health)
Summary This report assesses progress made against commitments in the “One Chance to Get it Right” report, which was released just over a year ago as a response to the Independent Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) on improving … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NICE Guidelines, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Review of Progress on Services for People With Neurological Conditions (NAO / BMJ / BBC News)
Summary This National Audit Office (NAO) report indicates mixed progress against the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s (2012) recommendations for improving services and achieving better outcomes for people with neurological conditions. The three recommendations against which progress has been … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, National Voices, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Quality Improvement Plans for Dementia Care: CQUINS and Enhanced Services (NHS England)
Summary Alistair Burns (National Clinical Director for Dementia at NHS England) has written an account of developments regarding the national dementia CQUIN (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation), which is now in its fourth year. The emphasis on dementia case finding has … Continue reading →
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House of Care Model: Improving Services for People with Long-Term Conditions (King’s Fund)
Summary This report explains the “house of care” coordinated service delivery model. This model is about delivering proactive, holistic and patient-centred care for people with long-term conditions. The report includes recommendations on collaborative working to improve care. A more active … Continue reading →
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More Care, Less Pathway: a Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP)
Summary Baroness Julia Neuberger’s report presents the recommendations regarding the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) and end of life care. Patients should only be placed on the LCP, or a similar approach, by a senior clinician in consultation with the healthcare … Continue reading →