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Reducing Unplanned Admissions by People Aged 85 Years+ (NIHR / Health Services and Delivery Research / BBC News)

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Three sites where hospital admission rates for people aged 85 years and over had risen sharply, and three sites where these rates had declined, were studied in order to investigate local differences in strategies for avoiding the need for … Continue reading →

Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England (Monitor / NHS England / UEC Review Team / ECIP / ECIST)

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An overview of work underway to improve urgent and emergency care: Improving patient flow in the rest of the hospital. Getting a better understanding of the impact of social and community care. Supporting the mid-long term sustainability of A&E … Continue reading →

How Primary Care Could Help Reduce Emergency Admissions (University of Bristol / NIHR / BMJ Open)

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care reviewed the international evidence about how GPs might help reduce attendances at emergency departments. They have discovered that seeing the same GP each time patients visit their doctor’s … Continue reading →

Two-Tier Accident and Emergency System Plans: Keogh Review (BBC News / NHS Choices / NHS England)

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS medical director Prof Sir Bruce Keogh‘s review of accident and emergency services has proposed a two-tier A&E system in England. The NHS England review recommends the biggest 40 to 70 A&E units – which specialise in heart attacks, strokes, trauma and the treatment … Continue reading →

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Government Response to House of Commons Health Select Committee Report into Urgent and Emergency Services (Department of Health)

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The government has responded to the House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC) report into urgent and emergency services (including A&E). “The government agrees with many of the Committee’s recommendations. The response outlines how the health system is responding … 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, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged A&E Pressures, Acute Hospital Care, Admissions, Ageing Population, Alternatives to A&E, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Ambulance Services, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), APR: Review of Foundation Trust Annual Plans (by Monitor), Avoidable Admissions, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Seven Days a Week, Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, CIP: Cost Improvement Plan, CoSRR: Continuity of Services Risk Rating, CPT: Contingency Planning Team, Delayed Discharges, Development of Urgent Care Board Plans, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, EBITDA: Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortisation, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Exceptional Items: One-Off Income or Costs, foundation trust, Foundation Trusts: Performance Review, FRR: Financial Risk Rating, Funding, Funding of Urgent Care Board Plans, GRR: Governance Risk Rating, Health Select Committee, Hospital Beds, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Emergency Departments, House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC), Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Local Urgent Care Boards, Marginal Rate Emergency Tariff, Monitor, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, NHS 111, NHS England, NHS England Area Teams, NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Funding, NHS Tariffs, Partnership and Collaboration, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Post-Discharge Support, PPE: Property Plant and Equipment, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Root Cause Analyses, Safe Staffing, Simplifying Commissioning, Specialist Centres of Care, Staffing Levels, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent and Emergency Services: Government Response to HSC Report, Urgent Care Boards, Urgent Care Centres, Urgent Care Plans, Vulnerable Older People, Vulnerable Older People’s Plan, Whole System Patient Flows | Leave a comment

Ten Priorities “Prescription” for Urgent and Emergency Care (RCP / House of Commons Health Select Committee / Department of Health / BBC News)

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Challenges faced by urgent and emergency care services include: Rising demand and an ageing population. Lack of comprehensive, effective alternatives to hospital admission seven-days a week. Complex discharge issues. Handover and patient flow. Recruitment into emergency and acute medicine. … Continue reading →

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Transforming Health Care: Ten Priorities for Commissioners (King’s Fund)

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This paper outlines priorities for commissioners in the NHS, with a view to changes to the healthcare system from April 2013. “The ageing population and increased prevalence of chronic diseases require a strong re-orientation away from the current emphasis on acute and episodic care towards … Continue reading →

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