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COVID-19 Infection: Coronavirus in the UK (DHSC / PHE / BBC News / SCIE / NHS England / JGCR)
Summary Latest guidance for the general public. Full Text Link Reference New guidance for households with possible COVID-19 infection. [Online]: Department of Health and Social Care [and] Public Health England, March 17th 2020. In less than three months the impact … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS Employers, NHS England, Public Health England, Quick Insights, SCIE, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Bhubaneswar; India), Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, British Psychological Society (BPS), British Psychological Society: Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP), British Red Cross, Call in Time Programme: Telephone Befriending, Care Provider Alliance (CPA), Clear Voice, Community Health Updates: NHS England and NHS Improvement, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Social Care, Coronavirus (COVID-19) MultiLingual Patient Information, Coronavirus Guidance for Clinicians and NHS Managers (NHS England), Coronavirus Pandemic, Coronavirus Status Checker, Coronavirus Tracking, COVID-19 and Older Adults, COVID-19 and Older People, COVID-19 Infection, COVID-19: Guidance for Health Professionals, COVID-19: Guidance for Hostels or Day Centres for People Rough Sleeping, COVID-19: Guidance for Supported Living Provision, COVID-19: Guidance for Vulnerable People, COVID-19: Guidance on Home Care Provision, COVID-19: Guidance on Residential Care Provision, COVID-19: Guidance on Social Care Provider Resilience, COVID-19: Guidance on Social Distancing, Daylight, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Department of Psychiatry: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Doctors of the World, Effects of COVID-19 on Elderly Health, Europe: New Epicentre of Coronavirus Pandemic, FPOP: BPS Faculty of the Psychology of Older People, France, GoodSAM app, Grays Inn Medical Practice (London), Guidance for Households With Possible COVID-19 Infection, Headspace, Hospital Discharge Updates: NHS England and NHS Improvement, HTN: Health Tech Newspaper, India, Italy, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Local Government Association: LGA, Lockdowns, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Mental Wellbeing Apps (For NHS Staff During COVID-19 Crisis), Migrant Help, Multilingual Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19), NHS Volunteer Responders, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS Rohtak: India), Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Albanian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Amharic, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Arabic, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Armenian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bengali, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bulgarian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Czech, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Dari, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in English, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Farsi, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in French, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Greek, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Gujarati, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hindi, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hungarian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Italian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kurdish Sorani, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Lithuanian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Malayalam, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Pashto, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Polish, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Portuguese, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Punjabi, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Romanian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Russian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Simplified Chinese, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Sindhi, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Slovak, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Somali, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Spanish, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Tigrinya, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Turkish, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Urdu, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Vietnamese, Patient Information on the Coronavirus Pandemic (Foreign Languages), Public Health England (PHE), Royal Voluntary Service, Royal Voluntary Service (Formerly the WRVS), Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), Self-Isolation, Sleepio: Digital Sleep Improvement Programme, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Updates: NHS England and NHS Improvement, Social Distancing, Social Distancing: Advice for Elderly People, Spain, Unmind, WHO COVID-19 International Tracking Dashboard
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Recent Assessments of Adult Social Care in England (House of Commons Library / BBC News / Health Foundation)
Summary BBC News has recently run a mini-series of pieces investigating the state of social care and the inter-dependencies between performance in this sector and ongoing pressures within the NHS. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2017). 10 charts that … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Funding (England), Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Support Grant, Ageing Population, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Care England, Community Care, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Costs and Cost Pressures, Council Tax, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Discharge, Elderly People With Complex Health and Social Care Needs, Estimates of Social Care Funding Gap (Health Foundation), Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Pressures, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Discharge Delays, House of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee, House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Briefing Paper CBP-7903, House of Commons Library Briefing Paper CBP07903, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Interdependencies, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Finance Settlement (2017/2018), Local Health Care Reform, March 2017 Budget: Rescue Package for Social Care, New Models of Care, New Models of Care for Health and Social Care Systems, Perceptions of Health and Social Care, Perceptions of Social Care Services Nationally and Locally, Philip Hammond, Redesigning Local Healthcare Systems, Self-Funders, Self-Funders Cross-Subsidising Everyone Else, Self-Funders Cross-Subsidising Non-Savers, Self-Funders Subsidising the Social Care System, Social Care, Social Care Expenditure, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Gap, Social Care Funding Shortfalls, Social Care Precept, State of Care Report, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Ten Charts Show What’s Wrong With Social Care (BBC News), Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Unacceptable Variations, United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA), Upward Spending Pressures, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Social Care in England, Variations in Social Care Quality and Spending in England, What’s Wrong With Social Care in England
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Care Funding Omitted From Autumn Statement (BBC News / NAO)
Summary The chancellor has offered no additional resources for the NHS or for social care in the Autumn Statement, much to the surprise of many commentators. Existing departmental spending plans announced last year hold firm, meaning now has to be … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary), Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Autumn Statement (2016), Chancellor’s Autumn Statement (2016), Delayed Transfers of Care, Ed Humpherson: UK Statistics Authority, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressure on Hospitals, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Financial Sustainability of NHS Bodies, Former Prime Minster: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Interdependencies, Jeremy Corbyn (Labour Party Leader), Lady Ros Altmann, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, Lord Lansley, Making Our Care and Health Systems Fit for An Ageing Population, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Expenditure, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Funding, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Overspends, NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Sustainability, Open Letter From Sarah Wollaston of Commons Health Select Committee to Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP (October 2016), Professor Jane Dacre: President of Royal College of Physicians, Rt. Hon. John McDonnell: Shadow Chancellor, Siva Anandaciva: Head of Analysis at NHS Providers, Submissions Ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement (2016) - Ignored, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Sustainable Social Care Programme, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Upward Spending Pressures
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Care Homes Sector (Still) In Crisis (BBC News / CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC), reflecting on trends in care home closures, has suggested that the care market for older and disabled people in England could be at risk. The number of care homes has declined by roughly 1,500 … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (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, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acorn Care Home (Birmingham), Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Cost of Care Project, BBC Health News, BBC's State of Care Theme, Better Care Fund (BCF), Bruce Moore: Housing And Care 21, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Costs and Cost Pressures, Coverage Care Services, David Behan CBE, David Behan: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in England, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Home Truths: Social Care For Older People (2016), Housing And Care 21, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Interdependencies, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, Martin Green: Chief Executive of Care England, National Living Wage, National Living Wage in Social Care Sector, Resilience of Health and Social Care, Social Care For Older People: Home Truths, Southern Cross, St Anne's Community Services, State of Health and Adult Social Care Report (2016), State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in England 2015/16, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Care Package in Own Home, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Community Equipment and Adaptations, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Completion of Assessment, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Further Non-Acute NHS Care, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Nursing Home Placement or Availability, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Public Finding, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Residential Home Placement or Availability, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Disputes, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Housing – Patients Not Covered by NHS and Community Care Act, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Patient or Family Choice
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A Tipping Point in the Sustainability of Health and Care? (BBC News / King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust)
Summary A King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust report identifies a 26% decline in the number of older people receiving social care, due largely to six years of cuts to local authority funding. Social care providers are found to be under pressure … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund Plans, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Costs and Cost Pressures, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Discharge, Discharge Programme Board, Efficiency Opportunities, Eldercare Vouchers, Elderly Failed By Shameful Care System (Allegation From Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society), Elderly People With Complex Health and Social Care Needs, Endless Winter in NHS (Allegation), Eternal Winter, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Home Truths: Social Care For Older People (2016), Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Interdependencies, Lady Ros Altmann, Length of Stay (LoS), Lost Beds Problem (sic), Making Our Care and Health Systems Fit for An Ageing Population, NHS Funding, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Overspends, NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Productivity, Patient Flows, Population Winter Pressures, Quarterly Monitoring Report, Quarterly Monitoring Reports, Richmond Group of Charities, Social Care For Older People: Home Truths, Society of Acute Medicine: Meltdown Warning, Submissions Ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement (2016), Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Tax Breaks on Saving For Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, UK Home Care Association, UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Upward Spending Pressures, Variation in Performance, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Service, Variations in Spending, Vulnerable Older People, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Wasted Resources, Whole System Patient Flows, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures Beyond Winter (Winter Re-Defined?), Winter Pressures: Role of Community Health Services
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