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Tag Archives: Avoidable Harm
National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals: Spotlight Audit on Psychotropic Medication (HQIP / RCP)
Summary The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and Royal College of Psychiatrists have published a spotlight audit on the use of psychotropic medicines in the care of people with dementia in general hospitals in England and Wales. Psychotropic medication may … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Anticonvulsants: as Mood Stabilisers, Antidepressants, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Harm: Psychotropic Dosages and Drug Interactions, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia Medications, Discharge Medicines Review Service, Drugs for BPSD, Falls Prevention, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Hypnotics and Anxiolytics, Medicines Optimisation, Medicines Reconciliation, National Audit of Dementia (Care in General Hospitals), National Audit of Dementia (NAD), National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals: Spotlight Audit on Psychotropic Medication (2020), National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals, National Audit of Dementia: Spotlight Report on Psychotropic Medication, National Falls Prevention CQUIN, Patient Discharge, Patient Discharge Summaries, Patient Notes, Patient Records, Patient Safety, Patterns of Psychotropic Prescriptions, Potential Harms of Antipsychotic Use, Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMs), Potentially Inappropriate Medicine Combinations, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP), Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older People With Dementia, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs, Prescription of Psychotropic Medication Initiated in Hospitals for BPSD, Prescriptions Reviewed on Discharge, Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Psychotropic Drug Cessation, Psychotropic Drug Use (Antipsychotics Antidepressants Hypnotics Anxiolytics Anticonvulsants Antidementia Drugs), Psychotropic Drugs, Psychotropic Medication, Psychotropic Prescribing, QI: Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Regular and PRN Prescriptions, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP), Royal College of Psychiatrists Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Centre for Quality Improvement, Use of Antipsychotics for BPSD in UK Hospitals
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Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism (Joint Committee on Human Rights / BBC News)
Summary Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) indicates that the human rights of young people with a learning disabilities and / or autism are being breached in mental health hospitals. Proposals for radical reform are advocated. “Too often families of … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, 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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Young Adults and Children, Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs), Avoidable Harm, BBC Education News, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Undercover Abuse Scandal, BBC Panorama: Whorlton Hall Hospital Abuse, BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire Programme, British Association for Supported Employment, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Centre for Welfare Reform, Challenging Behaviour, Children With Learning Disabilities or Autism Admitted to Secure Mental Health Hospitals, Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Court of Protection, CQC Interim Report on How Hospitals Separate Children and Young People With Mental Health Problems Learning Disabilities or Autism, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism, Evidence Search and Summary Service (ESSS), Guidelines and Audit Implementation Network (GAIN), Harmful Detention, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Hospital Abuse, House of Commons, House of Lords, Ian Trenholm: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission (CQC), Inquiry Into Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services: IRISS, Institutional Abuse, Institutional Factors, Institutional Neglect, IRISS: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, Joint Committee on Human Rights, Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Acute Hospitals, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Community Services, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Mental Health Services, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disability in General Hospital Settings, Openness and Transparency, Patient Harm, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Picker Institute Europe, Protecting Vulnerable People, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restraint Prolonged Seclusion and Segregation, Restrictive Interventions, Safeguarding, Segregation, Segregation in Mental Health Wards for Children and Young People and in Wards for People With a Learning Disability or Autism, Transforming Care, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transitions of Care for Users of Learning Disability Services, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, Vulnerable Groups, Whistleblowing, Whorlton Hall, Winterbourne View Hospital, Winterbourne View: Transforming Care, Young Adults and Children Safeguarding, Young Adults and Children Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Young People With Learning Disabilities in Transition
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Questions Raised About Prescribing Painkillers for Dementia Patients (BBC Radio Four / BBC News)
Summary An investigation into the role of big pharma in the international opioid crisis, from BBC Radio 4, touches upon questions about the ethics and suitability of pain management embedded semi-routinely in care for persons with dementia: Full Audio Link … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, NHS, Pain, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Addressing Problematic Opioid Use in OECD Countries (OECD 2019), Analgesic Misuse, Analgesic Treatments for People With Dementia, Availability of Opioid Painkillers, Avoidable Harm, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Four, BBC Radio Four File on 4, BBC Radio Four’s “File on Four” Programme, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Big Pharma, Centre for Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine: University of Bergen, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care: University of Bergen, Department of Health and Care (Bergen Norway), Department of Psychiatry: Harvard Medical School, Deprescribing, Distressed Behaviour, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Evidence Uncertainties, Expert Opinion on Drug Safety (Journal), Fentanyl, Harvard Medical School, Impact of Opioids, McLean Hospital (Belmont USA), McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Services: McLean Hospital (Belmont USA), Medicines Optimisation Group: University of East Anglia, Morphine, NIHR CLAHRC East, NIHR CLAHRC Eastern, Norway, Office for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Opioid Addiction, Opioid Analgesics Dependency, Opioid Crisis, Opioid Deprescribing, Opioids, Optimising Prescribing and Deprescribing in Older Adults With Dementia, Over-Medication, Over-Prescribing, Pain Control and Dementia in the Acute Hospital, Pain Management, Pain Prevalence, Pain Relief, Painkillers, Painkillers Don’t Exist (Public Awareness Campaign), Patient Harm, Psychological and Behavioural Distress, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Strong Opioids: First-Line Maintenance, Strong Opioids: First-Line Oral Opioids, Strong Opioids: First-Line Transdermal Patches, Tackling Over-Medication, Tramadol, Treatment of Pain to Reduce Behavioural Disturbances, University of Bergen, University of East Anglia, University of East Anglia Medicines Optimisation Group, University of Exeter Medical School, Untreated Pain, USA, USA Opioid Epidemic
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