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Tag Archives: Barriers to Early Diagnosis
Mental Health Research: Official Framework (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health has published a framework covering intended mental health research in the UK over the next decade. This is another response to recommendations in the independent Mental Health Taskforce’s Five Year Forward View for Mental Health … Continue reading →
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, 5YFVMH, 5YFVMH Taskforce, A&E Psychiatric Patients, Access and Choice, Access to Mental Health Services, Acute And Crisis Care, Adult Mental Health Care Clusters, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Adult Mental Health: Common Mental Health Problems, Adult Mental Health: Community, Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) in England, Alternative Care Settings, Barriers, Barriers to Early Diagnosis, Barriers to Engagement, Barriers to Innovation, Barriers to Involvement, Bureaucratic and Regulatory Burdens, Capacity Building, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Care Planning (Inpatient), Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Transformation Plans, Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Choice of Treatments, Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Common Mental Health Problems (CMHP), Costs of Mental Health Problems at Work, Costs of Mental Health Problems in UK, Data Informatics and Virtual Populations, Dementia Clinical Record Interactive Search (D-CRIS), Emerging Interventions and Alternative Care Settings, Five Year Forward View for Mental Health (5YFVMH), Flexible Funding, Health Inequalities and Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health, Health Informatics, Hospital Discharge Delays, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Implementing the Mental Health Forward View, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England, Industry Engagement, Informatics, Integrating Mental and Physical Healthcare, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Life-Course Approach to Mental Health, Measures of Social Support, Mental and Physical Health, Mental Health and Illness, Mental Health Capacity Building, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Mental Health Liaison Services in Emergency Departments and Inpatient Ward, Mental Health Problems, Mental Health Professionals in Emergency Departments, Mental Health Research, Mental Health Research Funding, Mental Health Service Budgets, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Services in Accident and Emergency Units, Mental Health Support in Schools, Mental Health Support in the Workplace, Mental Health Taskforce, Mental Health Taskforce Report, Mental Health Trusts, More Flexible Funding Systems (Facilitators of Innovation), National Information Board (Initially Known as the Informatics Services Commissioning Group), Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Patient Involvement in Research, Paul Farmer: Chair of Mental Health Taskforce, Perinatal Mental Health, Personalised Care Planning, Physical Health of People With Mental Health Problems, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Prevention and Stigma, Public Involvement in Research, Reducing the Divide Between Mental and Physical Healthcare, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Removing Regulatory Barriers, Research Priority Setting in Mental Health, Roadmap for Mental Health Research in Europe (ROAMER) Programme, Science and Informatics, Social Support, Social Support / Community Networks, Socio-Economic Drivers of Health Inequality, Socio-Economic Patterning, Technology and Informatics, Translational Research, Virtual Populations, Waiting Times for Mental Health Services, Workforce and Skill Mix, Young People’s Mental Health Services
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Under-Diagnosis of Dementia in the Community: an International Review (BMJ Open / JGCR)
Summary A literature review and meta-analysis of 23 international studies on the under-detection (i.e. the failure to achieve a diagnosis) of dementia identified a pooled rate of undetected dementia assessed to be 61.7%. The rate of under-detection was higher in … Continue reading →
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Dementia Awareness Raising in the African Caribbean Community (HEE)
Summary Health Education England (HEE) have released a video which aims to raise awareness, on the part of health and social care professionals, of attitudes towards dementia in the African Caribbean community. The “Finding Patience” video is intended to raise awareness … Continue reading →
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Tagged African Caribbean Families, African Caribbean People, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, BAME Challenges, BAME Experiences, Barriers to Conversation (Difficult Conversations), Barriers to Early Diagnosis, Barriers to Older People Accessing Help and Support, Barriers to Support, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Older People, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Caribbean, Blood Pressure, BME Communities, BME People with Dementia, BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Raising in African Caribbean Community, Education and Staff Training, Finding Patience (HEE Video), Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, HEE: Health Education England, Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Initial Onset and Diagnosis, Living Well with Dementia, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt: Director of Nursing and Deputy Director of Education and Quality at Health Education England, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Staff Training, Workforce Training
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Timely Reflections on Dementia Awareness (NHS England / UKMi)
Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, marks National Dementia Awareness Week. Full Text Link Reference Great strides are being made in dementia awareness – Professor Alistair Burns. London: NHS England, May 20th 2016. Further elaboration, … Continue reading →
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Confronting Reasons Behind Delays in Diagnosis of Dementia (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary There is a common self-fulfilling misconception that “Life ends when dementia begins”. A survey of GPs concerning patients suspecting / fearing that they could have dementia, conducted by the Alzheimer’s Society, reveals that more than half of such people … Continue reading →
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Dementia Enhanced Service To Cease: Job Done? (NHS England)
Summary The Dementia Enhanced Service will cease on March 31st 2016 (and the £42 million resource will be transferred into a “global sum”), given that GPs are by now diagnosing dementia more routinely. Other Enhanced Services will continue unchanged however. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions Enhanced Service (ES), Barriers to Early Diagnosis, BMA: British Medical Association, British Medical Association (BMA), Community Services, Community Services and Primary Care, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding Scheme, Dementia Enhanced Service, Dementia Enhanced Service (DES), Dementia Screening Debate, Early Diagnosis, Enhanced Services, Enhanced Services (Formerly Directed Enhanced Services (DES)), Enhanced Services from GPs, Extended Hours Incentives, Financial Incentives, Funding GP Practices in England, GP Contract, GP Contracts, GP Practices, GPs, Incentive Payments, Incentives, Incentives for Early Diagnosis of Dementia, MenACWY, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Accountable GPs, Payment Systems and Incentives, Right Outcomes Linked to Incentives, Timely Diagnosis
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GP Incentive Schemes to Reduce Referrals to Hospital? (BBC News / Pulse / NHS England / Department of Health)
Summary GP practices may sometimes receive incentive payments for reducing the number of patients referred to hospital, according to an investigation by Pulse. The aim of NHS leaders is to reduce inappropriate patient referrals, i.e. where patients can be better … Continue reading →
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Tagged A&E Attendances, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: Strategy for England 2015-2020, Assessment and Referral, Attitudes to Health and Cancer, Attitudes Towards Cancer Treatment, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Barriers to Early Diagnosis, Barriers to Integration, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Potential Age Discrimination, Cancer, Cancer Referrals, Cancer Targets, Cancer Test Waiting Times, Cancer Treatment, Cancer Treatment Standards, Cancer Waiting Times, Cancer: Waiting Times for Testing and Treatment: NHS Performance Indicators, Care Closer to Home, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Conflict of Interests, Diagnosis and Referral, Early Cancer Diagnosis, Early Screening, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, FOI: Freedom of information, General Practice, GPs, Identification and Referral, Improving Referral Pathways, Incentive Payments, Incentives, Incentivising Practices to Reduce Urgent Cancer Referrals, Ipsos Mori, Jagtar Dhanda: Head of Inclusion at Macmillan Cancer Support, John Young: NHS England, Macmillan Cancer Support, NHS Birmingham South Central CCG, NHS Bolton CCG, NHS Cancer Taskforce, NHS England’s Cancer Taskforce, NHS Lambeth CCG, NHS North East Lincolnshire CCG, Older People’s Day, Older People’s Day (2015), Outpatient Attendances, Outpatient Follow-Ups, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Case Management, Professor John Young: Former National Clinical Director for Integration and Frail Elderly at NHS England, Referral Management, Referrals, Speed of Cancer Diagnosis, Target-Driven Behaviour, Target-Driven Priorities, Tick Box Culture, Timely Diagnosis, Timely Referral, Unintended Consequences, Working the System and Unintended Consequences
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Medical Research Council: Some Success Stories (MRC)
Summary The Medical Research Council (MRC) has released a collection of summaries about UK research achievements across a number of fields. In the area of research into dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases, MRC research is reported to have influenced the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ageing Research, Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy, American Heart Association, Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), Arteriovenous Malformations in Brain, Attributable Cost of Dementia, Barriers to Early Diagnosis, Barriers: Lack of Timely and Appropriate Diagnosis, Burden of Dementia, Burden of Dementia (Statistics), Caffeine and Reproductive Health (CARE) Study, CFAS I Study, CFAS II Study, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Project, Cytosponge: Diagnostic Test to Detect Barrett’s Oesophagus, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Research, Dementia Risk Factors, Diagnosis Rates, Diet, Economic Benefits from Medical Research in UK, Forecasting Life Expectancy, General Practice Research Framework, General Practice Research Framework (GPRF), GPRF Study, Health Research Classification System (HRCS), Heart Attack Deaths, Hospital Variation in Acute Myocardial Infarction Care and Outcomes, Impact of Dementia in UK, Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Life Expectancy, Medical Research, Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council (UK), Medical Research Council's Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Project, Modifiable Risk Factors, MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS), MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS), MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Myocardial Infarction, National Dementia Prevalence, National Dementia Strategy, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurodegenerative Research, Physical Activity, Physical Inactivity, Prevalence of Dementia, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Risk Factors, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), Social and Economic Impact of Dementia in UK, Sweden, UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC), UK Health Research Analysis, UKCRC Health Research Analysis Forum, University of Newcastle
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Local Dementia Friendly Communities: Guidance for Councils (LGA)
Summary Guidance has been released by the Local Government Association (LGA), in collaboration with the Innovations in Dementia community interest company, which explains the responsibility of councils in helping to support people with dementia through the creation of local dementia … Continue reading →
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Benefits of Timely Diagnosis and Early Intervention in Dementia (BMJ)
Summary A wide-ranging literature review, clinical review and educational update on these topics. Full Text Link Reference Robinson, L. Tang, E. [and] Taylor J-P. (2015). Dementia: timely diagnosis and early intervention. BMJ. June 16th 2015; 350: h3029.
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