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Seven Day Working and Much More: Aiming for a More Patient-Centred, Transparent and Safe NHS (Department of Health)

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has re-asserted his intention to pursue the New Deal for GPs, and seven day NHS services generally; if necessary by removing the weekend working opt-out in new hospital consultants’ contracts. NHS Improvement Plans for the … Continue reading →

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Doctors’ Online Resource: Better Care for Older People (General Medical Council)

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A new online resource, developed by the General Medical Council (GMC) working with the British Geriatrics Society and Age UK, has been designed to support doctors with day-to-day care of older patients. It provides several video interviews plus practical … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Guidelines, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Wales | Tagged 1000 Lives Plus (Wales), Access to Care, Advance Care Planning, Age and Ageing, Age Discrimination, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Allocating Resources, Better Care for Older People (GMC), BGS, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), British Medical Association, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Co-Morbidities In Older Patients, Coalition for Collaborative Care, Commissioning Services, Complex Care, Complex Chronic Conditions, Complex Needs, Conflicts of Interests, Delivering Dignity, Equal Access to Care, Esther Network, Exercise And Lifestyle For Older People, Fair Access to Care, Falls and Fractures, Family and Carers, Financial and Commercial Arrangements, General Medical Council (GMC), General Medical Council Guidance, General Medical Council: Better Care for Older People, Geriatric Discharges, Gold Standards Framework, GSF, Guidance on Commissioning, Health and Care of Older People, Healthy Living: Mind And Body, High Quality Health Care for Older Care Home Residents, House of Care, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, Intermediate Care Fund: Welsh Government, Involving Older People In Service Planning / Commissioning, Jönköping in Sweden (Esthers), John Young: NHS England, MacMillan, Medical Protection Society, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, Multimorbidity, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple-Morbidities, National Council for Palliative Care, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Improving Quality, NHS IQ, NHS IQ Transform Programme, Niall Dickson, Niall Dickson: Chief Executive of the General Medical Council, Nutrition and Hydration, Occupational and Physical Activity Interventions, Palliative Care, Personalised Carer Support, Planning Services, Professor John Young, Quality of Life for People With Long Term Conditions, RCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners, Safe Compassionate Care for Frail Older People, Safeguarding, Setting Priorities, Signposting, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Staying Steady, Strength and Balance, Tools Tests And Checklists For Working With Older Patients, Virtual Learning Zone, Welsh Government, Working in Partnership With Older People | Leave a comment

Advisory Group for the care.data Programme (NHS England / E-Health Insider)

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An independent Advisory Group for the care.data programme has been established. This autonomous group is led by Ciaran Devane: Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support. Read more: NHS England. care.data Advisory Group. Reference care.data Advisory Group. London: NHS England, April … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, In the News, National, National Voices, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academy Medical Royal Colleges, Advisory Group for the care.data Programme, Association of Medical Research Charities, BHF: British Heart Foundation, Big Brother Watch, British Heart Foundation, British Medical Association, care.data, care.data Advisory Group, care.data Pilots (2014), Care.data: Modern Data Service for the NHS, Ciaran Devane: Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, Data Extraction, Diabetes UK, E-Health Insider, GP Data Extraction, GP Extractions, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Healthwatch, Hurley Group, Independent journalists, Kings College London, MacMillan, Macmillan Cancer Support, Med Confidential, MIND MS Society, National Institute for Health Research, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Tim Kelsey: NHS National Director for Patients and Information, Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group, Wellcome Trust, Whizz-kidz | Leave a comment

Obesity Risk a Dementia Time Bomb? (BBC News / UK Health Forum / European Congress on Obesity / NHS Choices / WHO / BMJ)

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Previous research in 2011 has shown that being overweight in middle age increases the risk of developing dementia. Data presented today at the European Congress on Obesity suggests slowing the rise in obesity could help to cut the rising rates of dementia. … Continue reading →

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Cross-Party Consensus Required to Change Social Care (BBC News)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Cross-party talks on care for the elderly and disabled failed in 2010. These talks are due to start again this year. An open letter to Ministers published in the Daily Telegraph from 72 organisations, including charities such as the Alzheimer’s Society, Carers UK and Age … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, BMA: British Medical Association, British Medical Association, Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Health and Social Care, Social Care | Leave a comment

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