Tag Archives: Care Quality

The NHS: Probably Still the World’s Best Health Service (BBC News / Commonwealth Fund / NEJM / NHS England / JAMA)

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Commonwealth Fund, a US think-tank, has re-compared data from 11 countries and – to the surprise of some commentators – again ranked the UK’s NHS as the being the best national health system overall. The NHS comes first (highest rating) for … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access (Commonwealth Fund: Health Care System Performance Domain), Access to Care, Access to Services, Administrative Efficiency (Commonwealth Fund: Health Care System Performance Domain), Australia, Australia’s Single-Payer Insurance Program (Health Systems Achieve Excellence in Diverse Ways), Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, Benchmarking, Benchmarking Tools, Canada, Cancer Survival, Cancer Survival Rates in England, Care Process (Commonwealth Fund: Health Care System Performance Domain), Care Quality, Closing the Cancer Survival Gap, Commonwealth Fund, Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Surveys, Commonwealth Fund: Mirror Mirror International Comparisons (2017), Communication, Continuity and Feedback, Coordinated Care, Cost-Related Access Problems, Cross-Country Comparisons, Department of Health Policy and Management and Harvard Global Health Institute: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Effective Care, Efficiency, Eleven-Country Summary Scores on Health System Performance, Engagement and Patient Preferences., Equality of Access, Equity, Equity (Commonwealth Fund Health: Care System Performance Domain), France, Germany, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Cambridge MA), Health Care Outcomes, Health Care Outcomes (Commonwealth Fund: Health Care System Performance Domain), Health Care Spending as a Percentage of GDP (1980–2014), Health Care System Performance Compared to Spending, Health Care System Performance Rankings, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Health System Performance Scores, International Comparisons, International Health Care Comparisons, International Perspectives, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Kate Andrews: Institute of Economic Affairs, London School of Economics, Measurement for Quality and Cost, Mirror Mirror Measure Descriptions and Source Notes, Mortality Amenable to Health Care (2004 and 2014), National Healthcare Systems: International Comparative Rankings, Netherland’s Competing Private Insurers (Health Systems Achieve Excellence in Diverse Ways), Netherlands, New England Journal of Medicine, New Zealand, NHS Efficiency Savings, NHS Performance, NHS Quality, NHS: Rated World’s Best Health Service, Norway, Outcomes Benchmarking, Patient Engagement, Patient Safety, Patient-Centeredness, Perceived Inefficiency, Performance Comparisons, Premature Death, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Public Health, Quality, Quality in the NHS, Reducing Premature Mortality, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Secretary of State for Health, Safe Care, Sweden, Switzerland, System Benchmarks, Timeliness of Care, UK’s National Health Service (Health Systems Achieve Excellence in Diverse Ways), United Kingdom, United States, United States Health Care System, USA | Leave a comment

Education and Training Framework: Learning Disabilities Core Skills (HEE / Skills for Health / Skills for Care / NHS England)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health Education England, Skills for Health and Skills for Care have produced a comprehensive resource, designed to support the education, training and workforce development needs of persons working with people who have learning disabilities. “This Framework was commissioned and … Continue reading →

CQC’s Strategy for 2016 to 2021 (CQC)

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) last month published their strategy, for the years 2016 to 2021, to ensure that more people receive higher quality care. This strategy aims to offer a “targeted, responsive and collaborative” approach to regulation, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Care Home Inspections, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inspection Regime, Chief Inspector of General Practice (CIGP), Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CIOH), Community Health Care Inspections, CQC Budget Levels, CQC Five Year Strategy, CQC Hospice Inspections, CQC Hospital Inspections, CQC Inspection Regimes To Assess Quality of Care Pathways Across Health and Social Care Settings, CQC Inspections of GP Surgeries, CQC’s Strategy For 2016 to 2021, David Behan: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Enforcement, Enforcement and Intelligent Monitoring (CQC), Focused Unannounced Inspections, Future of General Practice Regulation Programme Board, GP Inspections, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Health Education England (HEE), HMI Constabulary, HMI Prisons, HMI Probation, Improvement Innovation and Sustainability in Care, Inspection and Regulation, Inspections, Inspections by CQC, Intelligence-Driven Approach to Regulation, Memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Health Education England (HEE) and CQC (2016), Ofsted, Peter Wyman: CQC’s Chair, Primary Medical Services, Provider Regulation, Quality of Care, Re-Inspections Drive Improvement, Regulation, Regulation of Care Quality, Rethinking Regulation, Shaping the Future: CQC’s Strategy for 2016 to 2021, Single Shared View of Quality, Unannounced Hospital Inspections, Unannounced Inspections | Leave a comment

Education and Training Framework Maps Dementia Core Skills (Skills for Health / HEE / Skills for Care)

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Last month, Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care issued a comprehensive resource to support the education, training and workforce development needs of persons who work with people living with dementia and their carers. This “Dementia … Continue reading →

Quality of Death Index: UK End-Of-Life Care Second To None? (BBC News / EIU / NHS England / CQC / National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A comparative study of palliative care across 80 countries by the Economist Intelligence Unit has declared that end-of-life care in the UK can be ranked the best in the world. The UK was ranked first due to comprehensive national … Continue reading →

NHS Reform Under the Coalition Government (King’s Fund / BBC News)

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

Summary Chris Ham, Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, has released an authoritative and thorough review of major reform and re-organisation within the NHS during the first three years of the coalition government. “He was agin’ it”. Mark Twain. Full … Continue reading →

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Commissioning for Quality (NHS England / Commissioning Assembly)

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An interactive web resource “Commissioning for Quality: Views from Commissioners” is based on the Commissioning Assembly’s analysis of CCG quality frameworks and strategies (and the literature). It has been launched to help commissioners with quality improvement and assuring the … Continue reading →

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