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Tag Archives: CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care
More on the Persistence of Variations in Care and Health Inequalities (BBC News / MTG / King’s Fund)
Summary The Medical Technology Group’s analysis of data from the 209 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), concerning regional inequalities in patient access to treatments and assessments involving medical technology, discovered unacceptable variations (including inequalities between the North and South of England). … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 18 Week Wait and Patient Access, Acute Stroke Management, Acute Stroke Services, Assessment and Diagnosis, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Get Rich or Die Young, BBC Panorama: Stockton - England’s Most Unequal Town, Cataract Operations, CCG Performance Statistics, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaboration for Leadership in Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), Colonoscopy and CT Colonoscopy, Commissioning Task, CT Colonoscopies, DEMETRIQ Project, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnostic Imaging, Diagnostic Services Atlas, Diagnostic Testing Rates, Diagnostic Waiting Times, English Health Inequalities Strategy, Geographical Health Inequalities, Geographical Variations, Getting it Right First Time, Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), Health and Care of Older People, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Hip Replacement, Hip Replacements, Imaging Services, Impact of English Health Inequalities Strategy, Improvement Opportunities in Local Commissioning, Life Expectancy by Neighbourhood, Limb Amputations, Local Commissioning, Local Health Economies, Local Health Profiles, Local Health Services: Variations, Local Variations, Medical Technology Access, Medical Technology Group (MTG), Mortality Rates Among Older People, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR): Collaboration for Leadership in Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), NHS Atlas of Variation, NHS Atlas of Variations in Diagnostic Services, NHS Atlases of Variation, NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC), NHS Postcode Lottery, NHS Variations in Diagnostic Services, NHS Waiting Times, North-South NHS Divide, Postcode Lottery, Postcode Lottery in Access to Care, Postcode Lottery in Access to Treatment, Postcode Lottery in Standards of Healthcare, Quality Improvement, Reducing Variation, Regional Variations, Right First Time, RightCare’s NHS Atlas of Variation, Slope Index of Inequality, Slope Index of Inequality (SII) for Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy in England, Slope Index of Inequality in Life Expectancy, Specialist Stroke Units, Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees, Stockton: England’s Most Unequal Town, Stroke, Stroke Care Bundles, Stroke Units, Top Performing CCGs, Trends in NHS Outcomes Framework: Health Inequality Indicators, Trends in Public Health Outcomes Framework: Health Inequality Indicators, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Unwarranted Variations in Diagnostic Testing Rates, Value Opportunities in Local Commissioning, Variation Analysis, Variation in Commissioning, Variations in Care, Variations in Quality of Care, Worst Performing CCGs
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Patient Safety Improvement in Care Homes (BMC Health Services Research)
Summary A programme to improve patient / resident safety in care homes is to be conducted in Walsall and Wolverhampton over 24 months. This article outlines the evaluation of this care home improvement programme in the West Midlands. The aim is … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Adverse Drug Reaction / Error Champions, Adverse Drug Reactions, Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly, Adverse Safety Events, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, BMC Health Services Research, Care Home Culture, Care Home Environments, Care Homes, Changes in Safety Practices (Care Home Level), Changes in Safety Practices (Staff Level), CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), College of Medical and Dental Sciences: University of Birmingham, Culture of Safety, Dementia Education, Dementia Training, Education and Training, Hospital Activity, Improving Patient Safety, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Infection Control, Institute of Applied Health Research: University of Birmingham, Institute of Health Professions: University of Wolverhampton, Local AHSNs, Local Patient Safety Collaboratives, Medication Errors, Meridian Online Health Innovation Exchange, NHS England's Sign Up to Safety Campaign, NHS Walsall CCG, NHS Wolverhampton CCG, NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands, Opportunities to Treat Patients Without Hospital Admission, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Collaborative Programmes, Patient Safety Collaboratives, Patient Safety Collaboratives Programme, Positive Approaches to Care (PAC), Pressure Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Health Care (Journal), Quality and Safety Improvement Approaches in Care Homes, Quality Improvement, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Research in Care Homes, Safer Provision and Caring Excellence (SPACE) Programme, Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), Safety Improvement in Care Homes, Sign up to Safety, Sign Up to Safety Campaign, Skills and Training, SPACE Programme (WMAHSN), Staff Training, Training and Support, Transfer of Medicines, University of Birmingham, University of Wolverhampton, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Walsall, Walsall and Wolverhampton Care Home Improvement Programme, Walsall and Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Wellbeing in Care Homes, West Midlands, West Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC), Wolverhampton, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Training
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Further Confirmation of the “Weekend Effect”: The Global Comparators Project (BMJ Quality and Safety / BBC News / OHE / Health Economics / BMJ)
Summary Recent research indicates that the “weekend effect” is a systematic phenomenon in the quality of healthcare, which impacts upon mortality rates in hospital care internationally. 2,982,570 hospital records from 28 hospitals in England, Australia, the USA and the Netherlands … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 7 Day Services, ACALM Study Unit: Aston Medical School, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Aston Medical School: Aston University, Aston University, Australia, Avoidable Mortality, BBC Health News, BMJ, BMJ Quality and Safety, British Medical Journal (BMJ), CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Costs and Benefits of Seven-Day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions, Culture Change in the NHS, Day-of-the-Week Effect, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Health Sciences: University of York, Department of Informatics: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Primary Care and Population Health: University College London, Dr Fiona Godlee: Editor of the British Medical Journal, Dr Foster, Dr Foster Hospital Guide, Dr Foster Intelligence, Dr Foster Unit: Imperial College London, Dr Foster Unit: PCPH Imperial College London, Economics of Elevated Hospital Mortality at Weekends, Elective Procedures, Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Hospital Treatment, England, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research: University College London, GC Database, Global Comparators (GC) Project, Global Comparators Project, Health Economics, Health Finance Managers Association (HFMA), Healthcare Financial Management Association, Healthcare Quality Improvement, HFMA: Healthcare Financial Management Association, High-Intensity Specialist-Led Acute Care (HiSLAC) Project, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Improving Patient Safety, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (JRSM), Manchester Centre for Health Economics: University of Manchester, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Directorate: NHS England, Monday to Friday Culture, Mortality, Mortality Associated With After Hours and Weekend Admissions, Mortality at the Weekend, Mortality by Day of the Week, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS), Netherlands, NHS Culture, NHS England, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ) Seven Day Services Team, NHS Seven Days a Week Forum, Nigel Edwards: Nuffield Trust, NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands, NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for Birmingham and the Black Country (NIHR CLAHRC-BBC), NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, Office of Health Economics (OHE), Orchestrated Intransigence, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Collaboratives, Patient Safety Improvement, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Quality and Outcomes Research Unit: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Quality of Care at Weekends, QUORUM Metric for Comparing Hospital Death Rates, Seven Day Services Team: NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day Working, Survivorship Models, UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) West Midlands, United States, University College London, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, University of Warwick, University of Warwick Medical School, University of York, Urgent and Emergency Care, USA, Variations in Quality of Care, Warwick Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery: University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School: University of Warwick, Weekend Effect, Weekend Hospitalisation and Additional Risk of Death, Weekend Mortality for Emergency Admissions, Weekend Working, Workforce Challenges in Emergency Medicine
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Improving Urgent and Emergency Care (NHS Confederation / Urgent and Emergency Care Forum / Emergency Medicine Journal / RCPCH / RCN / RCGP / REF / Health Economics / RCEM)
Summary Based on experiences during Winter 2014/2015, the NHS will encounter a winter crisis in 2015/16. NHS organisations need to plan and act on solutions to help prevent this problem. This NHS Confederation report assembles guidance and recommendations, with examples … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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