Tag Archives: Conflicts of Interests

Conflicts of Interest at NICE? (BBC News)

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Doctors and researchers have written to MPs on the Health Select Committee, expressing concern about potential conflicts of interest at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) regarding medicines recommendations. This debate appears to have arisen, in particular, … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NICE Guidelines, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Commons Health Select Committee, Concerns Over Statins Use, Conflict of Interests, Conflicts of Interests, Health Select Committee, Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Commons Health Select Committee, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Statins | Leave a comment

Master Resource Hub for CCGs (NHS England)

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has a regularly updated online resource page, which provides commissioners in Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) with practical advice and support, evidence and tools. Full Text Link Reference Resources for CCGs. London [Online]: NHS England, [Ongoing Updates] 2013-2014. … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK | Tagged Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), BMI Healthcare, Bristol Clinical Commssioning Group, British Red Cross, Bulletin for CCGs, Care Planning, CCG Authorisation Process, CCG Configuration and Member Practices, CCG Development, CCG Development Framework, CCG Development Support, CCG Directory, CCG Engagement, CCG Finance, CCG Governance, CCG Learning Environment, CCG Learning Network, CCG Organisation Development, CCG Outcomes, CCG Outcomes Indicator Set, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, CISAT: Commissioning Intelligence Self-Assessment Tool, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinical Data Sets, Collaborative Commissioning, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Commissioning Intelligence, Commissioning Intelligence Model (CIM), Commissioning Intelligence Self-Assessment Tool (CISAT), Commissioning Support, Commissioning Support Providers, Commissioning Support Services, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Complaints Handling, Complaints Handling (For CCGs), Conflicts of Interests, Delivery Improvement and Transformational Change (DITC) Consultancy, Directory of Development Support for Commissioning Organisations, GP IT Services, GP IT Services Commissioning, Hampshire County Council, Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health Service Journal (HSJ), Human Resources, Independent Sector Commissioning Support, Information Governance, Joined-Up Care, Learning Networks, Mental Capacity Act 2005: Guide for Clinical Commissioning Groups, National and Regional CCG Maps, National Business Continuity, National Learning Network, NHS Commissioning Assembly, NHS Commissioning Support Units, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Erewash CCG, NHS South CSU, NHS Standard Contract, NHS West Hampshire CCG, North East London CSU, North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECSU), Optum ACO, Organisation Development, Patient and Public Engagement (PPE), Primary Care Commissioning, Primary Medical Care Functions Delegated to CCGs, Quality Premium, Quality Premium Payments, Resource Hub for CCGs (NHS England), Resources for CCGs, Respiratory Quality Improvement Programme, Safeguarding, Single Point of Access (SPA) Service, Social Care for Older People, Southern Health Foundation Trust, Sustainability, West Yorkshire Respiratory Network | Leave a comment

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

Screening to Identify People at Risk of Dementia (JRCPE)

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This article in the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh presents a balanced account of both sides of the argument with regards to whether screening for dementia might be beneficial, and concerning the recent controversy on … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Best Interest Decisions, Best Interests, Best Interests of Patients, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Risk, Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Cochrane-Registered Prevention Reviews, Complex Best Interests Decision Making, Conflicts of Interests, Continuum of Cognitive Impairment, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding Scheme, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening Debate, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis of Dementia, Diagnosis Rates, Diagnosis Rates (Regional UK), Diet, Difficult Conversations, Doctor-Patient Relationships, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Ethics and Decision-Making, Exercise, General Practice, GPs, Improving Diagnosis, Incentive Payments, Incentives, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, JRCPE: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Medical Ethics, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Misdiagnosis, Modifiable Risk Factors, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), NAPC, National Association of Primary Care, National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), NHS Health Check, NHS Health Checks Programme, Norwich Medical School, Obesity, Over-Diagnosis, Perverse Incentives, Physical Activity, Physical Exercise, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Potential Harms of Diagnosis, Pre-Dementia (MCI), Preventable Dementia (Public Health England), Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Regular Exercise, Risk Factors, Screening, Screening for Dementia, Smoking, Target-Driven Priorities, Timely Diagnosis, University of East Anglia, Vascular Risk Factors, Vested Interests, Watling Medical Centre (UK), Western University: London Health Sciences Centre | Leave a comment

The Dementia Case-Finding Debate Continues (BBC News / BMJ)

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Fewer than half of the estimated 670,000 people with dementia typically receive a formal diagnosis, and the government has the well-intentioned aspiration to increase dementia diagnosis rates in England to two-thirds by 2015. A GP writing in the British … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Best Interest Decisions, Best Interests, Best Interests of Patients, Binscombe Medical Centre: Godalming [Surrey], BMJ, Breaking Bad News, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Complex Best Interests Decision Making, Conflicts of Interests, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding Scheme, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening Debate, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis Gap, Diagnosis of Dementia, Diagnosis Rates, Diagnosis Rates (Regional UK), Difficult Conversations, Doctor-Patient Relationships, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Ethics and Decision-Making, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, General Practice, GPs, Health and Social Care Integration, Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Improving Diagnosis, Incentive Payments, Incentives, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Medical Ethics, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Misdiagnosis, NHS Herefordshire CCG, Over-Diagnosis, Perverse Incentives, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Potential Harms of Diagnosis, Pre-Dementia (MCI), Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Quality Premium Payments, Screening, Screening for Dementia, Target Culture, Target-Driven Behaviour, Target-Driven Priorities, Timely Diagnosis | Leave a comment

Potential Conflicts of Interest Among CCGs / GP Commissioners (BBC News / BMJ)

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An investigation reported in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests that more than one-third of GPs on the boards of new NHS commissioning groups in England could have potential conflicts of interest. According to the BMJ, 426 (36%) of the 1,179 GPs it investigated in … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BMJ, British Medical Journal (BMJ), CCGs, CCGs with Notable Conflicts, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinically-Led Commissioning, Code of Conduct, Commissioning Dementia Care, Commissioning Excellence, Commissioning Task, Conflicts of Interests, GP-Led Commissioning, GPs, NHS Blackpool CCG, NHS Chiltern CCG, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Leicester City CCG, NHS Oldham CCG, NHS Southwark CCG, NHSCB, Openness, Practice Based Commissioning (PBC), Primary Care Commissioning (PCC), Scrutiny, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Value in Commissioning | Leave a comment

Respect and Compassion Central to New Standards for NHS Leaders (Department of Health)

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Department of Health standards, from the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, and drawn-up for the guidance of members of NHS boards and governing bodies in England, place a renewed emphasis on the importance of respect, compassion … Continue reading →

Tag Archives: Conflicts of Interests

Conflicts of Interest at NICE? (BBC News)

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

Screening to Identify People at Risk of Dementia (JRCPE)

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