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Tag Archives: Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report
Malnutrition on Hospital Wards and in Care Homes? (BBC News / ONS / JGCR)
Summary Data from the Office for National Statistics indicates that malnutrition and / or dehydration were factors contributing to the deaths of 828 patients in hospitals and care homes in England and Wales during 2015. The following piece explores the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inspection Regime, Care Quality Commission Dignity and Nutrition Inspections, Compassionate Care, Compliance With Core Standards, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dangerous and Inadequate Care in Hospitals in England, Deaths From Dehydration and Malnutrition by place of death in England and Wales Between 2014 / 2015 (Office for National Statistics), Dehydration, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Eating and Nutritional Care, Elderly Malnutrition, Hydration, Hydration and Nutrition, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Standards in Care Homes, India, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Malnutrition in Later Life, Mealtime Environments, Nutrition and Dementia, Nutrition and Hydration Among People With Dementia in Care Homes, Nutrition Support, Nutritional Care, Nutritional Needs, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics Mortality Data, Professor Sir Mike Richards: Former Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC), Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Support With Eating in Care Homes, Treatment at End of Life
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Challenges in the Creation of a Seven-Day NHS: Leaked Update (BBC News)
Summary A confidential Department of Health review of government plans for a seven-day NHS in England, “leaked” to the Guardian newspaper and Channel 4 News, identifies 13 potential risks; including concerns over staff-shortages, workforce overload and the general lack of … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 7 Day Services Governance Group, Audit and Risk, Audit and Risk Assurance Committee, £10 Billion of Investment in NHS, Building the Evidence Base: Regarding How 7-day Services Impact on GPs Hospitals and Urgent and Emergency Care, Care Seven Days a Week, Channel 4 News, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture Change in the NHS, Culture of Safety, Diane Abbott (Labour), Diane Abbott: Labour Shadow Health Secretary, Doctors and Nurses (Demand Versus Capacity), Dr Mark Porter: Chair of Council at British Medical Association, Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Erroneous or Simplistic Misinterpretations of the Weekend Effect, Extra Doctors and Nurses Recruited, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Guardian, Guardian (Newspaper), Joanne Shaw: Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Chair, Joanne Shaw: Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit at National Audit Office, Money Well Spent, News Manipulation and Intransigence, NHS Culture, Patient Safety, Patient Safety in the NHS, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Risk Register for 7 Day Services Programme, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Service Redesign, Seven Day Care in England, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Potential Problem of Delivering Against Plan Without Achieving Desired Change, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Potential Problem of Missing the Point (Not Reducing Unacceptable Variations in Care Quality), Seven Day NHS Pledge: Potential Problem of Missing the Point (Some Statisticians Now Claim Weekend Effect Does Not / Did Not Exist), Seven Day NHS Pledge: Problem of Resources, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Problem of Staff Shortages, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Problem of Unwillingness or Incapacity for Doing More With Less, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Problem of Workforce Overload, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Problems Identified in Leaked Confidential Department of Health Review, Seven Day Services, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-Day Opening, Seven-Day Working, Statistical Epiphenomena, Sustainability, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, System Re-Design, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Unspoken Political Context: Weaponising the NHS (Speculative Construct), Weekend Effect, Weekend Mortality Rates, Weekend Services, Weekend Working
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Variable Standards of Hospital Dementia Care in England (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society may have found further evidence of poor and variable care in a review of acute hospital care for dementia patients. Their report is based on Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, to which not all Trusts were … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Care For Patients With Dementia (CHKS Analyses), Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Inpatients Who Need Help with Eating, Adult Inpatients Who Need Help with Eating: Patients Who Do Not Receive Enough Help from Staff with Eating Meals, Alzheimer's Society’s Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Alzheimer’s Society's Call for All Hospitals to Publish Annual Dementia Statements, Annual Dementia Statements (Recommendation), Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Carer Friendly Hospitals, CHKS, CHKS Ltd, Compliance With Core Standards, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dangerous and Inadequate Care in Hospitals in England, Dehydration, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Dementia and Falls, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Friendly Hospital Charter (DAA), Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Dignity and Respect, Dignity and Wellbeing, Dignity Factors, Dignity on the Ward, Discharge Coordination, Elderly Malnutrition, Emergency Readmissions Within 30 Days (For People With Dementia), End-User Experience, Excess Costs for Acute Care From Patients With Dementia, Excess Costs of Acute Care For Patients With Dementia, Excessive Force, Falls in Hospitals, Falls in Older People, Falls Prevention, Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Fix Dementia Care: Hospitals, Fix Dementia Care: Hospitals (Alzheimer’s Society), FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Health Education England’s (HEE’s) Dementia Awareness Training Programme, Help With Eating, Hip Fractures After Falls in Hospital, Hospital Care for People with Dementia, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Impact of Dementia on Length of Stay, Improving Patient Safety, Inappropriate Care, Inpatient Falls, Inpatient Survey, Jeremy Hughes (Alzheimer’s Society Chief Executive), Length of Stay, Length of Stay (LoS), National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals, Not Being Treated With Dignity and Respect During Hospital Stays, Nurse Staffing Levels, Nutrition and Hydration, Overnight Discharge, Patient Experience, Patient Experience Research, Patient Safety, Patient Safety in the NHS, Patients Not Receiving Help When Needed During Hospital Stays, Patients Treated With Excessive Force, Patients Who Do Not Receive Enough Help from Staff with Eating, Personalised Dementia Care, Physical Restraint, Poor or Inconsistent Standards of Dignity and Help With Eating During Hospital Stays, Poor Patient Experience, Prevalence of Inconsistent and Poor Standards of Dignity and Help With Eating, Readmissions, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Reducing Re-Admissions NHS Hospitals, Relative Risks in Older Hospital Patient Population, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Service User Experience, Staff and Board Training, Support With Eating in Hospitals, Supporting Patients With Dementia, This is Me: Person-Centred Care, Transparency and Accountability, Transparency and Accountability in Governance, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, User Experience, Variations in Care, Variations in Hospital Care for People With Dementia, Variations in Quality of Care
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