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Tag Archives: Demand Management
Allied Health Professionals and Care Homes: the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Framework (NHS England)
Summary NHS England has released a guide about ways in which allied health professionals (AHPs) can support the Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) framework, with a view to improving the health and wellbeing of care homes residents. Component activities … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access and Equity For Care Home Residents to AHP Services, Access and Equity For Care Home Residents to Local NHS Services, Access to AHP Services, Active Residents in Care Homes (ARCH), Advanced Life Support Group, AHP Workforce Development, AHPs Improving End of Life Care and Dementia Care, AHPs Making Better Use of Technology, AHPs: Supporting Hydration and Nutrition, Airedale Digital Care Hub, Airedale Telehealth Model, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Allied Health Professions Team (Medical Directorate: NHS England), Awareness Training, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Better Use of Technology, BetterCareExchange (Better Care Exchange), Blackpool Teaching skill and so if we have residents Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bounce Back Clinic: Multidisciplinary Frailty Clinic in Primary Care, Bounce Back Service, Care Home Residents, Care Home Staff, Care Home-Associated Deconditioning, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Homes-Related Deconditioning, CHORD Study, Clinical Input Into Care Homes, College of Occupational Therapists (COT), Commissioning Guidance for Rehabilitation, Community Multidisciplinary Teams, Community Specialist Paramedics, Decision Support Tools, Decision Support: Triage Tools, Deconditioning, Deconditioning in Care Homes, Demand Management, Dementia Support Services in Care Homes, Dementia-Focused Singing Groups, Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, Diabetic Foot Attack, Drink Rounds, Dysphagia, Elderly Rehabilitation Services, Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP) Services Referrals, End of Life Care, End of Life Care in Care Homes, Enhanced Care Packages (Care Homes), Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Framework, Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Vanguards, Enhanced Primary Care Support, Enhancing Health in Care Homes Team: NHS England, Equity of Access for People Living in Care Homes, Falls Frailty and Sepsis Awareness Training, Falls Prevention in Care Homes, First Contact Practitioner (FCP) Roles, First Response to Care Homes by Emergency Care practitioner Paramedics, Food First Approach, Gateshead Health NHS Care home carer Foundation Trust, Good Practice in Care Homes, Grange and Lakes Integrated Care Community, Health Care Needs of Care Home Residents, High Quality Health Care for Older Care Home Residents, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Indirect Music Therapy Practice and Skill Sharing in Dementia Care, Integrated Care Homes Service, Integrated Whole Home Approach to Falls Prevention, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Malnutrition, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) Assessments, Management of Eating and Drinking Disorders in Care Homes, Manchester Triage Group, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medical Directorate: NHS England, Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Multi-Professional Approaches to Support for Care Homes, Multidisciplinary Teams, Music Therapy, Music Therapy Skill Sharing, NHS Services for Care Homes Residents, North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), Nurses and Allied Health Professionals, Nursing and Residential Triage Tool (NaRT), Nutrition and Hydration, Nutrition for Older People in Care Homes, Occupational Therapy in Care Homes, Older People Living in Care Homes, PEACE (Pro-active Elderly Advanced Care) Plans, Pimp my Zimmer, Pressure Ulcer Food First Initiative (PUFFINs), Primary Care Support Services, Reablement, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Rotating Paramedic Model, Rotational Paramedic Programme: Health Education England, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, Singing Groups, Somerset Care and Yeovil District Hospital: Bed-Based Intermediate Care, St George's NHS Foundation Trust, Support for Care Home Staff, Support to Care Home Residents, Technology in Care Homes, Teleswallowing®, Thinking Food First, Triage Tools: Supporting Decision Making, Using Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) to Transform Health Social Care and Wellbeing, Virtual Clinics, Virtual Dysphagia Assessment, Whole Home Approaches to Commissioning, Workforce Development, Yeovil District Hospital: Intermediate Care in Cookson’s Court Nursing Home, Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS)
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Preparations for Winter Pressures: Funding Announced (DHSC / BBC News)
Summary The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £240 million extra funding, aimed at providing local authorities the assistance required to reduce anticipated Winter pressures in the NHS. It is hoped that reducing delayed transfers of care / … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), 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, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Primary Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Relative Needs Formulae, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, Crisis Planning, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Demand and Capacity, Demand Management, Demand Versus Capacity Gaps, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care, Emergency Planning and Resilience, Extended Access to Primary Care, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hear and Treat and See and Treat Services (Reducing A&E Attendances), Home Adaptations, Home Care, Hospital Beds, Housing Adaptations, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Long Hospital Stays, Make Ready Hubs at Ambulance Trust Headquarters, Matt Hancock: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, New Allocation Formulae for Funding Care Act Reforms, NHS Ambulance Trusts, NHS Sustainability, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Tracker Service (BBC), NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), Personal Social Services Research Unit: University of Kent, Quality and Sustainability, Reablement, Reablement Funding, Reablement Services, Reablement Services for People Leaving Hospital, Relative Needs Allocation Formulae for Adult Social Care, Relative Needs Formulae for Adult Social Care Funding, Relative Needs Formulae for Adult Social Care Funding (Study to Review and Update RNF Allocation Formulae for Adult Social Care), Relative Needs Formulae: Prioritising Adult Social Care Funding, Revision of the Relative Needs Formulae for Adult Social Care Funding and New Allocation Formulae for Funding Care Act Reforms (PSSRU: University of Kent), Royal Stoke University Hospital (Previously City General), Same-Day Emergency Care, Social Care Delays (Impact on Hospital Bed-Days and LoS), Social Care Reablement Services, Stephen Barclay MP: Minister of State for Health, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, University Hospital of North Midlands, University of Kent: Personal Social Services Research Unit, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent and Emergency Services: 2018-9 Winter Preparedness, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures
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More on Self-Care, Patient Activation and NHS Sustainability (Health Foundation / BMJ Quality and Safety / Self Care Forum / NHS England / AMROC)
Summary A Health Foundation briefing explores the potential of increasing patient activation for better self-care in the management of long-term conditions (including asthma, diabetes and depression) and reducing avoidable hospital admissions. “ …patients who were most able to manage their … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 24-Hour Community-Based Services, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC), Academy of Medical Royal Colleges: Please Write to Me Initiative, Accident and Emergency Admissions, Accountable Integrated Care Systems (AICS), Ageing Society, Asthma, Asthma Hospital Admissions, Asthma: Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Black Country STP, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, BMJ Quality and Safety, Bridport Integrated Hub, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Matrons' Late Visiting Service, Community Pharmacies, Community Pharmacists, Community Pharmacy, Community Virtual Wards, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Care for People With Frailty, Community-Based Support, Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care, Connecting Care+ (Wakefield), Data Analytics Team: Health Foundation, Data Analytics: Health Foundation, Debbie Newton: Director of Community Services at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Demand Management, Diabetes, Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support, Diabetes Self-Management Support (DSMS), Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Hugh Rayner: Please Write to Me Initiative (Academy of Medical Royal Colleges), Dr Phil Earnshaw: Chair at NHS Wakefield CCG, Dr Riaz Dharamshi: Bridport Integrated Hub, Economic Sustainability, Education and Awareness, Electronic Care Records, Email Not Letters, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Department Utilisation and Patient Activation, Epidemiological Concepts, Epidemiology, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Good Practice in Managing Emergency Admissions, Health and Wellbeing, Health Policy, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT), Jo Webster: West Yorkshire and Harrogate Clinical Commissioning Group Lead, Kamila Hawthorne: Vice-Chair of Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Karen Kirkham: NHS England’s National Clinical Advisor for Primary Care, Late Visiting Service: Community Matrons, Leicester, Leicestershire Planned Care Policies Report, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Matt Hancock: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Merran McRae: Chief Executive at Wakefield Council, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, National Self Care Week (2018), NHS and Social Care Hubs, NHS England Integrated Care Case Studies, NHS Wakefield CCG, Outpatient Clinics: Writing Letters to Patients, PAM: Patient Activation Measure, Patient Activation, Patient Activation Measure (PAM), Patient Autonomy, Patient Efficacy, Patient Engagement, Patient Experience, Patient Factors (Demand Side), Patient Involvement, Personal Integrated Care (PIC) - Electronic Care Record, Pharmacist Involvement, PIC Files: Personal Integrated Care (PIC) Files, Please Write to Me: Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention, Prevention and Self Care, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Proactive Care Planning, Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Public and Patient Involvement, Quality of Life for People With Long Term Conditions, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Ruth Williams: Clinical Directorate Lead at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Sandwell iCares Scheme, Self Care For Life, Self Care Forum, Self Care Week, Self Care Week (2018), Self Care Week 2018 Resources, Self Care Week 2018: Choosing Self Care for Life, Self-Care, Self-Care Continuum, Self-Care Programme, Self-Determination, Self-Directed Services, Self-Directed Support, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Self-Efficacy, Self-Efficacy (Carers), Self-Efficacy (Patients), Self-Help, Self-Management, Self-Management in Chronic Illness, Self-Management Support, Service User Involvement, Staying Healthy for Longer, Support for People with Complex Needs, Support for Self-Care, Supported Self-Care, Supporting People to Manage Their Health, Supporting Self-Care, Sustainability, The Black Country STP Footprint, Understanding Self Care for Life, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, User Involvement, Virtual Wards, Virtual Wards to Reduce Readmissions, Wakefield, Wakefield (West Yorkshire), Wakefield Council, West Dorset GPs, West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, Weymouth and Bridport (Dorset), Writing Outpatient Clinic Letters to Patients
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New Year – Same Old NHS Winter Pressures: Some Recent Responses to Excess Public Demand for Services (BBC News / RCGP / NHS England / King’s Fund)
Summary Other Northern European nations, North America etc. have more extreme and colder Winters, yet their health systems appear not to buckle under these predictable seasonal pressures. Here are some recent responses and initiatives, as mentioned in the news, aiming … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accident and Emergency Departments, Ageing Population, Artificial Inflation of A&E Performance Data (Allegation), BBC Bristol, BBC News Northampton, BBC Politics News, BBC Regional News: Hereford and Worcester, BBC Scotland, BBC Scotland News, Black Alerts, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive of NHS Providers, City of Coventry Walk In Centre, Community Pharmacists, Crisis Planning, Demand and Capacity, Demand Management, Demand Versus Capacity Gaps, Dr Taj Hassan: President of Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Ed Humpherson: Director General for Regulation at UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), Elective Waiting Times, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Planning and Resilience, Emergency System Resilience, Flu-Related Hospital Admissions, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Former Prime Minster: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Gaming Public Opinion, GPs Co-Located With A&E Department, Health Demand, Hospital Waiting Times, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Mixed Sex Accommodation, Mixed‐Sex Accommodation, Mythology of the Times, National Emergency Pressures Panel (NEPP), National Emergency Pressures Panel (NHS England NEPP), National Emergency Pressures Panel (NHS England), NHS 70th Birthday, NHS England's National Emergency Pressures Panel, NHS England’s National Emergency Pressures Panel (NEPP), NHS Spending on Older People (Disproportionately High), NHS Sustainability, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Winter Crisis, NHS Winter Pressures (aka Winter Crisis 2017-2018), NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Tracker (BBC), Non-Emergency Waiting Times, Northampton General Hospital, Online Guidance From NHS Choices, Openness and Transparency, Patient Dignity, Patient Factors (Demand Side), Patient Safety, Population Winter Pressures, Preparations for Winter, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Professor Suzanne Mason: Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Proportion of Public Spending on Health, Quality and Sustainability, Rationing, Rationing of Surgery in the NHS, RCGP's 3 Before GP Mantra Awareness Campaign, Reducing Avoidable Demand, Reverse-Acting Hawthorne Effect (Speculative Construct), Right Care - First Time Campaign (Community Pharmacists), Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Former Prime Minster), Self-Care, Self-Management, Shona Robison: Health Secretary for Scotland, Single Sex Accommodation, Spending on Front-Line Healthcare Versus Social Care, Sustainability, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Three Before GP Mantra (RCGP), UK Statistics Authority, UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (A&E Performance), Urgent Care Centres, Winter Flu Outbreak: 2017/8, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures in General Practice
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National Self Care Week 2017: Embracing Self Care for Life (NHS England / Self Care Forum)
Summary The Self Care Week (2017), organised by the Self Care Forum, occurs between November 13th – 19th 2017. This year’s theme is “Embracing Self Care for Life”. This is all about: “ …engaging and empowering people to look after … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Society, Annual Self Care Conference (2017), Antibiotic Stewardship, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Community Pharmacists, Community Pharmacy, Demand Management, Dr Pete Smith: Self Care Forum Co-chair, Dr Selwyn Hodge: Self Care Forum Co-chair, Embracing Self Care for Life: Self Care Week (2017), Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: New Care Models, Forward View Into Action: New Care Models, Good Practice in Managing Emergency Admissions, Health Policy, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Hilary Garratt: Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for England, Hilary Garratt: Director of Nursing at NHS England, National Self Care Week (2017), New Care Models, New Care Models Programme, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS England’s New Care Models Team, Patient Activation, Patient Autonomy, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Pharmacist Involvement, Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention, Prevention and Self Care, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Pritti Mehta: NHS England New Care Models Lead for Self Care, Pritti Mehta: Strategy Lead for Person Centred Care Team at NHS England, Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Public and Patient Involvement, Public Health, Quality of Life for People With Long Term Conditions, Reducing Downstream Spending (Prevention Public Health and Self-Care), Self Care For Life, Self Care Forum, Self Care Week, Self Care Week (2017), Self Care Week 2017 Resources, Self Care Week 2017: Embracing Self Care for Life, Self-Care, Self-Care Continuum, Support for Self-Care, Supported Self-Care, Supporting Self-Care, Understanding Self Care for Life, Vanguards: New Care Models Programme, Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations
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UK’s First Dedicated A&E for Elderly Patients? (BBC News)
Summary Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are to open the first specialist A&E department for patients over 80 years old. This hospital’s existing emergency department typically receives 350 people per day, of whom 50 may be aged … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, BBC News, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged A&E, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Care Services, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Acute Medical Care of Elderly People, Admission Transfer and Discharge (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, BBC Health News, BBC Norfolk News, Demand Management, Embedded Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Emergency Assessment Units (EAUs), Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU), Emergency Assessment Units, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Centres, Emergency Departments, Emergency Departments (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Emergency Services, Evolving Demand, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Flow Within Hospitals, Geriatric Assessment and Care, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preparations for Winter, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Case Management, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Team-Based Interventions in A&E, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Care Services Dedicated to Elderly
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More Questions About NHS Sustainability and Service Quality: A Further Round in the Debate (BBC News / King’s Fund / BMA / RCEM / NHS Digital / Department of Health / NHS England / NHS Confederation)
Summary Professor Ted Baker, the new Chief Inspector of Hospitals for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has voiced concerns about unsuitable antiquated models of care in the NHS (due to a historic 15-20 year mis-direction of funding), growing pressures for … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged A&E, A&E Waiting Times and Activity, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accident and Emergency Doctors, Acute Bed Capacity, Acute Care, Acute Care Collaboration, Acute Care Services, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Acute Medical Care of Elderly People, Acute Medicine Units (AMUs), Ageing Population, Ambulance Handovers, Ambulance Handovers (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), BBC Health News, Bed Occupancy, British Medical Association (BMA), Care Quality Commission (CQC), Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Chris Hopson: Chief Executive of NHS Providers, Collaborative Provider Arrangements, David Behan: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission, Demand Management, Dr Chaand Nagpaul: British Medical Association, Dr Taj Hassan: President of Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Economic Sustainability, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care, Emergency Services, Evolving Demand, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs), Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs), Flow Within Hospitals, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Frailty, Frailty (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Funding, Future Sustainability of NHS Trust, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity (2016-17), Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity: 2016-17 (NHS Digital), Hospital Bed Capacity, Hospital Beds, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Humanitarian Crisis in NHS Hospitals and Ambulance Services (Allegation), Improving Patient Flow, Integrated Urent Care Comissioning Standards, Integrated Urgent Care Clinical Assessment Service (IUC CAS), Integrated Urgent Care Delivery Team, Integrated Urgent Care Service Specification, Integrated Urgent Care Services, Integrated Urgent Care Services in Wolverhampton, Integrated Urgent Care Services: National Service Specification, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care Capacity, Isle of Wight NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Lobbying, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), London Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), London North West Healthcare NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Medway NHS Foundation Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), National Service Specification for Integrated Urgent Care Services, New Care Models, New Models of Care, New Models of Service, NHS Confederation: NHS on the Brink (2017 Allegation), NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS Future Precarious (CQC Allegation), NHS Hospital Bed Numbers, NHS Providers, NHS Sustainability, North Manchester General Hospital: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Parliamentarians, Patient Flows, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (Fairfield General Hospital): Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Philip Dunne: Minister of State for Health, Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Preparations for Winter, Professor Ted Baker: Chief Inspector of Hospitals at Care Quality Commission (CQC), Provider Sustainability, Quality and Sustainability, rcem, Reducing Reliance on Hospital Care, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Royal Hampshire County Hospital: Winchester: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Safety and Quality of Emergency Care (Letter From Ted Baker to NHS Trusts), South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), STP Proposals to Reduce Bed Numbers, Sustainability, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Sustainable Funding, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), West Middlesex University Hospital: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Whittington Health NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures
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Quality Improvement in Urgent and Emergency Care (NHS Improvement / NHS England / Department of Health)
Summary An earlier BBC News description of the problem: Full Text Link Reference Cawley, L. (2017). Four-hour accident and emergency waits rise 300% at some hospitals. London: BBC Health News, March 16th 2017. Further context and introductory analysis: Full Text … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, NHS Evidence, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
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Tagged 2017-19 Integration and Better Care Fund Policy Framework, A&E, A&E Waiting Times and Activity, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accident and Emergency Doctors, Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Acute Assessment (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Acute Bed Capacity, Acute Care, Acute Care Collaboration, Acute Care Services, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams: Transforming Mental Health Crisis Care (NHS England), Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Acute Medical Care of Elderly People, Acute Medical Unit Consultant Input, Acute Medicine Units (AMUs), Admission Transfer and Discharge (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ambulance Handovers, Ambulance Handovers (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Ambulance Response Programme (ARP), Ambulance Service Targets, Ambulance Services, Ambulatory Emergency Care (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE), Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, Barts Health NHS Trust, BBC Health News, Bristol Royal Infirmary, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), British Medical Association (BMA), British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), Centrally Coordinated Patient Flow (Use of Data in Hospital’s Dashboard), Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive of NHS Providers, Clinical Decision Units (CDUs), Clinical Decision Units (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Cm, Commons Health Select Committee, Consultant Input, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Demand Driven by Alcohol Consumption, Demand Management, Developing Trusted Assessment Schemes, Discharge and Out of Hospital Care, Dispatch on Disposition (DoD), Dysfunctional Patient Flow, Early Senior Assessment, Early Senior Review of Patients, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), East and North Hertfordshire Care Home Vanguard, ECIP, ECIP: Emergency Care Improvement Programme, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU), Emergency Assessment Units, Emergency Assessment Units (EAUs), Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Care ACP Curriculum, Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP), Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST), Emergency Centres, Emergency Departments, Emergency Departments (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Emergency Flow Improvement Tool, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Medicine Consultants, Emergency Services, Evolving Demand, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Flow Within Hospitals, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Frailty, Frailty (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Funding, Government Response to Health Select Committee Report on Winter Pressure in Accident and Emergency Departments (2017), GP Services Co-Located With A&E Department, GPs Co-Located With A&E Department, Health Education England West Midlands, Health First (USA), Health Select Committee, Health Select Committee (HSC), Health Select Committee Inquiry, Health Select Committee Report on Winter Pressure in Accident and Emergency Departments, High Impact Change Model (HICM), Homes Regional Medical Centre (Florida), Hospital Bed Capacity, House of Commons Health Select Committee, Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care, Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Increasing Bed Capacity, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Emergency Department (A&E), Katherine Henderson: President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Long A&E Waits, Long Waiting Times, Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Luton and Dunstable University NHS Foundation Trust, Management of System, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medical Workforce, Mental Health (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Mental Health Crisis First Response Service (FRS) and Sanctuaries, Mid-Cheshire NHS Foundation Trust, National Priorities for Acute Hospitals (2017), Next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View (2017), NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Review Team, NHS in Winter (BBC News), NHS Winter Crisis, NHS111 Directory of Services (DoS), NHSI: NHS Improvement, Non-Medical Workforce, November 2017 Quarterly Monitoring Report (King's Fund), Out-of-Hours GP Services Co-Located With A&E Department, Patient flow, Patient Flow Within Hospitals, Pauline Philip: Chief Executive of Luton & Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Milton Keynes of Bedfordshire and Luton STP Footprint Lead, Pauline Philip: NHS England's National Director for Urgent and Emergency Care, Payment Mechanisms, Pharmacist Involvement, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Acute Frailty Service, Preparations for Winter, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Case Management, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Crisis Resolution Teams, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Intermediate Care, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Team-Based Interventions in A&E, Primary Care Streaming (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Priorities for Acute Hospitals, Rapid Improvement Guide to Trusted Assessors, Real Time Locating Software (RTLS), Real-Time Locating Software (RTLS) to Improve Patient Flow, Reasons for Short Stay Emergency Admissions, Recognition and Diagnosis of Frailty, Red2Green Bed Days, Red2Green Rapid Improvement Guide, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Review of Winter 2016/17 (NHS Improvement and NHS England), Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Emergency Department, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), SAFER Patient Flow Bundle, SAFER Patient Flow Bundle and Red2Green Days (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (SRFT), Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Senior Clinical Input, Senior Review of Patients, Short Stay Admissions, Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, South Warwickshire’s Trusted Assessment Form, Specialties (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Staffing, Supporting Adult Social Care to Maintain Patient Flow, Team-Based Interventions in A&E, Tele-tracking Technology, TeleTracking, TeleTracking Technologies Inc, Trusted Assessment (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Trusted Assessment Implementation Checklist, Trusted Assessors, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Using Primary Care to Reduce Demand, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Winter From Hell: 2016-7 (Allegation), Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressure in Accident and Emergency Departments (House of Commons Health Select Committee: HC 277), Winter Pressures, Working on Edge of Safety (NHS Providers Allegation)
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Self Care Week 2017: Embracing Self Care for Life (Self Care Forum)
Summary The Self Care Week (2017) awareness campaign, organised by the Self Care Forum, is planned to take place between November 13th – 19th 2017. This year’s theme will be “Embracing Self Care for Life”. Further Self Care Week information … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Society, Annual Self Care Conference (2017), Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Demand Management, Embracing Self Care for Life: Self Care Week (2017), Health Policy, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Imperial College London, Patient Activation, Patient Autonomy, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Prevention, Prevention and Self Care, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Public and Patient Involvement, Public Health, Quality of Life for People With Long Term Conditions, Reducing Downstream Spending (Prevention Public Health and Self-Care), Self Care For Life, Self Care Forum, Self Care Week, Self Care Week (2017), Self Care Week 2017 Resources, Self Care Week 2017: Embracing Self Care for Life, Self-Care, Self-Care Continuum, Support for Self-Care, Supported Self-Care, Supporting Self-Care, Understanding Self Care for Life, Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations
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NHS Recovery Plan: Recommendations For Clarity on Sustainability of Health [and Social Care] (BBC News / PAC)
Summary The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recommended (quote): A clear and transparent recovery plan, targeting NHS bodies and health economies in severe financial difficulty, by March 2017. A report by July 2017 on whether NHS finances … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Assessment of Capacity, £22 Billion Efficiency Savings by 2020-21, BBC Health News, Best Value for Taxpayers, Committee of Public Accounts, Demand Management, Demand Versus Capacity Gaps, Economic Sustainability, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Financial Sustainability of NHS Bodies, Hardnosed Reviews (Value For Money), Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Leaders, House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Meg Hiller MP: Chair of Public Accounts Committee, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Sustainability, NHS Trust Financial Deficits, Patient Safety, Pressures in Social Care, Provider Sustainability, Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Quality and Sustainability, Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Former Prime Minster), Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England (2014-), State of the NHS (BBC News), STP Footprints, Sustainability, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Sustainable Funding, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Use of Capital Budgets to Fund Day-to-Day Spending, Value for Money
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