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Dementia-Friendly Communities Provision, Viewed as a Social Determinant of Health (JGCR / NHS England / WHO)
Summary Researchers in Japan reconsider the importance of age-friendly and dementia-friendly communities in providing certain dimensions of social engagement, inclusion and pro-social / altruistic activity; which are likely to support holistic, low-cost, approaches to healthy ageing, possibly even (cautiously applied) … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Ageing Population, Aiesha Turner: Locality Link Officer at Integrated Plus (Dudley and Netherton), Altruism, Carer Inclusion, Center for Development of Advanced Medicine for Dementia:: National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Japan), Co-Benefits, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Volunteering, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities: Extension of Healthy Life Expectancy, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Resources, Dudley, Dudley Council for Voluntary Service (DCVS), Economic Sustainability, Facilitating the Ability to Contribute in Later Life, Health Counsellor System (Japan), Healthy Ageing, Healthy Ageing 2020 International Conference [Online] (GeriCaRe), India, Integrated Plus (Dudley and Netherton), International Comparisons, Japan, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Low-Cost and No-Cost Sustainability, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Social Roles, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Japan), Older People Helping Children Read and Learn (Experience Corps), Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (WHO), Pro-Social and Altruistic Activity, Reciprocal Social Relationships, Social Distancing, Social Engagement, Social Inclusion, Social Model of Dementia, Social Participation, Social Prescribing, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, The Experience Corps: USA, Toho Gakuen Graduate School (Japan), Volunteerism, WHO Ottawa Charter, World Report on Ageing and Health: 2015 (WHO)
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Progress Towards Achieving Better Value / Reducing Waste in the NHS (King’s Fund / NHS Providers)
Summary A King’s Fund report investigates recent work on the value agenda, i.e. efforts aimed at reducing unnecessary costs while maintaining or improving the quality of care. This is based mostly on experience at three diverse NHS acute hospital trusts: … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, NHS, NHS Improvement, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Achieving Better Value, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing Population, Allocative Efficiencies, Allocative Value, Better Procurement, Better Value, Better Value Healthcare, Better Value in the NHS, Better-Value Services, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Centralised Procurement, Centralised Procurement (Economies of Scale), Choosing Wisely, Choosing Wisely Campaign, Choosing Wisely in the NHS, Choosing Wisely in the UK, Clinical and Corporate Leadership, Clinical Leadership, Clinical Practice Groups (CPGs), Clinical Quality Improvement, Collaboration, Collaboration for Coordinated Care, Collaboration: Working Across Boundaries, Community Virtual Wards, Consultant-Led Services in the Community, Cost Reductions, Culture and Leadership, Delegated Decision Making, Devolved Budgets, Devolved Decision-Making, Economic Sustainability, Efficiencies and Productivity Gains, Efficiency, Efficiency Agenda, Efficiency Opportunities, Efficiency Savings, Empowerment, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Funding Gap in Secondary Care, General Hospitals, Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), Health and Social Care Configuration, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Healthcare Value Improvement, Hospital Productivity, Hospital Reconfiguration, IHI Triple Aim, Innovative Leadership, Leadership, Lean and Quality Improvement, Local Health and Care Services, Local Health Economies, Lord Carter Review, Low-Value Care, Maximising Health Outcomes, Minimising NHS Costs, Model Hospital, Model Hospital: Template for Standardisation, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS Efficiency Savings, NHS England’s Ten-Point Efficiency Plan, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Inappropriate Care: Overuse Underuse and Misuse, NHS Performance, NHS Productivity, NHS Providers, NHS RightCare, NHS Sustainability, Personalised Value, Practical Approaches to Delivering Better Value in NHS Clinical Services (King’s Fund), Productivity, Productivity in the NHS, QI: Quality Improvement, Quality and Efficiency Opportunities, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Culture, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Reducing Drains on the NHS, Reducing Overuse Underuse and Misuse, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, Service Cost Reductions, Service Redesign, Service Redesign for Productivity, Service Redesign for Value Agenda, Shared Clinical Pathways, Staff Empowerment, Staff Empowerment in the NHS, Staff Engagement, Staff Engagement in the NHS, Strategic Leadership, Sustainability, System Efficiencies, Targeting Low-Value Care, Technical Value, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Triple Aim Initiative, Triple Aim: (1) Improved Health and Wellbeing (2) Redesigned Care and (3) Wise Financial Stewardship, Troubled NHS Foundation Trusts, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Use of Resources Assessments (NHS Improvement), Value Agenda, Value Improvement, Variations in Care, Virtual Ward Approaches, Virtual Wards, Virtual Wards to Reduce Readmissions, Workforce Engagement
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Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments in the NHS Under Review (BBC News)
Summary NHS England is actively considering proposals to discontinue or reduce the availability of 17 routine procedures considered to be either ineffective or risky. The aim is to improve patient outcomes, reduce waste in the NHS (by an estimated 200 … 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, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC), Achieving Better Value, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, BBC Radio 4: Today Programme, Better Value, Better Value Healthcare, Better Value in the NHS, Choosing Wisely, Dr Graham Jackson: Co-Chair of NHS Clinical Commissioners, Economic Sustainability, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Prescribing Practice, Ineffective or Risky Interventions, Lean and Quality Improvement, Less is More, Low Value Prescription Items, Low-Value Care, Low-Value Elective Procedures, Low-Value General Surgical Procedures, Low-Value Medicines, Lowering Costs, Medical Overuse, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Sustainability, Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment, Overuse of Medication, Patient Harms, Patient Safety, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Breast Reduction, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Release, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Chalazia (Lesions on Eyelids) Removal, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Dilatation and Curettage for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Dupuytren's Contracture Release for Tightening of Fingers, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Ganglion Excision: Removal of Noncancerous Lumps on the Wrist or Hand, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Grommets for Glue Ear, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Haemorrhoid Surgery, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Hysterectomy for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Injections for Non-Specific Back Pain, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Knee Arthroscopy for Osteoarthritis, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Removal of Bone Spurs for Shoulder Pain, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Surgery for Snoring, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Tonsillectomy for Sore Throats, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Trigger Finger Release, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Varicose Vein Surgery, Professor Carrie MacEwen: Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC), Professor Stephen Powis: NHS England's National Medical Director, Protecting Resources and Promoting Value, Rationing (Possibly Misplaced Allegation), Reducing Expenditure, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Reducing Prescribing Costs, Reducing Productive Waste, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Sustainability, Targeting Low-Value Care, Value for Money, Value Improvement
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