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Tag Archives: Emergency Readmissions
Reducing Unplanned Admissions by People Aged 85 Years+ (NIHR / Health Services and Delivery Research / BBC News)
Summary Three sites where hospital admission rates for people aged 85 years and over had risen sharply, and three sites where these rates had declined, were studied in order to investigate local differences in strategies for avoiding the need for … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, 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, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Acute Care, Acute Care Collaboration, Acute Care Services, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Ageing Population, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Better Care Together, Business School: University of Nottingham, Care Closer to Home, Care Homes, Commissioning Home Care, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Health Services, Community Health Services Ease Winter Pressures on Hospitals, Community Health Services Forum, Community Nursing, Department of Health Sciences: University of Leicester, Department of Public Health: NHS Northamptonshire, Dr Stephanie Machin: Robin Hood Health Centre in Sutton, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, ESCAPE 85+: Establishing System Change for Admissions of People 85+, Establishing System Change for Admissions of People 85+ (ESCAPE 85+), Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Services and Delivery Research, Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme, Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (NIHR), Home Care, Integration of Health and Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Leicester, Local Health and Care Economies, Local Health and Care Services, Loughborough, Loughborough University, Matthew Winn: Chair of NHS Confederation Community Health Services Forum, McKinsey 7S Framework, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NHS Confederation Community Health Services Forum, NHS Northamptonshire, NHS Service Reconfiguration, NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, Northampton, Nottingham, Out of Hospital Community Care, Out-of-Hospital Urgent Care, Out-of-Hospital Urgent Care Programme, Out-of-Hours General Practice, Out-of-Hours Primary Care, Pathways for Frail and Vulnerable People, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Readmissions, Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Admissions in People Aged 85 Years and Over, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Residential Care Homes, SPA: Single Point of Access, STARS: Short Term Assessment and Reablement Service, Sutton Homes of Care Vanguard, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, University of Leicester, University of Nottingham, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Axis (Silver Book), Urgent Care Axis: Points for Intervention (Jay Banerjee’s Silver Book), Urgent Care Centres (UCCs), Urgent Care Centres (Walk-In and Minor Injuries Units), Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Whole System Change, Whole System Integration, Whole System Partnership, Whole System Patient Flows, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Redesign, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures: Role of Community Health Services, Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering: Loughborough University
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Hospital Re-Admission Risks Alter Over Time After Discharge? (Nursing Times / Annals of Internal Medicine)
Summary The risk factors for hospital re-admissions may change over a 30-day period following discharge from hospital, according to US research. There appears to be two distinct phases of re-admission risk; one up to eight days and one up to … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Annals of Internal Medicine, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Early Versus Late Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions, Harvard Catalyst, Harvard University, Health Resources and Services Administration: National Institute on Aging, Hospital Re-Admission Risks, Hospital Re-Admission Risks: Time After Discharge, Hospital Re-Admission Risks: Time of Day at Discharge, Hospital Readmission Risk Factors, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Nursing Times, Readmissions, Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, United States, USA
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The NHS Outcomes Framework 2015/16 (Department of Health)
Summary The updated Department of Health NHS outcomes framework specifies outcomes and the corresponding indicators to be used for holding NHS England to account regarding improvements in health outcomes. Full Text Link Reference NHS Outcomes Framework 2015 to 2016. London: … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
Tagged A&E Services, A&E Survey, Adult Social Care Combined Activity Returns (ASCAR), Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Alignment with the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Alignment with the Public Health Outcomes Framework, Ambulatory Care Sensitive (ACS) Conditions, ASCOF: Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Cancer Registration Data, Care Integration, care.data, Carer Experience, CCGOIS, CCGOIS: Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set, CCGOIS: Formerly the Commissioning Outcomes Framework, Clinical and Health Outcomes Knowledge Base (NCHOD), Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Indicators, Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set (CCG OIS), Community Mental Health Services, Community Mental Health Services Survey, Compendium of Population Health Indicators, Dementia Diagnosis, Deprivation, Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis Rates, Early Diagnosis, Emergency Admission Rates in UK, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, EQ-5D), Equalities Protected Characteristics (Age Disability Gender Reassignment Marriage and Civil Partnership Pregnancy and Maternity Race Religion and Belief Sex Sexual Orientation), Equality Analysis, Excess Mortality, Friends and Family Test (NHS), General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), Government Statistical Service, GP Extraction Service (GPES), GP Patient Survey (GPPS), GP Practice Data, Gratitude Bias in Patient Experience Surveys, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health Inequalities Duties in the Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health Outcomes, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs), HES: Hospital Episode Statistics, Hip Fractures, Hospital Episode Statistics, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), HSCIC's Indicator Portal, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, ICD-10 Codes, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), Indicator Assurance Pipeline Process (IAPP), Inpatient Survey, Integrated Commissioning, Integration, International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Labour Force Survey (LFS), Life Expectancy, Live Birth, Local Basket of Inequalities Indicators (LBOI), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (LRTI), Mandate from the Government to NHS England, Mandate to NHS England, Mandatory Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infections (MRSA & C. 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Better Care Fund: Questions and Assumptions? (BBC News / NAO)
Summary Questions have arisen about the scale of savings achievable from the £5.3bn Better Care Fund (BCF). The BCF aims to improve integration between NHS and social care. A National Audit Office (NAO) review of the assumptions behind the BCF … 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Adult Mental Health Services, Aids and Adaptations, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, BCF: Existing Funding But No New Money, BCF: Fund Accountability System Statement, BCF: Local Planning, BCF: Programme Governance, BCF: Risks to Acute Providers and Clinical Commissioning Groups, BCF: Risks to Local Authority Adult Social Care Services, BCF: September Fund, Better Care Exchange, Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund (BCF) Planning, Better Care Fund Implementation Support Programme, Better Care Fund Plans, Better Care Fund Timeline, Care in the Community, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaborative Care Planning, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Rehabilitation, Community-Based Services, Continuity of Care, Data Sharing, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, Delayed Transfers of Care, Department for Communities and Local Government, Discharge Planning, Early Referral System to Mental Health Services (Wolverhampton), Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, End-User Experience, Financial Constraints, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Funding and Accountability for the BCF, Funding Transfer to Local Authorities, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Integration Transformation Fund, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Independence, Independent Living, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Information Sharing, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Services, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, Integration Transformation Fund, Joint Assessments, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Local Health and Wellbeing Boards, Local Planning, Mental Health, Multidisciplinary Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Care Coordinators, Named Case Managers, Named Contacts Providing Continuity, Named GPs, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Funding, NHS Spending, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Experience, Personalised Care Plans, Planning for Better Care Fund, Polypharmacy, Post-Discharge Support, Predictive Modelling, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Service Interventions, Primary Healthcare Provision, Professional Sharing, Public Accounts Committee, Reablement, Reablement Funding, Reablement Services, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Referral and Assessment, Rehabilitation, Self-Care, Service Transformation, Service User Experience, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Seven‑Day Working, Sharing Information, Social Care Reablement Services, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, User Experience, Value for Money, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, Wolverhampton Dementia Hub, Wolverhampton Mental Health / Dementia Hub
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Better Care Fund: Joining-Up Local Health And Care Services (Department of Health / BBC News / Department for Communities and Local Government)
Summary The government’s Better Care Fund (BCF) has been increased to £5.3 billion, in a bid to improve the level of care integration in the community, and prepare for the expected pressures of Winter demand for services. This funding is … 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund Plans, Care in the Community, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaborative Care Planning, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Rehabilitation, Community-Based Services, Continuity of Care, Data Sharing, Delayed Transfers of Care, Department for Communities and Local Government, Discharge Planning, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Financial Constraints, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Funding Transfer to Local Authorities, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Integration Transformation Fund, Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Independence, Independent Living, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Information Sharing, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Services, Integrated Teams, Integration Transformation Fund, Joint Assessments, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Care Coordinators, Named Case Managers, Named Contacts Providing Continuity, Named GPs, NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS Funding, NHS Spending, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Experience, Personalised Care Plans, Polypharmacy, Post-Discharge Support, Predictive Modelling, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Service Interventions, Primary Healthcare Provision, Professional Sharing, Reablement, Reablement Funding, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Rehabilitation, Self-Care, Service Transformation, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Sharing Information, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach
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