-
Recent Posts
- Dementia-Friendly Communities Provision, Viewed as a Social Determinant of Health (JGCR / NHS England / WHO)
- International Perspectives on the Possible Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown on Abuse of the Elderly (JGCR / American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry / JAGS)
- Updates Relating to the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care (Lancet / Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy / Alzheimer’s and Dementia)
- A Brief Review of How the COVID-19 Pandemic Relates to Elderly Care and Research (JGCR)
- Some Speculated / Potential Benefits of COVID-19 (JGCR / BBC Radio 4’s Rethink / BGS)
Archives
- September 2020
- August 2020
- June 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
Categories
- Antipsychotics
- Assistive Technology
- Charitable Bodies
- Commissioning
- Delirium
- Depression
- Enhancing the Healing Environment
- Falls
- Falls Prevention
- Guidelines
- Hip Fractures
- Housing
- Hypertension
- In the News
- Integrated Care
- International
- Local Interest
- Mental Health
- Models of Dementia Care
- National
- ADASS
- All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia
- BSI
- CQC: Care Quality Commission
- Department of Health
- Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
- Health Education England (HEE)
- Housing LIN
- MAGDR
- Mental Health Foundation
- Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation)
- MHP Health Mandate
- National Audit Office
- National Voices
- NEoLCIN
- NEoLCP
- NHS
- NHS Alliance
- NHS Confederation
- NHS Employers
- NHS England
- NHS Evidence
- NHS Improvement
- NICE Guidelines
- NIHR
- NIHRSDO
- Northern Ireland
- Patients Association
- Public Health England
- RCN
- Royal College of Physicians
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- SCIE
- Scotland
- UK
- UK NSC
- Wales
- Non-Pharmacological Treatments
- Nutrition
- Pain
- Parkinson's Disease
- Patient Care Pathway
- Person-Centred Care
- Personalisation
- Pharmacological Treatments
- Proposed for Next Newsletter
- Quick Insights
- Standards
- Statistics
- Stroke
- Systematic Reviews
- Telecare
- Telehealth
- Universal Interest
Google Translate (100+ Languages)
Tag Archives: Empowerment
Towards Safer Culture and Safer Systems: Launch of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy (NHS England / NHS Improvement)
Summary The NHS Patient Safety Strategy explains how the NHS aims to improve patient safety continuously, across the board. The main section headings in this strategy document comprise: Summary Insight Involvement. Improvement. Introduction Our vision for patient safety. Foundations for … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges: Patient Safety Syllabus, Acute Data Alignment Programme (ADAPt), Adoption and Spread: Priorities, Ageing Population, Aidan Fowler: National Director of Patient Safety (NHS England), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (ARHAI), Antimicrobial Resistance: Patient Safety, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning From NHS Records, Ask Listen Do, Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs), Care Education and Treatment Reviews (CETRs), Caring to Change (King’s Fund), Central Alerting System (CAS), Civility Plus Kindness and Respect, Clinical Negligence and Litigation, Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST), Clinical Quality Improvement, Community Empowerment, Community Engagement, Community Involvement, Compassionate Leadership, Compassionate Leadership: Cultural Elements, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning and Improvement, Continuous Learning Culture, Cyber Security Programme, Defensive Culture, Defensive Culture: Deny Delay Defend and Deceive, Defensive Leadership, Digital Minor Illness Referral Service, Digital Systems Supporting Patient Safety Learning, Diversity, Diversity and Inclusion, Donna Forsyth: Head of Patient Safety Investigation, Dr Frances Healey: Deputy Director of Patient Safety (Insight), Dr Helen Smith: National Clinical Director of Mental Health Safety Improvement Programme (MHSIP), Dr Sonya Wallbank: National Clinical Advisor to Culture Leadership and Engagement Project, Dr Suzette Woodward: Former Director of the Sign Up to Safety Campaign, Each Baby Counts, Early Notification of Incidents, Education and Training, Empowerment, Engagement, Evidence-Based Quality Improvement, Extensivists, Faculty of Learning, Falls Collaborative Programme, General Practice Development Programme, Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), Good Governance, GP IT Futures Digital Care Services Framework, Health and Social Care Reform, Healthcare Associated Infections: Patient Safety, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB), Holistic Quality Improvement, Honesty and Transparency, Hugh McCaughey: National Director of Improvement, Implementation Space: Work As Imagined Versus Work As Done, Improving Safety Measurement Across Whole System, Inclusion and Diversity, Inclusive and Compassionate Leadership, Independent Sector, Information Exchange, Information Sharing, Innovation and Improvement, Insight: Using Intelligence From Multiple Sources of Patient Safety Information, Involvement in the Independent Sector, Involvement: Involvement of Patients Staff and Partners to Improve Patient Safety, Joan Russell: Head of Patient Safety Policy and Partnerships, Just Culture Guide, Kaizen, Kate Cheema: Head of Patient Safety Measurement Unit, Lauren Mosley: Head of Patient Safety Implementation, Leadership and Teamwork, Learning Culture, Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR), Learning Disabilities: Patient Safety, Learning From Clinical Negligence Claims, Learning from Deaths, LeDeR: Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, Lucie Musset: National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), Machine Learning, Management Standards: Managerial Support, Managerial Disrespect, Managerial Incivility, Managerial Unkindness, Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme, Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme (MNSIP: Formerly the Maternity and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative, Medical Examiner System, Medicines Safety Improvement Programme (MSIP), Mental Health Safety Improvement Programme, MHSIP: Mental Health Safety Improvement Programme, MNSIP Drivers, Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk Through Audits and Confidential Enquiries (MBRRACE), National Clinical Improvement Programme (NCIP), National Medical Examiner System, National Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS), National Patient Safety Alerting Committee (NaPSAC), National Patient Safety Alerts, National Patient Safety Alerts Committee, National Patient Safety Improvement Programme, National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), Negligence and Litigation, New Ways of Working, NHS Culture, NHS Culture Change, NHS Digital’s Cyber Security Programme, NHS Improvement Patient Safety Alerts, NHS Patient Safety Strategy, NHS Patient Safety Strategy Consultation, NHS Patient Safety Strategy: Equality Impact Assessment, NHS Resolution, Online Repositories of Quality Improvement (QI), Openness and Honesty When Things Go Wrong, Overbearing NHS Managerial Style, Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS), Participatory and Citizen Involvement, Patient and Public Involvement, Patient Empowerment, Patient Engagement, Patient Experience, Patient Involvement in Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Patient Safety and Learning Disabilities, Patient Safety Culture, Patient Safety Education and Training: Patients Carers Families and Lay People, Patient Safety in Primary Care, Patient Safety Incident Reporting, Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), Patient Safety Incidents, Patient Safety Incidents in England, Patient Safety Learning (Digital Systems), Patient Safety Measurement Unit, Patient Safety Partners (PSPs), Patient Safety Specialist Networks, Patient Safety Specialist Role, Patient Safety Specialists, Patient Safety Syllabus, Patient Safety Systems, Patient Safety Translational Research Centres (PSTRCs), Patients as Partners in Safety, Patients Carers Families and Lay People: Patient Safety Education and Training, Pharmacist-Led Information Technology Intervention (PINCER), Pride and Positivity in Workplace (Compelling Vision), Private Healthcare Information Network (Phin), Professor Wendy Reid: Executive Director of Education and Quality at Health Education England (HEE), Professor Wendy Reid: National Medical Director at Health Education England (HEE), PSIRF: Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, Psychological Safety for Staff: Supportive Compassionate and Inclusive Environments, QI Adoption and Spread Approach, Quality and Sustainability, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Quality Monitoring, Roles of Patient Safety Partners (PSPs), Rudeness (Managerial), Safety I and Safety II, Safety II, Safety II Principles, Safety Improvements for Elderly Patients, Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle (SBLCB), Scan4Safety, Serious Incident Framework, Service Improvement in Healthcare, Service Redesign, Service Transformation, Service User Experience, Service User Involvement, Sign Up to Safety Pledge: Honesty, STOMP and STAMP, Stop the Pressure Programme (STPP), Stopping Over Medication of People with Learning Disabilities (STOMP), Strategic Executive Information System (StEIS), Supporting Treatment and Appropriate Medication in Paediatrics (STAMP), Surgical Specialties Litigation Data Pack, Transparent Learning Culture, Trust Blame and the Culture of Defensiveness, User Experience, User Involvement, Wayne Robson: Head of Patient Safety Cross-System Development, Work As Imagined Versus Work As Done, World As Imagined Versus World As Done
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
Dementia-Friendly Personal Budgets (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society wants local authorities in England to remove barriers which may prevent people with dementia having access to personal budgets. Less than one-third of people receiving social care support for problems relating to memory and cognition have … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alzheimer’s Society Audit of Local Authorities’ Personal Budgets Processes, Autonomy and Choice, Care Act 2014, Care Integration, Care Planning, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers Identified Supported and Involved, Choice, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Collaborative Care Planning, Commissioning for Older People, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Quality, Commissioning for Transformation, Councillor Muriel Weisz: Chair of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Adult Social Care and Health Committee, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Friendly Personal Budget Charter, Dementia Friendly Personal Budget Charter for Local Authorities (Alzheimer’s Society), Dementia Policy, Dementia-Friendly Personal Budgets, Direct Payment, Direct Payment Support Services, Direct Payments, Empowerment, English Local Authorities, Family and Carers, Family Carers, Funding Reform, George McNamara: Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Alzheimer’s Society, Guide for Local Authorities, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Social Care Services, Implementation of Personal Budgets in Social Care, Independent Personal Budget, Integrated Commissioning, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Integration, Making Personal Budgets Dementia Friendly (Alzheimer’s Society), National Children’s and Adults’ Services Conference 2016, Nottinghamshire County Council, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Payment Reform, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Budgets Across Health and Care, Personal Budgets in Adult Social Care, Personal Choice Network, Personalisation of Social Care, Personalised Care, Personalised Health Budgets and Dementia Services, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Proxy Budget Holders, Reablement, Self-Care, Self-Directed, Self-Directed Care, Self-Directed Services, Self-Directed Support, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Self-Management, Self-Management Support, Shared Decision-Making, Staff Awareness
Leave a comment