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Tag Archives: England
Further Confirmation of the “Weekend Effect”: The Global Comparators Project (BMJ Quality and Safety / BBC News / OHE / Health Economics / BMJ)
Summary Recent research indicates that the “weekend effect” is a systematic phenomenon in the quality of healthcare, which impacts upon mortality rates in hospital care internationally. 2,982,570 hospital records from 28 hospitals in England, Australia, the USA and the Netherlands … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 7 Day Services, ACALM Study Unit: Aston Medical School, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Aston Medical School: Aston University, Aston University, Australia, Avoidable Mortality, BBC Health News, BMJ, BMJ Quality and Safety, British Medical Journal (BMJ), CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Costs and Benefits of Seven-Day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions, Culture Change in the NHS, Day-of-the-Week Effect, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Health Sciences: University of York, Department of Informatics: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Primary Care and Population Health: University College London, Dr Fiona Godlee: Editor of the British Medical Journal, Dr Foster, Dr Foster Hospital Guide, Dr Foster Intelligence, Dr Foster Unit: Imperial College London, Dr Foster Unit: PCPH Imperial College London, Economics of Elevated Hospital Mortality at Weekends, Elective Procedures, Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Hospital Treatment, England, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research: University College London, GC Database, Global Comparators (GC) Project, Global Comparators Project, Health Economics, Health Finance Managers Association (HFMA), Healthcare Financial Management Association, Healthcare Quality Improvement, HFMA: Healthcare Financial Management Association, High-Intensity Specialist-Led Acute Care (HiSLAC) Project, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Improving Patient Safety, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (JRSM), Manchester Centre for Health Economics: University of Manchester, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Directorate: NHS England, Monday to Friday Culture, Mortality, Mortality Associated With After Hours and Weekend Admissions, Mortality at the Weekend, Mortality by Day of the Week, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS), Netherlands, NHS Culture, NHS England, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ) Seven Day Services Team, NHS Seven Days a Week Forum, Nigel Edwards: Nuffield Trust, NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands, NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for Birmingham and the Black Country (NIHR CLAHRC-BBC), NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, Office of Health Economics (OHE), Orchestrated Intransigence, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Collaboratives, Patient Safety Improvement, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Quality and Outcomes Research Unit: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Quality of Care at Weekends, QUORUM Metric for Comparing Hospital Death Rates, Seven Day Services Team: NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day Working, Survivorship Models, UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) West Midlands, United States, University College London, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, University of Warwick, University of Warwick Medical School, University of York, Urgent and Emergency Care, USA, Variations in Quality of Care, Warwick Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery: University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School: University of Warwick, Weekend Effect, Weekend Hospitalisation and Additional Risk of Death, Weekend Mortality for Emergency Admissions, Weekend Working, Workforce Challenges in Emergency Medicine
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International Variations in Cancer Referrals and Cancer Survival (BBC News / BMJ Open)
Summary An international survey of 2795 GPs across six countries indicates that patients with possible cancer in the UK are less likely to be referred immediately for tests or to specialists, compared with comparable countries. UK cancer survival rates are … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, NHS, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Aarhus University, Access to Diagnostics and Secondary Care Advice, Australia, Bangor University, BBC Health News, Belfast, BMJ Open, British Columbia, British Columbia (Canada), Canada, Cancer Care Ontario, Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), Cancer Treatment Standards, Cancer Waiting Times, Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Denmark, Department of Cancer Epidemiology: University of Sydney, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Clinical Sciences: Kronoberg County Research Council, Department of Family and Community Medicine: University of Toronto, Department of Family Medicine: University of Manitoba, Department of Family Practice: University of British Columbia, Department of General Practice (Australia), Department of Prevention and Cancer Control (Ontario), Department of Primary Health Care Sciences: University of Oxford, Department of Public Health: Aarhus University, Dr Richard Roope: RCGP, Durham University, England, ICBP Module 3 Working Group, Increasing Cancer Mortality and Longer Diagnostic Intervals, International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP), International Variations in Cancer Referrals, International Variations in Cancer Survival, Knowledge Translation Research Network Health Services Research Program (Ontario), Kronoberg County Research Council, Manitoba (Canada), New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia), North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research: Bangor University, Northern Ireland, Norway, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ontario (Canada), Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Primary Care Diagnostics: University of Exeter Medical School, Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development (Australia), Queen's University Belfast, Research Unit for General Practice: Aarhus University, School of Medicine and Health: Wolfson Research Institute, School of Medicine: Queen's University Belfast, School of Public Health: University of Sydney, Speed of Cancer Diagnosis, Sweden, University of British Columbia, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Manitoba, University of Oxford, University of Sydney, University of Toronto, Victoria (Australia), Wales, Wolfson Research Institute, Wolfson Research Institute: Durham University
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Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in England: 2012-13. Experimental Statistics (Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Summary This report contains statistical summary information about alerts and referrals to adult social care safeguarding teams in England, based on the Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA) data collection for the period 2012-13. Read more: Health & Social Care Information Centre. Full … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Action on Elder Abuse, Adult Safeguarding Referrals, Adult Social Care, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England, East Midlands, England, Experimental Statistics, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, National Adult Social Care Intelligence Service (NASCIS), NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (IC), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding in the NHS, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Safeguarding Older People, Vulnerable Adults, West Midlands
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Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in England: 2011-12. Experimental Statistics (Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Summary This report summarises statistical information about alerts and referrals to adult social care safeguarding teams in England. It is based on the Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA) data collection for 2011-12. Read more: Health & Social Care Information Centre. A total 136,000 safeguarding alerts, 108,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Action on Elder Abuse, Adult Safeguarding Referrals, Adult Social Care, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England, East Midlands, England, Experimental Statistics, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), National Adult Social Care Intelligence Service (NASCIS), NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (IC), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding in the NHS, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Safeguarding Older People, Vulnerable Adults, West Midlands
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Prescribing of Antipsychotics for Dementia Patients Declined Sharply in England 2006-2011 (Health and Social Care Information Centre)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary The percentage of dementia patients being prescribed antipsychotic drugs fell sharply over the period 2006-2011 according to a statistical report … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Atypical Antipsychotics, Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU): Health and Social Care Information Centre, Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, England, Epidemiology, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Health and Social Care Information Centre: Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Inappropriate Prescribing, National Audit of Dementia, National Dementia and Antipsychotic Prescribing Audit 2012, NHS Information Centre, Percentage of People Diagnosed with Dementia with Antipsychotic Prescription 2006 - 2011, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prevalence of Dementia, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Dementia Registers, Right Prescription (Dementia Action Alliance)
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