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Tag Archives: Family Doctors
Loneliness and Social Isolation: Review of HWBs’ Priorities (Campaign to End Loneliness)
Summary An earlier Campaign to End Loneliness publication, “Ignoring the health risks?”, examined the importance Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs) across England had given to the public health issues arising from loneliness and isolation within their strategies. This “Still ignoring … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (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, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age UK Oxfordshire, Campaign to End Loneliness, Ealing Health and Wellbeing Board, Family Doctors, GPs, Halton Health and Wellbeing Board, Hampshire Health and Wellbeing Board, Health and Wellbeing, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Independent Age, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS), JSNA/JHWS Models of Working, Local Wellbeing, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness Harms Health, Loneliness Harms Health Action Pack, Manchester City Council, Preventing Loneliness, Royal Voluntary Service, Sense, Social Isolation, Stockton-On-Tees Health and Wellbeing Board, Walsall Health and Wellbeing Board, Wellbeing, Wellbeing in Later Life, West Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board, Wolverhampton Health and Wellbeing Board
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Named GPs to Coordinate the Care of Frailest Patients (BBC News / NHS Choices / Department of Health / BMA / NHS Employers)
Summary The British Medical Association and NHS England have agreed that next year’s GP contract will involve GPs taking more direct responsibility for the most vulnerable and elderly patients. It is anticipated that this move will relieve pressure on hospital admissions. This move is reported to be a resurrection of the “Old-fashioned … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS Employers, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E Pressures, Admissions, Ageing Population, Alternatives to A&E, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Avoidable Admissions, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, BMA: British Medical Association, BMA’s General Practitioners’ Committee, British Medical Association (BMA), Care Closer to Home, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Planning, Care Seven Days a Week, Community Care, Community Facilities, Community-Based Services, Complex Care, Complex Needs, Coordinated Care, Coordination, CQC Inspections of GP Surgeries, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Admissions from Care Homes, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Enhanced Services from GPs, Family Doctors, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Future of Urgent & Emergency Care Services in England, General Medical Services Contract, General Practitioners Committee (GPC), GP Contract, GP Dedicated Telephone Line Support, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GPs, GPs Pay, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Named GPs, New Approaches to Coordinating Care, NHS Choices Find a GP Service, Patient Choice, Patient Flows, Personalised Care Planning, Personalised Care Plans, Post-Discharge Support, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Reduction in Box-Ticking, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Responsible GPs, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Same-Day GP Telephone Consultations, Support for People with Complex Needs, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Vulnerable Older People, Whole System Patient Flows
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