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Tag Archives: FOI: Freedom of information
More Statistics on Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals (The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Summary Data, obtained from a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, indicates that 17% of acute trusts (there were 87 that did respond) offer the full range of non-pharmaceutical therapies suggested by NICE guidance, while less than 45% offer one or … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Distressed Behaviour, FOI: Freedom of information, Managing Distress, Managing Psychological and Behavioural Distress in People with Dementia, Non-Pharmacological Management of Symptoms, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Non-Pharmacological Treatments for BPSD, Pharmaceutical Journal, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Psychotropic Drug Cessation, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Statistics on Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals
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Recent Information on Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Plus Statistics on Other Safeguarding Topics (BBC News / NHS Digital)
Summary Freedom of information requests made by the Liberal Democrats have revealed that the use of restraint by mental health trusts in England has increased yearly since 2013, despite repeated calls over recent years for restraint to be minimised. It … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Adult Social Care Analytical Hub, Avoidable Harm, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Councils with Social Services Responsibilities, Culture of Zero-Harm, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, Dr Sridevi Kalidindi: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics and Decision-Making, Experimental Statistics, Face-Down Restraint, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Government Policy on Adult Safeguarding, Harm Free Care, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Identification and Reporting of Problems, Incident Reporting, Least Restrictive Principle, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Liberal Democrats, Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP), Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Health Hospitals, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Healthcare, Mind, Neglect and Acts of Omission, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS Digital: Annual Report for England (2016-17), NHS Digital: Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC), NHS Mental Health Trusts in England, Norman Lamb MP, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Psychiatric Hospitals, Recording and Reporting, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restrictive Practices, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Collection, Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC): Annual Report for England (2016-17), Safeguarding Adults Principles, Safeguarding Adults Reports, safeguarding Adults Reviews, Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs), Safeguarding Older People, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Unintended Consequences, Use of Reasonable Force, Vicki Nash: Mind
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Under-Claimed SMI Council Tax Discount? (BBC News / MoneySavingExpert)
Summary People diagnosed as severely mentally impaired (SMI) should by rights be exempt from paying council tax, with the result that two-person households often qualify for a 25% discount on council tax. Persons with a severe mental impairment living alone … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Advice and Information: Incorrect Information, BBC Health News, Council Tax, Council Tax Discounts, Council Tax Reduction Scheme in Wales, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government, False Information, FOI: Freedom of information, Geographical Variations, Government's 'Apply for Council Tax Reduction' Service, Hilda Hayo: Chief Executive of Dementia UK, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Councils, Local Government Association, Martin Lewis: MSE Founder, Martin Lewis: SMI Council Tax Discount, Misinformation, MoneySavingExpert.com, MSE: MoneySavingExpert.com, Mystery Shopper, Postcode Lottery, Postcode Lottery in Access to Severely Mentally Impaired (SMI) Council Tax Discount, Severely Mentally Impaired (SMI) Council Tax Discount, SMI Council Tax Discount, SMI Diagnosis: Severely Mentally Impaired: Council Tax Discount, SMI Discount: Possibly 100000 Individuals Overcharged, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variations in Service
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People With Dementia Failed By Standards of Homecare Staff Training? (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society has alleged that perhaps only 2% of homecare workers have adequate dementia training and awareness. Full Text Link Reference Shocking reality of dementia homecare hidden behind closed doors. London: Alzheimer’s Society, November 16th 2016. Probably also … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, 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, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Alzheimer's Society’s Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Potential Risks, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Nursing Homes Under Cover, BBC’s Panorama, Behind Closed Doors, Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed: Panorama (BBC One), Broken Homecare System, Care Funding, Carer Awareness, Clinton House (St Austell), Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Cornwall Council, Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA), Courtesy, Dementia and Homecare, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness in Homecare Staff, Dementia Training For Homecare Staff, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Domiciliary Care, Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Fix Dementia Care: Homecare, Fix Dementia Care: Hospitals (Alzheimer’s Society), FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Funding Gap (Home Care), Funding Gaps, Funding of Care and Support, Good Quality Home Care, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Home Care, Home Care Implementation, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workforce, Home Care: Safety and Safeguarding, Homecare, Homecare and Care Home Workers, Homecare Failing People With Dementia (Allegation), Independence at Home, Independent Living With Care, Izzi Seccombe: Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, Janice Finch (BBC Reporter), Jeremy Hughes CBE: Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, LGA: Local Government Association, Morleigh Group, Panorama (BBC TV), Personal Care, Personal Care at Home, Pressures on Home Care Workforce, Pressures on Home Care Workforce: Inadequate Training, Skills for Care, Social Care, Social Care Funding, Unacceptable Homecare Practices: Behind Closed Doors, Unmet Care Needs, Unmet Health and Care Needs, Unmet Needs, Unmet Social Care Needs, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Issues, Workforce Satisfaction, Workforce Training
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Murky Evidence? Murkier Politics (BBC News)
Summary Trust no-one. Believe nothing. Use your own judgement. Back to renaissance values? Full Text Link Reference Bloch, S. (2016). Hunt ‘misrepresented’ data on 7-day NHS. London: BBC Health News, February 24th 2016.
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, BMA Shambolic Mishandling and Calculated Misinformation (Political Rebound to Earlier Hunt Allegations), British Medical Journal (BMJ), Care in General Hospitals, Culture Change in the NHS, Day-of-the-Week Effect, Deborah Williams: NHS England's Seven Day Services Forum Project Manager, Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Hospital Treatment, FOI: Freedom of information, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Heidi Alexander: Former Labour Shadow Health Secretary, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Jeremy Corbyn (Labour Party Leader), Junior Doctors: Contract Dispute of 2016, Junior Doctors’ Morale Wellbeing and Quality of Life, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Directorate: NHS England, Misinformation, Misinformation: Conflation and Skewed Interpretations Behind Junior Doctors' Dispute, 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, Mythology of the Times, NHS England’s Seven Days a Week Forum, NHS Services: Seven Days a Week Forum, NHS Seven Days a Week Forum, Orchestrated Intransigence, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Improvement, Potted Weekend Effect Synopsis (Department of Health), Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Quality of Care at Weekend, Reform, Resistance to Change, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Seven Day Services Forum, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day Working, Stuff Their Mouths With Gold (History of How Aneurin Bevan Placated the BMA), System Re-Design, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, UK Statistics Authority, Unspoken Political Context: Weaponising the NHS (Speculative Construct), Variations in Quality of Care, Weekend Effect, Weekend Hospitalisation and Additional Risk of Death, Weekend Mortality for Emergency Admissions, Weekend Working
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Mental Health: Still the Cinderella Services of the NHS? (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary An extra £1 billion of extra funding is to be committed to improving mental health services in England by 2020. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2016). Mental health care ‘is ruining lives’. [Subsequently re-titled as “Nation must focus … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS Evidence, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 24/7 Community-Based Mental Health Crisis Response, Access to Mental Health Services, Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020/21, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams, Acute Mental Health Care: Inpatient and Crisis Home Treatment, Acute Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Annual Funding Increase of £1 Billion for Mental Health n England by 2020/21, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Black Box: Local Authority Spending (Lack of Transparency), CAMHS Services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Transformation Plans, CMHT: Community Mental Health Teams, Commissioning Acute Mental Health Care, Commissioning Liaison Mental Health Services in Acute Hospitals, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Crisis Care Concordat, Crisis Home Resolution Teams, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Crisis Support, CYP-IAPT: Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, Data Improvement, David Cameron, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Eating Disorders, Family Life and Early Years, Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce, FOI: Freedom of information, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Health and Justice Care Pathway, Health Foundation, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB), IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Independent Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England, Individual Placement and Support (IPS), Individual Placement and Support for People With Severe Mental Illness, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, Investment in Mental Health, Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Mental Health Teams, Mental and Physical Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Work, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health Liaison Services in Emergency Departments and Inpatient Wards, Mental Health Patients Forced to Travel, Mental Health Problems, Mental Health Professionals in Emergency Departments, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Services in Accident and Emergency Units, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Health: Chronic Underinvestment, Multi-Agency Suicide Prevention, Multispeciality Community Providers (MCPs), NHS Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) for Older People with Mental Health Problems: Unit / Reference Costs, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Older Persons’ Mental Health, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Paul Farmer (Mind), Paul Farmer: Chair of Mental Health Taskforce, Perinatal Mental Health, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS), Psychosis, Reducing Restrictive Interventions, Restraint and Restrictions, Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health Services, Stigma and Discrimination, Substance Misuse in Older People, Supported Housing, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Talking Therapies, Think Ahead, Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Needs, Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Vanguards, Waiting Time Target for People Experiencing Psychosis, Waiting Times for Mental Health Services, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning, Young People’s Mental Health Services
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