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Tag Archives: GP Practice
The NHS Mandate: a Mandate from the Government to NHS England, April 2013 to March 2015 (Department of Health)
Summary This updated mandate describes the renewed ambitions for the health service, for the period 2013 – 2015. As with previous editions, it is structured around the five key areas where NHS England (previously called the NHS Commissioning Board) is … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Assessment and Diagnosis, Avoidable Harm, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Community Mental Health Services, Department of Health Policy Strategy & Finance, Diagnosis and Assessment, Digital Technology, Dignity, Dignity in Dementia, Emerging Technology, Experiences, FFT: Friends and Family Test, Finance, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Freeing the NHS to Innovate, Friends and Family Test (NHS), GP Practice, GPs, Health Care Reform, Health Reform, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Information Technology, Innovation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Services, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Modified Rankin Scale, Mortality, Mortality Rates, New Technology, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Constitution, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Friends and Family Test, NHS Mandate, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Patient Experience Framework, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHSCB, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Public Health Reform, Public Service Reform, QIPP, Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), Reform, Safeguarding, User Experience
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South Devon and Torbay: Community Virtual Wards and Proactive Case Management (King’s Fund)
Summary This King’s Fund case study (funded by Aetna and the Aetna Foundation) investigates community virtual wards based in GP practices within South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The community virtual wards were introduced by Devon Primary Care … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aetna (US), Aetna Foundation, Avoidable Admissions, Care Coordinators, Case Management, CCGs, Chronic and Severe Illness, Chronic Care, Chronic Diseases, Chronic Illnesses, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Combined Predictive Model, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Nursing, Community Support Services, Community Virtual Wards, Coordinated Care, Coordination of Care, Dedicated Care Coordination, Devon County Council, Devon Predictive Model (DPM), Devon Primary Care Trust, Direct Enhanced Service (DES) Payments, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Exeter City Council, GP Facilitators, GP Practice, GP-Led Commissioning, GPs, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, Integrated Care Coordinators, Integration, Locality Working, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multiagency Teams, Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Team Care, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple Needs, Patient Assessment, Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC), Patient Care, Personalised Case Management, Plymouth, Predictive Modelling, Predictive Risk Models, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Prevention, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Preventive Support: Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Proactive Care, Proactive Case Management, Quality of Care, Responsible GPs, Risk Prediction and Stratification Activities, Risk Stratification, Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Secondary Uses Service (SUS), Shortlisting, South Devon, South Devon and Torbay, South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Torbay, Torbay Council, Torbay Primary Care Trust (PCT), Virtual Wards, Virtual Wards to Reduce Readmissions
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Care Quality Commission Guide for Patient Participation Groups (CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a guide for patient participation groups (PPGs). It explains what patient participation groups (PPGs) are meant to do, and what is involved when the CQC inspects their GP practices. Section headings in this … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, National, NHS, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Complaints, Daisy Court Medical Centre, GP Practice, GPs, Information Shared Between CQC and PPGs, Inspecting GP Practices, Moreley House Practice PPG, Moreley House Practice Surgery, NAPP (National Association for Patient Participation), National Association for Patient Participation (NAPP), Patient Complaints, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Participation, Patient Participation Directed Enhanced Service (DES), Patient Participation Groups (PPGs), Patient Reference Groups, Sounding Board, Towncross City Practice, Virtual PPGs
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Computerised Cognitive Testing: Cutting Delays in Dementia Assessments (Cambridge Cognition and IXICO)
Summary Cambridge Cognition (a leading British developer of neuropsychological tests) and IXICO (a leading brain imaging specialist), have developed tools which promise to assist in achieving more accurate and rapid dementia assessments. Their innovations consist of (i) the Dementia Friendly GP … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Assessment and Diagnosis, Biomedical Catalyst Fund, Brain Awareness Week 2013, Brain Health Centre of the Future, Brain Health Centres, Brain Imaging, Brain Shrinkage, Cambridge Cognition, Cambridge Cognition Ltd, Cambridge Cognition Neuropsychological Testing, CANTAB Brain Health Assessment Technologies, CANTAB™ Neuropsychological Tests, CANTABmobile™ Test, Computerised Cognitive Testing, Delays in Dementia Assessment, Delays in Dementia Assessments, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Friendly GP Surgery, Dementia Village: Department of Health, Department of Health’s “Dementia Village”, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnostic Pod, Differential Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis, Early Differential Diagnosis, Effective Diagnostics, GP Practice, GPs, Healthcare Innovation Expo: London March 2013, Imaging Contract Research Organisation (ICRO), InHealth Associates, Ipad Technology, IXICO, IXICO Ltd, IXICO: Dementia Assessment Programme, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Memory Clinic and Brain Health Centre Pilot (IXICO), Mobile Community Brain Health Unit-Based Assessment Service, MRI Brain Imaging, MRI Scans, Neuroimaging Tools, NHS Memory Clinics, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Reducing Delays in Dementia Diagnosis, South London, Sussex, TrialTracker™ Image Management System, TrialWire™ Electronic Data Transfer Portal
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Next Steps for Dementia Challenge (Department of Health, The Dementia Challenge)
[A version of this item features in Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWNHST), Volume 3 Issue 5, January 2013]. Summary In parallel with the publication of the Dementia Challenge Progress Report, and the launch of the Dementia Friends … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Advocacy and Advice Services, BioBank (National Cohort), Brain Scans, Dementia Care and Support Compact, Dementia Toolkit for GP Commissioners, Enhanced Services from GPs, Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE), GP Practice, GPs, GPs' Dementia Toolkit, Information and Advice, Information Needs of Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, MRI Scans, Our Health, Our Health Online Service Directories., Our Health Website, Our Health: Local Information on Stroke and Dementia, Schools and Youth Projects (Awareness Raising), UK Biobank
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Mandate From the Government to the NHS Commissioning Board (Department of Health)
Summary This mandate for the NHS Commissioning Board specifies the Government’s ambitions for the health service for the next two years. It is the result of a consultation with the public, health professionals and organisations across the health system, held July … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Assessment and Diagnosis, Avoidable Harm, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Community Mental Health Services, Department of Health Policy Strategy & Finance, Diagnosis and Assessment, Dignity, Dignity in Dementia, Experiences, FFT: Friends and Family Test, Finance, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Freeing the NHS to Innovate, Friends and Family Test (NHS), GP Practice, GPs, Health Care Reform, Health Reform, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Innovation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Services, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Modified Rankin Scale, Mortality, Mortality Rates, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Constitution, NHS Friends and Family Test, NHS Mandate, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Patient Experience Framework, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHSCB, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Public Health Reform, Public Service Reform, QIPP, Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), Reform, Safeguarding, User Experience
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