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Tag Archives: Health Commissioners
Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report: Improving the Quality of Life for People with Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society’s fourth annual report exploring the quality of life for people with dementia (and their families and carers) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is entitled “Dementia 2015: Aiming higher to transform lives is in England”. This … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, 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, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged 2015 General Election Dementia Manifesto (All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia), Active Lifestyle, Addressing Dementia: The OECD Response (2015), All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia Manifesto for 2015 General Election, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Alzheimer's Society Policy Reports: Dementia 20xx Series, Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Advisers, Alzheimer’s Society National Dementia Helpline, Alzheimer’s Society Public Policy Team, Alzheimer’s Society’s Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP), Alzheimer’s Society’s Research Network, Alzheimer’s Society’s Supporting Diagnosis Project, APPG on Dementia, APPG on Dementia Manifesto 2015, Asda, Assessment of Quality of Life, Attributable Cost of Dementia, Aviva, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Balancing Risk and Choice, Barbara Pointon’s Web of Care, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Burden of Dementia (Statistics), Care and Support, Care and Support Services, Care Homes, Caregiver Support, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Information and Support Programme, Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP), Carer Support, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Central Lancashire’s Pathway of Post-Diagnostic Support Services, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Commissioners of Services, Commissioning Support Services, Community Support, Community Support Services, Cracks in the Pathway (CQC), Crawley Dementia Alliance, Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report, Dementia 2015: Aiming Higher to Transform Lives, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adviser Service, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Co-Morbidities, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Swimming Project: Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Research: UK Impact, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Health and Care Settings, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Workplaces, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Diagnosis and Referral, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, EasyJet, Focused Intervention Training and Support (FITS), Forget Me Not Dementia Unit (Warrington Hospital), G8 Summit, Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA), Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Wellbeing, Health Care Support Received by People with Mental Health Problems, Health Commissioners, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Lifestyles, Home Retail Group (Argos and Homebase), Impact of Dementia (Statistics), Improving Dementia Education and Awareness, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Inadequate Homecare Training, Increasing Wellbeing, Integrated Services in Tower Hamlets, Involvement and Participation, John's Campaign, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Lloyds Banking Group, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Marks and Spencer, National Dementia Helpline, New Models of Care, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s New Models of Care Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Over-Complexity, Participation in Research, Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Dementia Study, Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Dementia, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Prevalence of Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Public Health England, Quality of Care Across the Course of Dementia, Quality of Life, Quality of Life (Carers), Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life Promotion, Quality of Life Research, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Complexity, Reducing Social Isolation: Side by Side, Right to Know Campaign, Risk Management, Risk Management Assessment, Risk Stratification, Social Isolation, St Gregory’s High School (Warrington), Support for New Models of Care (New Deal), Support Services, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Supreme Court Judgment (March 2015) on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Swimming With Dementia, Systems Complexity, Tower Hamlets, Web of Care, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, World Dementia Council
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UK Policy Report: the Quality of Life for People with Dementia in 2014 (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society has published the third annual report “Dementia 2014: Opportunity for change”, which examines many aspects of the quality of life for people with dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Similar to the two previous reports … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (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, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Advice and Support, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), Alzheimer's Society Policy Reports: Dementia 20xx Series, Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Advisers, Alzheimer’s Society Public Policy Team, Alzheimer’s Society’s Research Network, Assessment of Quality of Life, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Audit of Memory Clinics in England, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Barriers to Support, Best Practice in Dementia Care (Triangle of Care), Better Care Fund, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Burden of Dementia, Care Act 2014, Care and Support, Care and Support Services, Caregiver Support, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Support, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Charging for Care and Support, Commissioners of Services, Commissioning Support Services, Community Support, Community Support Services, Connecting Communities, Dementia 2014: Opportunity for Change, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Action Alliance’s Carers' Call to Action, Dementia Adviser Service, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Support South Lincs, Dementia Without Walls (York), Dementia Without Walls Project, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnostic Waiting Times, Direct Payments, Dixons Allerton Academy, English National Memory Clinics Audit, FITS (Focused Intervention for Training of Staff) Programme, Focused Intervention Training and Support (FITS), Funding of Care and Support, G7 Global Dementia Summit, Good Housing Design, GP Commissioners, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Wellbeing, Health Care Support Received by People with Mental Health Problems, Health Commissioners, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Home Care Support, Home Support in Dementia Care, Housing and Dementia, Housing Learning and Innovation Network, Identification and Referral, Improving Dementia Services in Northern Ireland, Increasing Wellbeing, Innovations in Dementia, Involvement and Participation, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Local Authorities, Local Authority Commissioners, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, NHS Clinical Commissioners, NICE Quality Standards, Northern Ireland Single Assessment Tool (NISAT), Northern Ireland: Transforming Your Care, Opportunity for Change Report (2014), Participation in Research, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Prevention, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention Strategies, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Public Sector, Quality of Care Across the Course of Dementia, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life Promotion, Quality of Life Research, Right to Know Campaign, Salford Institute for Dementia, Salford Institute for Dementia (University of Salford), Social Services and Well-being Act in Wales, South West Commissioning Guidance, Square Hole Club, Staff Training, Support for Carers, Support Networks, Support Services, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Transforming Your Care, Triangle of Care, Triangle of Care for Dementia, UK Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, UK Homecare Association, UK Spending on Dementia Research, User Participation, Variable Quality of Care, Waiting Times, Welsh Assembly Government, Widening Participation, Wokingham Hospital, Wokingham Memory Clinic, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, Younger People With Dementia in Gwent
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Helping People to Live Well for Longer (Department of Health, Public Health England and NHS England)
Summary This policy paper, released jointly by the Department of Health, Public Health England and NHS England, explains how the health and care system aims to become amongst the best in Europe in terms of reducing avoidable mortality. It includes … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Age-Standardised Mortality Rate (ASMR), Alcohol, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Network, Any Town Toolkit, ASCOF: Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Asset Based Community Development Institute, Asset Based Community Development Institute (Northwestern University: Chicago), Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Awareness and Campaigns, Be Clear on Cancer (BCOC), Behaviour Change Opportunities, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund Modelling Tool, Bikeability, Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index (BMI), Broadening Access to Primary Care, Burden of Disease, Cancer, CCG Outcomes Indicator Set, Celia Ingham-Clark: National Director for Avoidable Mortality, Clincal Leadership, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Co-Morbidities, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Commissioning for Value Packs, Commissioning Support, Community Alcohol Partnerships, Community for Action (CfA), Developing a Community for Action, Early Diagnosis, Emergency Care, Every Contact Counts, Excess Mortality, Fair Society, Fair Society Healthy Lives, Food Network, Fruitables (Harrow), Global Burden of Disease (GBD), GP Out-of-Hours Services, Green Bus Fund, Hard Truths, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Health at Work Network, Health Commissioners, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Trainers, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Living Pharmacies (HLPs), Heart Disease, Improving Outcomes, Increasing Wellbeing, Inspection of GP Out-of-Hours Services, Inspection of GP Practices, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: University of Washington, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, Jane Ellison MP: Parliamentary Under Secretary for Public Health, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Lester Resource, Lifelong Health and Wellbeing, Liver Disease, Liver Disease Mortality, Living Well for Longer, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority Directors of Public Health, Local Authority Mortality Comparisons, Local Commissioning, Local Health and Wellbeing Boards, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, Local Wellbeing, Longer Lives (PHE), Lung Disease, Making Every Contact Count, Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Marmot Review, Mental Health Co-Morbidities, More Living More, Mortality, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Cancers, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Moving More Living More: Physical Activity Commitments, National Clinical Directors (NCDs), National Drug Strategy, National Framework for Quality Improvement, National Wellbeing, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS England’s Support for CCGs, NHS Health Check, NHS Mandate, NHS Outcomes Framework (NHSOF), NHSOF: NHS Outcomes Framework, Northwestern University: Chicago, Obesity, Outcomes, Outcomes Framework, Parity of Esteem, Patients First and Foremost, PHE Longer Lives Website, PHE: Public Health England, PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Framework, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Commitments, Physical Activity Network, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Wellbeing, Population-Wide Interventions, Premature Death, Premature Mortality, Premature-Death Rates, Preventable Mortality, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Primary Care’s Role in Early Diagnosis, Prime Minister Challenge Fund Pilots, Protecting the Public’s Health, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England's Longer Lives Website, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Redbridge TB Partnership, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Health Inequalities, Refreshing the NHS Mandate, Responsibility Deal, Rethink Integrated Physical Health Care Pathway, Screening Programmes, Smoking, Smoking Cessation Services, Smoking-Related Mortality, Social Deprivation, Standardised Packaging of Tobacco, Stroke, Supporting Local Delivery, Symptom Awareness and Campaigns, Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, Transparency and Accountability, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unlicensed Drugs, Voluntary and Community Sector, Wellbeing Outcome Measures, Wellbeing Services, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Redesign
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Health and Wellbeing Boards: Opportunities to Improve the Health and Well-Being of BAME Carers (Carers UK)
Summary This document presents Carers UK’s work on Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) carer health and wellbeing, including contributions from an expert seminar hosted by Carers UK in December 2011. It explains the structure of Health and Wellbeing Boards and … Continue reading →
Posted in Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged BAME Carers, Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), Health and Social Care Bill, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Commissioners, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS), Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local Authorities, NHS Health and Social Care Bill
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