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Some Speculated / Potential Benefits of COVID-19 (JGCR / BBC Radio 4’s Rethink / BGS)
Summary The following article, unusually and perhaps controversially, attempts an initial assessment of certain perceived potential beneficial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Full Text Link Reference Tripathy, S. Kar, SK. Roy, D. [et al]. (2020). Community perception of the environmental … Continue reading
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Age-Attuned Acute Care, Air Pollution, Alternative Viewpoints, Bangladesh, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4: Rethink Series, Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 for Elderly Population, Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 for General Population, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Capturing Beneficial Innovations from COVID-19. British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Coping and Adjustment, Coping Strategies, Coronavirus Crisis: Latent Opportunities for Societal Change, Creativity, Department of Microbiology: MKCG Medical College (Berhampur; Odisha India), Department of Psychiatry: Enam Medical College and Hospital (Dhaka; Bangladesh), Department of Psychiatry: King George's Medical University (Lucknow; India), Digitally-Enabled Care, Enam Medical College and Hospital (Dhaka; Bangladesh), Health Foundation, Health Inequalities, Hope, Hospital at Home, Incomes and Poverty, India, KGMU College of Nursing: King George's Medical University (Lucknow; India), King George's Medical University (Lucknow; India), MKCG Medical College (Odisha; India), Multi-Agency Support for Care Homes, Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Noise Pollution, Non-Materialist Viewpoints, Opinion Polls, Ozone Layer, Possible Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown, Possible Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic: Environmental Pollution (Air Noise and Water), Possible Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic: Improved / Reduced Traffic, Possible Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic: Improved Health Aspects (Health Awareness / Personal Hygiene / Sanitation / Health Infrastructure), Possible Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic: Improved Psycho-Social Wellbeing (Creativity / Spirituality / Interpersonal Relationships / Family Harmony), Possible Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic: Improved Self-Regulation (Reduced Non-Essential Travel / Shopping / Materialist Consumption), Possible Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic: Improved Sharing of Household Responsibilities, Possible Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic: Reduced Crime Rates, Possible Beneficial Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic: Reduced Substance Abuse, Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG), Proactive Anticipatory Care, Proactive Anticipatory Care for Frailty, Proactive Anticipatory Care for Older People, Resilience, Rethink Project: BBC Radio 4, Social and Environmental Impact of COVID-19, Spirituality, Traffic Injuries, Virtual Clinics, Water Pollution, We Are Covert [Animation]
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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
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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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A New Quality Improvement Manual (HQIP) Plus an Investigation Into Online Repositories of Quality Improvement (BMJ Quality and Safety / BMJ / King’s Fund)
Summary Health Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) has produced a guide to the main twelve quality improvement (QI) methods. Section headings comprise: Introduction: Purpose. Definition of ‘quality’. Good governance. Regulation, accreditation and inspection. Patient involvement in quality improvement. Collaboration for quality … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Hip Fracture Treatment 2001 to 2011 (QualityWatch / Health Foundation / Nuffield Trust)
Summary This QualityWatch Focus On report (with the Health Foundation and the Nuffield Trust) examines the quality of care, and outcomes, of treatment for hip fracture in the NHS. It covers the 10 years (2001 to 2011) of hospital inpatient activity data. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Hip Fractures, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age and Ageing, Ageing, Avoidable Mortality, CLOSER, Emergency Readmissions Following Hip Fracture, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Fractured Neck of Femur, Fragility Hip Fractures, Health Foundation, Hip Fracture and Hospital Admissions, Hip Fracture Prevention, Hip Fracture Treatment, Hip Fractures, Incidence of Hip Fracture, Independent Scrutiny by Non-Statutory Bodies (QualityWatch), Length of Stay (LoS), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Mortality Rates, NHS Quality, Prevalence of Hip Fracture, Primary Hip Fracture Prevention, QualityWatch, QualityWatch Advisory Group, QualityWatch Focus On Reports, QualityWatch Indicators, QualityWatch: Independent Scrutiny by Non-Statutory Bodies, Secondary Hip Fracture Prevention, Social Epidemiology
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