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Tag Archives: Healthy lives
More on the Healthy Lives Strategy (Health Foundation)
Summary A further report from the Health Foundation adopts a characteristically “blue-sky thinking” approach to tackling population health improvement. This report argues for a more ambitious, “whole-government” approach to long-term investment prioritising the nation’s health (as opposed to isolated reactive, … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advancing our Health: Prevention in the 2020s (Green Paper), Ageing Society Grand Challenge, Ageing Society Grand Challenge Fund, Analysis of the Efficiency of a Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme in a Vulnerable Population in Five European Countries (EFFICHRONIC) Trial, Anchor Institutions in Place, Anchor Organisations, Anne Longfield: Children’s Commissioner for England, Austerity, Children's Commissioner for England, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme (CDSMP), Clinical Immunology and Osteoarticular Diseases Therapeutic Unit: Lapeyronie University Hospital, Community Infrastructure, Department of Geriatric Care Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation: E.O. Galliera Hospital, Department of Geriatric Care Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation: EO Galliera Hospital: National Relevance and High Specialization Hospital (Genova), Department of Public Health: Erasmus MC University Medical Center, E.O. Galliera Hospital (Genoa), EFFICHRONIC Consortium, EFFICHRONIC Study, EFFICHRONIC Study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT03840447), EFFICHRONIC Trial (NCT03840447), EFFICHRONIC: Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme (CDSMP) Intervention for Citizens of Low Socioeconomic Position, Embedding Health as a Shared Value Across Whole Government, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Fair Society Healthy Lives, FICYT: Foundation for Applied Scientific Research and Technology in Asturias (Oviedo Spain), France, Fundación para el Fomento en Asturias de la Investigación Científica Aplicada y la Tecnología (FICYT), Greater Manchester Model: Unified Public Services in Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Reform, Greater Manchester: Reform Investment Fund, Health and Care Record Exemplars, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health, Health Inequalities in England, Health Promotion Service: Principality of Asturias, Health Spending Skewed Away From Prevention, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy lives, Healthy Lives Strategy (Health Foundation), Impact of Austerity, Implications of Government Spending Plans, Improving Local Public Health, Improving National Public Health, Improving Population Health, Inequalities In Healthy Life Expectancy, Integrated Prevention Approaches, International Comparisons, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Italy, Lapeyronie University Hospital (Montpellier), Leeds City Region (Anchor Organisation Example), Life Course Approach, Local Children’s Services, Local Housing, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Low Socioeconomic Position (SEP), Multiple Health Conditions, Needs of People With Multiple Health Conditions, Netherlands, New Zealand’s Wellbeing Budget, Partnering: Role of Anchor Institutions in Place, Place-Based Health, Population Health, Population Health and Prevention, Population Health Improvement, Population Health Perspective, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Approaches, Prevention Services, Principality of Asturias (Spain), Public Health General Directorate: Principality of Asturias, Public Health General Directorate: Principality of Asturias (CSPA), Public Health Interventions, Public Health Outcomes, Quality Institute for Self Management Education and Training (QISMET), Reducing Expenditure, Reducing Health Inequalities, Rheumatology Department: Lapeyronie University Hospital, Scientific Coordination Unit: EO Galliera Hospital, Self-Care, Self-Care Programmes, SESPA: Health Service of the Principality of Asturias (Oviedo Spain), Social and Economic Impact of Poor Health, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Epidemiology, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Socio-Economic Drivers of Health Inequality, Socio-Economic Patterning, Socio-Economic Status, Spain, Spending Round (September 2019), Third EU Health Programme, Validation of Self-Administered Multidimensional Prognostic Index to Predict Negative Health Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Persons. Rejuvenation Research (Journal), Vulnerability Maps: EUROSTAT NUT-3 Level Geographical Areas, Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, Whole Government (Integrated Cross-Departmental) Approaches, Whole-Government Approaches to Health and Wellbeing
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The NHS Mandate: a Revised Mandate from the Government to NHS England, April 2017 to March 2018 (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health’s updated “NHS Mandate 2017 to 2018” defines long-term NHS objectives and goals up to 2020. The Mandate is based around seven “big picture” objectives: Improving local and national health outcomes, and reduce health inequalities, through … 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, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 2017-18 Financial Directions to NHS England, 2020 Dementia Challenge, Accelerated Access Review, Accelerating Innovation, Ageing Population, Ambitions for the NHS (NHS Mandate), Better Care Fund: Policy Framework, Better Out-of-Hospital Care to Prevent Attendance and Admissions, CCG and STP Performance, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Core Patient Access Standards, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Diabetes Prevention Programme, Effectiveness of Post-Diagnosis Dementia Care in Sustaining Independence and Improving Quality of Life, Efficiencies and Productivity Gains, Encouraging Innovation, End-User Experience, Enhancing Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Excess Treatment Costs Guidance, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Directions to NHS England, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Freeing the NHS to Innovate, General Practice Forward View (GPFV), Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Integration: Overall 2020 Goals, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy lives, Helping People Recover, Hospital Productivity, Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Improving Patient Safety, Innovation in the NHS, Integrated Out-of-Hospital Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Leadership Development and Improvement Board, Leadership Development and Improvement Framework, Learning Disabilities, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Maternity Experience Challenge Fund, Maternity Transformation Programme, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Mental Health Five Year Data Plan, Mental Health Five Year Forward View, Mental Health Five Year Forward View Implementation Plan, Mental Health Workforce Strategy, New Care Models, New Care Models Programme, New Models of Care, NHS 70 (NHS 70th Birthday), NHS 70th Birthday, NHS England’s Budget, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Mandate, NHS Mandate 2017 to 2018, NHS Productivity, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHS Sustainability, NHS: Safest Healthcare System in the World (Ambition), NHS’s 70th Birthday, Out-of-Hospital Care, Out-of-Hospital Services, Parity of Esteem, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Premature Death, Premature Mortality, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Productivity Improvements, Productivity in the NHS, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life for People With Long Term Conditions, Reducing Health Inequalities, Research and Innovation, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle, Service Transformation, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-Day Opening, Seven-Day Services in Hospital, Seven-Day Working, Supporting Research and Innovation, Sustainability, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, UK Strategy for Rare Diseases
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The NHS: Probably the World’s Best Health Service (Commonwealth Fund / BBC News / NHS Networks / EIU)
Summary The Commonwealth Fund, a US think-tank, compared data from 11 countries. Their report rates the NHS as the being best national health system. The NHS came first (highest rating) in almost every category. The NHS was ranked lowest, after … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Care, Access to Services, Australia, BBC Health News, Benchmarking, Canada, Care Quality, Commonwealth Fund, Communication, Continuity and Feedback, Coordinated Care, Cost-Related Access Problems, Cross-Country Comparisons, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Effective Care, Efficiency, Engagement and Patient Preferences., Equality of Access, Equity, France, Germany, Healthy lives, International Comparisons, International Health Care Comparisons, International Perspectives, Measurement for Quality and Cost, Netherlands, New Zealand, NHS Efficiency Savings, NHS Performance, NHS Quality, NHS: Rated World’s Best Health Service, Norway, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (US 2010), Patient-Centeredness, Perceived Inefficiency, Performance Comparisons, Public Health, Quality, Quality in the NHS, Safe Care, Sweden, Switzerland, System Benchmarks, Timeliness of Care, United Kingdom, United States, United States Health Care System, USA
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