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More on Sustaining Quality Improvement (CQC)

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published further findings about sustaining improvement, based on the positive examples from four case studies, including: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. … Continue reading →

Annual Care Quality Commission State of Care Report (BBC News / CQC / Healthwatch)

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) recently released the annual State of Care review. It concludes that most care provided across England is of good quality and improving. Community care services need to be improved. Innovations in new approaches to care should be … Continue reading →

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Quality Improvement: Strategies Needed to Reduce Preventable Patient Harm (NIHR Signal / BMJ / Future Healthcare Journal / WHO)

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent review found that around 6% patients in healthcare settings (internationally) experience potentially preventable harm; with approximately 1 in 8 such cases resulting in severe harm, permanent disability or death “Six types of patient harm were identified: drug … Continue reading →

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Potential Harms From Polypharmacy in the Elderly (BBC News / Age UK / EJCP / Bazian / Lancet Psychiatry)

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An Age UK report investigates the potential harms of over-prescribing medicines for older people. Older persons often remain on too many prescribed medicines, putting them at risk of side-effects, potentially resulting in falls and other forms of serious harm. … Continue reading →

Refusal and Resistance to Care in People With Dementia in Acute Hospitals (Patient Experience Library / NIHR / International Journal of Nursing Studies)

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Patients with dementia often have a poor experience of care in hospitals. Some hospitals are better than others, almost certainly, thanks to improvements in dementia-friendly hospital care, appropriate staff training and dementia awareness raising; however certain problems may persist … Continue reading →

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More on Organisational Approaches to Quality Improvement (Health Foundation / BMJ)

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Health Foundation’s report investigates lessons derived from sponsoring and evaluating quality improvement, whether at team, organisation and / or system levels. Case studies covering three NHS trusts in England with a CQC rating of “Outstanding” and which implemented … Continue reading →

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Qualitative Research Into the Acute Hospital Care Weekend Effect (BMC Health Services Research)

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary While much recent research has cast doubt upon the validity of the “Weekend Effect” construct, the authors of this qualitative research focus instead on the perceptions of patients and hospital workers regarding the quality and safety of care at … Continue reading →

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Recent Report on the State of Care (CQC / DHSC / BBC News / NHS England / SCIE)

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) recently released their annual State of Care report, which examines the performance and effectiveness of health and social care in England, on every front. It appears that patients’ experiences of care tend to depend on how well the components … Continue reading →

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Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments in the NHS Under Review (BBC News)

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England is actively considering proposals to discontinue or reduce the availability of 17 routine procedures considered to be either ineffective or risky. The aim is to improve patient outcomes, reduce waste in the NHS (by an estimated 200 … Continue reading →

Persistent Failings Versus Quality Improvement in Mental Health Care (PHSO / CQC)

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has published a report addressing failings in specialist mental health services in England, and their devastating impact on patients and their families. The complaints in this report predate the Five Year Forward … Continue reading →

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