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National Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health (PHE / King’s Fund / LSE PSSRU / UCL / CfMH / British Journal of Psychiatry / BBC News)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has released a collection of related documents aimed primarily at local public health workers, designed to help identify cost-effective local mental health interventions. This new “concordat” tool aims to prevent mental health problems (a Five … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abigail Gallop: Local Government Association, About the Mental Health and Wellbeing JSNA Knowledge Guide, Addressing Loneliness to Protect the Mental Health of Older People, Affluence and Health Inequalities, Ageing Population, Alexandra Lazaro: Department of Health, Andrew Furber: President of Association of Directors of Public Health UK, Andrew Herd: Policy Lead for Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and Cross-Government Strategy / Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention at Department of Health, Andy Bell: Deputy Chief Executive at Centre for Mental Health, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics Side Effects, Antipsychotics-Related Mortality Risks, Assaults on Mental Health Staff, Association of Directors of Public Health UK, Association of Mental Health Providers, Attitudes to Mental Illness, Barriers and Facilitators in Commissioning of Services for Preventing Mental Ill-Health, Barriers and Facilitators in Commissioning of Services for Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing, BBC 5 Live, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates, Better Mental Health - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Toolkit: Children and Young People, Better Mental Health - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Toolkit: Living Well in Older Years, Better Mental Health - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Toolkit: Perinatal Mental Health, Better Mental Health - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Toolkit: Understanding People, Better Mental Health - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Toolkit: Understanding Place, Better Mental Health - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Toolkit: Working Age Adults, Better Mental Health - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Toolkit:Perinatal Mental Health, Better Mental Health for All, Brian Ferguson: Public Health England, British Journal of Psychiatry, Cam Lugton: National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network at Public Health England, Catherine Newsome: Department of Education, Centre for Mental Health, Centre for Mental Health (Faculty of Medicine: Imperial College), Changing Attitudes to Mental Illness, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Management, Children and Young People (CYP), Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Coalition, Christina Gray: Chair of Public Mental Special Interest Group at Faculty of Public Health, Claire Murdoch: Chair of Mental Health and Dementia Programme Board, Claire Murdoch: NHS England’s National Director for Mental Health, Common Mental Disorders: Statistics By Sex, Community Mental Health Needs Assessments, Corinne Harvey: Public Health England, Costs of Mental Health Problems at Work, Coventry Acting Early Programme, Coventry City Council, Debt Advice to Protect Mental Health, Department of Psychology: King’s College London, Department of Psychosis Studies: King's College London, Detentions Under the Mental Health Act in England (April 2014 to March 2015), Determinants of Mental Health, Dr Geraldine Strathdee: National Clinical Lead of Mental Health Intelligence Network at Public Health England, Epidemiology and Statistics, Faculty of Public Health (FPH), Fit Notes (Mental Health Problems), Great Britain Suicide Rates: By Sex, Gregor Henderson: National Lead for Mental Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Hertfordshire County Council, Improving Life Expectancy in People With Serious Mental Illness (Role of Primary Prevention), Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Institute of Health Equity, Institute of Health Equity (UCL), Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience: King’s College London, Isabella Goldie: Mental Health Foundation, Jed Boardman: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Jim McManus: Public Mental Health Lead at Association of Directors of Public Health, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Kathy Roberts: Chief Executive at Association of Mental Health Providers, Kings College London, LGA: Local Government Association, Life Course Approach, Life Course Approaches to Prevention and Care, Lily Makurah: Deputy National Lead for Public Mental Health at Public Health England, Living Well in Older Years (Better Mental Health), Local Action on Health Inequalities, Local Area Coordination, Local Context, Local Government Association, Local Mental Health Services, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Loneliness and Social Isolation, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace, Mental Health and Wellbeing Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Profile(s), Mental Health and Wellbeing Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Toolkit / Knowledge Guide, Mental Health and Wellbeing JSNA Fingertips Profiles, Mental Health Commissioners Network / NHS Clinical Commissioners, Mental Health Commissioners Network of NHS Clinical Commissioners, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Needs Assessment, Mental Health of People With Long-term Physical Health Problems, Mental Health Problems at Work, Mental Health Promotion: Return on Investment Tool, Mental Health Services: Cost-Effective Commissioning, Mental Health Staff: Long-Term Stress Leave, Mental Health: Epidemiology and Statistics, Mental Health: Ten Charts (BBC News), Mental Wellbeing Impact Assessment (MWIA) Tool, Michael Streather: Head of Mental Health Intelligence Network at Public Health England, Mick Atkinson: Former Vice Chair of Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Coalition, Minding Health (Training Programme), Multi-Agency Suicide Prevention, Multisectoral Collaboration, National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network (NMHDNIN), National Mental Health Intelligence Network (NMHIN), National Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health (PHE), National Suicide Prevention Strategy, National Survivor User Network, Needs and Assets Assessment, Needs Assessments, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS Mental Health Staff: Sick Leave, NMHDNIN: National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network, North West London: Like Minded Programme, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders, Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Panos Zerdevas: Public Health England, Partnership and Alignment, Perinatal Mental Health, PHE: Public Health England, Phil Moore Chair, Phoebe Robinson: Head of Mental Health (Clinical Policy and Strategy) at NHS England, Physical Health Monitoring, Presenteeism, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Concordat (PHE), Prevention Concordat For Better Mental Health (PHE; August 2017), Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health: Prevention Planning, Prevention Through Identifying and Addressing Causes in Local Areas (JSNAs), Primary Prevention, Primary Prevention Interventions, Problem Debt, Problem Debt and Mental Health, Psychosocial Pathway (UCL), Psychosocial Pathways and Health Outcomes / Inequalities, Psychosocial Pathways to Health Inequalities, Psychosocial Pathways to Mental Health Inequalities, Public Health Approach to Mental Health Improvement, Public Health England (PHE), Public Mental Health, Public Mental Health Commissioning, Public Mental Health Leadership and Workforce Development Framework, Public Mental Health Leadership and Workforce Development Framework Call to Action, Public Mental Health Priorities, Public Mental Health Strategy for Southampton: Be Well, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, Reducing the Use of Police Cells, Return on Investment, Return on Investment: Cost-Effective Commissioning of Local Mental Health Services, Risk and Supporting Factors for Mental Health, Routine Enquiry About Adversity in Childhood (REACh) Intervention, Royal College of Psychiatrists Workforce Census 2017, Sandwell Council, Sandwell Model for Reducing Health Inequalities, Sarah Yiannoullou: National Survivor User Network, School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Programmes, Secondary Prevention, Severe Mental Illness (SMI), Severe Mental Illness Increases Since Early 1990s, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Determinants of Mental Health, Social Determinants of Mental Health and Mental Health Inequalities, Social Equity, South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton City Council, Southern Health NHS Trust, Staff Absenteeism, Staff Turnover, State of Mind: BBC 5 Live's Mental Health Season, Stress, Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention, Suicide Prevention, Tackling Inequalities, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Tertiary Prevention, Thrive London, Transferable Effective Practice., UCL Institute of Health Equity, University College London Institute of Health Equity, Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Mental Health Needs of Older People, Warrington, 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Dementia Awareness Raising in the African Caribbean Community (HEE)
Summary Health Education England (HEE) have released a video which aims to raise awareness, on the part of health and social care professionals, of attitudes towards dementia in the African Caribbean community. The “Finding Patience” video is intended to raise awareness … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged African Caribbean Families, African Caribbean People, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, BAME Challenges, BAME Experiences, Barriers to Conversation (Difficult Conversations), Barriers to Early Diagnosis, Barriers to Older People Accessing Help and Support, Barriers to Support, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Older People, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Caribbean, Blood Pressure, BME Communities, BME People with Dementia, BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Raising in African Caribbean Community, Education and Staff Training, Finding Patience (HEE Video), Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, HEE: Health Education England, Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Initial Onset and Diagnosis, Living Well with Dementia, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt: Director of Nursing and Deputy Director of Education and Quality at Health Education England, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Staff Training, Workforce Training
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Hearing Loss Services: National Commissioning Framework (NHS England / Department of Health)
Summary A guide is available covering the new national framework for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) / organisations responsible for planning and commissioning local hearing services for people with hearing loss. This follows recommendations made in the “Action Plan on Hearing … Continue reading →
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Tagged Action on Hearing Loss, Action Plan on Hearing Loss, Adult Hearing Screening, Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL), Ageing Population, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cathy Regan: Primary Care Commissioning Consultant, Chief Scientific Officer for England, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Adult Audiology Services, Commissioning Audiology Services, Commissioning Audiology Services for Armed Forces, Commissioning Hearing Services, Commissioning Paediatric Audiology Services, Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss: Framework for Clinical Commissioning Groups, Confederation of British Service Charities Organisation (COBSEO), Contraindications for Referral to Routine Adult Hearing Services, Costs of Hearing Loss, Coventry and Rugby CCG, Deafblindness: Dual Sensory Loss, Deafness, Defence Hearing Working Group, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dual Sensory Loss, Dual Sensory Loss (Deafblindness), Ear Related Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs), Emotional and Social Isolation, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Inequalities, Hearing Aids, Hearing Impairment, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss and Cognition, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Impairment, Hearing Loss and Deafness Alliance Principles for Commissioning Hearing Loss Services, Hearing Loss and Dementia, Hearing Loss and Hearing Technologies, Hearing Loss and Special Populations, Hearing Loss in Adulthood, Hearing Loss in Early Childhood, Hearing Loss in Higher Education, Hearing Loss in Old Age, Hearing Loss in the School Years, Hearing Needs of the Armed Forces Community, Hearing Screening, Hearing Technologies, Hearing Technology, Hearing Tests, House of Care Model, Illustrative Pathway for Adults With Hearing Loss, Impact of Different Decibel Levels of Hearing Loss on Adults, Impact of Hearing Loss, Impact of Hearing Loss on Quality of Life in Elderly Adults, Improving Health and Social Care Through Evidence-Based Guidance (NICE Guidance), Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Integrated Commissioning, Jim Fitzpatrick MP: Chair of the All Party Parliamenrary Group on Deafness, Kevin Holton: Deputy Director of Patient Experience at NHS England, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Life Course Approach, Life Course Approaches to Prevention and Care, Life Course Model, Local Health Services: Variations, Local Prevalence of Hearing Loss: By CCG and Local Authority, Local Variations, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Measurement of Hearing Loss, National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), North East and West Devon CCG, North East Essex CCG, North West London Collaboration of CCGs, Office of the Chief Scientific Officer, Outcomes and KPIs for Adult Hearing Loss, Outcomes For Various Hearing Care Services, Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), Personal and Societal Benefits of Hearing Technology, Population Prevalence of Hearing Loss, Presbycusis, Prevalence of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Principles for Commissioning Hearing Services, Professor Sue Hill OBE, Professor Sue Hill: Chief Scientific Officer for England, Reducing Health Inequalities, Screening, Screening for Older Adults Hearing Loss, Sensory Disability, Sensory Impairment, Social Isolation, Tinnitus, Unacceptable Variations, Unaddressed Acquired Hearing Loss, Untreated Hearing-Loss, Unwarranted Variations, West Hampshire CCG
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European Health at a Glance (European Commission)
Summary This report summarises statistical data on health, and health systems, in 35 European countries, including all European Union member states, candidate European countries (not Albania) and European Free Trade Association countries. There is a section on dementia prevalence (among … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Care, Addressing Dementia: the OECD Response, Broad Determinants of Health, Cancer Incidence, Cancer Mortality Profiles, Candidate European Countries, Candidate European Union Member, Dementia Prevalence (Europe), Dementia Prevalence Projections: OECD Countries, Determinants of Health, Determinants of Health and Disability, Diabetes Prevalence and Incidence, Epidemiology and Statistics, European Commission, European Countries, European Free Trade Association Countries, European Health, European Union Member States, Health at a Glance: Europe 2014, Health Care Resources and Activities, Health Expenditure and Financing, Health Inequalities, Healthy Life Expectancy, Impact of the Economic Crisis on Health, Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Inequalities in Infant Mortality, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Inequalities of Health Care, International Comparisons, Life Expectancy, Mortality, National Dementia Prevalence, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Prevalence of Dementia, Quality of Care, Reducing Health Inequalities, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Societal Determinants of Health, Variations in Quality of Care, Wider Determinants of Health
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Chief Medical Officer’s Second Public Health Surveillance Report (Department of Health / BBC News)
Summary The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies’s second surveillance report offers a broad review of England’s public health. This second surveillance volume, “Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer, Surveillance Volume, 2012: On the State of the Public’s … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, 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, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Nutrition, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Travel, ADA’s Prediabetes Label, Ageing Workforce, Alcohol Concern, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Health Alliance, American Diabetes Association (ADA), Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer: Volume Two - 2014. 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Hove Unitary Authority, Bristol PCT, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), British Liver Trust, British Society of Gastroenterology, Bromley London Borough, Bromley PCT, Buckinghamshire County Council, Buckinghamshire PCT, Bury Metropolitan District, Bury PCT, Calderdale Metropolitan District, Calderdale PCT, Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridgeshire PCT, Camden London Borough, Camden PCT, Cancer Trends, Causes of Premature Mortality, Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Central Lancashire PCT, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer’s Second Public Health Surveillance Report, Chronic Liver Disease, City and Hackney Teaching PCT, City of London London Borough, Cornwall and Isles Of Scilly PCT, Cornwall Unitary Authority, County Durham PCT, County Durham Unitary Authority, Coventry Metropolitan District, Coventry Teaching PCT, Croydon London Borough, Croydon PCT, Cumbria County Council, Cumbria Teaching PCT, Darlington PCT, Darlington Unitary Authority, Deafness, Dementia Associated Visual Impairment, Demography and Biometry: National Institute on Aging, Department of Center on Aging and Health: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: University of California, Department of Health Services Research Management and Policy: University of Florida, Department of Non-Communicable Diseases Epidemiology: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Epidemiology: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine: University of Tennessee, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology: University of California, Derby City PCT, Derby Unitary Authority, Derbyshire County Council, Derbyshire County PCT, Devon County Council, Devon PCT, Diabetes, Diabetes UK’s Annual Diabetes Week, Diabetes Week (Diabetes UK), Diet, Doncaster Metropolitan District, Doncaster PCT, Dorset County Council, Dorset PCT, Dudley Metropolitan District, Dudley PCT, Ealing London Borough, Ealing PCT, East Lancashire Teaching PCT, East Riding Of Yorkshire PCT, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Sussex County Council, East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT, Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT, Enfield London Borough, Enfield PCT, English Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), English Indices of Deprivation, Epidemiology, EQ-5D Health Questionnaire, Essex County Council, Ethnicity, Euro Hepatitis Index 2012 Report, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, Fast Food and Deprivation, Gateshead Metropolitan District, Gateshead PCT, Global Burden of Disease Study, Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire PCT, GP Patient Survey Data, Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT, Greenwich London Borough, Greenwich Teaching PCT, Hackney London Borough, Halton and St Helens PCT, Halton Unitary Authority, Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough, Hammersmith and Fulham PCT, Hampshire County Council, Hampshire PCT, Haringey London Borough, Haringey Teaching PCT, Harrow London Borough, Harrow PCT, Hartlepool PCT, Hartlepool Unitary Authority, Hastings and Rother PCT, Havering London Borough, Havering PCT, Health and Employment, Health and Justice, Health and Wellbeing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Survey for England (HSE), Healthcare, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline, Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis C Trust, Herefordshire County Unitary Authority, Herefordshire PCT, Hertfordshire County Council, Hertfordshire PCT, Heywood, High Body-Mass Index (BMI), Hillingdon London Borough, Hillingdon PCT, Hounslow London Borough, Hounslow PCT, HRQoL: Health-Related Quality of Life, Hull Teaching PCT, Human Novel Coronavirus (HCoV-EMC), Hypercholesterolaemia, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Institute of Alcohol Studies, Intramural Research Program: National Institute on Aging, Isle Of Wight NHS PCT, Isle of Wight Unitary Authority, Isles of Scilly Unitary Authority, Islington London Borough, Islington PCT, JAMA Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Kensington and Chelsea London Borough, Kensington and Chelsea PCT, Kent County Council, Kingston PCT, Kingston upon Hull Unitary Authority, Kingston upon Thames London Borough, Kirklees Metropolitan District, Kirklees PCT, Knowsley Metropolitan District, Knowsley PCT, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Lambeth London Borough, Lambeth PCT, Lancashire County Council, Leeds Metropolitan District, Leeds PCT, Leicester City PCT, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT, Leicestershire County Council, Leigh and Wigan PCT, Lewisham London Borough, Lewisham PCT, Lincolnshire County Council, Lincolnshire Teaching PCT, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease, Liver Disease Mortality, Liverpool Metropolitan District, Liverpool PCT, ll-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group (APPHG), Local Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Luton PCT, Luton Unitary Authority, Manchester Metropolitan District, Manchester Teaching PCT, Medical Research Council Vitamin Study, Medway PCT, Medway Unitary Authority, Mental Health and Employment, Merton London Borough, Mid Essex PCT, Middlesbrough PCT, Middlesbrough Unitary Authority, Middleton and Rochdale PCT, Milton Keynes PCT, Milton Keynes Unitary Authority, Modifiable Risk Factors, Monitoring of Liver Disease, National Cancer Intelligence Network, National Liver Disease Outcomes Strategy, National Obesity Forum, Newcastle PCT, Newcastle upon Tyne Metropolitan 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Stockport PCT, Stockton-on-Tees Teaching PCT, Stockton-on-Tees Unitary Authority, Stoke On Trent PCT, Stoke-on-Trent Unitary Authority, Street Spice Festival, Suffolk County Council, Suffolk PCT, Sunderland Metropolitan District, Sunderland Teaching PCT, Support for Liver Networks, Surrey County Council, Surrey PCT, Surveillance, Surveillance Report: Public Health in England, Sutton and Merton PCT, Sutton London Borough, Swindon PCT, Swindon Unitary Authority, Tameside and Glossop PCT, Tameside Metropolitan District, Telford and Wrekin PCT, Telford and Wrekin Unitary Authority, Thurrock Unitary Authority, Torbay Care Trust, Torbay Unitary Authority, Tower Hamlets London Borough, Tower Hamlets PCT, Trafford Metropolitan District, Trafford PCT, University of California, University of Florida, University of Tennessee, Upper Tier Local Authorities, Visual Impairment, Wakefield District PCT, Wakefield Metropolitan District, Walsall Metropolitan District, Walsall Teaching PCT, Waltham Forest London Borough, Waltham Forest PCT, Wandsworth London Borough, Wandsworth PCT, Warrington PCT, Warrington Unitary Authority, Warwickshire County Council, Warwickshire PCT, Wellbeing, West Berkshire Unitary Authority, West Essex PCT, West Kent PCT, West Sussex County Council, West Sussex PCT, Western Cheshire PCT, Westminster London Borough, Westminster PCT, Wigan Metropolitan District, Wiltshire PCT, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Authority, Wirral Metropolitan District, Wirral PCT, Wokingham Unitary Authority, Wolverhampton City PCT, Wolverhampton Metropolitan District, Worcestershire County Council, Worcestershire PCT, Work-Related Illness, Work-Related Mental Health Problems, York Unitary Authority
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PHE Data and Knowledge Information Portal (Department of Health / Public Health England)
Summary The PHE Data and Knowledge Gateway offers public health professionals access to numerous analytical tools and information resources via a single portal. “Over 100 tools are available through the gateway. They cover a wide range of public health areas, … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, National, NHS Evidence, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Professor Steve Field: Chief Inspector of General Practice (Care Quality Commission)
Summary The Care Quality Commission has appointed Professor Steve Field (from NHS England) as the first Chief Inspector of General Practice. This role will involve: Championing the interests of people who use primary medical services. Making judgments concerning the quality of care provided. Ensuring health and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barriers to Integration, Chief Inspector of General Practice, CQC Primary Medical Services Team, Dentistry, General Practice, Generalist Inspectors (CQC), GPs, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Improving Long-Term Care and Support, Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Integrated Commissioning, Integration, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Patients with Dementia in Primary Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Providers, Primary Dental Care, Primary Medical Services, Primary Medical Services Management Team (CQC), Primary Mental Health Care, Reducing Delays in Dementia Diagnosis, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Reducing Unplanned Hospitalisation, Reducing Variation, Registered Primary Care Providers, Role of CQC in Improving Dementia Care, Service Integration
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Dementia Does Not Discriminate: Experiences of Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities in the UK (APPG on Dementia / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia 2013 inquiry into the experiences of people living with dementia in the UK within minority ethnic groups, entitled “Dementia does not discriminate”, indicates that there are nearly 25,000 people … Continue reading →
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Launch of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia’s Report on People Living with Dementia in BAME Communities (Race Equality Foundation)
Summary The All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia’s inquiry into the experience of people living with dementia in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities is due to launch their report on July 2nd 2013. Evidence sessions were held in Parliament during March 2013. Read … Continue reading →
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Engaging with BME Communities (NHS Confederation / BME Leadership Forum)
Summary The principles of the NHS entail promoting equality and diversity as central to the delivery of high quality services. This report from the NHS Confederation’s BME Leadership Forum presents examples of service providers and commissioners which have developed innovative … Continue reading →
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