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Tag Archives: Information About Services
Patient Choice: The NHS Choice Framework (Department of Health)
Summary The NHS Choice Framework clarifies patients’ rights about their choices / options regarding their healthcare, including how / where to find information to help them choose, and how to complain when choices are not available. Full Text Link Reference … 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), National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Dementia Roadmap for GPs and Patients (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)
Summary The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has developed an online dementia resource for GPs, which links to information on patient’s emerging needs as dementia develops, from diagnosis onwards. This “Dementia Roadmap” tool also signposts patients to suitable local resources, … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Admissions to Residential Care, Advice and Information, Care and Support Planning, Care Homes, Care in Local Communities, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week 2014, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Roadmap Project, Dementia Roadmap Web-Based Tool, Devon, Diagnosis of Dementia, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, GPs, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Living Well with Dementia, Local Agencies, Local Assets, Local Care Providers, Local Care Services, Local Roadmaps, Memory Clinics, Memory Loss, Memory Problems, Non-Residential Social Services, North Somerset, Nursing and Residential Homes, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Post-Discharge Support, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, RCGP, Referral, Referral and Assessment, Referral to Treatment, Referrals Assessments and Packages of Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Facilities, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, South Gloucester
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NHS Choice Framework (Department of Health)
Summary The NHS Choice Framework explains patients’ rights to choice about their health care, how to access information to help making choices, and how to complain if not offered any choice. The Choice Framework is to be updated annually. The … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2014/15 Choice Framework, Advice and Information, Autonomy and Choice, Choice, Choice Framework, Choosing a GP and GP Practice, Direct Payments, Information About Services, Information and Advice Services, Informed Choice, Involvement and Participation, NHS Choice Framework, NHS Constitution, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Participation in Research, Patient Choice, Patient Choice Framework, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Involvement in Research, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Personalisation and Choice of Care and Support, Third Party Budgets, Travel to Another European Country for Treatment
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Post Diagnostic Support (NHS England)
Summary Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, has written about the importance of support for people after diagnosis. “The need to support people with dementia, their families and carers is the next step following a diagnosis”. Full … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Advice and Information, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Coping with Caregiving: Professor Gill Livingstone, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Advisors, Developing Peer Support for Long Term Conditions: Lothian and Lanarkshire, Five Pillars of Post-Diagnostic Support, Guideposts Trust, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Information for Carers, Information for Patients, Information Needs of Carers, Information Prescription, Peer Support, Peer Support Groups, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Roles, Peer Support Services, Peer Support Workers, Post-Diagnostic Support, Professor Alistair Burns, STrAtegies for RelaTives
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Three Patient Information Leaflets from Parkinson’s UK (Parkinson’s UK)
Summary Three further briefings, tailored specifically to the information needs of patients, families and carers, have been produced by the charity Parkinson’s UK. Mild Memory Problems This briefing offers insights into the symptoms of mild cognitive impairment and offers practical … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Advice and Information, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Education, Information and Support for Carers, Information for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Lewy Bodies, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy Body Parkinson Disease, Lewy Body Society, Memory Problems, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mild Memory Problems, Parkinson’s Dementia, Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s UK (Parkinsons Disease Society), Patient Information, Patient Information Factsheet
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Government Policy: Improving Care for People with Dementia (Department of Health)
Summary From late March 2013 the Department of Health’s website is being archived and will no longer be updated. It should still be possible to access old content on their previous site using the existing links supplied throughout this information … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Department of Health, Diagnosis, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Assessment, Assessment and Diagnosis, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Call to Action on Antipsychotic Drugs (Dementia Action Alliance), Care Homes, Creating Dementia-Friendly Hospitals (Dementia Action Alliance), Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Awareness Campaign, Dementia Care and Support Compact, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Toolkit for GP Commissioners, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Pledge, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Diagnosis Rates, GPs' Dementia Toolkit, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information for Carers, Information for Patients, Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia, National Dementia Declaration, National Dementia Strategy, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Health Check Programme, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Raising Awareness, Staff Pledges
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