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Tag Archives: Intermediate Care Teams
More on Emergency Admissions and Provision for Winter Pressures (NHS England / BBC News / BMJ Open / NHS Choices / Monitor / BMA)
Summary NHS England is distributing a further £150 million to help hospitals in England maintain their A&E services over winter. This is in addition to the £250 million allocated to the most at-risk hospitals in September, and is intended for … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, 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, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 7 Day GP Care in Durham to Ease A&E, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Social Care, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing Society, Ambulatory Care, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACS), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, BMJ Open, Care Homes, Care in Appropriate Settings, Care Integration, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Cold Weather Plan, Community Pharmacy, Consultant Input, Coordinated Care, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Derbyshire Health United (DHU), Emergency Admission Rates in UK, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Multidisciplinary Unit (EMU), Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Emergency Services, Enhanced Rapid Response Service, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, General Hospitals, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GP Services, GPs, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Home Ward and Enhanced Rapid Response Service, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Social Care Services, Hospital Bed Capacity, Inappropriate Care Settings, Integrated Care Condition, Integration of Health and Social Care, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care Beds, Intermediate Care Capacity, Intermediate Care Teams, Joined-Up Care, Kettering General Hospital, Local GP Services, Medical Care Research Unit: University of Sheffield, Monitor, NHS 111, NHS Ambulance Trusts, NHS Direct and NHS 111, NHS England Winter Health Check, NHS Pathways Software, NHS Trust Development Authority, North of England Commissioning Support (NECS), Out-of-Hours Social Work, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Patient Inflow, Pharmacy Services: Community, Population Growth and Ageing, Population Winter Pressures, Preparations for Winter, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Public Health England (PHE), Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, RightCare Plans, ScHARR: University of Sheffield, Self-Care, South Tees Hospital in Middlesbrough, South Tees NHS Trust, St Lawrence Surgery in Worthing, Supporting Self-Care, Surveillance and Reporting, Systemic Pressures in the NHS, Telephone Triage Service, University of Sheffield, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Centres, Urgent Care Contacts, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Urgent Care Working Groups, Urgent Care Working Groups (UCWGs), Walk-in Centres
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Audit of Intermediate Care Commissioning and Provision in England (NHS Benchmarking)
Summary The 2012 audit covered health-related bed and home intermediate care services. NHS Benchmarking’s “National Audit of Intermediate Care Report 2013” has been extended to cover crisis response and social care reablement services. “only 53% of home based services have … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged AGILE, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Bed Based Intermediate Care, Bed Based Services, Bed Occupancy, Bed-Based Intermediate Care Services, Bed/Home and Step Up/Down Provision, BGS, British Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Care Integration, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), College of Occupational Therapists, College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Older People (COTSS-OP), Commissioning Task, Community Care Services, Community Hospitals, Community Unit Models, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, COTSS-OP: College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Older People, Crisis Home Treatment, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT), Crisis Response, Crisis Support, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Duration of Service (Home Based Services), Elderly Rehabilitation Services, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Failed Discharges, Frail Older People’s Board (FOPB), Halfway Home, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Home Based Intermediate Care, Home Based Services, Hospital Discharge, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care and Reablement Services Bristol Community Health (BCH), Intermediate Care Capacity, Intermediate Care Geriatrician, Intermediate Care Teams, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Strategic Planning, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), NAIC 2013, National Audit of Intermediate Care Report 2013, NHS Benchmarking, NHS Benchmarking Network, Occupational Therapists, Older People’s Specialists’ Forum, Partnership Working, Patient Rated Experience Measures (PREMs), Patient-reported Experience Measures (PREMs) Tool, Patients Association, Re-ablement Activity, Re-admission Avoidance Scheme (RAS), Reablement, Reablement Services, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Rehabilitation Services, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), Single Point of Access (SPA), Social Care Reablement Services, Staffing (Intermediate Care), Step Down, Step Up, Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning and Commissioning, Variation in Commissioning, Vulnerable Adults, Whole System Impact, Whole System Performance, Whole Systems Approach, Whole-System Approaches
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Transforming Health Care: Ten Priorities for Commissioners (King’s Fund)
Summary This paper outlines priorities for commissioners in the NHS, with a view to changes to the healthcare system from April 2013. “The ageing population and increased prevalence of chronic diseases require a strong re-orientation away from the current emphasis on acute and episodic care towards … Continue reading
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Tagged Age and Ageing, Ageing Population, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACS), Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), Avoidable Admissions, Care and Support White Paper 2012, Care Management, Clinical Commissioning, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Task, Elective Admissions, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Care, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Emergency Services, EOL, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health Care Reform, High Quality Commissioning, Integrated Commissioning, Intermediate Care Teams, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medication Errors, Mental Health and Wellbeing, NHS Reform, Outcome-Based Commissioning, Place of Death, Prescription Management, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Primary Prevention, Priorities for Commissioners (King's Fund), Public Health Reform, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Secondary Prevention, Self-Care, Self-Management, Social Care Reform, Unplanned Hospital Admissions
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National Audit of Intermediate Care Report 2012 (NHS Benchmarking Network, British Geriatrics Society)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 2, September 2012]. Summary Unnecessary hospital admissions and longer acute hospital stays by the frail and elderly need to be reduced significantly in order … Continue reading
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