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On the Influence of Primary Care Quality Upon Hospital Admissions by People with Dementia in England: Exploring the Limits of Intervention (CHE / PloS One / BMJ / JGCR / BMJ Open)
Summary A recent study by the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) found that GP practices which review their dementia patients as part of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) tend to have relatively fewer emergency hospital admissions by persons with dementia. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
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Variable Standards of Hospital Dementia Care in England (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society may have found further evidence of poor and variable care in a review of acute hospital care for dementia patients. Their report is based on Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, to which not all Trusts were … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Commissioning, 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Care For Patients With Dementia (CHKS Analyses), Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Inpatients Who Need Help with Eating, Adult Inpatients Who Need Help with Eating: Patients Who Do Not Receive Enough Help from Staff with Eating Meals, Alzheimer's Society’s Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Alzheimer’s Society's Call for All Hospitals to Publish Annual Dementia Statements, Annual Dementia Statements (Recommendation), Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Carer Friendly Hospitals, CHKS, CHKS Ltd, Compliance With Core Standards, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dangerous and Inadequate Care in Hospitals in England, Dehydration, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Dementia and Falls, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Friendly Hospital Charter (DAA), Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Dignity and Respect, Dignity and Wellbeing, Dignity Factors, Dignity on the Ward, Discharge Coordination, Elderly Malnutrition, Emergency Readmissions Within 30 Days (For People With Dementia), End-User Experience, Excess Costs for Acute Care From Patients With Dementia, Excess Costs of Acute Care For Patients With Dementia, Excessive Force, Falls in Hospitals, Falls in Older People, Falls Prevention, Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Fix Dementia Care: Hospitals, Fix Dementia Care: Hospitals (Alzheimer’s Society), FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Health Education England’s (HEE’s) Dementia Awareness Training Programme, Help With Eating, Hip Fractures After Falls in Hospital, Hospital Care for People with Dementia, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Impact of Dementia on Length of Stay, Improving Patient Safety, Inappropriate Care, Inpatient Falls, Inpatient Survey, Jeremy Hughes (Alzheimer’s Society Chief Executive), Length of Stay, Length of Stay (LoS), National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals, Not Being Treated With Dignity and Respect During Hospital Stays, Nurse Staffing Levels, Nutrition and Hydration, Overnight Discharge, Patient Experience, Patient Experience Research, Patient Safety, Patient Safety in the NHS, Patients Not Receiving Help When Needed During Hospital Stays, Patients Treated With Excessive Force, Patients Who Do Not Receive Enough Help from Staff with Eating, Personalised Dementia Care, Physical Restraint, Poor or Inconsistent Standards of Dignity and Help With Eating During Hospital Stays, Poor Patient Experience, Prevalence of Inconsistent and Poor Standards of Dignity and Help With Eating, Readmissions, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Reducing Re-Admissions NHS Hospitals, Relative Risks in Older Hospital Patient Population, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Service User Experience, Staff and Board Training, Support With Eating in Hospitals, Supporting Patients With Dementia, This is Me: Person-Centred Care, Transparency and Accountability, Transparency and Accountability in Governance, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, User Experience, Variations in Care, Variations in Hospital Care for People With Dementia, Variations in Quality of Care
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Seven Day NHS Services: Coming Soon? (BBC News / Department of Health / HSCIC)
Summary It was announced, coinciding with the Conservative Party Conference, that GPs in England will be offered a voluntary contract to provide seven day services for patients. Seven day hospital services should be operational in half of England by 2018 … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Centralisation of Stroke Care (BBC News / BMJ)
Summary Stroke care should be centralised in large specialist units. People suffering a stroke in London have been taken to one of eight 24-hour specialist stroke units since 2010 (rather than their nearest unit) with improved outcomes. Centralising stroke care … Continue reading
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