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Tag Archives: Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality
On the Potential of Fracture Liaison Services (NHS England / National Osteoporosis Society)
Summary The following piece introduces work at the National Osteoporosis Society’s Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) on reducing fragility fractures by identifying patients at risk of osteoporosis. Readers are invited to consider: “One month after suffering a hip fracture, one-in-three people … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Guidelines, Hip Fractures, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged British Geriatrics Society (BGS), British Orthopaedic Association, Clinical Standards for Fracture Liaison Services, Commissioning FLSs, Dr Neil Gittoes: Associate Medical Director and Clinical Lead for Peer Review of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Services, Enhanced Surveillance: At Risk Individuals, Falls and Fragility Fractures (FFF), FLS Benefits Calculator, FLS Business Case, FLS Outcome and Performance Indicators, FLS Service Improvement Guide, FLS Service Specification, Fracture Liaison Service Implementation Toolkit, Fracture Liaison Services, Fracture Liaison Services (FLS), Fracture Prevention Practitioner Training, Fracture Prevention Practitioners (FPPs), Fragility Fractures, Henry Mace: Professional Development Lead at National Osteoporosis Society, Identification of People At Risk of Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures, Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, National Osteoporosis Society, National Osteoporosis Society’s Fracture Liaison Services (FLS), Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures, Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Services, Patient Targeting and Risk Stratification, Peer Review of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Services, People With Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures, Population Groups At Risk, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Reducing Admissions to Residential Care, Reducing Premature Mortality, Reducing Re-Admissions to NHS Hospitals, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Risk Stratification, Risk Stratification Programmes, Secondary Prevention of Fragility Fractures, Services Reducing Use of Hospitals
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Public Health England’s Research and Innovation Strategy (PHE / NHS IQ)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) have released their strategy for research, development and innovation, following a consultation. The set of seven PHE priorities have been resolved across five broader high level strategic constructs. Topic headings in this report comprise: The … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Academic Public Health Research Support Network, Andrew Lambe: NHS IQ's Knowledge and Intelligence Team, ‘Social Science Shaping Society, Best Research for Best Health, Better Knowledge Better Care (BKBC), Birmingham University, BKBC: Better Knowledge Better Care (NHS IQ), Cambridge MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge Veterinary School, Childhood Obesity, Cigarette Smoking, CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), Clinical Research Networks (CRNs), Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs), Davenport on KM, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Empire Building, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Evidence Into Action (PHE), Exeter University, Global Burden of Disease (GBD), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Wellbeing, Health Equity, Health Inequalities, Health Protection Research Units (HPRUs), Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Lifestyles, HEE Research and Innovation Strategy, Imperial College London, Imperial College NHS Trust, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Institute of Food Research, Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT), Irresponsible Drinking, JLA PSP: James Lind Alliance Priority-Setting Partnership, Joanne Loughlin-Ridley: NHS IQ’s Knowledge and Intelligence Team, Kings College London, Knowledge Conversion, Knowledge Cycle, Knowledge Management (KM), Knowledge Networks, Knowledge Translation, Knowledge Translation Theory, Knowledge Workers, Learning and Clinical Networks, Learning Culture, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Living Well for Longer, Local Public Health, Local Public Health Services, Local Public Health System Functions, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI), Newcastle University, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS IQ, NHS IQ’s Knowledge and Intelligence Team, NHS Preventative Services, NIHR Health Informatics Collaborative (NIHR HIC), NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) Initiative, NIHR Health Protection Research Units, NIHR HPRU: NIHR Health Protection Research Unit, NIHR HPRUs, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, NIHR School for Public Health Research, NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR), NIHR School for Social Care Research, NIHR SPHR: NIHR School for Public Health Research, NOCRI: NIHR Office for Coordination of Clinical Research Infrastructure, NWL Academic Health Science Network, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity Time-Bomb, Organisational Knowledge Management, PHE Intervention Evaluation Process, PHE Knowledge Management Framework, PHE Publication Standard Process, PHE R&D Group, PHE Research and Innovation Strategy, PHE Research and Innovation Strategy: Priority Five. Communication, PHE Research and Innovation Strategy: Priority Four. Innovation, PHE Research and Innovation Strategy: Priority One. Knowledge, PHE Research and Innovation Strategy: Priority Three. Capacity, PHE Research and Innovation Strategy: Priority Two. Infrastructure, PHE: Public Health England, PHE’s Knowledge Strategy, PHE’s Research Strategy, Preventable Mortality, Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Prevention of Tobacco Related Diseases, Problem Drinking, Protecting and Improving the Nation’s Health (PHE), Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England: Research and Innovation Strategy (2015), Public Health Knowledge Cycle, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Public Health Workforce Strategy, Research and Innovation, Research Changes Lives, Research Networks, Research Priorities and Networks, Research Translation and Innovation, Smoking-Related Mortality, Social Deprivation, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Economic and Environmental Determinant, Social Epidemiology, Social Inequality, Supporting Research and Innovation, Translational Research, UKCRC Centres of Excellence in Public Health, UKCRC: UK Clinical Research Collaboration, University College London, University College London London, University of Bristol, University of East Anglia, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, University of Oxford Animal and Plant Health Agency, University of the West of England, Wellbeing, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellness and Resilience
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Public Health England’s Annual Plan (PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) have released their annual plan, which presents this organisation’s core functions and outlines intended actions for the coming year. “We … continue to support local authorities, the NHS and others to help people live longer, … Continue reading →
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Consumption of Nuts Reduces Risks of Early Mortality and Neurodegenerative Diseases? (BBC News / NHS Choices / International Journal of Epidemiology)
Summary Researchers at Maastricht University have discovered there is a 23% lower chance of death over a 10-year study period in people eating 10g (0.3oz) or more of nuts or peanuts per day. Over 120,000 Dutch middle-aged to elderly men … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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Public Health Reasearch Priorities and Related Developments (BBC News / PHE / NAO)
Summary A consultation document presents Public Health England (PHE)’s plans for research, development and innovation. The seven priorities are: Tackling obesity. Reducing smoking. Reducing harmful drinking. Ensuring every child has the best start in life. Reducing dementia risks. Tackling antimicrobial … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, National Audit Office, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol or Tobacco Withdrawal, Anti-Smoking Laws, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (ARHAI), Ash (Action on Smoking and Health), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Childhood Hospitalisations for Respiratory Tract Tnfections, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Science, Behavioural Science in the Digital Age, Best Start in Life, Binge Drinking and Overeating, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Brigham and Women's Hospital: Harvard Medical School, Childhood Obesity, Cigarette Smoking, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dept of Primary Care and Public Health: Imperial College London, English Local Authorities, Erasmus University Medical Centre, European Respiratory Journal, Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke, Fit for Work, Harvard Medical School, Health and Wellbeing, Health Economics, Health Equity, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Survey for England, Healthy Child Programme, Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Lifestyles, Heavy Smoking, Imperial College London, Improving Local Public Health, Income Inequality and Health, Incomes and Poverty, Inequalities in Infant Mortality, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Irresponsible Drinking, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Living Well for Longer, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority Public Health Spending, Local Authority Public Health Spending and Outcomes, Local Public Health, Local Public Health Services, Local Public Health System Functions, Local Solutions: Place-Based Approaches, Maastricht University, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Audit Office (NAO), Netherlands Centre of Medical Informatics, Netherlands Division of Neonatology: Erasmus University Medical Centre, NHS Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, NHS Health Check Programme: Literature Review, NHS Preventative Services, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity Time-Bomb, Passive Smoking, PHE: Public Health England, PHE’s Strategic Review, Preventable Mortality, Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Prevention of Tobacco Related Diseases, Problem Drinking, Protecting and Improving the Nation’s Health (PHE), Public Dialogue on Health Inequalities in Local Areas, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England: Strategy for Research Development and Innovation, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Unplanned Hospitalisation, Risk Factors, School for Public Health and Primary Care: Maastricht University, School of Public Health: Imperial College London, Science Hub, Second-Hand Smoke (SHS), Second-Hand Smoke Exposure, Seven Principles of Public Dialogue on Health Inequalities in Local Areas, Smart Algorithms, Smoke-Free Legislation (in England), Smoke-Free Legislation and Childhood Hospitalisations for Respiratory Tract Tnfections, Smoking, Smoking and Nicotine, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Increases Risk of Dementia, Smoking-Related Mortality, Social Deprivation, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Tackling Inequalities, Tobacco Consumption, Tobacco Consumption (Passive), Tobacco Smoking, Tuberculosis (TB), University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh's Centre for Population Health Sciences, Unplanned Hospitalisation, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics: University of Edinburgh, Value for Money (VfM), Wellbeing, Wellness and Resilience, Workplace Wellbeing Charter
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Text Messaging Improves Adherence to Cardiovascular Preventive Treatment: the INTERACT Trial (BBC News / Plos ONE)
Summary The NHS spends over £500 million on wasted medicines and avoidable illness per year, it has been estimated. Earlier research indicates that about one-third of patients do not take their medication as directed. Text messaging services could help people … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adherence to Cardiovascular Preventive Treatment (INTERACT Trial), Adherence to Medication Routines, Adherence to Statin Therapy, Astra Zeneca, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Ill-Health, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Barts Hospital Special Trustees, BBC Health News, Gephyra IHC (Amsterdam), Health Information Technology, Information Technology, Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medication, Medication Adherence, Medication Errors (Patient), Medication Nonadherence, Medications: Best Usage, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Medicines Waste Awareness, Mobile Phone Messaging, Mobile Phone Messaging For Self-Management Of Long-Term Conditions, Mobile Technology, MoSelf-Management of Long-Term Conditions, Multimedia Message Service (MMS), Patient Experience, Polypill Crossover Trials in People Aged 50 and Over, Polypill Ltd, Queen Mary Innovation, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Self-Administration, Self-Care, Self-Directed Care, Self-Management, Self-Management of Long-Term Illnesses, Self-Management Support, Short Message Service: SMS, Supported Self-Care, Telemonitoring, Text Messaging, Treatment Adherence, Waste of Prescription Medicines, Wasted Resources, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine: Queen Mary University of London
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Protecting and Improving the Nation’s Health (PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has published a strategic document which defines seven priorities for the next five years. Health professionals, local and national government, the voluntary and community sector and the public are invited to apply the latest evidence concerning … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Childcare: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Access to Education: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Alcohol or Tobacco Withdrawal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (ARHAI), Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Science in the Digital Age, Binge Drinking and Overeating, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Child Poverty: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Childhood Education: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Childhood Flu Programme, Childhood Obesity, Cigarette Smoking, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Early Intervention Foundation, Energy Efficiency: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Evidence Into Action (PHE), Excess Alcohol Consumption: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, From Evidence Into Action (PHE), Fuel Poverty: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Health and Wellbeing, Health Equity, Health Inequalities, Healthy Child Programme, Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Lifestyles, Heavy Smoking, Income Inequality and Health, Incomes and Poverty, Inequalities in Infant Mortality, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Irresponsible Drinking, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Living Well for Longer, Local Solutions: Place-Based Approaches, Measles Mumps and Rubella Immunisations, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, NHS Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Preventative Services, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity Time-Bomb, PHE: Public Health England, Preventable Mortality, Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Prevention of Tobacco Related Diseases, Problem Drinking, Protecting and Improving the Nation’s Health (PHE), Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Outcomes Framework, Retention of Older People (Employers), Risk Factors, Smoking, Smoking and Nicotine, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Increases Risk of Dementia, Smoking-Related Mortality, Social Deprivation, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Economic and Environmental Determinant, Social Epidemiology, Social Inequality, Spend and Outcome Tool (SPOT), Start4Life and Information Service for Parents, Tobacco Consumption, Tobacco Smoking, Tobacco Smoking: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Tuberculosis (TB), UK Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2013 to 2018, Unhealthy Behaviours, University College London Institute of Health Equity, Unwarranted Variations, Vascular Risk Factors, Well North Programme, Wellbeing, Wellness and Resilience, What Works Centre for Early Intervention, What Works Centre for Wellbeing, Workplace Wellbeing Charter
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Housing With Care to Promote Independent Living (BBC News / Demos / Age UK)
Summary Paul Burstow, the former Care Services Minister, has proposed that surplus NHS land could be used for building dedicated housing for older people. This is just one of a number of suggestions to encourage investment in extra care housing … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accessible and Adaptable Homes, Adaptable Homes, Adapted Flats, Age Cymru, Age Friendly Homes, Age NI, Age Scotland, Age UK Handy Person Service, Age UK Integrated Care Programme, Aids and Adaptations, Alzheimer’s Association’s Great Illinois Chapter, Anchor, Autonomy, Autonomy and Choice, Autonomy and Self-Determination, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Better Care Fund, Building Research Establishment (BRE), Business Case for Extra Care Housing, Commission on Residential Care, Commission on Residential Care (CORC), Commission on Residential Care: Chaired by Paul Burstow MP, Committee for the Wagner Review of Residential Care, Commonhold, Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), Complex Needs, Cooperative Mutual or Profit-Sharing Ownership Models, Creative Use of NHS Estate, De Hogeweyk, Delayed Discharges, Dementia Care Awards, Dementia Friendly Housing Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Demographic Change, Demos, Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), Disposing of Surplus Land, Eden Square (Greater Manchester), Empowerment, Empowerment Through Personalised Support, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficient Homes, English Community Care Association (ECCA), Ethos of Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing, Florence Leonard Centre for Living (Boston), Former Care Services Minister Paul Burstow, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Friends and Neighbours Movement (FaNS), Fuel Poverty, Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency, Funding Challenges, Future of Residential Care, Gifted Housing (Age UK), Glendale Lodge (Kent), Government Housing Grants, Hartrigg Oaks (York), HC-One, Health and Housing, Health and Housing Policy, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Well-being Boards (HWBB), Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Home Adaptations, Hospital Discharge, Housing & Care 21’s Sycamore Extra Care Scheme (North Yorkshire), Housing Adaptations, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Extra Care, Housing and Health Partnerships, Housing and Long-Term Conditions, Housing and People with Dementia, Housing Associations, Housing in Later Life, Housing Market for Older People, Housing Organisations, Housing Providers, Housing With Care, Humanitas Bergweg (Rotterdam), Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Inspection, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Lasell Retirement Village (Boston MA), Leonard Cheshire Disability, Liberal Democrat Former Health Minister Paul Burstow, Life Experiences Checklist (LEC), Lifetime Homes Standards (LHS), Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Local Authorities, Local Commissioning, Local Housing Developments, Local Housing Strategies, Maintaining Independence, My Home Life Essex Community Association (MHLECA), My Home Life Essex FaNS, My Home Life Programme, National Care Forum (NCF), National Planning Policy Framework, National Skills Academy for Social Care, NCVO’s Volunteering in Care Homes Pilot, NHS Surplus Land, Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR), Patient Discharge, Paul Burstow (Former Care Services Minister), Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat, Planning Gain Charges (Under S106 and the Community Infrastructure Levy), Poor Housing Poor Health, Preventable Excess Winter Deaths, Reablement, Reablement Services for People Leaving Hospital, Rebranding Residential Care, Regaining Independence, Registration, Regulation, Residential Accommodation, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Care Settings, Residential Forum, Respect for Autonomy, Retirement Housing, Retirement Housing Needs, Retirement Villages, Rt Hon. Paul Burstow MP, Service Integration, Sheltered (Social Rented) and Retirement Housing (Private Sector), Sheltered and Retirement Housing, Smart Home Adaptations, Social Housing, Social Wellbeing in Extra Care Housing, Specialised Housing, Spread the Warmth Campain (Age UK), Staying Independent, Step-Down and Step-Up Care, Sunrise Senior Living UK, Support for People with Complex Needs, Supported Housing, Surplus Land for Housing, System-Wide Integration, Technology Enabled Care Services, Tenancy Framework, Tenancy in Care Homes, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, Tunstall Healthcare (UK), Unsuitable Housing Costs NHS Millions, Vision for Residential Care, West Hall Anchor care home (West Byfleet), What Older People Want (Three Studies), Whitely Village (Surrey)
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National CQUIN Incentives to Encourage Physical Health Checks for Mental Health Patients (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary Mental health patients tend to die from physical health problems around 15 years earlier than the general population. To help overcome these health inequalities, mental health trusts will be paid for performing assessments of the general physical condition and … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS Alliance, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Avoidable Ill-Health, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Payment Framework, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation Scheme (CQUINs), CQUIN Incentive Payments, CQUIN Payments, CQUINs, Dr Geraldine Strathdee: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Mental Health, Elderly Mental Health, Health and Wellbeing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Increasing Wellbeing, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle MOTs, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Mental Health Co-Morbidities, Mental Health Commissioning, Mental Health Hospitals, Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Wellbeing, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Physical Health Checks for Mental Health Patients, Physical Wellbeing, Potentially Preventable Complications in Hospitalis, Preventable Deaths in English Acute Hospitals, Preventable Hospital Deaths, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Preventable Mortality, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Health Inequalities, Risk Factors, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities
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Proposals for Reducing Health Inequalities (Department of Health / NICE / British Council’s Innovation Unit / UCL / CLASS)
Summary This letter from the Secretary of State for Health recognises the importance of reducing health inequalities and specifies nine criteria which will be used to assess whether health bodies (including the Department of Health, NHS England, Public Health England, … Continue reading →
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