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Tag Archives: Local Assets
We Are Primary Care (Pharmacy Voice)
Summary This document clarifies the roles of different primary care services for the general public, with a view to encouraging their use for all but the most serious emergencies. The role primary care in supporting public health is discussed. “Pharmacy … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Care, Ageing Policy in the UK, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO), Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers (ACLM), Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies (AIMp), Association of Optometrists (AOP), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Choice, Community Assets, Community Hearing Providers, Community Pharmacies, Community Pharmacists, Community Pharmacy, Company Chemists’ Association (CCA), Consistent Care Pathways across England, Contribution Community Pharmacy to Public Health, Dispensing Health™ Campaign, Every Contact Counts, Eyesight, Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO), Federation of Opticians (FODO), Funding Transfer to Local Authorities, Health Inequalities, Health Policy, Hearing Loss, Impaired Sight, Improving Access, Improving Local Public Health, Local Assets, Local Authorities, Local Community Assets, Local Public Health, Making Every Contact Count, Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Making Every Contact Count Programme (MECC), National Community Hearing Association (NCHA), National Pharmacy Association (NPA), NHS Alliance, NHS Community Pharmacies, NHS England’s Community Pharmacy Call to Action, Obesity, Optical Confederation (OC), Out-of-Hospital Care, Patient Choice, Pharmacy Voice, Pharmacy Voice (PV), Policy Context, Poor Eyesight, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Primary Care, Public Health, Public Health Agenda, Reducing Health Inequalities, Sensory Impairment, Sight Loss, Smoking Cessation, Visual Impairment
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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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Social Value Guide (Social Enterprise UK)
Summary This guide from Social Enterprise UK, in association with Anthony Collins Solicitors, is intended to help with embedding social value in commissioning and procurement. It is aimed at local government or public bodies which will be affected by the Public … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Anchor Institutions (Including NHS Hospital Trusts STPs and ICSs), Anchor Institutions in Place, Anchor Organisations, Anthony Collins Solicitors, Best Value Duty, Contract Management, Duty of Best Value, Local Area Plan, Local Assets, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Decision-Making, Local Government, Local Policy Development, Local Strategic Commissioning, NHS as an Anchor Institution, Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), Public Service Reform, Public Services, Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Sandwell Community Caring Trust, Social Economics, Social Economy, Social Enterprise UK, Social Enterprises, Social Value, Social Value Act 2012, Social Value Guide, Sustainable Community Strategy
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Guidance on Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies (Department of Health / BMA Guidance)
Summary A Department of Health document advises health and wellbeing boards (and their partners) about performing and contributing to Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and joint health and wellbeing strategies under the new health and care system. Health and wellbeing boards … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, National, NHS, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Best Value Practices, BMA Guidance, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning for Outcomes, Duty to Consult and Best Value Duty, Health and Overview Scrutiny Committees, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Healthwatch, Integration, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local Accounts, Local Assets, Local Authorities, Local Authority Scrutiny Functions, Local HealthWatch, NHS Commissioning Board, Outcomes Framework, Pooled Budgets (Pooled Funds), Public Health England (PHE), Public Sector Equality Duty, Responsible Commissioners, Safeguarding Adults Board, Statutory Duty, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS)
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Windows of Opportunity: Prevention and Early Intervention in Dementia (SCIE Dementia Gateway)
[A version of this abstract appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 1 Issue 9, April 2011]. Summary The Windows of Opportunity for Prevention and Early Intervention in Dementia Toolkit is the crowning output from the National Dementia Strategy Objective N0.6 … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Community Personal Support, Diagnosis, Early Interventions, Local Assets, Personal Resources, SCIE Dementia Gateway, Windows of Opportunity: Prevention and Early Intervention in Dementia
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