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Tag Archives: Local Authorities (LAs)
Statistical Process Control Applied to Delayed Transfers of Care (NHS Improvement)
Summary Delayed transfers of care (DToC) are widely recognised to be a significant cause of unnecessary harm to patients, and potentially avoidable financial costs to the taxpayer. NHS Improvement’s “Delayed transfer of care (DToC) improvement tool” incorporates the latest data from … 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Areas With the Highest Delayed Transfers of Care, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Cross-Sector Partnerships, Dashboards, Delayed Transfer of Care (DToC) Improvement Tool (NHS Improvement), Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Discharge From Acute and Mental Health Trusts, DToCs Dashboard, Efficiency Opportunities, English Local Authorities, Geographical Variations, Health and Adult Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Health Services: Variations, NHS Improvement's Delayed Transfers of Care Improvement Tool, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Pivot Table Slicers (Excel Tool), Post-Discharge Support, QI: Quality Improvement, Quality and Efficiency Opportunities, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Regional Variations, Social Care Delays (Impact on Hospital Bed-Days and LoS), Social Care Providers, Statistical Process Control, Statistical Process Control (SPC) Principles, Statistical Process Control Methodology, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variation in Performance, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Whole System Dashboards, Whole System Patient Flows
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Examining Alternative Visions of Funding Social Care for Older People in England (King’s Fund / Health Foundation)
The Kings Fund and the Health Foundation have produced a report on “Approaches to social care funding”. It considers the various advantages and disadvantages of a variety of proposed approaches to funding social care for older people, which include (quotation): … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2017 General Election, Access to Health and Social Care Support, Adult Social Care Workforce, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care Tax (So-Called Dementia Tax), Conservative Party’s 2017 Election Manifesto, Consultation on Adult Social Care Workforce (2018), Continuing Healthcare Framework (NHS CHC), Coordinated Health and Social Care, Dementia Tax, Department of Health and Social Care Green Paper on Care and Support for Older People, Economic Sustainability, English Local Authorities, Entitlements to Health and Social Care, Facing the Facts Shaping the Future: Adult Social Care Workforce Consultation, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Funding Social Care for Older People in England, Health and Social Care Integration, Hypothecated Tax for Health and Social Care, Hypothecated Tax for Social Care, Hypothecated Taxes, Hypothecation, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Intergenerational Cohesion, Intergenerational Fairness, Intergenerational Inequality, Intergenerational Relations, Local Authorities (LAs), Means Test, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Insurance, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Upward Spending Pressures
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Social Care Unsustainable as a Cinderella Service (BBC News / NAO / King’s Fund / Health Foundation / Skills for Care)
Summary A recent National Audit Office (NAO) report explains why the Department of Health and Social Care needs to work harder to support the social care workforce. The number of people working in care does not match the growing demands … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, National Audit Office, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Staff Vacancy Rates, Adult Social Care Workforce, Adult Social Care Workforce in England (NAO 2018), Better Care Fund (BCF), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Homes, Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI), Commissioning Care, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Consultation on Adult Social Care Workforce (2018), Cost Pressures for Care Providers, Department of Health and Social Care (Formerly the Department of Health), Department of Health and Social Care Green Paper on Care and Support for Older People, English Local Authorities, Estimated Annual Increases in Care Jobs, Estimated Changes (Reductions) in Local Authority Spending Power, Facing the Facts Shaping the Future: Adult Social Care Workforce Consultation, Fair Work Action Plan, Fair Work Convention, Fair Work First, Fair Work Framework, Fair Work Report (Scottish Government), Funding of Local Authority Care, Health and Care Workforce Strategy for England (HEE), Home Care, Home Care Funding and Costs, Home Care Providers, Home Care Services, Home Care Shortfall, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workforce, Home Care: Commissioning, Joint Health and Social Care Workforce Strategy Planning, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authorities Social Services, Low Prestige of Caring as Career, National Audit Office (NAO), National Minimum Wage in the Care Sector, National Workforce Strategies, Non-British European Economic Area Nationals, Numbers of Jobs in Care Workforce in England (2016-17), Organisations With Responsibilities Relating to Adult Social Care Workforce, Pay and Working Conditions of Care Workers, Provider Sustainability, Quality and Sustainability, Recruitment and Retention, Regional and Local Workforce Strategies, Registered Managers, Residential Care Homes, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care Workforce, Social Care Workforce Development, Staff Turnover, Staffing Level Indicators: Staff Turnover, State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in England, Sustainability, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), UK Commission for Employment and Skills, Vacancy and Turnover Rates, Valuing Care and Care Workers, Valuing Carers, Valuing the Healthcare Assistants, Workforce, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Forecasts and Modelling, Workforce Issues, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Retention Recruitment and Resilience, Workforce Strategy, Workforce Training, Zero-Hours Contracts
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Under-Claimed SMI Council Tax Discount? (BBC News / MoneySavingExpert)
Summary People diagnosed as severely mentally impaired (SMI) should by rights be exempt from paying council tax, with the result that two-person households often qualify for a 25% discount on council tax. Persons with a severe mental impairment living alone … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Advice and Information: Incorrect Information, BBC Health News, Council Tax, Council Tax Discounts, Council Tax Reduction Scheme in Wales, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government, False Information, FOI: Freedom of information, Geographical Variations, Government's 'Apply for Council Tax Reduction' Service, Hilda Hayo: Chief Executive of Dementia UK, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Councils, Local Government Association, Martin Lewis: MSE Founder, Martin Lewis: SMI Council Tax Discount, Misinformation, MoneySavingExpert.com, MSE: MoneySavingExpert.com, Mystery Shopper, Postcode Lottery, Postcode Lottery in Access to Severely Mentally Impaired (SMI) Council Tax Discount, Severely Mentally Impaired (SMI) Council Tax Discount, SMI Council Tax Discount, SMI Diagnosis: Severely Mentally Impaired: Council Tax Discount, SMI Discount: Possibly 100000 Individuals Overcharged, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variations in Service
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