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World Mental Health Day (WHO / BBC News / DHSC / Lancet / PHE / Education Policy Institute / NAO / HEE / APPG on Mental Health)
Summary Today is World Mental Health Day, which has aroused lots of announcements and initiatives. First Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care re-visited the national ambition for mental health to have … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, International, Mental Health, National, National Audit Office, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Access to Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services, Access to Children’s Mental Health Services, Access to IAPT Services, Access to Mental Health Services, All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mental Health, All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health, Anne Longfield: Children’s Commissioner for England, Assisting People with Mental Ill Health Back Into Work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS), Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Benefit Changes and Mental Health Problems, Buddhify: Meditation and Mindfulness app, CAMHS Services, Campaign to End Loneliness, Centre for Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Children's Commissioner for England, Claire Murdoch: NHS England’s National Director for Mental Health, Discrimination / Stigma, Economic Hardship Associated With Higher Demand for Mental Health Care, Education Policy Institute, Every Mind Matters Campaign (Mental Health Awareness), Every Mind Matters Campaign (PHE), Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, Five Year Forward View for Mental Health (5YFVMH), Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: APPG on Mental Health Review (2018), Former Prime Minster: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Global Burden of Mental Illness, Global Mental Health, Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit, Good Thinking, Heads Together Initiative, Helen Whately MP: Chair of the APPG on Mental Health, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Mental Health Services by 2020, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), Improving Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (NAO), Individual Placement and Support (IPS): Helping People with Mental Ill Health Back Into Work, Investment in Mental Health, Investment in Mental Health Services, Jackie Doyle-Price: Suicide Prevention Minister, Jo Hutchinson: Director for Social Mobility and Vulnerable Learners at Education Policy Institute, Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development, Long Waiting Times, Lynne Miller: IPS Grow National Lead, Matt Hancock: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Mental Health and Illness, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Support in Schools, Mental Health Support Teams, Mental Resilience, MHFA England, Mind, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Training, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Tracker Service (BBC), NSUN, Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Paul Farmer (Mind), PHE: Public Health England, Professor David Clark: Clinical Adviser to NHS England for IAPT, PTSD, Public Health England (PHE), Research Evidence for IPS: Centre for Mental Health, Rethink, Rethink Mental Illness, Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP), Royal Foundation, Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Former Prime Minster), Ruth Sutherland: Samaritans CEO, Samaritans, Samaritans’ Helpline (Extra Funding), Self-Care, Self-Care Programmes, State of the Nation Report on World Mental Health Day (Annually 2019-), Stigma of Mental Health Problems, Stigma Reduction, Sue Baker: Director of Time to Change, Suicide Prevention Minister, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Time to Change, Time To Change (Mental Health Campaign), Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Need, What Works Centre for Wellbeing, WHO: World Mental Health Day 2018, Workplace Stress, World Mental Health Day, World Mental Health Day (2018), Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World: WHO's World Mental Health Day 2018
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Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England (Monitor / NHS England / UEC Review Team / ECIP / ECIST)
Summary An overview of work underway to improve urgent and emergency care: Improving patient flow in the rest of the hospital. Getting a better understanding of the impact of social and community care. Supporting the mid-long term sustainability of A&E … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 24/7 Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Waiting Times and Activity, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Care, Acute Care Collaboration, Acute Care Services, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams: Transforming Mental Health Crisis Care (NHS England), Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Acute Medicine Units (AMUs), Ageing Population, Allied Health Professionals, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC), BBC Reality Check Team, Care Closer to Home, Care Trust CEs, CCG Accountable Officers, CCG Clinical Leaders, Clinical Decision Units, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Hospitals, Community Nursing, Community Pharmacy, Comprehensive Local Directory of Services, Consultant Delivered Care, Crowding and Exit Block in Emergency Departments, CSU Managing Directors, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care 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for Health and Sport, Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Mental Health Teams, Local Authority CEs, Local Directory of Services (DOS), Long Waiting Times, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medical Directors, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Monitor, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, National Audit Office (NAO), National Early Warning Score (NEWS), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Services Information Campaign, NHS 111, NHS Community Pharmacies, NHS England Regional Directors, NHS England: Directors of Commissioning Operations, NHS England’s Community Pharmacy Call to Action, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Review Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Board Chairs, NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), NHS Waiting Times, NHS Winter Crisis, Out of Hospital Community Care, Out-of-Hospital Urgent Care, Out-of-Hospital Urgent Care Programme, Out-of-Hours General Practice, Out-of-Hours Primary Care, Pathways for Frail and Vulnerable People, Patient flow, Patient Flow Within Hospitals, Patient Flows, Patient Handovers, Patients Seen in 4 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Primary Care and Community Pharmacy Network, Primary Care Out-of-Hours (OOH) Services, Productive Models of Elective Care, Productive Models of Elective Care Research Team, Public Health England (PHE), Rapid Response Service, Rapid Response Teams, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Residential Care Homes, Revised Planning Guidance for 2015/16, SAFER Bundle, Safer Faster Better, Safer Faster Better Guide, Safer Faster Better: Good Practice in Delivering Urgent and Emergency Care, Seasonal Pressures, Services Information 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BBC Health and Care Pre-Election Policy Navigator (BBC News)
Summary BBC News has produced a Policy Guide mapping tool, summarising the positions of the respective main political parties on various health and care related themes, both nationally and regionally. “This issue includes NHS funding, GP access and social care, … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Northern Ireland, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 24/7 Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, 24/7 Care, 24/7 Consultant Cover, 24/7 Diagnostic Services, 24/7 Service, 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Adult Social Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Agency Staff, Agency Staff (Exorbitant Waste of NHS Funding), Alliance Party, An Independence Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Bank And Agency Staff, BBC Health and Care Pre-Election Policy Navigator, BBC Health News, Britain First Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), British National Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Cancer Waiting Times, Carers UK’s Carers Manifesto, Carers' Manifesto, Christian Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Christian Peoples Alliance (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Cista (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Communities United Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Community Nursing Workforce, Conservative Party, Creeping Privatisation in NHS (sic), DUP, Education and Training Commissions for 2015/16 (HEE), Election 2015, Election 2015: Reality Checks (BBC News), English Democrats (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Future Workforce, General Infection (Surrealist Humour), General Practice Workforce, GP Access, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GP Workforce, Green, Health Education England's (HEE) Workforce Plan for England 2015-16, HEE Workforce Plan for England: Proposed Education and Training Commissions (2015/16), Hospital Waiting Times, Jury Team (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Labour Party, Left Unity (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Lib Dems, Long Waiting Times, Mebyon Kernow (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Mental Health Waiting Times, Mental Health Workforce, National Health Action Party, National Health Action Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Funding, NHS Privatisation Debate (sic), NHS Safe Staffing, NHS Waiting Times, NHS Workforce, NHS Workforce Census, NHS Workforce: Community Nursing, NHS Workforce: General Practice, NHS Workforce: Mental Health, Nicholson Challenge, No2EU (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Nurse Staffing Levels, Older Carers, Plaid Cymru, Pre-Election Policy Navigator, Privatisation (Backdoor), Privatisation (Debate), Progressive Unionist Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Repeal of Health and Social Care Act 2012, Respect, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Scottish Socialist Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), SDLP, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-Day Opening, Seven-Day Services in Hospital, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Sinn Fein, Sir David Nicholson, SNP, Social Care, Socialist Labour Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Socialist Party of Great Britain (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Solidarity (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Staffing Levels, The Doctor Can't See You Now (Labour Election Campaign Poster), Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), UKIP, Unmet Needs of Family Carers, Unpaid Carers, Weaponising the NHS (Labour: Attributed Phrase), Workforce Development, Workforce Planning, Workforce Planning (NHS), Yorkshire Devolution Movement (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Yorkshire First (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site)
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