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Tag Archives: Mental Health
Parity of Challenge for NHS Mental Health Services? (BBC News / RCN)
Summary Staff cuts and bed shortages, in the face of increasing demand, pose questions about the credibility of the NHS “parity of esteem” policy for mental health services. Full Text Link Reference Nurses warn of mental health services strain. London: … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, RCN, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Acute Mental Health Services, Admissions to Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), All Wales Medicine Strategy Group (2014), Available Beds, Betsi Cadwallader University Health Board, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Communities: Mental Health, Bridging the Gap Campaign, CAMHS Services, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community-Based Services, Crisis Care Concordat, Delivering Parity of Esteem, Dr Peter Carter: Chief Executive and General Secretary at Royal College of Nursing, Early Intervention Psychosis (EIP) Teams, Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Formal Legal Detentions (Under Mental Health Legislation), Frontline First (RCN), IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Information Services Division Scotland, Inpatient Admissions, Inpatient Admissions and Bed Management in NHS Acute Hospitals, Liaison Mental Health Services, Mark Winstanley: Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA), Memory Services, Mental Health, Mental Health Beds: Local Availability, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Commissioning, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health in England, Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Nursing, Mental Health Nursing Posts, Mental Health Nursing Workforce, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Statistics, Mental Health Strategy, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Health Waiting Times, Mental Health Waiting Times Targets, Mental Healthcare, Mental Illness in the NHS, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCISH), NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Mental Health Services, No Health Without Mental Health, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, Nursing Skill Mix, Older Adult Mental Health Services (OAMHS), Older People and Mental Health, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Peter Carter: Royal College of Nursing, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Rethink Mental Illness, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Frontline First Campaign, Secondary Mental Health Services, Shortages of Senior Nurses, Skill Mix in Mental Health Settings, Staffing Level Indicators: Skill Mix, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, UK Mental Health Services, Waiting Time Target for Psychological Therapies, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times and Access Standards, Waiting Times for Mental Health Services, Welsh Government, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Planning, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Shortages in Mental Health Nursing
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Better Care Fund: Questions and Assumptions? (BBC News / NAO)
Summary Questions have arisen about the scale of savings achievable from the £5.3bn Better Care Fund (BCF). The BCF aims to improve integration between NHS and social care. A National Audit Office (NAO) review of the assumptions behind the BCF … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, 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, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Adult Mental Health Services, Aids and Adaptations, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, BCF: Existing Funding But No New Money, BCF: Fund Accountability System Statement, BCF: Local Planning, BCF: Programme Governance, BCF: Risks to Acute Providers and Clinical Commissioning Groups, BCF: Risks to Local Authority Adult Social Care Services, BCF: September Fund, Better Care Exchange, Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund (BCF) Planning, Better Care Fund Implementation Support Programme, Better Care Fund Plans, Better Care Fund Timeline, Care in the Community, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaborative Care Planning, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Rehabilitation, Community-Based Services, Continuity of Care, Data Sharing, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, Delayed Transfers of Care, Department for Communities and Local Government, Discharge Planning, Early Referral System to Mental Health Services (Wolverhampton), Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, End-User Experience, Financial Constraints, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Funding and Accountability for the BCF, Funding Transfer to Local Authorities, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Integration Transformation Fund, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Independence, Independent Living, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Information Sharing, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Services, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, Integration Transformation Fund, Joint Assessments, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Local Health and Wellbeing Boards, Local Planning, Mental Health, Multidisciplinary Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Care Coordinators, Named Case Managers, Named Contacts Providing Continuity, Named GPs, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Funding, NHS Spending, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Experience, Personalised Care Plans, Planning for Better Care Fund, Polypharmacy, Post-Discharge Support, Predictive Modelling, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Service Interventions, Primary Healthcare Provision, Professional Sharing, Public Accounts Committee, Reablement, Reablement Funding, Reablement Services, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Referral and Assessment, Rehabilitation, Self-Care, Service Transformation, Service User Experience, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Seven‑Day Working, Sharing Information, Social Care Reablement Services, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, User Experience, Value for Money, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, Wolverhampton Dementia Hub, Wolverhampton Mental Health / Dementia Hub
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NHS and Social Care Spending Estimation for Commissioners (Monitor)
Summary Monitor has made available an Excel-based estimating tool to help NHS commissioners determine how effectively their local care economies spend NHS and social care funding. The description supplied with this tool suggests that, simply by submitting some basic variables, … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
Tagged Accident and Emergency Attendances, Accountability in Health and Social Care, Adult Social Care Efficiency Tool, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Outcome Indicators, Adult Social Care Services, Age Groups (Care Spending), Assumed Savings Ramp Up Rate, Care Settings (Care Spending), Care Spend Estimating Tool, Care Spend Estimating Tool (Monitor), Care Spend Estimating Tool: User Guide, Care Spending Projections by Age and Health Status, Commissioning Calculation Tools, Community Care, Cost Saving Worksheet, Efficiency, Efficiency Savings, Elective Admissions, General Practitioner / Primary Care, Growth Assumptions, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care Integration, Hybrid - Default (Locality Archetype), Increasing Efficiency, Indicative Population Segmentation, Learning Disability, Local Health and Care Economies, Local Health and Social Care Economies, Local Health Services: Variations, Local Population Composition Projections, Local Variations, Locality Archetypes, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Market Oversight in Adult Social Care, Master Pivot Table (Excel Tool), Mental Health, Monitor, NHS and Social Care Spending Estimation Tool, Non-Elective Admissions, Outpatient Attendances, Patient Groups (Care Spending), Patient Groups (Dementia), Patient Groups (LTC), Patient-Level Linked Datasets, Payment Innovation and Local Support (PILS) Project, Physical Disability, Population projections by Age and Patient Group, Population Segmentation, Population Segments, Primary Care, Projected Commissioner Spend Composition by Age and Health Status, Projected Population Growth, Projected Total and Average Care Costs, Rural (Locality Archetype), Severe Enduring Mental Illness (SEMI), Social Care, Spend by Age Patient Group and Setting of Care, Spending and Outcomes, Target Spend by Individual Segment, Tools for Commissioners, Total Spend by Setting of Care, Total Spend To Achieve Target, Total Spend Under Current Growth Assumptions, Urban High Income (Locality Archetype), Urban Low Income (Locality Archetype), Value for Money (VfM)
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Parity of Esteem: Guidance on Mental Health Commissioning (NHS England)
Summary This NHS England document offers planning guidance to assist commissioners in their planning with regard to how local communities and CCGs can achieve greater “parity of esteem” between physical and mental health. This document supplies evidence, case studies and … Continue reading
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Tagged Access to Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Services, Better Care Fund, Bridging the Gap Campaign, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Centre for Mental Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Commissioning for Value, Commissioning for Value Packs, Crisis Care Concordat, Economic Impact of Mental Health Problems, English Local Authorities, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, House of Care, House of Care Model, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Integrated Pathway Hub (IPH), Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local Authorities, Local Strategic Planning, London School of Economics, Long Term Conditions and Mental Health, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Mental Illness, Market Assessment, Mental Health, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Co-Morbidities, Mental Health Commissioning, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health in England, Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Strategy, Mental Healthcare, Mental Illness in the NHS, Mind, NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network (MHN), NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), No Decision About Me Without Me, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, Older People and Mental Health, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Parity of Esteem, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Redesigning Services, Rethink Mental Illness, Setting Priorities, Social Care Provision, Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning and Commissioning, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, Transformative Ideas for Commissioners, Unmet Care Needs, Unmet Health Needs, Unwarranted Variations
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Integrated Health and Care Opportunities From the Better Care Fund (King’s Fund)
Summary This King’s Fund evidence-based guide has been produced to assist discussions between Clinical Commissioning Groups, Local Authorities and Health and Wellbeing Boards about best use of the “Better Care Fund” for achieving integrated care. “The June 2013 Spending Round … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Services, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACS), Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Better Care Fund, Care Co-ordination, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Carers, Carers’ Breaks, Carers’ Breaks Funding, Case Management, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Community Care, Community Rehabilitation, Community-Based Services, Delayed Transfers of Care, Disabled Facilities Grant, Discharge Planning, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, End of Life Care, Family Carers, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Funding Transfer to Local Authorities, Government Spending Review (UK 2013), Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Integration Transformation Fund, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, House of Care Model, Independence, Independent Living, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Services, Integrated Teams, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration Transfomration Fund, Integration Transformation Fund, Integration Transformation Fund (ITF), Joint Commissioning, Joint Commissioning Plan Between NHS and Councils for Social Care, Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Learning Networks, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authorities with Adult Social Care Responsibilities (LA ASCRs), Local Empowerment, Local Government Association, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Partnerships, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Maintaining Independence, Managerial, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Mental Health, National Voices, NHS Belongs to the People, NHS Budget, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Funding, NHS Spending, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Experience, Polypharmacy, Post-Discharge Support, Predictive Modelling, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Preventing Isolation, Prevention, Preventive Care, Primary Prevention, Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Reablement, Reablement Funding, Rehabilitation, Risk Stratification, Service User Experience, Shared System Leadership, Spending Review, Spending Review 2015/16, User Experience, Virtual Wards
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