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Tag Archives: Minor Injuries Units
Improving Urgent and Emergency Care (NHS Confederation / Urgent and Emergency Care Forum / Emergency Medicine Journal / RCPCH / RCN / RCGP / REF / Health Economics / RCEM)
Summary Based on experiences during Winter 2014/2015, the NHS will encounter a winter crisis in 2015/16. NHS organisations need to plan and act on solutions to help prevent this problem. This NHS Confederation report assembles guidance and recommendations, with examples … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, 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, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2015 Challenge: NHS Confederation, 24-Hour Access to Community Services, 24-Hour Community-Based Services, 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, 7 Day Services, 999 and Ambulance See-and-Treat, 999 and Ambulance Treat-and-Convey, A&E, A&E Doctors: Recruitment, A&E Hub, ABCDE Team Triage Process, Access to Primary Care, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accident and Emergency Doctors, Acute Hospital Care, Acutely Sick Kid Safety Netting Interventions for Families (ASK SNIFF), Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Ambulance Services, Ambulatory Care Units (ACUs), Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs), Assessment and Management, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE), Attendances at A&E: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Attendo Ltd (Helsinki), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Better Health Briefing No. 37, Better Health Briefings, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, British Journal of General Practice, Bromley by Bow Health Partnership, C3 Model, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CLAHRC (CLAHRC CP), Care Closer to Home, Cecilia Anim: President of Royal College of Nursing, Child HealthCare Closer to Home (C3), Children and Young People’s Health Partnership, Children's Emergency Services, Children’s Outreach Assessment and Support Team (COAST), Chronic Diseases, CLAHRC East of England, CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Co-Location Models, College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), Community and Health Research Unit (CaHRU): University of Lincoln, Community Care, Community Children’s Nurses (CCNs), Community Facilities, Community Wellbeing Practices, Community-Based Services, Complex Care, Complex Needs, Connecting Care for Children (CC4C), Continuity of Care, Coordinated Care, Coordination, Crisis Concordat, Cross Specialty Collaboration, Cross-Boundary Care Pathways, Cultural Competency, De Montfort University, Delayed Transfers of Care, Department of Primary Care and Public Health: Imperial College London, Discharge and Out of Hospital Care, Division of Primary Care: University of Nottingham, DIY Health, Dr Hilary Cass: President of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), Dr Maureen Baker: Chair of Royal College of General Practitioners, East of England, East of England Ambulance Service, EDS1 and EDS2, Electronic Personal Child Health Record (ePCHR), Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Centres, Emergency Departments, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Services, Emergency Transport, EMS Roles and Functions in Caring for OPWD, Enhanced Use of Community Nursing, Ethnicity and Pre-Hospital Emergency Care, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Extensivist and Primary Care Plus Model, Facing the Future: Standards for Acute General Paediatric Services, Facing the Future: Together for Child Health (2015), Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences: De Montfort University, Finland, GP and Community Care for Worried Parents, GP Services Co-Located With A&E Department, GPs Co-Located With A&E Department, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Halton Local Authority, Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, Health Economics, Hear and Treat and See and Treat Services (Reducing A&E Attendances), Helsinki University Central Hospital, HUS: Institute of Clinical Medicine, Imperial Child Health General Practice Hubs, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Improvements to GP and Community Care, Inappropriate NHS 111 Referrals, Integrated Care Organisation (Merger of Torbay Hospital and Community Health and Care Services), Islington Community Children’s Nursing Team (CCNT), Jorvi Hospital, 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Update on the Urgent and Emergency Care Review (NHS England / BBC News / Department of Health / British Journal of General Practice)
Summary This NHS England report covers work since the Urgent and Emergency Care Review. It discusses the involvement of local commissioners, the development of five-year strategic and two-year operational plans, updates on demonstrator sites to trial new models, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Evidence, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 7 Day Services, 999 and Ambulance See-and-Treat, 999 and Ambulance Treat-and-Convey, A&E, A&E Doctors: Recruitment, Access to Primary Care, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accident and Emergency Doctors, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, British Journal of General Practice, Care Closer to Home, Chronic Diseases, College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), Community Care, Community Facilities, Community-Based Services, Complex Care, Complex Needs, Continuity of Care, Coordinated Care, Coordination, Department of Primary Care and Public Health: Imperial College London, Derbyshire Health United, Discharge and Out of Hospital Care, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST), Emergency Centres, Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Fixed Core Funding, Gordon Miles: Chief Executive of College of Emergency Medicine, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GP Patient Survey 2012-2013, HEE: Health Education England, Imperial College London, Local Commissioning, Minor Injuries Units, Monitor, National Tariff, NHS 111, NHS 111 Service (Commissioned by CCGs), NHS Commissioning Assembly, NHS Commissioning Assembly Working Group, NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Review Team, NHS National Tariff Payment System (The Tariff), NHS Payment System, Out-of-Hours General Practice, Overseas Applicants to UK Medical Register, Overseas Doctors, Patients Unable to Obtain General Practice Appointments or Convenient Appointments, Payment Mechanisms, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Reimbursement of Urgent and Emergency Care, Repeat Non-Emergency Attendees (Emergency Departments), Self-Care, Strategic and Operational Planning 2014 to 2019, Supported Self-Care, System-Wide Accountability, System-Wide Integration, Transformational Demonstrator Sites, Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services, UEC Review: NHS England’s Review of Urgent and Emergency Care, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Update on the Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care Payment System: Reform Consultation, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Review Team, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Volume-Based Funding, Walk-in Centres (WiCs), Whole Systems Approach
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Focus on Accident and Emergency: December 2013 (BBC News / HSCIC / BMJ Open / British Journal of General Practice / CEM)
Summary A statistical briefing from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) indicates that there has been a small – but significant – increase in the number of over-65s attending the major A&E units. The problem lies in the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, 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, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 999 Ambulance Service, A&E Quality Indicators, A&E Workforce, Accident and Emergency Weekly Situation Reports (WSitAE), Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Social Care, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing Society, Alternatives to A&E, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Ambulance Delays at Emergency Departments, Ambulance Queuing at Emergency Departments, Ambulance Services, Ambulance Waits at Emergency Departments, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACS), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, BMJ Open, British Journal of General Practice, Care Integration, Clinical Quality Indicators, College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), Community Health Centres, Configuration of Services, Coordinated Care, Delayed Handovers Between Ambulance and A&E Staff, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health: University of Exeter Medical School, Department of Family Medicine: University of Washington, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences: University of Oxford, Diagnostic Imaging Dataset (DID), Discharge and Out of Hospital Care, Emergency Admission Rates in UK, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST), Emergency Departments, Emergency Medicine Specialty, Emergency Nurse Practitioners, Emergency Nurse Practitioners in Community Settings, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital Within 28 Days of Discharge, Emergency Readmissions: Fractured Proximal Femur, Emergency Readmissions: Hysterectomy, Emergency Readmissions: Primary Hip Replacement Surgery, Emergency Readmissions: Stroke, Emergency Services, ENLIGHTENme, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Flow Within Hospitals, FOI: Freedom of information, Foundation Trust Network, Foundation Trust Network (FTN), Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Freedom of Information, General Hospitals, GP Cooperatives and Out-of-Hours Services, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GPs, Handover, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Holistic Quality Improvement, Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Integration of Health and Social Care, Joined-Up Care, Mental Health Minimum Data Set (MHMDS), MercyAscot Hospitals: Auckland, Minor Injuries Units, Minor Injury Units (MIUs), New Zealand, NHS England: Improving A&E Performance, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) Workforce, NHS Safety Thermometer, NHS Written Complaints, Nursing Staff, Out of Hours GP Services, Out-of-Hours General Practice, Patient flow, Patient Flow Within Hospitals, Patient Handover Delays, Population Growth and Ageing, Preparations for Winter, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Service Interventions, QED: Quality in Emergency Care Dashboard Project, Quality in Emergency care Dashboard (QED) Project, Quarterly Monitoring of A&E (QMAE), Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Recovery and Improvement Plans, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Safe Staffing, Skill Mix, Staffing Level Indicators: Skill Mix, Staffing of Urgent Care Centres, System Benchmarks, System Benchmarks (A&E), System Re-Design, Target Culture, Target-Chasing (Hitting the Target Missing the Point), Target-Driven Priorities, Targets, Tariffs and Informatics Systems, Telephone Triage Service, Trusts with Out of Hours GP Services, Trusts with Urgent Care Centres, Type 1 A&E Department (Major A&E), Type 2 A&E Department (Single Specialty), Type 3 A&E Department (Other A&E / Minor Injury Unit), United States, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Oxford, University of Washington, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Facilities, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Commissioning, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Health UK, USA, Waiting Delays: Ambulances Outside A&E, Walk-in Centres (WiCs), Winter Pressures
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