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Recent Developments Regarding the Role(s) of Technology in the NHS (BBC News / Health Foundation / Institute for Fiscal Studies / King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust / NHS England / RCN / HEE / WHO)
Summary Matt Hancock, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has spoken of a £487 million investment into “Tech Transformation” in the NHS. Of this, £412 million has been pledged for improving technology in hospitals and increasing … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, International, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, RCN, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged Accelerating Innovation, Access to Electronic Care Records, Access to GP Services, Access to Mental Health Services, Access to Personal Health Records Online, Access to Primary Care, Access to Self-Collected Lifestyle Data From NHS apps or Fitness Trackers, Access to Transformative Health Technology, Ageing Population, Applications of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Assistive Technology, Attitudes Towards Data Sharing, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, BBC Health News, BBC Politics News, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Cancer Diagnosis, Clever Together, Commissioning for Transformation, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Community Services and Primary Care, Corrective to Uncritical Uptake of IT Interventions: World Health Organization (WHO), Data and Digital Health, Data Sharing, Digital Awareness, Digital by Default, Digital Capability, Digital Care Plans, Digital Care Records, Digital Data Capture, Digital Diagnostics, Digital Future of Nursing, Digital Health, Digital Health Innovations, Digital Innovation, Digital Innovations in Health, Digital Interventions for Health System Improvements, Digital Maturity, Digital Maturity Assessments, Digital Maturity Index, Digital NHS, Digital Service Transformation, Digital Services for Patients, Digital Skills, Digital Skills of NHS Workforce, Digital Technology, Digital Technology and Innovation, Early Cancer Diagnosis, Efficiencies and Productivity Gains, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Efficiency Opportunities, Efficiency Savings, Electronic Care Record (ECR), Electronic Health Records, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Electronic Patient Record (EPR), Electronic Patient Record Systems, Emily Gravestock: UK Space Agency, Every Nurse an E-Nurse: Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), Fitness Trackers, Genomic Medicine, Genomic Technologies, Genomics, George Freeman MP: Former Life Sciences Minister, GP at Hand (Babylon), GP Services, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Care Technology, HEE: Health Education England, IFS: Institute for Fiscal Studies, Improving Access to Diagnostics, Improving Access to GP Services, Improving Access to Healthcare, Increasing the Value of Information, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Information and Data Linkage to Support Transformation, Information and Intelligence, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Needs of Patients, Information Pathways, Information Revolution, Information Sharing, Information Technology, Innovation and Improvement, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Integrated Digital Care Records (IDCRs), Integrated Digital Care: An Information Revolution, Integrated Health and Care Records, Integration of Health and Care, Interoperability, Investing for Transformation, Jeremy Porteus, Joined-Up Care, King's College London. Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Leveraging Big Data, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Low Morale, Matt Hancock: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Mental Health Care and Treatment, MS Society, Multiple Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Information Board’s Building a Digital Ready Workforce (BDRW) Programme, New Technology, NHS at 70: New Technology for the NHS and Patients, NHS Technology Agenda, Online Patient Consultations, Open Data and Big Data, Optimising Benefits of Digital Technology, Optimising Patient Outcomes Using Digital Technology, Optimising Use of Digital Technology, Paper-Based Record-Keeping, Paper-Based Systems, Paper-Free Healthcare, Paper-Free NHS, Paperless Systems, Patient Access to Records, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Personalised Technology, Precision Medicine Initiative, Preparing the Healthcare Workforce for the Digital Future. Interim Report (Topol Review), Primary Care, Reducing Treatment Waiting Times, Remote Care Monitoring, Removal of Barriers to Transformative Health Technology (Facilitators of Innovation), Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal Society for Public Health, Royal Society for Public Health: Scroll Free September Campaign, Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Scan4Safety: Tracking of Patient Care, Scroll Free September Campaign: Royal Society for Public Health (2018), SCWRU: Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King’s College London), Self Care (Technology-Supported), Self-Management (Technology-Supported), Service Transformation, Shirley Cramer: Chief Executive of Royal Society for Public Health, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, Space Age Technology (sic), Speed of Cancer Diagnosis, Taxpayers’ Alliance, Technological Trends, Technology and Innovation, Technology-Supported Self-Management, Tele-ICU, Telecare LIN, Telemedicine, TeleTracking, The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), Tony Young: NHS England National Clinical Director for Innovation, Topol Review: Health Education England, Tracking Patient Care, Tracking Patient Progress, Transformational Commissioning, Transformational Technologies, Transformative Health Technology, Transformative Technology, UK Space Agency, Use of Data and Technology to Transform Outcomes for Patients and Citizens, UTOPIA Project: 2016-17 National Survey of Local Authority Telecare Provision for Older People in England, UTOPIA Project: Using Telecare for Older People in Adult Social Care, Video Consultations in General Practice, Video Consultations With GPs, Virtual Access to GP Services, West Suffolk Hospital, West Suffolk Hospital (Matt Hancock's First NHS Speech), WHO Guideline: Recommendations on Digital Interventions for Health System Strengthening, Wider System Access, World Health Organization (WHO): Corrective to Over-Optimism Regarding IT
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Carers’ Week 2015 (Carers Week / NHS England)
Summary This is Carers’ Week 2015; it runs between June 8th – 14th 2015. “Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Carers in England: Quality of Life, Adult Social Care, Age UK Lincoln, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Building Carer Friendly Communities, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Assessments, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Friendly Communities, Carer Friendly Communities Conference, Carer Friendly Employers, Carer Friendly Hospitals, Carer Friendly Local Pharmacy Services, Carer Friendly Policies, Carer Friendly Society, Carer Friendly Workplaces, Carer Isolation, Carer Organisations, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers and Families, Carers Strategy Cross Government Board, Carers Trust, Carers Week Charities, Carers’ Checklist, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Carers’ Week 2015, Caring and Family Finances, Caring into Later Life, Centrica / British Gas, Collaborative Working in Local Communities for Benefit of Carers, Commissioning Carer Support Services, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), Community-Based Services, Crossroads Care, Employers for Carers, Employers Supporting Working Carers, Experiences, Experiences of Health Care Services, Experiences of Social Care Services, Families, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Financial Issues, Halas Homes, Health and Wellbeing, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Hours of Unpaid Care by Older Carers, Impact of Caring on Carers, Improving Lives of Carers, Improving Patient Experience, Independent Age, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Janet Morrison (Chief Executive of Independent Age), Jen Kenward: NHS England Head of Patient Experience and Carers Programme Lead, Lister Hospital in Hertfordshire, Living With MS Days, Lockwood Charitable Foundation, Macmillan Cancer Support, MS Society, Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Carers Strategy, Neil Churchill: National Director of Patient Experience (NHS England), NHS England’s Commitment to Carers, NHS England’s Improving Patient Experience, NHS Five Year Forward View, Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, Older Carers, Oxfordshire County Council, Sainsbury's (Event Sponsor), Standing Commission on Carers, Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Family Carers, Suffolk Young Carers Schools Development Work, Support for Carers, Sustainable Caring, Triangle of Care, Triangle of Care for Dementia, Triangle of Care Membership Scheme, Underpaid, Undervalued Hidden Workforce, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Valuing Carers, Views of Informal Carers, Young Carers
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Strategic Clinical Networks (NHS Commissioning Board)
Summary The NHS Commissioning Board is planning a small number of national networks to improve health services for specific patient groups or conditions. These strategic clinical networks will adopt the NHS network approach to improving the delivery of patient care. … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Action Duchenne, Action for Dystonia, Action for M.E., and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance, Ann Conroy Trust, Association of British Neurologists, Ataxia -Telangiectasia Society, Ataxia UK, Batten Disease Family Association, Black Country Neurological Alliance, Brain and Spine Foundation, Brain Research Trust, Brain Tumour UK, British Acoustic Neuroma Association, British Paediatric Neurology Association, British Polio Fellowship, Buckinghamshire Association of Neurological Organisations, Cavernoma Alliance, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinical Networks, CMT United Kingdom, Community Services, Cornwall Alliance of Neuro-Domain Organisations, Cure Parkinson's Trust, David Bateman: National Clinical Director for Neurological Conditions, Diagnosis, Different Strokes, Dudley NHS Foundation Trust Community Neurology Team, Durham, Dystonia Society, East Kent Primary Care Epilepsy Service, Education and Research, Encephalitis Society, Encouraging Innovation, Epilepsy Action, Epilepsy Bereaved, Epilepsy Society, FibroAction, Fighting Strokes, Forward M.E., Gathering Data and Intelligence, Glenside Manor, Gloucestershire Neurological Alliance, Greater Manchester Neurological Alliance, Guillain-Barré Syndrome Support Group, Hampshire Neurological Alliance, Headway, Health and Social Care Integration, Hemihelp, Hounslow and Richmond Neurological Partnership, Independent Healthcare Advisory Services, Integration, Joint Epilepsy Council of the UK and Ireland, Lancashire and South Cumbria Neurological Alliance, Lincolnshire Neurological Alliance, Local Authorities, Long Term Neurological Conditions (LTNCs), Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mental Health and Community Services, Merseyside and Cheshire Neurological Alliance, Migraine Trust, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Multiple Sclerosis Trust, Multiple System Atrophy Trust, Myasthenia Gravis Association, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Development Foundation, National ME Centre, National Tremor Foundation, Nerve Centre Kirklees, Networks, Neuro Knowhow Training for GPs, Neurological Alliance, Neurological Conditions, Neurology Services, Neurosupport, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Commissioning Board Authority, NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHSCBA), NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13, Northern Neurological Alliance, Oxfordshire Neurological Alliance, Pain Concern, Parkinson’s UK, PJ Care Limited, Polio Survivors Network, PSP Association, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Sandwell PCT, South West Alliance of Neurological Organisations, Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust: Adult Ability Team, Stoke Mandeville Spinal Foundation, Strategic Clinical Network: Mental Health; Dementia and Neurological Conditions, Strategic Clinical Networks, Strategic Clinical Networks (NHS Commissioning Board), Strategic Clinical Networks for Mental Health Dementia and Neurological Conditions, Stroke Association, Sue Ryder, Swindon and Wiltshire Neurological Alliance, Tees Valley, Tourettes Action, Transformation Directorate of the NHS CB, Tranverse Myelitis Society, Trigeminal Neuralgia Association UK, Tuberous Sclerosis Association, UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Community Neurological Rehabilitation, West Berkshire Neurological Alliance, West Midlands Quality Review Service (WMQRS), Whole Systems Approach, Yorkshire and Humberside Association of Neurological Organisations
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