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Tag Archives: Named Clinician
Shaping Policy on the Dementia Care Crisis: Alzheimer’s Society Report in Advance of Government’s Green Paper (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary A report on inadequacies in the care system regarding dementia patients. The number of potentially unnecessary hospital admissions among dementia patients has risen by 73% across 65 hospital trusts, from 31,000 in 2012 to around 55,000 in 2017. Some … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls Prevention, 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, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Access to Care, Access to Funding, Access to Healthcare Services, Access to Services, Access to Social Services, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Admission Rates, Admission to Hospital, Ageing Population, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alzheimer's Society’s Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Alzheimer’s Society Ambassadors, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, Awareness, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Barriers to Older People Accessing Help and Support, Barriers to Support, BBC Health News, Capacity Pressures in the Health and Social Care System, Care and Support Reform, Care and Support Services: Choice and Control, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care in an Ageing Society, Care in the Community, Care Navigators, Caregiver Burden, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Isolation, Carer Quality of Life: Demands of Caring, Carer Stress, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers, Carers and Families, Carers for People with Dementia, Choice and Control, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community Care, Community Support Services, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Daily Mail, Daily Mail’s End the Dementia Care Cost Betrayal Campaign, Dame Barbara Windsor, Dementia Action Plan for Wales: 2018-2022, Dementia Ambassadors, Dementia Tax, Dementia Tax (Alzheimer's Society), Dementia: Cost of Fixing Care Crisis (Alzheimer’s Society Report 2018), Department of Health and Social Care Green Paper on Care and Support for Older People, Department of Health Northern Ireland, Department of Health Northern Ireland: Expert Advisory Panel on Adult Care and Support, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, End the Dementia Care Cost Betrayal Campaign (Daily Mail 2019), Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Free Personal Care (Proposal): Labour Party Conference (2019), Health and Care of Older People, Health and Care Suitable for an Ageing Population, Health and Social Care Reform, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, Home Care, Home Care Services, Hospital Discharge, Inequity, Integrated Discharge Process, Integration, Integration of Health and Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Joined-Up Care, Joined-Up Strategy to Improve Whole System Flow, Joint Health and Care and Support Plans, Labour Party Conference (2019), Named Clinician, Named Consultants, Named GPs, Named Nurses, New Settlement for Health and Social Care, NHS 70 (NHS 70th Birthday), Patient Experience, Power to People: Proposals to Reboot Adult Care and Support in Northern Ireland, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Primary Care Navigators (PCNs), Proactive Care, Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Responsible Consultants, Responsible GPs, Responsible Nurses, Scott Mitchell, Social Care Crisis, Social Care Crisis: Abandoned by the System, Social Care for Adults Aged 18-64: Health Foundation, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Turning Up the Volume (Alzheimer’s Society), Workforce Development, Workforce Issues, Workforce Training
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Building on the National Dementia Strategy and the PM’s Dementia Challenge (APPG)
Summary The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) earlier this month released their proposals for a long-term national plan for dementia. This “Building on the National Dementia Strategy: change, progress and priorities” report has been published five years after the … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 15-Minute Home Care Visits, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Advice and Support, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), Alzheimer's Society, ASCOF: Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Better Care Fund, Building on the National Dementia Strategy, Care Act, Care and Support, Care Coordinators, Care Funding, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaborative Working, Commissioning, Commissioning Local Services, Community Support Services, Community-Based Support, Coordination of Care, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Support, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Coordinator, Dementia Leadership, Dementia Leads, Dementia Pathway Coordinator, Dementia Practice Coordinator, Dementia Strategy, Dementia Support Services, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Supportive Communities, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Diagnosis and Support, Discharge Coordination, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS, Hampshire County Council, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Institute of Public Policy Research, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care Coordinators, Lambeth CCG, Lewisham CCG and London Borough of Lewisham, Living with Dementia, Living With Dementia Group (LWDG), Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Local HealthWatch, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Islington, London Borough of Redbridge, Maintaining Independence, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), MSNAP: Memory Services National Accreditation Programme, Named Care Coordinators, Named Clinician, Named GPs for Over-75s, National Collaboration for Integrated Care and Support, National Dementia Strategy, National Housing Federation, National Housing Federation: Dementia and Housing Working Group, NDSE, NDSE: National Dementia Strategy (for England), New Approaches to Coordinating Care, NHF: National Housing Federation, North Norfolk CCG, Nursing Workforce, Orchard Care, Personal Social Services Research Unit, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Peterborough City Council, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care Workforce, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK Home Care Association, UK Homecare Association, Unison, University College London Hospitals, University College London Partners, Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Voluntary Sector Strategic Partnerships, West Norfolk CCG, Workforce, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Development, Workforce Issues
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Named Doctors for Hospital Patients (BBC News / Academy of Medical Royal Colleges)
Summary The proposal for named consultants to take responsibility for hospital patient care appeared in the Francis Inquiry report. New guidelines from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges state that hospital patients in England should know which senior doctor is … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Accountability, Accountable Clinicians and Informed Patients, Acute Care Coordinator, Acute Hospital Care, Assigned Accountability, BBC Health News, Care Coordinators, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Communication, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Coordinated Care, Discharge, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Displaying Information, Duty of Candour, Engaged Informed Patients, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, GMC’s Good Medical Practice, Good Medical Practice, Good Surgical Practice, Guidance for Taking Responsibility: Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Holistic Care, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Hospital–Community Interface, Hospital’s Public Health Role, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Information for Patients, Information Sharing, Informing Patients of Changes, Knowledge Skills and Performance (RCS), Maintaining Trust, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Messages for Patients, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Care Coordinators, Named Case Managers, Named Clinician, Named Consultants, Named Nurse: Change With Nursing Shift Changes, Named Nurses, Partnership, Patient Engagement, Patient Harms, Patient Safety, Patient Trust, Primary / Secondary Care Interface, Professional Standards for Surgeons, Professional Standards for Surgical Practice (RCS), Responding to Harm, Responsible Consultant / Clinician, Responsible Consultant / Clinician: Transferring Role to Another Clinician, Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), Safety and Quality Standards, Seamless Care Between Settings, Supporting Patients to Leave Hospital, Surgical Leadership, Teamwork
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Jeremy Hunt: New Year Message to NHS on Holistic Care (Department of Health)
Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has written a brief New Year message to NHS staff highlighting some fresh directions for 2014, including named GPs for older people and named consultants in hospitals. A key theme for the year ahead “is to find … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Care in the Community, Community Care, Community Support Services, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, First G8 Dementia Summit, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, Hospital Discharge, Integrated Discharge Process, Named Clinician, Named Consultants, Named GPs, Named Nurses, NHS Winter Friends Campaign, Patient Experience, Proactive Care, Responsible Consultants, Responsible GPs, Responsible Nurses, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Winter Friends
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Named GPs to Improve Care for Elderly (BBC News)
Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for improved care for elderly people by GPs. This section of the population could usually be treated more effectively and cheaply at home or in the community, yet their carers and families often consider there to be no practical alternative … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Admissions, Ageing Population, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, BBC Health News, Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, GPs, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Case Managers, Named Clinician, Named GPs, Responsible GPs, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England
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Refreshing the NHS Mandate (Department of Health)
Summary The government is consulting on an update to the Mandate to NHS England for 2014 to 2015. The NHS Mandate (published first in November 2012) defines the government’s ambitions for the NHS and relates these to the funding available. The … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Avoidable Premature Mortality, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Dementia Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis, Emergency Departments, Fair Playing Field Review (Monitor), Genomic Technologies, Helping People Live Well for Longer, Helping People Recover, IAPT Services, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Information Sharing, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Joined-Up Care, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Living Well for Longer, Making Better Use of Resources, Making Sure People Experience Better Care, Making the NHS Among the Best in Europe, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Mandate to NHS England, Mandate to NHS England for 2014 to 2015, Mental Health Services, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Clinician, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Funding, NHS IAPT Services, NHS Mandate, NHS Outcomes Framework, No Health Without Mental Health, Open Culture, Openness, Out of Hours Care, Out of Hours Services, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Premature Mortality, Proposals to Improve Care for Vulnerable Older People, Providing Safe Care, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Public Sector Equality Duty, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Refreshing the NHS Mandate, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Supporting Economic Growth, Timely Diagnosis, Transforming Services, Vulnerable Older People
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Views Sought on Proposals to Improve Care for Vulnerable Older People (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health is seeking views on proposals to improve care for vulnerable older people. The proposals involve finding ways for NHS and social care services to work together more effectively. Interested parties can discuss and comment on … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Appointment Reminders, Autonomy, Autonomy and Choice, Barriers to Integration, BBC Health News, Better Health and Care Website, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Integration, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Choose and Book, Coordinated Care, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Frail Elders, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Health and Social Care Integration, Improving Access, Integrated Care Coordinators, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Services, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Joining Up Services, Named Case Managers, Named Clinician, Named GPs, Out of Hours Care, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Proposals to Improve Care for Vulnerable Older People, Service Integration, Staying Healthy for Longer, Voice Choice and Control, Vulnerable Older People
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