Tag Archives: NHS England

Education and Training Framework: Learning Disabilities Core Skills (HEE / Skills for Health / Skills for Care / NHS England)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health Education England, Skills for Health and Skills for Care have produced a comprehensive resource, designed to support the education, training and workforce development needs of persons working with people who have learning disabilities. “This Framework was commissioned and … Continue reading →

Improving the Quality of Care For Care Home Residents With Dementia (NHS England / Clinical Medicine / BBC News)

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, discusses multi-pronged progress to improve the quality of care – and to enhance health and wellbeing – for people with dementia living in care homes. It has been estimated … Continue reading →

Barbican Consensus on Better Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes (NHS England)

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It has been reported elsewhere that 80% of residents in care homes may have dementia, and that there may still be over-prescription of antipsychotics in these settings to control challenging behaviour. The Barbican Consensus presents a general agreement, arrived … Continue reading →

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Quality of Death Index: UK End-Of-Life Care Second To None? (BBC News / EIU / NHS England / CQC / National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A comparative study of palliative care across 80 countries by the Economist Intelligence Unit has declared that end-of-life care in the UK can be ranked the best in the world. The UK was ranked first due to comprehensive national … Continue reading →

Seven Day Working and Much More: Aiming for a More Patient-Centred, Transparent and Safe NHS (Department of Health)

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has re-asserted his intention to pursue the New Deal for GPs, and seven day NHS services generally; if necessary by removing the weekend working opt-out in new hospital consultants’ contracts. NHS Improvement Plans for the … Continue reading →

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Further Confirmation of the “Weekend Effect”: The Global Comparators Project (BMJ Quality and Safety / BBC News / OHE / Health Economics / BMJ)

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Recent research indicates that the “weekend effect” is a systematic phenomenon in the quality of healthcare, which impacts upon mortality rates in hospital care internationally. 2,982,570 hospital records from 28 hospitals in England, Australia, the USA and the Netherlands … Continue reading →

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Impact of Delayed Transfers on Hospital Discharges (BBC News / NHS England)

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Figures from NHS England indicate the number of hospital bed days lost because of delayed discharges during October 2013 was 78,424; up nearly 8,000 on last year. This represents the highest number of bed days lost due to delayed transfers of care since … Continue reading →

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Two-Tier Accident and Emergency System Plans: Keogh Review (BBC News / NHS Choices / NHS England)

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS medical director Prof Sir Bruce Keogh‘s review of accident and emergency services has proposed a two-tier A&E system in England. The NHS England review recommends the biggest 40 to 70 A&E units – which specialise in heart attacks, strokes, trauma and the treatment … Continue reading →

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Government Response to House of Commons Health Select Committee Report into Urgent and Emergency Services (Department of Health)

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The government has responded to the House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC) report into urgent and emergency services (including A&E). “The government agrees with many of the Committee’s recommendations. The response outlines how the health system is responding … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged A&E Pressures, Acute Hospital Care, Admissions, Ageing Population, Alternatives to A&E, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Ambulance Services, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), APR: Review of Foundation Trust Annual Plans (by Monitor), Avoidable Admissions, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Seven Days a Week, Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, CIP: Cost Improvement Plan, CoSRR: Continuity of Services Risk Rating, CPT: Contingency Planning Team, Delayed Discharges, Development of Urgent Care Board Plans, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, EBITDA: Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortisation, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Exceptional Items: One-Off Income or Costs, foundation trust, Foundation Trusts: Performance Review, FRR: Financial Risk Rating, Funding, Funding of Urgent Care Board Plans, GRR: Governance Risk Rating, Health Select Committee, Hospital Beds, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Emergency Departments, House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC), Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Local Urgent Care Boards, Marginal Rate Emergency Tariff, Monitor, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, NHS 111, NHS England, NHS England Area Teams, NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Funding, NHS Tariffs, Partnership and Collaboration, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Post-Discharge Support, PPE: Property Plant and Equipment, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Root Cause Analyses, Safe Staffing, Simplifying Commissioning, Specialist Centres of Care, Staffing Levels, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent and Emergency Services: Government Response to HSC Report, Urgent Care Boards, Urgent Care Centres, Urgent Care Plans, Vulnerable Older People, Vulnerable Older People’s Plan, Whole System Patient Flows | Leave a comment

Helping People to Live Better for Longer (Department of Health)

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This guide provides an overview of the reformed Department of Health‘s role from April 2013. It provides information about this organisation’s operations, values, organisation and governance, plus relationships with other organisations. Section headings comprise: The health and care system … Continue reading →

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Further Confirmation of the “Weekend Effect”: The Global Comparators Project (BMJ Quality and Safety / BBC News / OHE / Health Economics / BMJ)

Two-Tier Accident and Emergency System Plans: Keogh Review (BBC News / NHS Choices / NHS England)

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