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Tag Archives: NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012)
Reviewing the Current – and Likely Future – State of the NHS (NAO / Dods)
Summary The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a “Short Guide to the Department of Health” as one of their collection of short guides about different government departments. This guide includes a wealth of statistical information in summary form, concerning … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Quality Indicators, A&E Waiting Times and Activity, Access Targets, Access Times for Planned Treatments, Access to Hospital Care, Access to Mental Health Services, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency, Accident and Emergency Attendances, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency: NHS Performance Indicators, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care for People with Complex Needs, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Arm’s Length Bodies (Department of Health's ALBs), Avoidable Mortality, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed Days, Bed Occupancy, Better Care Fund (BCF), Cancelled Elective Operations, Cancelled Operations: NHS Performance Indicators, Care Act 2014, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Costs and Cost Pressures, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Statistical Trends, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Diagnostic Waiting Times, Diagnostics Waiting Times And Activity, Dods Research, Dr Martin McShane: NHS England’s Director for People With Long Term Conditions, Economic Sustainability, Efficiency Savings, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Position of NHS Trusts, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Funding Deficits, Funding Gap (NHS), General Hospitals, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Integration, HEE: Health Education England, Hospital Activity and Capacity, Hospital Emergency Departments, Hospital Productivity, Hospital Waiting Times, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Human Tissue Authority, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Key Performance Indicators, Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs), Low Morale, Mandate from the Government to NHS England, Market Oversight, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Monitor, National Audit Office (NAO), National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health Care Excellence, New Architecture of the NHS, New Models of Care, New Models of Service, NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS Efficiency Savings, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Five Year Forward View, NHS Foundation Trust Performance, NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts (NHSFTs), NHS Funding, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Health Research Authority, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Reform, NHS Services, NHS Sustainability, NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Financial Deficits, NHS Waiting Times, Obesity, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity in the UK, Obesity is the New Smoking, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesity the New Smoking, Obesity Time-Bomb, Organisational Challenges, Oversight and Monitoring, Performance Statistics, PHE: Public Health England, Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL), Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Funding, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Regulation, Seven-Day Consultant-Delivered Care, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-Day Opening, Seven-Day Working, Short Guide to Department of Health (NAO), Social Care Funding, Special Measures, Standardised Years of Life Lost (SYLL), Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, UK NHS Performance, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Waiting Times and Access Standards, Waiting Times for Cancer Services, Waiting Times for Diagnostic Tests, Waiting Times for Referral to Treatment for Consultant-Led Elective Care
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Healthwatch England Strategy and Business Plan (Healthwatch England)
Summary The Healthwatch England strategy (“Healthwatch England Strategy 2014-16”) and business plan (“Healthwatch England Business Plan 2014-15”) have been published. Full Text Link Reference Healthwatch England Strategy 2014 – 16. London: Healthwatch England, July 2014. Full Text Link Reference Healthwatch … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accessing Formal Complaints System, Better Care Fund, Community Empowerment, Community Engagement, Community Involvement, Consumer Champion for Health and Social Care, Consumer Index, Diversity and Inclusion, Empowerment, Engagement Between NHS Clinicians and Finance Professionals, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Reform, Healthwatch England, Healthwatch England Business Plan 2014-15, Healthwatch England Strategy 2014-16, Healthwatch England: the Consumer Champion for Health and Social Care, Healthwatch Network, Information and Signposting Services, Local Empowerment, Local Government Association, Local HealthWatch, Monitor, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), Participatory and Citizen Involvement, Patient and Public Involvement, Patient Empowerment, Patient Engagement, Public Engagement Exercises, Review of NHS Complaints System, Seldom Heard Groups, Service User Involvement, Signposting, User Involvement, Voluntary and Community Sector, Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations
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Brief Guide to the New NHS (NHS England)
Summary This updated guide, from NHS England, clarifies the structure and function of the NHS, reflecting changes from the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Topic headings include: Introduction The NHS belongs to us all. Foreword (Sir Bruce Keogh). NHS … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 5 Live Investigates (BBC Radio 5), Arm’s Length Bodies, Arm’s Length Bodies (Department of Health's ALBs), Armed Forces Healthcare, BBC 5 Live, BBC 5 Live ‘In Short’ Series, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates, Better Training Better Care, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Senate Assembly or Forum, Clinical Senate Council, Clinical Senates, Clinically-Led Commissioning, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Commissioning NHS Services, Commissioning Organisations, Commissioning Support Units, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Community Services, Compassion, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Concise NHS Handbook, Culture of Compassionate Care, Differences Between NHS Foundation and NHS Trusts, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Engagement, Everyone Counts, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM), Finance, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financing of Health Care, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health Education England, Healthwatch England, Healthwatch Local, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Improving Lives, Improving Public Health, Leadership Development, Local Authorities, Local Education and Training Boards, Local Education Providers, Local Public Health Services, Locally Commissioned Services, Market Competition, Mental Health Services, Money Flows in the NHS, Monitor, Monitoring and Regulation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellows 2013/14, Nationally Commissioned Services, New Structures, NHS Budget, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS Constitution, NHS Finance, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Improving Quality, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS in Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland, NHS Leadership Academy, NHS Money Flows, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework Domains, NHS Structures, NHS Values, NHS Values and the Constitution, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Offender Healthcare, Patient Involvement, Payment by Results (PbR), Performance Incentives (CQUINs QOFs and Quality Premiums), PHE: Public Health England, Primary Care, Process and Structures, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Public and Patient Involvement, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Quality of Care, Quality Premium, Rehabilitation Services, Resource Challenges, Respect, Secondary Care, Service Redesign, Societal Challenges, Specialised Services, Staff Engagement, Strategic Clinical Networks, Transactional Commissioning, Transformational Commissioning, Trust Development Authority, Working Together for Change
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NHS Reform Under the Coalition Government (King’s Fund / BBC News)
Summary Chris Ham, Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, has released an authoritative and thorough review of major reform and re-organisation within the NHS during the first three years of the coalition government. “He was agin’ it”. Mark Twain. Full … Continue reading →