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Keogh’s Review into Care and Treatment at Fourteen Hospital Trusts in England (Department of Health / BBC News)
Summary It can have escaped no-one’s attention (in England) that the much-publicised (and much “spun”) Keogh Review has been published. Eleven hospital trusts have been placed into special measures to ensure improvements in patient care because of major failings. Read more: BBC News. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, BBC Health News, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission, Challenges of Reconfiguration, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Commissioning, Conflict of Interests, Corporate Self-Interest (Ahead of Patients), Deaths Associated with Hospitalisation, Dr Foster, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley Group West Midlands, East Lancashire, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Experimental Statistics, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, General Medical Wards, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Governance, Governance and Accountability, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Healthcare Evaluation Data (HED), Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital Reconfiguration, Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs), Imperial College, Keogh Mortality Review, Keogh Review, Leadership, Local Authorities, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Monitor, Monitor and TDA’s Quality Governance Framework, Mortality, Mortality Outlier Hospitals, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, National Quality Board, NHS Corporate Self-Interest, NHS England, NHS Governance and Accountability, NHS Information Centre, NHS Money, NHS Reform, NHS Service Reconfiguration, NHS Trust Development Authority, North Cumbria, North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Patient and Public Participation, Patient Care, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professor Sir Brian Jarman, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Providers, Quality Surveillance Groups, Rapid Responsive Review (RRR) Reports, Regulation, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Risk Summit Action Plans, Risk Summit Videos, Royal Free Hospital (London), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Safe Staffing, Salford Royal Hospital, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, SHMI: Summary Hospital-level Mortality indicator, Sir David Dalton: Salford Royal Hospital, Sir Stuart Rose, Staff Retention, Staffing (Hospitals), Staffing Levels, Summary Hospital-level Mortality indicator (SHMI), Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Target-Chasing (Hitting the Target Missing the Point), Transparency and Accountability, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, User Participation, Views of Staff, Ward Staffing Levels, West Midlands, Whole Systems Approach
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Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: Three-Year Progress Report (Department of Health)
Summary This Department of Health report covers progress made on the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme since October 2008. Full Text Link Reference IAPT three-year report: the first million patients. London: Department of Health, November 2012. Improving Access … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), IAPT Dataset, IAPT Governance Structure, IAPT Programme, IAPT Programme Board, IAPT Services, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Quality Reports, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Strategy Ministerial Advisory Group, National Mental Health Implementation Framework, NHS IAPT Services, NHS Information Centre, No Health Without Mental Health, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy
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Prescribing of Antipsychotics for Dementia Patients Declined Sharply in England 2006-2011 (Health and Social Care Information Centre)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary The percentage of dementia patients being prescribed antipsychotic drugs fell sharply over the period 2006-2011 according to a statistical report … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Atypical Antipsychotics, Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU): Health and Social Care Information Centre, Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, England, Epidemiology, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Health and Social Care Information Centre: Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Inappropriate Prescribing, National Audit of Dementia, National Dementia and Antipsychotic Prescribing Audit 2012, NHS Information Centre, Percentage of People Diagnosed with Dementia with Antipsychotic Prescription 2006 - 2011, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prevalence of Dementia, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Dementia Registers, Right Prescription (Dementia Action Alliance)
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Over 60s Account for Half of Hospital Admissions Income (NHS Information Centre)
Summary Information released by the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre indicates more than half of the income hospitals get for admissions attracting a mandatory tariff under the national Payment by Results (PbR) system comes from dealing with people … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Hospitals, Emergency Admissions, Funding and Admissions, General Hospitals, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Hospital Admission Rates, Hospital Admissions Income, Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) PbR Data, National Mandatory Tariffs, NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Information Centre, Payment by Results (PbR)
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Secondary Uses Service (NHS Information Centre)
Summary The Secondary Uses Service (SUS) is healthcare data warehouse which provides access to anonymous patient-based data for purposes other than direct clinical care. This facilitates reporting and analysis to support the NHS in the delivery of healthcare services, including: Healthcare planning. Commissioning … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), National, NHS, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Core Data Warehouse, eDQRS (Electronic Data Quality Report Service), Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES), NHS Comparators, NHS Connecting for Health, NHS Information Centre, Payment by Results (PbR), RTT KPI Guidance, Secondary Uses Service (SUS), SUS Data Quality Dashboards, SUS Data Warehouse, SUS Extract Mart (SEM), SUS Payment by Results (PbR)
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Patient Experience in Adult NHS Services (NICE)
Summary The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have produced a quality standard and guidance to help ensure patients have a good experience of care in the NHS. This quality standard aims to ensure care is individualised and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, National, NHS, NICE Guidelines, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Diversity Equality and Language, Guidance Development Group (NICE GDG), Indicators for Quality Improvement Programme, NHS Information Centre, NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13, Patient Experience in Adult NHS Services (NICE), Quality Measures, Quality Standard for Patient Experience in Adult NHS services
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Provision of Memory Services (National Audit of Dementia Services)
Summary Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia, has written a follow-up letter about the data collection exercise, now underway, concerning the establishment of memory services. This initiative is part of the National Audit of Dementia Services being undertaken by the NHS Information Centre … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), National, National Audit Office, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Department of Health, Establishment of Memory Services: National Survey / Audit, Memory Services, National Audit of Dementia Care, National Audit Office (NAO), National Clinical Director for Dementia, NHS Information Centre, Professor Alistair Burns
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Establishment of Memory Services (National Audit of Dementia Services)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 1 Issue 10, May 2011]. Summary Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia, has written a letter notifying PCT Medical Directors of the proposed data collection … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, National Audit Office, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Department of Health, Memory Services, National Audit of Dementia Services, National Clinical Director for Dementia, NHS Information Centre, PCT Chief Executives, PCT Medical Directors, Professor Alistair Burns, SHA Chief Executives, SHA Directors of Finance, SHA Medical Directors
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