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Tag Archives: NHS Lanarkshire
Ageing Well and Older People’s Mental Health: Guidance on Implementing the NHS Long Term Plan (Royal College of Psychiatrists, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry)
Summary The Royal College of Psychiatrists has issued guidance to help local areas organise specialist mental health services for older people, involving old age psychiatrists. Various aspects of older adults’ mental health are mapped to themes in the NHS Long … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Severe Mental Illnesses (SMI) Community Care, Ageing Population, Ageing Well, Ageing Well and Supporting People Living With Frailty, Ageing Well: Frailty and Dementia, Anticipatory Care Planning and Integration, Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service, Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), Cambridgeshire Physical and Mental Health Services for Older People, Camden and Islington’s Home Treatment Team, Camden Frailty Hub, CGAs: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments, CHAT: Care Home Assessment Team, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Common Mental Illnesses, Community Mental Health Framework, Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults, Community Multidisciplinary Teams, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Dementia Connect Service, Dementia Crisis Teams, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, DIS: Dementia and Intensive Support, Downshall Intergenerational Provision, Dr Dr Amanda Thompsell: Chair of Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Eastern Academic Health Science Network (EAHSN), EMIS: Egton Medical Information Systems, Enfield’s Care Home Assessment Team (CHAT), Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Framework, Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Model, Enhancing Support for Carers, Expanded Community MDTs, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry: 2016 Literature Review on Integration and Older Adults' Mental Health, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Frail Older People, Frailty, Frailty and OPMH Research, Frailty Services, Gateshead Virtual Ward, GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale, Improved Care for Dementia and Delirium, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), Inappropriate Care Settings, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Integrated Care Systems, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Local Transformation Plans (LTPs): Improving Mental Health Care for Older People, Long Term Plan (LTP), Long Term Plan: Mental Health Commitments, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medichec, Medicine for Older People (MOP), Memory Problems and Dementia: Patient Information (RCP), Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Liaison Services, Mental Health Liaison Teams, Mental Health of Older Adults and Dementia Clinical Academic Group at SLaM, Mental Health Workforce, Mindwave Ventures, National Collaborating Central for Mental Health, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Long Term Plan (2019), NHS Long Term Plan: Living Longer Living Better Programme, NHS Long-Term Plan, NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan (NHS England 2019), NHS Mental Health: Implementation Plan For 2019/20 – 2023/24 (NHS England), NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG, North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT), North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Old Age Psychiatrists, Old Age Psychiatry, Older Adult Mental Health (OPMH), Older People’s and Adult Community (OPAC), Older People’s Mental Health Needs, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Older People’s Mental Health Teams, OPMH: Older Adult Mental Health, Outpatient Older-Adult Liaison Psychiatry Services and Frailty (South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and King’s College Hospital), Patient Information, People Living With Frailty, Primary Care Networks, Provider Collaboratives (Formerly New Care Models), Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Inappropriate Stays in Hospital, Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych): Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Saffron Ward: Stepping Hill Hospital, Severe Mental Illness (SMI), South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), Support for Carers, Support for Carers of People with Dementia, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust: Enhanced Dementia Care Ward, Urgent Community Response and Recovery Support
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Scotland’s Updated Care of Older People in Hospital Standards (Healthcare Improvement Scotland)
Summary Revised Scottish standards concerning acute care of older people in hospital address all aspects of the patient care pathway, including initial assessment on admission, rehabilitation, care transitions and discharge planning. There are sixteen standards. Section headings comprise: Standard 1: … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Age Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland, Care of Older People in Hospital Standards, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Cognitive Capacity and Consent, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Consent, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity on the Ward, Discharge Planning, Engagement and Patient Preferences., Frailty, Frailty Syndromes, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Hospital Pharmacies, Hospital Pharmacy Services, Managing Transitions, NHS Education for Scotland, NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Grampian, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian, NHS Tayside, Older People in Acute Care, Patient Flows, Patient Preferences, Patients Charter, Personal Preferences, Pharmaceutical Care, Physical Rehabilitation, Pressure Sores, Pressure Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Pressure Ulcers: Risk Assessment, Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers, Recognition and Diagnosis of Frailty, Recovery and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Care Pathways, Reshaping Care for Older People, Royal College of Nursing Scotland, Safe Staffing Levels, Scottish Government, Scottish Government’s (2011) Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland, Scottish Patient Safety Programme, Staffing Levels, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, Standards for Food Fluid and Nutritional Care, Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland, Understanding and Improving Transitions of Older People: User and Care Centred Approach, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Ward Staffing Levels, Whittle Review Group
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Extra NHS Funding Provision For Winter Pressures (BBC News / Department of Health / NHS England)
Summary Further emergency funding has been made available for the NHS in England to help prepare for the recurrent winter crisis in rising demands for health care. This special funding is reported to have been increased by 75% compared to … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Falls, 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, National, NHS, NHS England, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Altnagelvin Area, Ambulance Response Times, Ambulance Services, Ambulance Targets, Aneurin Bevan Health Board, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Antrim Area, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE), Attendances at A&E: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Ayrshire & Arran, BBC Health News, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, BMA: British Medical Association, Borders, British Medical Association (BMA), Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, Care in Appropriate Settings, Care Integration, Causeway, Circle Holdings, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Colchester General Hospital, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Cold Weather Plan, College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), College of Paramedics, Community Pharmacies, Confidential Consultation: Commonplace NHS Oxymoron, Coordinated Care, Courting the News / Media (Gaming the System), CQC Report on Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Craigavon Area, Cwm Taf University Health Board, Daisy Hill, Dr Clifford Mann: President of the College of Emergency Medicine, Dumfries & Galloway, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Admissions: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, Enhanced Rapid Response Service, Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Fife, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Planning, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Forth Valley, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Funding Challenges, Funding of Care and Support, Gaming the System, Gaming the System: Playing the News / Media, General Hospitals, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GP Services, Grampian, Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Health and Social Care Integration, Healthcare Targets, Highland, Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Privatisation), Holiday Closure of Community Care Services, Holiday Closure of Community Pharmacies, Holiday Closure of GP Surgeries, Holiday Closure of Pharmacies, Hospital Bed Capacity, Hospital Emergency Departments, Hywel Dda Health Board, Hywel Dda University Health Board, Integration of Health and Social Care, Lanarkshire, Local NHS Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), London Ambulance Service, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Lothian, Major Incidents Declared at English Hospitals, Margaret Hodge, Martin Berry: College of Paramedics, Mater, NHS 111, NHS Constitution, NHS Funding, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Winter 2014-15: Weekly A&E Tracker, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Project (BBC News), NHS Winter Project: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service, Northern Ireland Department of Health, Northern Ireland: Major A&E Units, Observer Effect, Orkney, Patient Safety, Patients Seen in 4 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), People Who Have to Wait More Than 4 hours to be Admitted: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Performance Targets, Peterborough and Stamford NHS Trust, Political Expediency, Preparations for Winter, Prof Jason Leitch: Clinical Director of the Scottish Government's Quality Unit, Professor Keith Willett: NHS England, Public Accounts Committee, RBHSC, Reducing Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Referrals From NHS 111 to A&E, Referrals From NHS 111 to GPs, Reverse-Acting Hawthorne Effect (Speculative Construct), Royal Victoria, Shetland, Target Culture, Target-Chasing (Hitting the Target Missing the Point), Target-Driven Priorities, Target-Re-Definitions (Hitting the Target Missing the Point), Targets, Tayside, Trolley Wait Between 4 and 12 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Ulster, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Wales: Major A&E Units, Weaponising the NHS (Labour: Attributed Phrase), West Midlands Ambulance Service, Western Isles, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressure Funding, Winter Pressures
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Peer Support in Long Term Conditions (Mental Health Foundation)
Summary This document, from the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) and partners, offers guidance to organisations wishing to deliver peer support for people with long-term conditions. A research project (2010 to 2011), funded by the Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland (LTCAS), … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation), National, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Angus Cardiac Group, British Heart Foundation Scotland, Care Integration, Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland. Diabetes UK Scotland, Integration, Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland (LTCAS), Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland (LTCAS) Self Management Fund, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian, Partnership Working, Peer Support in Long Term Conditions, Royal College of General Practitioners (Scotland), Waverley Care
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