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Tag Archives: NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN
Towards Harm-Free Care: Modifiable Hospitalisation Risk Factors (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society / HSCIC / BBC News / National Health Executive / NHS England)
Summary A recent study in the USA found 41% of patients over the age of 70 years who were hospitalised with acute conditions were discharged with lower levels of function compared with when they were admitted to hospital. A number … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, In the News, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS England, Nutrition, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Candour, Candour: Safety and Improvement, Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Campaign, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU): Health and Social Care Information Centre, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Continence Care, CQUIN: NHS Safety Thermometer, Culture of Candour, Decubitus Ulcers, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Department of Health Safe Care Team, Dr David Hopper: Health Innovation Network, Epidemiology, Falls in Older People, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Harm Free Care, HCAI, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Information Centre: Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU), Health Innovation Network, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs), Hospital-Acquired Infections, Hospital-Associated Functional Decline: Role of Hospitalisation Processes, Hospitalization Process Effects on Functional Outcomes and Recovery (HoPE-FOR), Inappropriate Use of Urinary Catheters, Incidents reported to National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Later Life, Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIPs), Loss of Independence, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool, Mandy Fader: University of Southampton, Measuring Harm Free Care, Medication Sedative Load (MSL), Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), MHRA Medical Device Directive, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, National Health Executive, National Patient Safety AgencyNational Patient Safety Agency, National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs), National Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs), Never Events, Never Events by Healthcare Provider, Never Events by Type of Incident, Never Events Data, Never Events Taskforce Report (2014), NHE: National Health Executive, NHS England Never Events Taskforce Report, NHS England Never Events Taskforce Report (2014), NHS England Patient Safety Domain, NHS Safety Thermometer, NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN, NHS Safety Thermometer Report (April 2014 to April 2015), No Catheter No CAUTI (Campaign), Official Statistics, Openness and Transparency, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Patient Harms, Patient Harms and Harm Free Care, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Domain of NHS England, Patient Safety Indicators, Patient Safety Strategies, Patient Safety Thermometer, Patient Voice, Patients First and Foremost, Pfeiffer Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire, Pressure Ulcers, Prevention of Hospitalisation-Associated Disability, QIPP Safe Care Team, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, Reducing Harm, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Urinary Catheters, Risk Factors, Safer Surgery, Safety Thermometer, STEIS, Strategic Executive Information System (StEIS), Surgical Never Events, Towards Harm-Free Care: Modifiable Hospitalisation Risk Factors, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Types of Harm, United States, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Urinary Catheterisation, Urinary Catheters, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Infections (in Patients with Catheters), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Urology Trade Association, USA, Venous Thromboembolisms (VTEs), VTE (Venous Thromboembolism), Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Zero Harm, Zero Tolerance Healthcare
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Dementia Assessment and Referral Statistics Update (NHS England)
Summary Dementia Assessment and Referral data collection has been mandatory since April 2013 for all NHS funded trusts providing acute services. Data collection statistics (supplied in Microsoft Excel format) have recently been updated to January 2014. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Diagnosis, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Assessment, Case Finding, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Indicators, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Payment Framework, CQUIN Dementia Goal, CQUIN Frameworks, CQUIN: NHS Safety Thermometer, Dementia Assessment and Referral Statistics, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospital, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in Emergency Departments, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Dementia CQUIN, Dementia CQUIN: FAIR (Find; Assess and Investigate; Refer), Dementia Diagnostic Assessment, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Liaison Services, Dementia Statistics, Diagnosis and Referral, Discharge Planning, FAIR (Find; Assess and Investigate; Refer), Falls, FAR: Find Assess Refer, General Hospitals, Geriatric Liaison Teams, Hospital Discharge, Identification and Referral, Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Liaison Services, National Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Payment Framework, National Commissioning for Quality and Innovation “CQUIN” Payment Framework (Department of Health), National Dementia CQUIN, National Dementia CQUIN: Quick Guide, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Safety Thermometer, NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN, NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN 2012/13, NHS Safety Thermometer Goal, NHS Safety Thermometer User Guide, Official Statistics, Patient Safety, Pressure Ulcers, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Referral, Referral and Assessment, Referrals, Safety Thermometer, UNIFY, Urinary Tract Infections (in Patients with Catheters), VTE (Venous Thromboembolism), Wounds (Pressure)
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NHS Standard Contract 2013/14 (NHS Commissioning Board)
Summary This contract is for use when commissioning healthcare services. It reflects the Everyone Counts: Planning for Patients 2013/14 report. The CQUIN Table of Goals includes: Friends and Family Test. NHS Safety Thermometer. Dementia Case Finding. VTE. Full Text Link (a) … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Delivering the NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN 2012/13: Measuring Harm Free Care (Department of Health)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 11, June 2012]. Summary The NHS Safety Thermometer, is a tool developed by the QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) Safe Care Team, at … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Department of Health, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), National, NHS, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged CQUIN Incentive Payments, CQUIN: NHS Safety Thermometer, Department of Health Safe Care Team, Falls, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Measuring Harm Free Care, National VTE Board, NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (IC), NHS Quest, NHS Safety Thermometer, NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN, NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN 2012/13, Patient Safety, Pressure Ulcers, QIPP Safe Care Team, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Urinary Infections, VTE (Venous Thromboembolism), VTE CQUIN
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Guidance on National Commissioning for Quality and Innovation “CQUIN” Payment Framework (Department of Health)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary The Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) payment framework is intended to link a proportion of each service providers’ income … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Department of Health, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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