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Seven Day Hospital Pharmacy Services (NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England’s “Transformation of Seven Day Clinical Pharmacy Services in Acute Hospitals” report explains how seven-day clinical pharmacy services can benefit patients. Seven-day hospital pharmacy services might also help improve hospital efficiency, in the context of ten Seven Day … Continue reading →

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Murky Evidence? Murkier Politics (BBC News)

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Trust no-one. Believe nothing. Use your own judgement. Back to renaissance values? Full Text Link Reference Bloch, S. (2016). Hunt ‘misrepresented’ data on 7-day NHS. London: BBC Health News, February 24th 2016.

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The Weekend Effect: a Summing-Up of the Evidence (Department of Health / BBC News / NHS Employers / BMJ / Journal of Health Services Research and Policy)

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Debates have arisen recently about possible “spin” and politically-motivated distortion in interpretation of the “weekend effect” and the benefits to patients of seven-day working. The Department of Health has produced an impartial presentation of the research. This includes a … Continue reading →

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Improvements to Care in the Last Days / Hours of Life (Department of Health)

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report assesses progress made against commitments in the “One Chance to Get it Right” report, which was released just over a year ago as a response to the Independent Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) on improving … Continue reading →

Professional Standards for Hospital Pharmacy Services (Royal Pharmaceutical Society)

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) have updated their “Professional Standards for Hospital Pharmacy Services”, in light of the Francis Inquiry report . Updates to this document place more emphasis on increasing patient involvement and feedback in the development of services. … Continue reading →

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Review of the NHS in 2013: a Year of Landmark Reports and Reforms (BBC News)

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This BBC News article provides a handy recap of the important changes announced for the NHS during this year, as marked by a succession of ground-breaking reports: February 2013: The Francis Inquiry into the Stafford Hospital scandal. The government commissioned … Continue reading →

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Seven-Day Services Across the NHS (NHS England / HFMA / BBC News)

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England’s National Medical Director, Sir Bruce Keogh, has made available more information about plans for seven day services across the NHS (based on findings from the Forum on NHS Services, Seven Days a Week) to be introduced over … Continue reading →

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