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Tag Archives: NHS West Midlands
Brief Audit of the New Cross Hospital Specialised Dementia Unit: a “New” Discovery (European Geriatric Medicine)
Summary A short conference abstract relating to the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project has been discovered, entirely fortuitously, over three years after the event held in Brussels. This brief piece communicates the results of an audit into the effectiveness of … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Standards, Statistics, UK, Wolverhampton
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Ward for Dementia, Care Bundle Approach, Care in General Hospitals, Caring for People with Dementia on Hospital Wards, Congress of the EUGMS (Brussels 2012), Critique and Evaluation of Dementia Care at New Cross Hospital, Critique and Evaluation of Specialist Hospital Dementia Care in the UK, Dementia Care Bundle (DCB), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in an Acute Hospital (New Cross Hospital), Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital. Wolverhampton, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Department of Geriatric Medicine: Royal Wolverhamptom NHS Trust, Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP), European Geriatric Medicine, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Geriatric Medicine: Good Hope Hospital, Good Hope Hospital: Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, National Audit of Dementia Care, National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals 2011, New Cross Hospital Dementia Care Bundle, New Cross Hospital Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital Dementia Ward, NHS West Midlands, Patients With Physical Illness and Dementia, Physical Illness and Dementia Ward, Purpose-Designed Dementia Ward, Retrospective Case-Notes Audit, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
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Dementia Care in the Acute General Hospital: Revisited (Journal of Dementia Care)
Summary This article summarises the range of interventions involved in improving care for people with dementia at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton. Key components of the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project comprise: A specialist dementia acute medical ward (currently called … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged About Me Document, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Medical Ward for Dementia, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Care and Compassion, Care Bundle Approach, Care in General Hospitals, Communication, Compassion, Compassion and Care, Compassion in Practice, Compassionate Care, Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Critique and Evaluation of Dementia Care at New Cross Hospital, Critique and Evaluation of Specialist Hospital Dementia Care in the UK, Dementia Action Network (DAN), Dementia and Physical Illness Ward, Dementia Care Bundle, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in an Acute Hospital (New Cross Hospital), Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital. Wolverhampton, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia Outreach Team, Dementia Strategy Forward Plan (Wolverhampton), General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Grace Hampson (Project Manager of the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project), Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Journal of Dementia Care: JDC, Matron Karen Bowley, National Dementia Strategy: Wolverhampton’s Forward Plan, New Cross Hospital Dementia Outreach Service, New Cross Hospital Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital Dementia Ward, NHS Local, NHS West Midlands, Physical Illness and Dementia Ward, Professor Dawn Brooker, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, University of Worcester, West Midlands, West Midlands Strategic Health Authority, West Midlands' Dementia Projects, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton City Council, Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust, Wolverhampton UK
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Integrated Care: the Esteem Team at Sandwell’s Integrated Primary Care Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (King’s Fund)
Summary This case study from the King’s Fund (funded by Aetna and the Aetna Foundation) covers one of five UK-based models of care co-ordination. It is about the Sandwell Esteem Team, at the Sandwell Integrated Primary Care Mental Health and … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
Tagged Aetna (US), Aetna Foundation, Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell (BUDS), BUDS: Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell, Care Pathway, Co-Production, Community Care, Community Mental Health Teams, Community Support, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Complex Chronic Conditions, Core 10 (Assessment Tool), Core 10 and WEMWBS, Core-OM, Corenet Software, Counselling Services, Esteem Team: Sandwell, Functional Integration, Health and Social Care Integration, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, IAPT Programme, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Liaison Services, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mental Health Liaison Services, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, Multidisciplinary Teams, NHS West Midlands, Patient Experience, Patient Focus, Patient Involvement, Primary Care, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group, Sandwell Esteem Team, Sandwell Integrated Primary Care Mental Health and Wellbeing Service, Sandwell Wellbeing Hub, Sandwell: West Midlands, Stepped Care Approach, Team Culture, Team Working, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), West Midlands
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Jeremy Hunt on ‘Complacent’ Hospitals (BBC News)
Summary Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has stated that some hospitals are coasting along and settling for minimum standards instead of striving for excellence. He has criticised a culture of “complacency” and low expectations which may be placing unnecessary limits on performance in the NHS. The challenge is to … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Care in General Hospitals, Coasting, Feedback, FFT: Friends and Family Test, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Friends and Family Test (NHS), General Hospitals, Hard to Reach Groups, Local Surveys, Mediocrity, NHS Friends and Family Test, NHS West Midlands, Patient Care, Patient Choice, Patient Experience, Patient Feedback, Patient Opinion, Patient Satisfaction, Patient Surveys, User Experience, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall NHS Healthcare Trust, West Midlands
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Nutritional Care of Patients with Dementia in the Acute Setting (Complete Nutrition)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 11, June 2012]. Summary This article discusses the role of the dietitian in an acute hospital working with dementia patients. It outlines various causes of … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, NHS, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Artificial Nutrition and Hydration, Aspiration Pneumonia, Association for Dementia Studies, Autonomy (Ethical Framework for Decision-Making), Beneficence (Ethical Framework for Decision-Making), Complete Nutrition, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in an Acute Hospital (New Cross Hospital), Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital. Wolverhampton, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia Outreach Team, Dementia Ward, Dietetic Input, Dietetics, Dieticians, Down’s Dementia, Dysphagia, Enteral Feeding, Ethical Framework for PEG Placement, Hydration, Justice (Ethical Framework for Decision-Making), Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), New Cross Hospital Dementia Outreach Service, New Cross Hospital Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital Dementia Ward, NHS West Midlands, Non-Maleficence (Ethical Framework for Decision-Making), Nutrition and Hydration, Nutrition Support, Nutritional Care in the Acute Setting, Nutritional Support, PEG Placement, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG), Purpose-Designed Dementia Ward, Quality of Life (Ethical Framework for Decision-Making), Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Specialist Macmillan Dietitian, Speech and Language Therapy (SALT), Susan Merrick, Susan Merrick (Specialist Macmillan Dietitian), Tube Feeding, University of Worcester, Worcester University
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Automated Pill Dispenser Project Evaluation (Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary This end of project evaluation report, from Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands, covers the PivoTell automated pill dispenser. Mark 3 … Continue reading
Posted in ADASS, Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Adult Social Care and Inclusion: Walsall MBC, Alliance Boots, Assessment Flowchart, Automated Pill Dispenser Project, Automatic Medicine Dispensers, Business Case, Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP), Charter & Plan Ltd, Community Pharmacies, Compliance Aids, Cost Analysis, Coventry City Council, Directors of Adult Social Services in the West Midlands (ADASS), Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Health Services Management Centre: University of Birmingham, Herefordshire County Council, Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands, Local Authorities, Medication Management Leads, Murray’s Healthcare, NHS West Midlands, North East Essex PCT, PCT Clusters, PCT Telecare Leads, Pharmacy Services: Community, PivoTell, PivoTell Automated Pill Dispenser Mk 3, Prescriptions Dispensed in the Community, Prevention and Early Intervention (ADASS), Primary Care Trusts in the West Midlands, Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (IEP), Right Pills at the Right Time, Simon Adams Consulting Ltd, Staffordshire County Council, Staffordshire North PCT, Telford and Wrekin Council, University of Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands ADASS Telehealthcare Network, West Midlands Regional ADASS Telehealthcare Network, West Midlands SHA, Wolverhampton City Council, Worcestershire County Council
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