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Tag Archives: Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister)
Summary of Recent Progress on Dementia Friendly Communities (Department of Health)
Summary The following brief communication supplies an update on the Government’s and Department of Health’s national progress in the creation, development, promotion and evaluation of dementia-friendly communities. Ambitions for the end of 2015 include: There being at least 20 cities, … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accord Group, Accord Housing, Asda, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Best Practice for Dementia Care, Birmingham and the Black Country, British Standards Institute, British Standards Institution (BSI), British Standards Institution (BSI): Code of Practice for Dementia Friendly Communities, BSI Guidance, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Code of Practice for Dementia Friendly Communities, Creating Dementia Friendly Communities in Wolverhampton, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dementia Advisory Group, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Challenge Champion Groups, Dementia Friendly Awards: Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Communities Recognition Process, Dementia Friendly Community (City or County) of Year 2018: National Dementia Friendly Awards, Dementia Friendly Financial Services Charter, Dementia Friendly Technologies, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Technology Charter, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly City, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Industries, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Sectors, Dementia-Friendly Shops, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Future of Dementia Advisory Group (aka the Dementia Advisory Group), National Dementia Friendly Awards (2018), Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Norman Lamb MP, Norman Lamb: Former Liberal Democrat Health Minister, PAS 1365 (BSI), Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia: Progress in Year Three, Shop Staff, Walsall, Walsall Arboretum, West Midlands, Wolverhampton Dementia Action Alliance (DAA)
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Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report on the Mental Capacity Act (Ministry of Justice / Department of Health)
Summary The government, with partners, has considered the recommendations made by the House of Lords. This response report defines a system-wide programme planned for 2014 to 2015 (and beyond) on improving implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Full Text … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Access to Court, Adult Safeguarding, Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Assessment of Needs, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Association of Public Authority Deputies (APAD), Awareness and Understanding, Best Interest Assessor (BIA), Best Interests, Care Act 2014, Care and Support Planning, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013, Closing the Gap, Closing the Gap: Priorities for Essential Change in Mental Health, Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, Core Principles (Mental Capacity Act 2005), Court of Protection, Criminal Law, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Elderly Human Rights, Empowerment, England and Wales Court of Appeal, English Local Authorities, European Convention on Human Rights, Five Principles of the Mental Capacity Act, Hard Truths, House of Lords, House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Human Rights, Human Rights Culture, Human Rights in Care Homes, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs), Information and Advice, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Powers of Attorney, Least Restrictive Option, Least Restrictive Practice, Legal Aid, Legal Aid: Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), Local Authorities, Local Government Association: LGA, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mediation, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act Steering Group, Mental Capacity Act: Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report, Mental Capacity Advisory Board, Mental Capacity Assessments, Mental Health Act 2007, Ministry of Justice, National Governance, Neglect, Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Office of the Public Guardian, Office of the Public Guardian (OPG), OPG: Office of the Public Guardian, Oversight and Monitoring, Parliament, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Post‐Diagnosis Support, Post‐Diagnosis Support Working Group, Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professional Training and Awareness, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Protecting Vulnerable People, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Relevant Person‘s Representative (RPR), Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Restriction, Restrictive Practices, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Simon Hughes MP, Simon Hughes MP: Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties, Simon Hughes: Ministry of Justice, Transforming Care, Transparency, UK Government Dementia Awareness Campaign, UK Parliament, Unannounced Hospital Inspections, United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR (United Nations 1948), Unwise Decisions, Valuing Every Voice Respecting Every Right, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People, Winterbourne View
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Call to Ban 15-Minute Home Care Visits (BBC News / Leonard Cheshire Disability)
Summary The charity Leonard Cheshire Disability has discovered that short care visits to elderly and disabled people are becoming more common. Their report shows that 60% of councils in England use 15-minute visits, which are more often than not too short to provide adequate … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 15-Minute Home Care Visits, Adult Social Care, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, BBC Health News, Care Bill 2013-14, Care Bill [HL] 2013-14: Progress of the Bill - Timeline., Care Funding, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Community Care Assessments, ComRes Polling, Domiciliary Care, English Local Authorities, Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Funding of Care and Support, Holistic Care Assessments, Home Care, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Local Authorities, Local Government Association: LGA, Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Service User Experience, Short Care Visits, Social Care Assessments, Social Care Funding, UK Homecare Association, UKHCA: UK Homecare Association, Unison, User Experience
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Department of Health’s Corporate Plan for 2013-14 (Department of Health)
Summary The annual Department of Health corporate plan defines priorities for the year ahead, and explains how the department will deliver the Secretary of State’s strategic objectives. The main section headings in the corporate plan for 2013-14 point to information … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academic Health Science Centres, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Anna Soubry MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health), Arm’s Length Bodies (Department of Health's ALBs), Caldicott Review of Information Governance, Care and Compassion, Care Partnerships, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Clinical Trials Gateway, Compassionate Care, Corporate Plan (Department of Health), Dementia Pilot Schemes and Funding Allocations, Department of Health Purpose, Department of Health Responsibilities, Department of Health Values: People - Purpose - Working Together - Accountability, Department of Health Vision, Department of Health's Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs), Department of Health’s Corporate Plan 2013-14, Dignity and Respect, Dr Daniel Poulter MP (Former Conservative Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health), Earl Howe: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality (Lords), Felicity Harvey (Director General: Public Health), Finance, Financial Issues, First Mental Health Dashboard, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Health and Wellbeing, Health Education England, Health Protection, Healthwatch, Jon Rouse (Director General: Social Care Local Government and Care Partnerships), Leadership by Patients, Local Clinical Research Networks, Local Government, Local Government and Care Partnerships), Mental Health Act Approvals Panels, NHS Reform, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NIHR Clinical Research Network, NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Public Voice, Patient Choice Framework, Patient-Centred Leadership, Patient-Led Assessment of Care Environment (PLACE), Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia: Annual Report (2013), Productivity, Public Health, Research and Development, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Social Care, Transparency and Accountability, UK Clinical Trials Gateway (UKCTG), Value Based Recruitment, Value for Money
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Narrative for Person-Centred Coordinated Care (National Voices / TLAP)
Summary This narrative on care integration has been developed to encourage local areas accept the challenge of re-designing services with due regard to the perspectives of their users. “National Voices welcomes ambitions to make joined-up health and care the norm by 2018, … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Andrew Webster: Local Government Association, Care Integration, Catherine Pollard: Monitor, Chris Ham: The King’s Fund, Consultation and Enagement, Consultation Hub, Counties Manukau: New Zealand, Cross-Boundary Care Pathway Redesign, Dementia Integrated Care Pathway, Department for Communities and Local Government, Don Redding: National Voices, Enagement, Göran Henriks: Jönköping County Council (Sweden), Geraint Martin: Counties Manukau (New Zealand), Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Services Management Centre: University of Birmingham, ICP: Integrated Care Pilots, Incentivising Integrated Care, Integrated Care Pathway (ICP), Integrated Care Pioneers, Integrated Care Pioneers Panel, Integration of Health and Social Care, Jönköping County Council: Sweden, Jennifer Dixon: Nuffield Trust, Jenny Owen: ADASS, John Young: NHS England, Jon Glasby: Health Services Management Centre (University of Birmingham), Jon Rouse: Department of Health, Kaiser Permanente, Local Government Association: LGA, Making it Real, Models of Care: Integrated Models, Narrative for Integrated Care, National Support for Whole System Integration Pioneers, National Voices, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Improving Quality, Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Principles of Integration, Public Service Transformation Network, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Sally Warren: Public Health England, Sharon Levine: Kaiser Permanente (USA), Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, Whole System Integration, Whole System Integration Pioneers
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