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Tag Archives: Office of National Statistics Mortality Data
Malnutrition on Hospital Wards and in Care Homes? (BBC News / ONS / JGCR)
Summary Data from the Office for National Statistics indicates that malnutrition and / or dehydration were factors contributing to the deaths of 828 patients in hospitals and care homes in England and Wales during 2015. The following piece explores the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inspection Regime, Care Quality Commission Dignity and Nutrition Inspections, Compassionate Care, Compliance With Core Standards, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dangerous and Inadequate Care in Hospitals in England, Deaths From Dehydration and Malnutrition by place of death in England and Wales Between 2014 / 2015 (Office for National Statistics), Dehydration, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Eating and Nutritional Care, Elderly Malnutrition, Hydration, Hydration and Nutrition, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Standards in Care Homes, India, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Malnutrition in Later Life, Mealtime Environments, Nutrition and Dementia, Nutrition and Hydration Among People With Dementia in Care Homes, Nutrition Support, Nutritional Care, Nutritional Needs, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics Mortality Data, Professor Sir Mike Richards: Former Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC), Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Support With Eating in Care Homes, Treatment at End of Life
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Increase in Deaths in England and Wales in 2015 Accountable to Dementia and Flu? (BBC News / BMJ / ONS)
Summary Last year’s unexpected increase in the number of deaths, in England and Wales, appears to have resulted from the increase in dementia and respiratory diseases such as influenza among older people. Full Text Link Reference Spike in deaths ‘due … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Mortality, BBC Health News, BMJ, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Dementia and Flu, Dementia and Mortality, Excess Mortality, Excess Winter Mortality, Increase in Deaths in England and Wales During 2015, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, National Statistics, Office for National Statistics, Office of National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics Mortality Data, Provisional Analysis of Death Registrations: 2015
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Impact of Cause of Death Coding Changes on Dementia Mortality Statistics (ONS)
Summary Recent changes to the coding of chest infections in the collection and processing of mortality statistics has contributed to a (virtual, non-veridical) reduction of 2.5% in deaths given the underlying cause of respiratory disease and an increase of 7.0% … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Wales
Tagged Aspiration Pneumonia, Cause of Death Coding Changes, Chest Infections, Dementia Coding, Dementia Statistics, Diseases of the Nervous System (ICD-10 Codes G00–G99), England and Wales, Epidemiology and Statistics, EUROSTAT: Statistical Office of the European Union, Government Statistical Service, Health Statistics, Impact of IRIS on Mortality Statistics, IRIS (Eurostat), IRIS Institute: German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information in Cologne, IRIS Software, Lies Damned Lies and Statistics, Mental and Behavioural Disorders (ICD-10 Codes F00–F99), Mortality Medical Data System (MMDS), Mortality Statistics, National Statistics, Office of National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics Mortality Data, Official Statistics, Statistical Anomalies, Statistical Epiphenomena, Statistics Policy, United States National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Diseases: Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
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