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Tag Archives: Official Statistics
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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NHS Indicators: February 2015 (House of Commons Library / BBC News)
Summary The following House of Commons parliamentary paper covers statistical indicators for NHS England including the following broad categories: Hospital activity and capacity. Staff numbers. Waiting times and other performance indicators. A description of the indicators, showing trends over several … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Quality Indicators, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency, Accident and Emergency Attendances, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency: NHS Performance Indicators, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ambulance Quality Indicators, Ambulance Response Times, Ambulance Response Times: NHS Performance Indicators, Ambulance Response Times: NHS Statistical Trends, Ambulance Services, Ambulance Targets, BBC Health News, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Bed Availability and Occupancy, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Statistical Trends, Cancelled Operations, Cancelled Operations: NHS Performance Indicators, Cancelled Operations: NHS Statistical Trends, Cancer Waiting Times, Cancer: Waiting Times for Testing and Treatment, Cancer: Waiting Times for Testing and Treatment: NHS Performance Indicators, Cancer: Waiting Times for Testing and Treatment: NHS Statistical Trends, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Statistical Trends, Doctors: GPs, Doctors: GPs Nurses and Other Staff, Doctors: GPs Nurses Other Staff, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Care, Emergency Services, Finished Consultant Episodes by Primary Diagnosis, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, HCHS Doctors, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Hospital Activity and Capacity, Hospital Activity Referrals and Admissions, Hospital Activity Referrals and Admissions: NHS Performance Indicators, Hospital Activity Referrals and Admissions: NHS Statistical Trends, Hospital Activity Trends (England), Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS), Hospital Doctors, Hospital Doctors: NHS Statistical Trends, House of Commons Library, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Key Performance Indicators, Mixed-Sex Accommodation Breaches (England), National Cancer Waiting Times Dataset, Nationality of Non-British HCHS Nurses, NHS Indicators: February 2015, NHS Outcome Indicators, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Statistical Trends, NHS Winter Crisis, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Tracker (BBC), Nurse Staffing Levels, Nurses, Nurses Midwives and Health Visitors (HCHS), Official Statistics, Other HCHS Non-Medical Staff, Other Hospital Staff, Other Hospital Staff: NHS Statistical Trends, Other Staff, Patients Seen in 4 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Patients Waiting More Than Four Hours For Hospital Beds (Trolley Waits), Performance Indicators, Referral to Treatment, Staff Numbers, Staffing, Staffing Level Indicators: Skill Mix, Staffing Levels, Trolley Waits, UK Parliament, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times, Waiting Times for Cancer Treatment After Urgent GP Referral, Waiting Times for Diagnostic Tests, Waiting Times for Diagnostic Tests: NHS Performance Indicators, Waiting Times for Diagnostic Tests: NHS Statistical Trends, Waiting Times for Mental Health Treatment, Waiting Times for Mental Health Treatment: NHS Performance Indicators, Waiting Times for Mental Health Treatment: NHS Statistical Trends, Waiting Times for Routine Treatment, Waiting Times for Routine Treatment: NHS Performance Indicators, Waiting Times for Routine Treatment: NHS Statistical Trends
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Updated Official Statistics on Ageing in the UK (BBC News / ONS)
Summary Official statistics show that there were 840 people aged 90 and over per 100,000 in England and Wales in 2013; which is was slightly higher than in Scotland (707 per 100,000) and Northern Ireland (620 per 100,000). There has … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged (KT) Kannisto-Thatcher Method, 90 and Over Population in the UK: By Single Year of Age, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Aubrey de Grey (Gerontologist), Australian Bureau of Statistics, BBC Health News, Centenarians, Centenarians By Sex (UK), Centenarians in the UK, Central Statistics Office Ireland, Cross-Country Comparisons, Czech Statistical Office, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Demography of Centenarians in England and Wales, Eastern European Countries, England and Wales, Estimates of the Very Old, Estimates of the Very Old (including Centenarians), Federal Statistics Office Germany, Female Life Expectancy, Female to Male Sex Ratios in Ageing, Human Longevity, International Comparisons, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy of Older People, Longevity, Male Life Expectancy, Mid Year Estimates (MYE), National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies-France, National Institute of Statistics Italy, National Life Tables, National Population Projections, National Records of Scotland, National Statistics Institute of Bulgaria, National Statistics Institute of Spain, Northern Ireland Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Office for Budget Responsibility, Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Official Statistics, Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age, Oldest Old in the United Kingdom, Oldest Old: the 85+ Age Group, Social Demographics, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Statistics Bureau of Japan, Statistics Canada, Statistics Denmark, Statistics Finland, Statistics Iceland, Statistics New Zealand, Statistics Norway, Statistics Sweden, UK Country Comparisons, United Nations, United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division), US Census Bureau, Very Old People
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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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Statistical Focus on the Health and Care of Older People (HSCIC)
Summary The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has published a summary of information about older people living in England. This collection of statistical information presents a broad picture of the health, care and wellbeing of older people in … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E Attendances, Access to Hospital Services, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Combined Activity Return (ASC-CAR), Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Aids and Adaptations, Bed Days, Body Mass Index (BMI), Care in an Ageing Society, Cause of Death, Community Care Statistics, Community-Based Services, Consultants Working in Geriatric Medicine, Consultants Working in Old Age Psychiatry, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England, Day-Cases, Dementia and Falls, Diabetes Prevalence, Disability Free Life Expectancy (DFLE), Epidemiology and Statistics, EuroQol Group, Falls in Older People, FCE Bed Days, Geriatric Medicine, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Future Trends, Health Episode Statistics, Health Statistics, Home Adaptations, Home Care, Hospital Admissions, Housing Adaptations, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy, Local Authority Equipment and Adaptations: Unit / Reference Costs, Mental Health Minimum Data Set (MHMDS), National Dementia Prevalence, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) Workforce Statistics, Obesity, Obesity Prevalence in England, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Official Statistics, Old Age Psychiatry, Older People, Older People’s Services, Outpatient Attendances, Prescribing, Prevalence of Cancer, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevalence of Ischaemic Heart Disease, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Referrals Assessments and Packages of Care Return (RAP), Secondary Mental Health Services, Services for Older People in England, Smoking, Social Care, Social Care for Older People, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Wellbeing Ageing and Mortality, Wellbeing in an Ageing Population
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