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Tag Archives: Organisational and Cultural Barriers
Embedding a Culture for Quality Improvement (King’s Fund)
Summary Establishing quality improvement approaches which actually work has much to do with suitable leadership and organisational culture, according to a new King’s Fund report. Full Text Link Reference Embedding a culture of quality improvement. [Online]: King’s Fund, November 9th … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Behaviour Change Opportunities, Clinical Quality Improvement, Co-production in Quality Improvement, Collaborative Quality Improvement, Continuous Learning Culture, Continuous Quality Improvement, Cultural Leadership, Culture and Behaviour Change, Culture and Leadership, Culture of Raising Concerns, Culture of Reflective Practice, Culture of Safety, Culture of Valuing Staff, Culture: Lack of Leadership Support for Innovation (Barriers to Innovation), Culture: Risk Aversion (Barriers to Flexibility or Innovation), Culture: Silo Thinking in System (Barriers to Innovation), Efficiency Opportunities, Embedding a Culture of Quality Improvement, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Innovative Leadership, Leadership for Culture Change, Literature Reviews in Quality Improvement, NHS Culture Change, Open Culture, Opportunities to Improve the Quality of Care and Increase Productivity, Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Organisational Culture, Organisational Culture and Climate, Patient Engagement, QI: Quality Improvement, Quality and Efficiency Opportunities, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Culture, Shaping Culture, Staff Engagement, Staff Engagement in the NHS, Transparent Learning Culture, Virginia Mason Institute, Virginia Mason Institute Partnership, Workplace Culture
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Leading Change, Adding Value (NHS England / HEE / Department of Health)
Summary The Chief Nursing Officer for England has launched NHS England’s “Leading Change, Adding Value” framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff. It is based upon ten commitments, which comprise [quotation]: We will promote a culture where improving the population’s … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, 6 C’s of Nursing, Academic Health Science Networks, All Our Health, All Our Health (Public Health England), All Our Health: Healthcare Professionals Improving Health Outcomes and Reducing Health Inequalities, Assessment of Competence, Barts Health NHS Trust, Better Experience, Better Outcomes, Better Use of Resources, Breaking Down Boundaries Across Levels of Care and Settings, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Care and Compassion, Care and Quality, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Chief Nursing Officer for England (CNO), Closing the Care and Quality Gap, Closing the Funding and Efficiency Gap, Closing the Health and Wellbeing Gap, Collaborative Working Across Care Sectors to Improve Patient Safety (Case Study), Compassion in Practice: National Vision and Strategy for Nurses, Compassionate Care, Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities (CIPOLD), Coordination Across Sectors for a Comprehensive Continuum of Services, Culture and Leadership, Culture Change, Culture of Candour, Culture of Care, Culture of Reflective Practice, Customer Service and Communication, Developing Innovative Ways to Rethink Service Delivery, Diabetes Training Programme (Case Study), Duty of Candour, Earn As You Learn, Efficiency Opportunities, Empowering and Engaging Patients, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Endless Winter in NHS (Allegation), Enhancing the Strength and Resilience of Health Systems, Experience of Care, First Response Service: a 24/7 Integrated Model For Urgent Mental Health Care (Case Study), Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View for Mental Health (2016), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Frail Older People Moved in Hospitals at 3am (Allegation), Frail Older People Moved in Hospitals at Night, Funding and Efficiency, Funding and Efficiency Gap, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust, Health as a Social Movement (NHS England), Health Policy, Health Services, Healthcare Professionals Improving Health Outcomes and Reducing Health Inequalities (Public Health England's All Our Health), Healthy New Towns Programme, Healthy Places: Integrated Services for Local Populations, Homes for Nurses Scheme, Improvement of Working Conditions, Improving Health: Closing the Health and Wellbeing Gap, Improving Infection Control in Nursing Care Homes (Case Study), Improving Outcomes, Improving Outcomes for People Living With Dementia (Case Study), Integrated Services for Local Populations, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Janet Davies: RCN General Secretary, Jumbulances, Leading Change Adding Value Framework, Leading Change Adding Value Framework: Impact Measurement, Leading Change Adding Value Initiative, Leading Change Adding Value National Resources: Documents Tools and References, Learning Disabilities, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Life Course Approach, Life Course Approaches to Supporting Wellbeing Resilience and Independence, Local Digital Roadmaps, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Lord Carter Review, Lord Willis: Independent Chair of Shape of Caring Review, Making Every Contact Count, Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Making Every Contact Count Programme (MECC), Managing Processes for Quality and Better Outcomes, Mencap Report: Death By Indifference, Mental Health, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, National Maternity Review (2016), National Resources: Documents Tools and References, National Voices, NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC), NHS Culture, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s Leading Change Adding Value Framework, NHS England’s Right Care Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Right Care Approach, NHS Student Bursary Cuts, No Decision About Me Without Me, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nurses and Midwives, Nurses and Midwives: Coordination to Ensure a Comprehensive Continuum of Services, Nurses and Midwives: Empowering People and Engaging Patients, Nurses and Midwives: Influencing Upstream and Downstream Public Health Services, Nurses and Midwives: Innovation in Rethinking Service Delivery, Nurses And Midwives: Managing For Quality And Better Outcomes, Nurses and Midwives: Reducing Barriers / Boundaries Across Care Settings, Nurses Midwives and Care Assistants, Nursing, Nursing Apprentices, Nursing Associates, Nursing Associates - 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Creating a Dementia Friendly Hospital: Local Contributions Have Global Influence (ICN / WHO / NHS England)
Summary International Nurses’ Day, taking the theme “Nurses – A Force For Change: Improving Health Systems’ Resilience” this year, fell on May 12th 2016. Just a few days earlier, International Day of the Midwife took place on May 5th 2016. … Continue reading →
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Co-Location of Alternative Out-Of-Hours Services With A&E Departments: Building on Popular Persistence of A&E Brand? (BBC News / BMJ / RCEM / RCP)
Summary The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has proposed that the A&E brand has such a dominant and ingrained persistence in the minds of the public that it might be futile to try persuading people not to make unnecessary … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Public Health England Research Prioritisation Workshop Briefings (PHE / BBC News)
Summary Public Health England (PHE)’s Research, Translation and Innovation Division held four Research Prioritisation Workshops. These events have resulted in a series of five reports exploring some issues in research, barriers and gaps in knowledge. The Research Prioritisation Workshop series … Continue reading →
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Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report: Improving the Quality of Life for People with Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society’s fourth annual report exploring the quality of life for people with dementia (and their families and carers) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is entitled “Dementia 2015: Aiming higher to transform lives is in England”. This … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2015 General Election Dementia Manifesto (All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia), Active Lifestyle, Addressing Dementia: The OECD Response (2015), All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia Manifesto for 2015 General Election, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Alzheimer's Society Policy Reports: Dementia 20xx Series, Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Advisers, Alzheimer’s Society National Dementia Helpline, Alzheimer’s Society Public Policy Team, Alzheimer’s Society’s Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP), Alzheimer’s Society’s Research Network, Alzheimer’s Society’s Supporting Diagnosis Project, APPG on Dementia, APPG on Dementia Manifesto 2015, Asda, Assessment of Quality of Life, Attributable Cost of Dementia, Aviva, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Balancing Risk and Choice, Barbara Pointon’s Web of Care, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Burden of Dementia (Statistics), Care and Support, Care and Support Services, Care Homes, Caregiver Support, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Information and Support Programme, Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP), Carer Support, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Central Lancashire’s Pathway of Post-Diagnostic Support Services, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Commissioners of Services, Commissioning Support Services, Community Support, Community Support Services, Cracks in the Pathway (CQC), Crawley Dementia Alliance, Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report, Dementia 2015: Aiming Higher to Transform Lives, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adviser Service, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Co-Morbidities, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Swimming Project: Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Research: UK Impact, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Health and Care Settings, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Workplaces, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Diagnosis and Referral, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, EasyJet, Focused Intervention Training and Support (FITS), Forget Me Not Dementia Unit (Warrington Hospital), G8 Summit, Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA), Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Wellbeing, Health Care Support Received by People with Mental Health Problems, Health Commissioners, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Lifestyles, Home Retail Group (Argos and Homebase), Impact of Dementia (Statistics), Improving Dementia Education and Awareness, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Inadequate Homecare Training, Increasing Wellbeing, Integrated Services in Tower Hamlets, Involvement and Participation, John's Campaign, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Lloyds Banking Group, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Marks and Spencer, National Dementia Helpline, New Models of Care, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s New Models of Care Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Over-Complexity, Participation in Research, Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Dementia Study, Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Dementia, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Prevalence of Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Public Health England, Quality of Care Across the Course of Dementia, Quality of Life, Quality of Life (Carers), Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life Promotion, Quality of Life Research, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Complexity, Reducing Social Isolation: Side by Side, Right to Know Campaign, Risk Management, Risk Management Assessment, Risk Stratification, Social Isolation, St Gregory’s High School (Warrington), Support for New Models of Care (New Deal), Support Services, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Supreme Court Judgment (March 2015) on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Swimming With Dementia, Systems Complexity, Tower Hamlets, Web of Care, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, World Dementia Council
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Improving Approaches to Public Involvement in Research (NIHR)
Summary This National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) report on encouraging public involvement in research recommends a strategic approach to engaging the public in goal-setting for research and research design. It is based on the “Breaking Boundaries” Strategic Review of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Academic Health Science Networks, Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs), Barriers to Engagement, Barriers to Integration, Barriers to Involvement, Biomedical Research Centres and Units (BRC/Us), Breaking Boundaries Strategic Review of Public Involvement in the NIHR, Capability and Culture, Care North West London (NIHR CLAHRC NWL), Chief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Citizen Inclusion, CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Clinical Coordination Centre, Clinical Coordination Centre (CCC), Clinical Research Network (NIHR), Clinical Research Networks, Co-Production, Communication and Information, Community, Community Involvement, Connectivity, Continuous Improvement, Coordination, Culture, Culture and Leadership, Culture Change, Culture of Empowerment and Support, Dementia Research, Designing for Inclusion, Embedding Co-Production, Empowerment and Support, Engagement, Engagement and Co-Production, European Patients Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI), Inclusion, Inclusion and Diversity, Local Clinical Research Networks (LCRNs), Medical Research, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for North-West London, NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research, NIHR Coordinating Centres, NIHR National Director for Patients and the Public in Research, NIHR: National Institute for Health Research, NIHR’s Clinical Research Networks, Open Culture, Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Overcoming Barriers, Participation in Research, Participation in Research Studies, Patient and Public Expeience, Patient and Public Involvement, Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), Patient and Public Participation, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Involvement in Research, Psychological and Social Barriers, Public and Patient Involvement, Public Involvement in Research (INVOLVE), Public Involvement in the NIHR (Breaking Boundaries Strategic Review), Research Awareness, Research Culture, Research Design Services (RDSs), Research Excellence Framework (REF), Research Into Aging, Service User Involvement, Tackling Barriers to Innovation, User Involvement, Vision Strategy Actions Measures (VSAM)
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New Cross Hospital Dementia Care Bundle: a “New” Discovery (Health Foundation)
Summary The following case study from the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust covers how the Dementia Care Bundle (DCB) was implemented at New Cross Hospital and how this has improved patient safety. This apparently neglected item from the University of Worcester, … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Delirium, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Ward for Dementia, All About Me Board, Association for Dementia Studies, Association for Dementia Studies: University of Worcester, Bundle Approach to Improving Care, Bundle Design, Care and Compassion, Care Bundle Approach, Care Bundle: Defined, Care Bundles (Approaches to Improving Care), Care in General Hospitals, Caring for People with Dementia on Hospital Wards, Cheryl Etches: Chief Nurse at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Cognitive Impairment in Hospital Settings, Comfort and Pain Management, Communication, Communication Problems, Compassion, Compassion and Care, 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 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, Dementia Outreach Team, Dementia Training Programme (RWHT), Dementia Ward, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Designing Care Bundles, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Grace Hampson (Project Manager of the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project), Improvement Methods for Re-design of Care Processes, Improving Patient Safety, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Jennifer Bray: Association for Dementia Studies at University of Worcester, Julie Willoughby (Consultant Nurse: Dementia Services at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust), Matron Karen Bowley, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multidisciplinary Teams, New Cross Hospital Dementia Care Bundle, New Cross Hospital Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital Dementia Ward, NHS West Midlands, Nutrition and Hydration, Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Overcoming Barriers, Patient Safety, Patient Safety in the NHS, Patient Safety Strategies, Patients With Acute Physical Illness and Co-Existing Dementia, Patients With Physical Illness and Dementia, Pauline Smith: Strategic Health Authority (NHS West Midlands), Physical Illness and Dementia Ward, Professor Dawn Brooker, Professor Dominic Upton, Purpose-Designed Dementia Ward, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, University of Worcester, University of Worcester: Association for Dementia Studies, Worcester Association for Dementia Studies, Worcester University
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Dementia Awareness Week (2014): Don’t Bottle It Up (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary This is Dementia Awareness Week: May 18th – 24th 2014. The theme this year is about encouraging more open communication, removing barriers to seeking help and reducing the stigma associated with this traditionally taboo subject. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Barriers to Early Diagnosis, Barriers to Older People Accessing Help and Support, Barriers to Support, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week 2014, Dementia Awareness Week: Thinking Ahead, Don't Bottle it Up (Dementia Awareness Week: 2014), Helplines, National Dementia Helpline, National Dementia Helpline Advisers: UK (0300 222112), Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Overcoming Barriers, Reducing Stigma, Stigma-Free Environments, UK Medicines Information (UKMi), UKMi, Wessex Drug and Medicines Information Centre
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CQC and LGO Help People Raise Concerns About Adult Social Care (CQC / LGO)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Local Government Ombudsman have announced an arrangement which makes it easier for people to raise concerns about adult social care in England. New processes transfer enquiries between these organisations, thereby saving people’s … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), Adult Social Care Services, Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Speaking Out About Poor Care, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Data Sharing, Data Sharing Agreement, Information Sharing, LGO: Local Government Ombudsman, Local Government Ombudsman, Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Overcoming Barriers, Raising Concerns, Regulators Sharing Information, Removing Regulatory Barriers, Sharing Knowledge and Information, Social Care Concerns
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