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Tag Archives: Out of Hours Care
Integrated Urgent Care Commissioning Standards (NHS England)
Summary NHS England’s Urgent and Emergency Care Review will involve the delivery of NHS 111 and General Practice Out-of-Hours services being brought closer together. The aim is to provide patients with a simplified “front door” to urgent and emergency health … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 24/7 Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, 24/7 Urgent GP Services, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Alignment of GP Out of Hours Calls With NHS 111 Service, Ambulance Services, British Medical Association (BMA), Burden Advice and Assessment Service (BAAS), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinical Decision Support Software (CDSS), Co-Commissioning, Co-Location of Out-Of-Hours Services With Emergency Departments, Collaborative Commissioning, Commissioning and Service Development, Commissioning for Transformation, Commissioning Standards: Integrated Urgent Care (September 2015), Commissioning Urgent and Emergency Care for Older People, Comprehensive Local Directory of Services, David Davis: NHS England’s Clinical Lead for the NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Workforce Development Programme, Directory of Services (DOS), Dr Amanda Doyle: Co-Chair of NHS Clinical Commissioners Leadership Group, Dr Ossie Rawstorne: Medical Advisor to NHS 111, Emergency Ambulance Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, GP Cooperatives and Out-of-Hours Services, GP Out-of-Hours Services, Health Advisers (Call Handlers), HSCIC Burden Advice and Assessment Service (BAAS), Improving Referral Pathways, Integrated Care Advice Service or Clinical Hub, Integrated Care Advice Service Roles: Dental, Integrated Care Advice Service Roles: Mental Health, Integrated Care Advice Service Roles: Pharmacy, Integrated Urgent Care, Integrated Urgent Care Clinical Decision Support System(s), Integrated Urgent Care Commissioning Standards, Integrated Urgent Care Minimum Data Set (MDS), Local Directory of Services (DOS), Local Urgent Care Centres, New Front Door to Urgent and Emergency Care Services, NHS 111, NHS 111 Commissioning Standards, NHS 111 Front Door, NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Workforce Development Programme, NHS 111 Minimum Data Set (MDS), NHS 111 National Programme Team, NHS 111 Service, NHS 111 Shifting Burden From A&E and Ambulance Services, NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Review Team, NHS GP and Out-of-Hours Services, NHS Pathways: Integrating Urgent Care, Out of Hours Care, Out of Hours GP Services, Out of Hours Services, Out of Hours Support, Out-of-Hours General Practice, Out-of-Hours GP Services in England, Out-of-hours National Quality Requirements (NQRs), Out-of-Hours Primary Care, Payment Approach for Integrated Urgent Care, Primary Care Out-of-Hours (OOH) Services, Professor Keith Willett: NHS England’s Director of Acute Care, Reducing Inappropriate NHS 111 Referrals to 999 and A&E, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Referrals From NHS 111 to A&E, Referrals From NHS 111 to GPs, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Standardisation Committee for Care Information (SCCI), Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Update on the Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Commissioning, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Urgent and Emergency Care: Call Handling and Assessment, Urgent and Emergency Care: Clinical Advice and Treatment, Urgent Care Centres (UCCs), Urgent Care Centres (Walk-In and Minor Injuries Units), Urgent Care Clinical Hubs, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Volume-Based Funding
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Towards the Second Wave: Update on Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund For Improving Access to GP Services (NHS England)
Summary GPs are able to bid for a share of £100m access fund, in the second wave of the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund available for improving patient access to GP services. The aim is to incentivise GP practices into opening … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 8am-8pm Appointments, Access to Care, Access to Healthcare Services, Access to Primary Care, Access to Primary Care At Night and Weekend, Access to Services, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Associate Networks to Share Learning, Avoidable Admissions, BBC Health News, Better Access Better Care Better Standards (Barking & Dagenham and Havering & Redbridge), Better Access Better Care Better Standards Barking & Dagenham and Havering and Redbridge, Better Access Better Care Better Standards Barking & Dagenham and Havering and Redbridge: First Wave Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund Pilot, Better Together (Workington), Birmingham, BMA General Practitioners Committee (GPC), BMA’s General Practitioners’ Committee, Bristol, Bury Easy GP Project, Bury Easy GP Project: First Wave Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund Pilot, Care Closer to Home, Care UK Superpractice, Care UK Superpractice: First Wave Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund Pilot, Caring for Darlington Beyond Tomorrow, Caring for 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International Consensus on Quality Indicators for Palliative Cancer and Dementia Care (BMC Health Services Research)
Summary Quality indicators have been developed concerning palliative care for patients with cancer and / or dementia in different settings in various European countries. This article presents the efforts of a multidisciplinary international panel of experts to compile a set … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Universal Interest
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GP Access Fund Could Help 7 Milllion Patients (BBC News)
Summary The GP Access Fund, intended to make it easier for people to access their GPs during evenings or weekends, and/or to contact them remotely by phone, email and Skype, could benefit over seven million patients (a higher number than … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Department of Health, In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 8am-8pm Appointments, Access to Care, Access to Healthcare Services, Access to Primary Care, Access to Primary Care At Night and Weekend, Access to Services, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Associate Networks to Share Learning, Avoidable Admissions, BBC Health News, Better Access Better Care Better Standards (Barking & Dagenham and Havering & Redbridge), Better Together (Workington), BMA General Practitioners Committee (GPC), BMA’s General Practitioners’ Committee, Care Closer to Home, Caring for Darlington Beyond Tomorrow, Complex Needs, Digital Technology, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Support, Easy GP Project (Bury), Email Access to GPs, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Enhanced Care for the Elderly, Extended GP Opening Hours, Extended Hours Access Scheme Directed Enhanced Service, Extended Primary Integrated Care (Brighton and Hove), Extended Weekday Opening, Extended Weekend Opening, Extending Access to GP Services, Extending Access to Primary Care (Southwark), Flexibility, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, GP Access Fund, GP Surgeries, GP Surgeries in England: Opening Hours, GPs, Health United (Birmingham), Healthy Living Apps, Holistic Care, Improving Access, Improving Access Supporting Primary Care Integration and Whole System Change (Herefordshire), Improving General Practice, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Information Technology, Innovative Access to Primary Care Services, Integrated South Kent Coast (Folkestone and Dover), Long-Term Conditions, Longer Opening Hours, Mobile Technology, Moving Primary Care to a Wellbeing Approach (West Wakefield), Named GPs, New Technology, Older People With Complex Needs, One Care Consortium (Bristol South Gloucestershire and North Somerset), Online Patient Access, Opening Doors: Aligning and Integrating Health and Care Services (Morecambe), Opening Hours, Out of Hours Care, Out of Hours GP Services, Out of Hours Services, Out-of-Hours General Practice, Patient Online Services, Phone Consultations, PM Challenge Fund, PM Challenge Fund Pilots, Post-Discharge Support, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Home (Warrington), Prime Minister Challenge Fund Pilots, Prime Minister’s GP Access Fund, Proactive Care Plans, Proactive Personalised Care in the Community, Readmissions, Reducing Re-Admissions NHS Hospitals, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Responsible GPs, Same-Day GP Telephone Consultations, Seven-Day Opening, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Shaping Services to Meet Community Needs (Devon Cornwall and Isles of Scilly), Skype, Spreading Innovation, Steps to the Future (Slough), Support for People with Complex Needs, Together as One Community (Hambleton Richmondshire Whitby), Transformational Innovations for Primary Care in West Hertfordshire (Watford), Transforming Access to General Practice (North West London), Transforming General Practice (Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire), Transforming Primary Care, Transforming Primary Care Programme, Transforming the Access Experience at Scale across England (The Care UK Super Practice), Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Virtual Primary Care Homes, Working Evenings and Weekends
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Avoidable Hospital Admissions Crisis (BBC News / NAO)
Summary Too many emergency admissions to hospitals in England take place according to the National Audit Office. There were 5.3 million such admissions during the last financial year, which represents a 47% rise over 15 years. Many of the individuals involved are frail elderly patients who … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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NICE Eyes on Evidence: Cumulative Index 2013 (NICE Evidence)
Summary The NICE Evidence‘s Eyes on Evidence service covers significant new evidence across a range of topics. Here is an alphabetical list of the items, which have appeared so far this year, of broad interest to readers of this information … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS Evidence, Parkinson's Disease, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Hospitals, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Anti-Fat Bias, Anti-Fat Bias Among Doctors, Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea, Arrhythmia Care Coordinators, Atrial Fibrillation, Bed Days, Benzodiazepines, Benzodiazepines and Dementia, Cardiovascular Risk, Citalopram for Depression, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Performance, Colloids, Computerised Reminders, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease, Dietary Supplements, Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Primary Care, Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE), Drug Interactions, Drug Therapy for Mild Hypertension, Eyes on Evidence (NHS Evidence), Eyes on Evidence Issue 45 (January 2013), Eyes on Evidence Issue 46 (February 2013), Eyes on Evidence Issue 47 (March 2013), Eyes on Evidence Issue 48 (April 2013), Eyes on Evidence Issue 49 (May 2013), Eyes on Evidence Issue 50 (June 2013), Eyes on Evidence Issue 51 (July 2013), Eyes on Evidence Issue 52 (August 2013), Eyes on Evidence Issue 53 (September 2013), Fever in Patients with Cancer, General Health Checks in Adults, Grapefruit, Grapefruit: Drug Interactions, Harm Free Care, Health and Homelessness, Heart Failure, Herbal Remedies, Histopathology Management, Homelessness and Ill-Health, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hospital Admission Rates, HRT, Hypoglycaemia, Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Among Homeless Populations, Insomnia, Integrated Whole System Services for People With Dementia, Loneliness, Loneliness and Mortality in Older People, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Low-Risk Neutropenia, Metabolic Profile, Metabolic Profile and Declining Cognitive Function, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Hypertension, Mortality in Older People, Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, National Quitline, New Medicines in UK (Trends), NHS Safety Thermometer, NICE Evidence Updates, NICE Evidence’s Eyes on Evidence, NICE Eyes on Evidence, Non-Attendance, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS), NSAIDS: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Oral Antiseptics, Out of Hours Care, Patient Self-Referral, Physiotherapy for Parkinson's Disease, Podiatry Education, Podiatry Self-Care, Premature Death After Self-Harm, Preventable Deaths in English Acute Hospitals, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Probiotics, Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals, Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs), Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), Reducing Bed Days, Restless Legs Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Factor, Risk of asthma Inhaled Corticosteroids, Safety Express, Safety Thermometer, Screening for Type 2 Diabetes, Self-Care, Smoking, Social Isolation, Social Isolation and Mortality in Older People, Stable Asthma, Teledermatology, Telehealth and Emergency Care, Trans Fatty Acids, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Warfarin Dosing Algorithm in Atrial Fibrillation. Eyes on Evidence Issue 51 (July 2013), Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Design, Wireless Working in Hospitals, Z Drugs
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Refreshing the NHS Mandate (Department of Health)
Summary The government is consulting on an update to the Mandate to NHS England for 2014 to 2015. The NHS Mandate (published first in November 2012) defines the government’s ambitions for the NHS and relates these to the funding available. The … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Avoidable Premature Mortality, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Dementia Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis, Emergency Departments, Fair Playing Field Review (Monitor), Genomic Technologies, Helping People Live Well for Longer, Helping People Recover, IAPT Services, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Information Sharing, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Joined-Up Care, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Living Well for Longer, Making Better Use of Resources, Making Sure People Experience Better Care, Making the NHS Among the Best in Europe, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Mandate to NHS England, Mandate to NHS England for 2014 to 2015, Mental Health Services, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Clinician, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Funding, NHS IAPT Services, NHS Mandate, NHS Outcomes Framework, No Health Without Mental Health, Open Culture, Openness, Out of Hours Care, Out of Hours Services, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Premature Mortality, Proposals to Improve Care for Vulnerable Older People, Providing Safe Care, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Public Sector Equality Duty, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Refreshing the NHS Mandate, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Supporting Economic Growth, Timely Diagnosis, Transforming Services, Vulnerable Older People
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Views Sought on Proposals to Improve Care for Vulnerable Older People (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health is seeking views on proposals to improve care for vulnerable older people. The proposals involve finding ways for NHS and social care services to work together more effectively. Interested parties can discuss and comment on … Continue reading →
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Hospitals on the Edge? Time for Action (BBC News / NHS Choices / RCP Report)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 2, September 2012]. Summary A report from the Royal College of Physicians points out that the triple effect of rising demand, increasingly complex cases and falling bed … Continue reading →
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Silver Book: Quality Care of Older People with Urgent and Emergency Care Needs (University of Leicester)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary Older people seldom have one single condition; they frequently have multiple physical and mental health problems. This “Silver Book” is … Continue reading →
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