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Tag Archives: Outcomes-Based Commissioning
Home Care in England: a King’s Fund Review (King’s Fund)
Summary A King’s Fund report investigates problems in the commissioning of adult social care with a focus on home care. Issues under consideration include: Recruitment and retention of home care staff. Reductions in fees paid for council commissioned home care. … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care: Local Authority Commissioning, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE), Ageing Population, Alternative Approaches to Commissioning, Autonomous Team Working, Buurtzorg (Neighbourhood Care), Buurtzorg Model, Buurtzorg Model: Netherlands, Buurtzorg Nederland, Buurtzorg: Dutch for Neighbourhood Care, Buurtzorg: Netherlands, Care Funding, Carer Marketplaces, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Community Aging in Place, Community Assets, Community Catalysts, Continuity of Care and Relationships, Continuity of Care for Older People, Cooperative Home Care Associates (USA), Delivering Home Care for Older People, Dementia and Homecare, Devon Cares, Devon Cares: Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Domiciliary Care, English Local Authorities, Geographical Variations, Gesundes Kinzigital Model, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, High-Quality Home Care (Buurtzorg: Netherlands), Home Care, Home Care For Older People: NICE Care Pathway, Home Care For Older People: NICE Quality Standard No.123, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workforce, Inclusion Glasgow, Independent Living With Care, Individual Service Funds (ISFs), Innovation in Adult Social Care, Integrator Models, Intelligent System for Independent Living and Self-Care of Seniors With Cognitive Problems or Mild Dementia (ISISEMD), Kaiser Telehealth (USA), Kotitori Model, Later Life, Lidköping (Sweden), Local Authorities, Local Community Assets, Local Health Services: Variations, Love2Care Devon, Mountain Empire’s Program of All-inclusive Care for Elderly (PACE), New Models of Care, New Models of Home Care, New Models of Service, Outcomes-Based Commissioning, Personal Budgets (PBs), Place-Based Teams, Provider Sustainability, Quality and Sustainability, Recruitment and Retention, Regional Variations, Scotland National Telecare Development Programme, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Shared Lives Carers, Somerset Microenterprise Project, St Monica’s Trust, Staying Independent, SuperCarers, Sustainability, Telemonitoring, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Unacceptable Variations, Values-Based Recruitment, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Social Care Quality and Spending in England, Wellbeing Teams
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Clinical Commissioning Groups (Regional Voices / VONNE / House of Commons Library / NHS England / NHS Clinical Commissioners / ICSA / NICE / King’s Fund)
Summary The Regional Voices network in the North East, VONNE, has produced briefings to help the voluntary sector to understand the reformed health and care system. While they contain region-specific information for the North East, they are of nation-wide interest … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abolition of PCTs, Accountability, Accountability and Assurance, ACEVO (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations), Active Involvement Groups, Additional and Tendered Services, Advisory Committee of Resource Allocation (ACRA), Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS), Alternatives to A&E, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, AREA Formula: 2003/4 to 2007/08, Assessment and Treatment Centre (ATC) at Bassetlaw Hospital, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Average PCT Funding Allocation Per-Head, Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group, Bassetlaw Clinical Commissioning Group, Bassetlaw Hospital, Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, Blackburn and Darwen CCG, Bradford CCGs' Dementia Map, Bradford City, Bury CCG, CARAN Formula: 2009/10 Onwards, CCG Allocations for 2014/15 and 2015/16, CCG Commissioning Responsibilities, CCG Development Learning Exchange, CCG Development Support, CCG Funding Allocation Growth Projections, CCG Funding Allocations, CCG OIS Advisory Committee, CCG OIS Indicator Programme (NICE), CCG Outcome Indicator Set (CCG OIS), CCG Overspends for 2013/14, CCGOIS: Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set, CCGOIS: Formerly the Commissioning Outcomes Framework, CCGs in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Central Norfolk CCGs, Christchurch Commissioning Locality, City and Hackney CCG, Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set (CCGOIS), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinical Leadership, Clinical Networks, Clinical Networks and Senates Core Support Team Structure, Clinical Senates, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Models of Delivery, Collaborative Working, Commissioning, Commissioning and Funding, Commissioning Based on Outcomes, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning Guidance for Older Care Home Residents, Commissioning Support, Committee on Standards in Public Life, Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Engagement, Community Involvement, Community Mental Health, Community-Based Services (formerly Local Enhanced Services (LES)), Complaints Handling, Contracting for Additional Services, Corby CCG, Corby Clinical Commissioning Group, Core GP Contract, Credible Planning, Credible Plans, Crossman Formula, Dartford, Direct Access to Specialist Care, Doncaster CCG, Dragon’s Den Style Panel (Oldham CCG), East and North Hertfordshire CCG, East Lancashire CCG, Eastern and Western Devon CCG, Enhanced Services (Formerly Directed Enhanced Services (DES)), Enhanced Services from GPs, Excellence in Commissioning, Falls Prevention Programmes, Family Care Networks, Federations, Formal Complaints, Frail Elderly Care Pathway (Northumberland), Framework of Excellence, Framework of Excellence in Clinical Commissioning, Framework of Excellence in Clinical Commissioning for CCGs, Funding Formulas, General Medical Services (GMS), General Practice, Good Governance, Good Governance for Clinical Commissioning Groups, Governance and Accountability, GP Contract, GPs, Gurkha Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Board Collaboration, Healthier Perspective: RAISE, History of Allocation Formulas in the NHS, Honesty, House of Commons Library, ICSA: Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, Improving Outcomes, Improving Patient Safety, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, Integrated Working, Integrity, Joined-Up Care, Kingston CCG, Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group, Lakeside Plus, Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, Leadership, Leadership for Quality, Leadership in Health Care, Leadership in Social Care, Leadership in the NHS, Leeds South and East CCG, Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group, Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group, Library Standard Note on NHS Commissioning, Local Enhanced Services, Local Leadership, Local Public Health, Multi-Professional Clinical Leadership, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service, Newcastle upon Tyne, NHS Clinical Commissioners, NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC), NHS Commissioning Budget, NHS Commissioning Support Units, NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG, NHS Dorset CCG, NHS Durham Dales Easington and Sedgefield Clinical, NHS England Area Teams, NHS England CCG Development Team, NHS Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Lambeth CCG, NHS Newcastle North and East Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Newcastle West Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS South Tees CCG Community Innovations Fund, NHS South Tees Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS 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Contract, Portsmouth CCG, Portsmouth City Council, Primary and Secondary Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Provision, Primary Care Trusts and Weighted Capitation Formula, Professional Standards Authority, Professional Standards Authority (formerly the Commission for Health Regulatory Excellence), Proposed Person-Based Resource Allocation (PBRA) Formula, Provider Engagement, Public and Patient Involvement, Public Health, Quality of Care, RAWP Formula: 1977/78 to 1988/89, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Very Short Stay Admissions by Care Home Residents, Regional Voices, RoR Formula: 1990/91 to 1995/96, Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, Selflessness, Seven Principles of Public Life (Nolan Principles), Seven-Day Consultant-Delivered Care, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Shifting Accountabilities, Short Stay Admissions by Care Home Residents, Stonewall, Structural Instability, Succession Planning and Leadership Development, Support to Care Home Residents, System Leadership, TELEDerm Technology, Tower Hamlets and Newham, Tower Hamlets CCG, Transformational Leadership, Transparency and Accountability, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, User Complaints, Voluntary Care Services, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary Organisations and Disability Groups (VODG), Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector for Policy Makers and Commissioners, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Voluntary Sector Provision, VONNE: Voluntary Organisations Network North East, Wakefield CCG, Walk-in Centres, Walk-in Centres (WiCs), Warrington CCG, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire CCG, Windsor Ascot and Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group, Windsor Ascot and Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group (WAM CCG), Wirral CCG, York Formula: 1996/97 to 2002/03
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Delivering Integrated Care and Support (IRISS)
Summary This Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) document, written by Professor Alison Petch and commissioned by the Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW), reviews the evidence on the factors involved in promoting health and social … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW), Care Integration, CARMEN project (Care and Management of Services for Older People in Europe Network), Culture, Health and Social Care Integration, Independent Living, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services: IRISS, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Services, Integrated Teams, Integrated Working, Integrating Health and Social Care, IRISS: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, Leadership, Leadership in Social Care, Local Context, Outcomes, Outcomes-Based Commissioning, Partnership Working, Professional Integration, Scottish Government, Service Integration, Social Work
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Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants: Certificate of Fundamental Care (BBC News)
Summary The Cavendish Review to ensure vulnerable patients are treated with dignity says healthcare assistants (HCAs) should need to comply with a universal training system and gain accreditation before they are allowed work unsupervised. This review was carried out after the Francis Inquiry to offer recommendations … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 12-Hour Shifts (HCAs), Acute Hospital Care, Allowing HCAs to Use Title “Nursing Assistant", Appraisals, Apprenticeships, Axiological Inventory (Philosophical Study of Values), “Higher Certificate of Fundamental Care, Barchester Healthcare: Higher-Level Apprenticeship, BBC Health News, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s Band 3 Healthcare (Nursing) Support Worker Programme, Board Level Responsibility for the Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Bridging Programmes for Progression of HCAs and Support Workers into Nursing Programmes, Bridging Programmes: Progression of HCAs and Support Workers into Nursing Programmes, Bureaucracy, Camilla Cavendish, Capitated and Outcome-Based Incentivised Contracts (COBICS), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Support, Career Ladder, Career Pathways for HCAs, Caring: a Career, Cavendish Review, Certificate of Fundamental Care, City and Guilds Diploma Level 2 in Clinical Healthcare Support (CHS), Clearer Simpler Job Titles, Coaching, Coaching and Mentoring, Commissioning Based on Outcomes, Commissioning by Results, Common Induction Standards (CIS), Compassionate Care, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Crew Resource Management (CRM) Training, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Awareness, Directors of Nursing, Disconnected Landscape, Dismissal of Unsatisfactory Staff, Education, Education and Training, Education Outcomes Framework, Employers’ Lack of Faith in Qualifications, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Engagement and Support (HCAs), False Economy: Local Authority Home Care Contracts, False Economy: Long Shifts, False Economy: Not Paying Home Care Workers for Travel, Financial Constraints, First Line Managers, Foundations for Growth, General Hospital Care, Great Interactions (MacIntyre), Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Hartman Values Profile Tool, HC-One: Touch, HCAs, HCAs AfC Pay Bandings, HCAs as Part of Nursing Team: Not a Separate Tribe, HCAs: Voice of the Frontline, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, HEE: Health Education England, High Attrition Rates (HCAs), Higher Apprenticeships (Skills for Care NMC and Skills for Health), Higher-Level Apprenticeship, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workers' Travel Time, Improving Accountability for Performance: Codes of Conduct, Institute of Vocational Learning: Buckinghamshire New University, Intelligent Kindness: More Than Basic Care, Intolerance of Poor Performance, Kings College London, Leadership, Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs), MacIntyre Profile, Macmillan Values Based Standard, Management of HCAs, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants, Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, Modernisation of the Nursing Workforce, Modernization of the Nursing Workforce: Valuing the Healthcare Assistant, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), National Minimum Data Set for Social Care, National Minimum Data Set for Social Care: Skills for Care, National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, National Minimum Wage, National Occupational Standards, National Skills Academy, NHS Career Framework, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing Assistant: Title, Nursing Auxiliaries, Office of Qualifications and Examinations regulation (Ofqual), Outcomes-Based Commissioning, Overly Generous Appraisals, Paperwork, Patient Advisory Liaison Service (PALS), Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patient Safety and Service Quality Centre (PSSQ), Patients First and Foremost, Paying Home Care Workers for Travel, Payment of Travel Time, Performance Management, Personal Development Plans, Positive Appraisals, Positive Culture, Priory Group, Professional Silos, Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA), Progression of HCAs and Support Workers into Nursing Programmes, Protecting Vulnerable People, QCF: Qualifications and Credit Framework, Qualifications, Qualifications and Credit Framework, Queen Alexandra Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC), Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham: HCAs Called Nursing Auxiliaries, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Recruiting for Values (Caring), Recruitment, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Residential Care Homes, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Shared Responsibility, Skills for Care, Skills for Care National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC), Social Care Support Workers, St Christopher’s Hospice, Staff Motivation, Staff Retention, Staff Sickies, Staff Training, Staffing Levels, Status of Caring in Health and Social Care, Supervising and Leading HCAs, Supervision, Supervision and Support, Support (Getting the Best Out of People), Support Workers in Social Care, Team-Building, Teambuilding, Tick Box Culture, Tick Sheets, Time to Care, Training, Transferable Role Templates, Transferable Role Templates (TRTs), Transferable Skills, Turnover, UK Home Care Association, UKHCA Commissioning Survey: Care is not a Commodity, Under Performers, Underappreciated, Underpaid, University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Valuing the Healthcare Assistant, Virtual Interactive Teaching and Learning (VITAL), Voluntary Register(s) for Healthcare Support Workers, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People, Widening Participation, Widening Participation in Healthcare, Widening Participation into Pre-registration Nursing Programmes, Wiltshire Council, Workforce Training, York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Zero-Hours Contracts
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