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Tag Archives: Patients First and Foremost
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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More on Barriers to Effective Whistleblowing (BBC News / Patients First / Health Select Committee)
Summary Whistleblowers who “speak out” about their concerns concerning care standards in the health service may still face obstacles, problems and intimidation, despite recent progress in the creation of a more open and transparent NHS culture. Patients First has submitted … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ann Clwyd MP, BBC Health News, Behaviours to Enable Whistleblowing, Cathy James: Chief Executive of Public Concern, Closed Ranks Culture (Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry), Clwyd and Hart Review Into Hospital Complaints, Complaint Advocacy Services, Complaint Handling, Complaint Handling by Providers, Complaint Handling in Social Care, Complaints and Raising Concerns, Complaints Handling in Primary Care, Complaints Matter, Complaints Programme Board (CPB), Complaints Wales, Culture, Culture Change, Defensive Leadership, Duty of Candour, Failure to Act, Fear of Raising Concerns About Care, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Report, Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up (Francis Review Whistleblowing), Freedom To Speak Up Review (Sir Robert Francis QC), Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), Gagging Orders, General Medical Council (GMC), Handling of Complaints by Commissioners, Harassment of Whistleblowers, Hard Truths, Health Select Committee (HSC), Health Service Ombudsman, Healthwatch and Public Involvement Association (HAPIA), Healthwatch England: Power to Act as Supercomplainant on Behalf of Consumers, Honesty, House of Commons Health Committee, House of Commons Health Committee Report on Complaints and Raising Concerns, House of Commons Health Select Committee, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Incident Reporting, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, Local Ward Cultures, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Mistreatment of Whistleblowers, Negative Culture, NHS Constitution, NHS Constitution and Whistleblowing, NHS Corporate Self-Interest, NHS Culture, NHS Managerial Self-Interest, No Wrong Door Policy, Nurse Helene Donnelly, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Raising Concerns, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open Culture, Openness, Openness and Transparency, Organisational and Professional Cultures, Organisational Culture and Climate, PALS and NHS Complaints Advocacy Arrangements, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS), Patients First (Support Organisation), Patients First and Foremost, Positive Culture, Principles of Good Complaint Handling, Professional Regulators and Complaints, Professor Sir Mike Richards: Former Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC), Programme to Identify Whistleblowers Who Have Suffered Detriment, Proposal for Single Complaints Gateway for Health and Social Care, Proposal for Single Health and Social Care Ombudsman for England, Public Administration Select Committee (PASC), Public Concern at Work, Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA), Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, Putting Patients First, Raising Concerns, Raising Concerns Policy, Raising Standards, Relatives and Residents Association, Reluctance to Raise Concerns About Care, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Role of Commissioners in Complaints, Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Shaping Culture, Sir Robert Francis QC, Staff Awareness, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust, Statutory Duty of Candour, Structures to Enable Whistleblowing, Supercomplainant on Behalf of Consumers, Systems to Support Whistleblowing, Treatment of Staff Raising Concerns, Trust Blame and the Culture of Defensiveness, Victimisation of Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing Guidance, Whistleblowing Helpline, Whistleblowing in the NHS, Whistleblowing in the Public Sector
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Reducing Poor Language Skills Among Care Workers (BBC News)
Summary A government advisor has recommended that recruitment agencies should ensure care workers can speak English to a minimum acceptable standard before placing them in the homes of vulnerable people. Similar restrictions would presumably apply to the recruitment and selection … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care Workers, BBC Health News, Care Agencies, Care and Communication, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Workers, Care Workers With Poor Language Skills, Communication, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication Support, Dr Shereen Hussein: Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Good Communication, HCAs, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers, Home Care Workers, Kings College London, Language Skills, Management of HCAs, Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants, NHS Workforce, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Auxiliaries, Overall Quality of NHS Hospitals, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Poor Communication, Poor Language Skills Among Care Workers, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality of Care, Quality of Care and Support, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Recruitment Agencies, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Social and Professional Status (of Elderly Care Workers), Social Care Support Workers, Social Care Workforce, Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, UK Home Care Association, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People
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Certificate of Fundamental Care for Health Care Assistants (BBC News)
Summary The BBC has revealed that new care workers will be required to attain a training certificate within 12 weeks of starting their first job. This follows recommendations made in the independent Cavendish report, which reviewed inconsistencies in training throughout … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Acute Hospital Care, BBC Health News, Camilla Cavendish, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Homes, Care Quality, Care Support, Career Ladder, Career Pathways for HCAs, Caring: a Career, Cavendish Review, Certificate of Fundamental Care, Common Induction Standards (CIS), Compassionate Care, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Awareness, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dismissal of Unsatisfactory Staff, Education, Education and Training, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Engagement and Support (HCAs), General Hospital Care, HCAs, HCAs as Part of Nursing Team: Not a Separate Tribe, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers, Home Care Workers, Management of HCAs, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, 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, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, NHS Career Framework, NHS Workforce, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Auxiliaries, Overall Quality of NHS Hospitals, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality of Care, Quality of Care and Support, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Social Care Support Workers, Social Care Workforce, Status of Caring in Health and Social Care, Supervising and Leading HCAs, Support Workers in Social Care, Transforming General Hospital Care, Underappreciated, Underpaid, Valuing the Healthcare Assistants, Vulnerable Adults, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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