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Tag Archives: Policy Innovation
NHS Funding Shortage Forecast: Debate Proposed (BBC News / Times / House of Commons Health Select Committee / Nuffield Trust / Independent)
Summary Nine influential signatories to a letter published in the Times have asked for a national debate on how the NHS in England is funded. The authors of this letter assert that challenges from an ageing and growing population, plus … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS England, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Agency Staff, Agency Staff (Exorbitant Waste of NHS Funding), Allyson Pollock: Queen Mary University of London, Any Qualified Provider (AQP), BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4: More or Less Programme, Benefits of Integrated Care, BMJ, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cancer Care Integraton in Staffordshire, Cancer Test Waiting Times, Care UK, Cathy Warwick: Chief Executive of Royal College of Midwives, CCGs in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health: Queen Mary University of London, Chris Hopson: Foundation Trust Network, Chris Hopson: Foundation Trust Network (FTN), Ciaran Devane: Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, Ciaran Devane: Macmillan Cancer Support, Clive Efford (Labour MP), Commissioners’ Income and Expenditure, Commissioning Private Sector Providers, Complex Care, Complex Chronic Conditions, Complex Needs, Conservative Conference (Birmingham: September 2014), Constrained Funding, Cost Pressures in Hospitals, Creeping Privatisation in NHS (sic), Cross-Boundary Care Pathway Redesign, Demand-Side Factors, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Derriford Hospital (Plymouth), Diabetes and Multiple Morbidities, Dr Dan Poulter (Former Health Minister), Dr David Richmond: President of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Dr Hilary Cass: President of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Dr John Middleton: Acting President of Faculty of Public Health, Dr Mark Porter: Chair of Council at British Medical Association, Dr Maureen Baker: Chair of Royal College of General Practitioners, Dr Peter Carter: Chief Executive and General Secretary at Royal College of Nursing, Dr Peter Swinyard: GP Swindon and National Chairman of The Family Doctor Association, Faculty of Public Health (FPH), Financial Constraints, Financial Pressure on Hospitals, Financial Sustainability of NHS Bodies (PAC Report 2015), FOI: Freedom of information, Former Conservative Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter, Foundation Trust Network (FTN), Fragility of NHS Finances, Guardian, Health Leaders' Panel (Nuffield Trust), Health Policy, Health Policy Conversation, Henny Braund: Chief Executive of Anthony Nolan, Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Privatisation), House of Care Model, House of Commons Health Select Committee, House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC), Independent Commission on Whole Person Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Jean-Pierre van Besouw: Royal College of Anaesthetists, Jeremy Hughes (Alzheimer’s Society Chief Executive), Lesley Anne Alexander: Chief Executive of Royal National Institute of Blind People, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Conditions and The Mandate, Lord Adebowale: Turning Point, Macmillan Cancer Support, Managing Care of People With Long-Term Conditions, Margaret Hodge, Maureen Baker: Royal College of GPs, McKesson, Michelle Mitchell: Chief Executive of the MS Society, Moira Auchterlonie: Chief Executive of Family Doctor Association, More or Less Programme (BBC Radio 4), Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, Multimorbidity, National Health Policy Conversation, National Strategy for Long Term Conditions, NHS Budget Spent on Commissioning Private Sector Providers, NHS Cannock Chase CCG, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS Charges: Politics and History, NHS Continuing Healthcare, NHS Expenditure, NHS Funding Gap, NHS North Staffordshire CCG, NHS Privatisation Debate (sic), NHS Reform, NHS Reinstatement Bill (2015), NHS Resource Spending in England, NHS Spending, NHS Stafford and Surrounds CCG, NHS Timebomb [sic], NHS Trusts’ and Foundation Trusts’ Income and Expenditure, Nicholson Challenge, Nuffield Trust: Health Leaders' Panel, Numbers of the Year 2014: BBC Radio 4; More or Less Programme, One-Week Target for All Urgent Diagnostic Tests Waiting Times, Outsourcing, Over-Reliance on Agency Staff, Parity of Esteem, Payday Loans Attitude to Workforce Planning, Peninsula Treatment Centre (Care UK), Peter Carter: Royal College of Nursing, Peter Roderick: Queen Mary University of London, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Policy, Policy Context, Policy Development, Policy Innovation, Political Posturing, Population Change, Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Schemes, Private Finance Initiative Payments, Private Profits Cap (Labour Proposal), Private Sector Providers, Privatisation (Backdoor), Privatisation (Debate), Proactive Care Programme, Professor Caroline MacEwen: President of Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Professor Jane Dacre: President of Royal College of Physicians, Public Accounts Committee, Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Public Attitudes and Expectations, Purchaser-Provider Split in the NHS, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Reducing Drains on the NHS, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Rising Expectations, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Rt Hon. 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Steps to Unfreeze the Glacial Pace of Dementia Research and Drugs Development (BBC News / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council)
Summary World Dementia Envoy, Dr Dennis Gillings, has commented on how progress on new research and treatments for dementia has been “achingly slow”. The World Dementia Council, led by the World Dementia Envoy, is meeting today; six months after the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academia-Industry Partnerships, African Agricultural Capital Fund, Araclon, AstraZeneca, BBC Health News, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Charitable Funding, Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Crowdsource Investment, Data Sharing, Defeat Dementia Campaign, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Innovation, Dementia Research, Dementia Time-Bomb, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Diet, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Dr Etienne Hirsch: INSERM, Dr Linda Elam: Department of Health and Human Services (United States), Dr Neil Buckholtz: National Institute on Aging (NIA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr Paul Wicks: PatientsLikeMe, Dr Shekhar Saxena: Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Yves Joanette: Scientific Director of Canadian Institute of Health Research (Institute of Aging), Dr. Luc Truyen: Johnson&Johnson, Dr. Maria C. Carrillo: Alzheimer’s Association US, Dr. Yoshiki Niimi: Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare (Japan), DY Suharya: Alzheimer's Indonesia, Elisabetta Vaudano: Innovative Medicines Initiative, EU Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, G7 Global Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, Gates Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, Genomics, Genomics in the NHS, George Vradenburg: President and Chairman of the Vradenburg Foundation and US Against Alzheimer’s, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Context, Global Dementia Legacy Event, Global Dementia Legacy Event on Finance and Social Investment, Global Dementia Legacy Event Speech (Dr Gillings), Global Digital Platform (for Dementia Research), Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Global Social Investment for Dementia, Gregory Simon: Polliwogg, GSK, Improving Care for People with Dementia, Incentives and Investment, Incentives for Drug Development, Innovation, Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), International Collaborations, International Programmes, IXICO, Janssen Research & Development, John Ryan: European Commission Public Health Directorate, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND), Jon Rouse: Department of Health, KHP/ LSHTM Centre for Global Mental Health: Kings College London, Kings College London, Layered Funding Models, Leadership, Legacies and Charitable Giving, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, London School of Economics, Marc Wortmann: Executive Director of Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), Market Failure, Market Failure (Dementia Research and Drug Development), Matthew Bishop: Author of Philanthrocapitalism, Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council's UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), MedImmune, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mr. Dirk Pilat: Directorate for Science, Mr. Mark Boleat: City of London, MRC UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), Ms Inez Jabalpurwala: Brain Canada Foundation, Ms. Cathrin Petty: JP Morgan, Openness and Collaboration, Orphan Diseases, Orphan Drug Act (United States), Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patent Box, Patents: Extended Period of Exclusivity, Payment Systems and Incentives, Philanthrocapitalism, Philanthropic Funding, Philanthropy, Policy Innovation, Prevention, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professor Andrew Lo: MIT Sloan Professor of Finance, Professor Lefkos Middleton: Imperial College London, Professor Martin Knapp: Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Professor Martin Rossor: NIHR National Director for Dementia Research, Professor Ronald Petersen: Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Promoting Brain Health (Blackfriars Consensus Statement), Public Health, Public-Private Partnership (PPP), Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Risk Factors, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Social Entrepreneurs, Social Finance, Social Impact Bonds, Social Impact Investment, Social Investment, Social Media, SomaLogic, Stephen Johnston: Aging2.0 and Generator Ventures, Technology and Industry (OECD) & Technical Advisor to the World Dementia Council, Tom Wright CBE: Age UK, UK Dementias Research Platform, UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), UK Presidency of G8 2013, Use of Social Media, World Dementia Council
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Research Finance and Social Impact Investment: Global Dementia Event (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council)
Summary The first Global Dementia Legacy Event, following on from agreements made at the 2013 G8 Dementia Summit, is to be held on June 19th 2014 in London. International experts, including delegates from the World Health Organization, the OECD (Organisation … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Academia-Industry Partnerships, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Charitable Funding, Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Crowdsource Investment, Data Sharing, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Innovation, Dementia Research, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Dr Etienne Hirsch: INSERM, Dr Linda Elam: Department of Health and Human Services (United States), Dr Neil Buckholtz: National Institute on Aging (NIA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr Paul Wicks: PatientsLikeMe, Dr Shekhar Saxena: Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Yves Joanette: Scientific Director of Canadian Institute of Health Research (Institute of Aging), Dr. Luc Truyen: Johnson&Johnson, Dr. Maria C. Carrillo: Alzheimer’s Association US, Dr. Yoshiki Niimi: Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare (Japan), DY Suharya: Alzheimer's Indonesia, Elisabetta Vaudano: Innovative Medicines Initiative, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, George Vradenburg: President and Chairman of the Vradenburg Foundation and US Against Alzheimer’s, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Context, Global Dementia Legacy Event, Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Gregory Simon: Polliwogg, Incentives and Investment, Innovation, Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), International Collaborations, International Programmes, John Ryan: European Commission Public Health Directorate, Jon Rouse: Department of Health, KHP/ LSHTM Centre for Global Mental Health: Kings College London, Kings College London, Leadership, Legacies and Charitable Giving, Marc Wortmann: Executive Director of Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), Matthew Bishop: Author of Philanthrocapitalism, Mr. Dirk Pilat: Directorate for Science, Mr. Mark Boleat: City of London, Ms Inez Jabalpurwala: Brain Canada Foundation, Ms. Cathrin Petty: JP Morgan, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Payment Systems and Incentives, Philanthrocapitalism, Philanthropic Funding, Philanthropy, Policy Innovation, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professor Andrew Lo: MIT Sloan Professor of Finance, Professor Lefkos Middleton: Imperial College London, Professor Martin Rossor: NIHR National Director for Dementia Research, Professor Ronald Petersen: Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Social Impact Investment, Stephen Johnston: Aging2.0 and Generator Ventures, Technology and Industry (OECD) & Technical Advisor to the World Dementia Council, Tom Wright CBE: Age UK, World Dementia Council
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World Dementia Council: Statement of Purpose (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council)
Summary The World Dementia Council have published their Statement of Purpose, explaining the council’s aims and how they intend these to be achieved. The main thrust is to help deliver accurate and early diagnosis, more effective treatments and better care … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academia-Industry Partnerships, Awareness Raising, Care for People with Dementia, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Data Sharing, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Innovation, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Priorities, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Diffusion of Innovation, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, G8 Dementia Summit Declaration, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Context, Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Government Research Funding, Incentive Payments, Incentives, Incentives and Investment, Information Sharing, Innovation, International Collaborations, International Programmes, Knowledge Translation, Leadership, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Payment Systems and Incentives, Policy Innovation, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Sharing Learning, Spreading Innovation, World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council: Statement of Purpose, World Dementia Envoy
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Policies on Ageing (Centre for Policy on Ageing)
Summary This online resource, from the Centre for Policy on Ageing, offers an easy to browse list of important policy documents, reports and briefings relating to issues concerning the care of older people and broader implications of an ageing population. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age and Ageing, Age UK, Ageing, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Research Reviews, Ageing Society, Ageing With Dementia, Anchor, Centre for Policy on Ageing, CPA: Centre for Policy on Ageing, Economic Policy, Government Policy, Health Policy, Healthy Ageing, Housing Policy, Independent Age, International Longevity Centre UK, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Local Government Policy, New Models of Ageing, Policies on Ageing, Policy Development, Policy Innovation, Ready for Ageing Alliance, Social Care Policy, Social Policy and Society
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