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Tag Archives: Polypharmacy
NHS England’s Pharmacy Integration Fund (NHS England / BBC News)
Summary Care home residents often have multiple long-term conditions and are often prescribed several different medicines (polypharmacy). NHS England plans to fund recruitment of 180 pharmacists and 60 pharmacy technicians who will work with care homes to try to reduce … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), 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, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Better Care Fund: Questions and Assumptions? (BBC News / NAO)
Summary Questions have arisen about the scale of savings achievable from the £5.3bn Better Care Fund (BCF). The BCF aims to improve integration between NHS and social care. A National Audit Office (NAO) review of the assumptions behind the BCF … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Adult Mental Health Services, Aids and Adaptations, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, BCF: Existing Funding But No New Money, BCF: Fund Accountability System Statement, BCF: Local Planning, BCF: Programme Governance, BCF: Risks to Acute Providers and Clinical Commissioning Groups, BCF: Risks to Local Authority Adult Social Care Services, BCF: September Fund, Better Care Exchange, Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund (BCF) Planning, Better Care Fund Implementation Support Programme, Better Care Fund Plans, Better Care Fund Timeline, Care in the Community, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaborative Care Planning, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Rehabilitation, Community-Based Services, Continuity of Care, Data Sharing, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, Delayed Transfers of Care, Department for Communities and Local Government, Discharge Planning, Early Referral System to Mental Health Services (Wolverhampton), Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, End-User Experience, Financial Constraints, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Funding and Accountability for the BCF, Funding Transfer to Local Authorities, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Integration Transformation Fund, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Independence, Independent Living, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Information Sharing, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Services, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, Integration Transformation Fund, Joint Assessments, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Local Health and Wellbeing Boards, Local Planning, Mental Health, Multidisciplinary Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Care Coordinators, Named Case Managers, Named Contacts Providing Continuity, Named GPs, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Funding, NHS Spending, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Experience, Personalised Care Plans, Planning for Better Care Fund, Polypharmacy, Post-Discharge Support, Predictive Modelling, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Service Interventions, Primary Healthcare Provision, Professional Sharing, Public Accounts Committee, Reablement, Reablement Funding, Reablement Services, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Referral and Assessment, Rehabilitation, Self-Care, Service Transformation, Service User Experience, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Seven‑Day Working, Sharing Information, Social Care Reablement Services, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, User Experience, Value for Money, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, Wolverhampton Dementia Hub, Wolverhampton Mental Health / Dementia Hub
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Welsh Care Homes Review (BBC Wales / Older People’s Commissioner for Wales)
Summary A review of the quality of life for residents of care homes in Wales has found that many older people have an unacceptable quality of life and tend to become institutionalised quickly. Care homes tend to be perceived as … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged A Place to Call Home (Care Homes Review), Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Aberystwyth University, Access to GP Services, Activity in Care Homes, Age Cymru Diversity Networks, All Wales Social Care Research Collaboration Project, Alzheimer’s Society Wales, Aneurin Bevan University, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Availability of Care Homes, BBC Health News, BBC Wales, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Bridgend County Borough Council, British Association of Social Workers in Wales (BASW Cymru), Caerphilly County Borough Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council 50+ Forum, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, Cardiff Gypsy and Traveller Project, Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW), Care Council for Wales (CCW), Care Forum Wales, Care Home Environments, Care Home Managers, Care Homes, Care Homes in Wales, Care Homes Steering Group (Wales), Care of Older People Living in Care Homes in Wales, Care Staff, Carers Trust, Carers Wales, Carmarthenshire County Council, Ceredigion County Council, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP), City and County Council of Swansea, Cleanliness and Comfort, College of Occupational Therapists (COT), Commissioning Inspection and Regulation, Continuing Healthcare, Conwy County Borough Council, Crossroads Care South East Wales, Cwm Taf University Health Board, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Care Matters, Denbighsire County Council, Diet (Care Homes), Dining Experiences, Diverse Cymru, EMI (Elderly Mentally Infirm), Failing Care Homes, Flintshire County Council, Good Practice in Care Homes, Gwynedd Council, Health and Wellbeing, Health Boards, High Acuity Needs, Hywel Dda University Health Board, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Institutional Regimes (Care Homes), Interfaith Council for Wales, Isle of Anglesey County Council, Living Well in Care Homes, Local Authorities, Market Oversight (Care Homes), Market Sufficiency, Mealtimes, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, Monmouthshire County Council, My Home Life Cymru, National Minimum Standards (Wales), Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, Newport City Council, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Nursing Staff, Occupational Therapy in Care Homes, Older People in Welsh Care Homes, Older People Living in Care Homes, Older People's Commissioner for Wales, Oral Hygiene, Pembrokeshire County Council, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Personal Appearance (Care Home Residents), Personal Hygiene, Polypharmacy, Powys County Council, Powys Teaching Health Board, Prevention, Prevention and Reablement, Profiling Beds, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes in Wales, Quality of Life Model, Reablement, Regulation and Inspection of Social Services (Wales), Restrictive Care, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, Sarah Rochira: Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sensory Loss, Social Care Rapporteurs, Social Participation, Social Services Regulation and Inspection (Wales), Swansea University, Task-Based Care (Mechanical and Institutionalised), The City of Cardiff Council, Torfaen County Borough Council, Training and Competency, University of South Wales, Vale of Glamorgan Council, Values-Based Training, Wellbeing, Welsh Care Homes Review, Welsh Government, Welsh Senate of Older People, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning, Wrexham County Borough Council
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