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Tag Archives: Population Winter Pressures
A Tipping Point in the Sustainability of Health and Care? (BBC News / King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust)
Summary A King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust report identifies a 26% decline in the number of older people receiving social care, due largely to six years of cuts to local authority funding. Social care providers are found to be under pressure … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund Plans, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Costs and Cost Pressures, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Discharge, Discharge Programme Board, Efficiency Opportunities, Eldercare Vouchers, Elderly Failed By Shameful Care System (Allegation From Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society), Elderly People With Complex Health and Social Care Needs, Endless Winter in NHS (Allegation), Eternal Winter, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Home Truths: Social Care For Older People (2016), Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Interdependencies, Lady Ros Altmann, Length of Stay (LoS), Lost Beds Problem (sic), Making Our Care and Health Systems Fit for An Ageing Population, NHS Funding, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Overspends, NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Productivity, Patient Flows, Population Winter Pressures, Quarterly Monitoring Report, Quarterly Monitoring Reports, Richmond Group of Charities, Social Care For Older People: Home Truths, Society of Acute Medicine: Meltdown Warning, Submissions Ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement (2016), Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Tax Breaks on Saving For Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, UK Home Care Association, UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Upward Spending Pressures, Variation in Performance, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Service, Variations in Spending, Vulnerable Older People, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Wasted Resources, Whole System Patient Flows, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures Beyond Winter (Winter Re-Defined?), Winter Pressures: Role of Community Health Services
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Voluntary Groups: Funding to Help Vulnerable Patients (NHS England)
Summary NHS England has announced which voluntary sector organisations which will share £2m to provide extra help for vulnerable people most at risk over the winter. These groups include Age UK, the British Red Cross and the Royal Voluntary Service. They … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Admission Avoidance, Ageing in the Community, Ageing Population, Alignment of Services Across Health and Social Care Sectors, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Association of Directors of Social Services, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, British Red Cross, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care in Local Communities, Citizen Participation, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community and Voluntary Sector, Discharge Support, East Midlands, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Home from Hospital Services, Hospital Discharge, Hospital to Home (Hospital2Home), Integration of Health and Social Care, Local Community Assets, Local Community Groups, Local Partnerships, Maintaining Independence, Monitor, National Tripartite, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), Participation, Participation of Older People, Partners in Care, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Population Winter Pressures, Post-Discharge Support, Preparations for Winter, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Regaining Independence, Royal Voluntary Service, Royal Voluntary Service (Formerly the WRVS), Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Voluntary and Community Action, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations, Voluntary and Private Providers, Voluntary Care Services, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary Organisations, Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector and Ageing, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Voluntary Sector Provision, Voluntary Sector Strategic Partnerships, Volunteering, Volunteers, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures
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More on Emergency Admissions and Provision for Winter Pressures (NHS England / BBC News / BMJ Open / NHS Choices / Monitor / BMA)
Summary NHS England is distributing a further £150 million to help hospitals in England maintain their A&E services over winter. This is in addition to the £250 million allocated to the most at-risk hospitals in September, and is intended for … 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, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 7 Day GP Care in Durham to Ease A&E, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Social Care, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing Society, Ambulatory Care, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACS), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, BMJ Open, Care Homes, Care in Appropriate Settings, Care Integration, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Cold Weather Plan, Community Pharmacy, Consultant Input, Coordinated Care, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Derbyshire Health United (DHU), Emergency Admission Rates in UK, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Multidisciplinary Unit (EMU), Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Emergency Services, Enhanced Rapid Response Service, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, General Hospitals, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GP Services, GPs, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Home Ward and Enhanced Rapid Response Service, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Social Care Services, Hospital Bed Capacity, Inappropriate Care Settings, Integrated Care Condition, Integration of Health and Social Care, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care Beds, Intermediate Care Capacity, Intermediate Care Teams, Joined-Up Care, Kettering General Hospital, Local GP Services, Medical Care Research Unit: University of Sheffield, Monitor, NHS 111, NHS Ambulance Trusts, NHS Direct and NHS 111, NHS England Winter Health Check, NHS Pathways Software, NHS Trust Development Authority, North of England Commissioning Support (NECS), Out-of-Hours Social Work, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Patient Inflow, Pharmacy Services: Community, Population Growth and Ageing, Population Winter Pressures, Preparations for Winter, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Public Health England (PHE), Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, RightCare Plans, ScHARR: University of Sheffield, Self-Care, South Tees Hospital in Middlesbrough, South Tees NHS Trust, St Lawrence Surgery in Worthing, Supporting Self-Care, Surveillance and Reporting, Systemic Pressures in the NHS, Telephone Triage Service, University of Sheffield, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Centres, Urgent Care Contacts, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Urgent Care Working Groups, Urgent Care Working Groups (UCWGs), Walk-in Centres
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