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Tag Archives: Primary Care Trusts (PCTs)
NHS Atlas of Variations in Diagnostic Services (Public Health England / NHS Right Care / BBC News)
Summary The “NHS Atlas of Variation in Diagnostic Services”, published by NHS Right Care and Public Health England (with the assistance of numerous other organisations and clinicians), charts significant variations in how health conditions are identified, diagnosed and monitored. The … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Assessment and Diagnosis, BBC Health News, British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Nutrition (BSPGHAN), Cambridge University Health Partners, Capacity Planning, Child and Maternal Health Intelligence Network, Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, Dementia Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis at Primary Care Level, Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Diagnosis Rates, Diagnostic Imaging, Diagnostic Services Atlas, Diagnostic Testing Rates, Diagnostic Waiting Times, Genetic Testing, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Imaging, Imaging Services, Improving Value in Diagnostic Services, Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy (JAG), Kings College London, Knowledge and Intelligence Team (South East), Late Diagnosis: Under-Use, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), MRI Brain Imaging, National Pathology Programme (NPP), Neuroimaging, NHS Atlas of Variations in Diagnostic Services, NHS Atlases, NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ), NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP), NHS Right Care, NHS Scan and Test Delays, NHS Variations in Diagnostic Services, NHS Waiting Times, Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Online InstantAtlas: NHS Atlas of Variations in Diagnostic Services, Over-Diagnosis, PHE: Public Health England, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), Right Care, Russell Group, Stroke Improvement National Audit Programme (SINAP), Timely Diagnosis, Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN), True Clinical Variation Versus Unwarranted Variation, UK EUS Users Group, UK Genetic Testing Network (UKGTN), University College London (UCL), University of Leeds, University of Manchester, Unlocking Diagnosis, Unwarranted Variations, Unwarranted Variations in Diagnostic Testing Rates, Waiting Times
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The Health and Social Care Act 2012: Get in on the Act (Local Government Association)
Summary This narrative review from the Local Government Association offers a quick guide to recent legislation, summarising the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the provisions which are of relevance to local government. This review goes further, in pointing out … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Care Pathway, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Support Services, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Scrutiny, Healthwatch, Healthwatch England, HWBs, Integration, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS), Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), JSNA, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, LINks (or Local Involvement Networks), Local Government Association, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Policy, Local HealthWatch, Local Involvement Network (LINk), NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHSCBA), NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHSCB, NHSCBA, Office of the Health Professions Regulator (OHPA), Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), Public Health, Public Health and Health Improvement, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Funding, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Secretary of State (SoS), Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), The Health and Social Care Act 2012: Get in on the Act
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NHS Memory Services Receive £10 Million to Improve Dementia Care (NHS Information Centre / Department of Health)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 3, October 2011]. Summary Early diagnosis and intervention for dementia is one of the Government’s four key priorities for improving dementia care. The NHS … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged David Behan (Director General for Social Care), David Flory (Deputy NHS Chief Executive), Fund Allocations to PCTs, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for Local Populations, Local Authorities (LAs), Memory Services, Older People’s Social Care Relative Need Formula, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs)
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NHS Reform Under the Coalition Government (King’s Fund / BBC News)
Summary Chris Ham, Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, has released an authoritative and thorough review of major reform and re-organisation within the NHS during the first three years of the coalition government. “He was agin’ it”. Mark Twain. Full … Continue reading →