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Tag Archives: RCP
Ten Priorities “Prescription” for Urgent and Emergency Care (RCP / House of Commons Health Select Committee / Department of Health / BBC News)
Summary Challenges faced by urgent and emergency care services include: Rising demand and an ageing population. Lack of comprehensive, effective alternatives to hospital admission seven-days a week. Complex discharge issues. Handover and patient flow. Recruitment into emergency and acute medicine. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK
Tagged Access to Medical Records, Acute Hospital Care, Admissions, Ageing Population, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), Avoidable Admissions, BBC Health News, Care Seven Days a Week, Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Working, College of Emergency Medicine, College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), Consultant Input, Culture Change, Development of Urgent Care Board Plans, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Electronic Medical Records, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Foundation Trust Network, Funding of Urgent Care Board Plans, Health Select Committee, Hospital Beds, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Emergency Departments, House of Commons Health Select Committee, House of Commons Health Select Committee Report into Urgent and Emergency Services, Imperial College London, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Leadership, Leadership Development, Local Urgent Care Boards, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, NHS England Area Teams, Partnership and Collaboration, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Payment by Results (PbR), Post-Discharge Support, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Problem Prevention, RCP, Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Society for Acute Medicine, Staff Flu Vaccinations, Step Down, Tri-Partite NHS Plan, Tripartite Plan: Improving A&E Performance, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Urgent Care Boards, Whole System Patient Flows
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Standards for the Structure and Content of Patient Records (RCP)
Summary The Royal College of Physicians (RCP)’s healthcare record standards covers the recommended clinical structure and content of electronic health records. Section headings in this report comprise: Introduction. Standardised electronic health records. Developing the standards. Using the standards. Section 1: … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Guidelines, Integrated Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Record Keeping Standards and Core Data Model, Admission Record Headings, Admission Records, Clinical Documentation and Generic Record Standards (CDGRS), Clinical Headings, Clinical Standards Department: Royal College of Physicians, Core Clinical Headings, Diagnosis and Referral, Discharge, Discharge Record Headings, Discharge Records, Discharge Summaries, Electronic Care Record (ECR), Electronic Health Records, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Electronic Medical Records, Electronic Patient Records: NHS, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Report, Go Paperless by 2018, Handover, Handover Record Headings, Handover Records, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health Informatics Unit (HIU) of the Royal College of Physicians, Health Informatics Unit: Royal College of Physicians, Identification and Referral, Medicine Record-Keeping, NHS Electronic Patient Records, Outpatient Record Headings, Outpatient Records, Paperless Systems, Patient Records, RCP, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Record-Keeping, Referral, Referral Record Headings, Referral Records, Referrals, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Royal College of Physicians (RCP), SNOMED CT, SNOMED CT: Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms, Standardised Electronic Health Records, Summary Care Records
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Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme: Acute Organisational Audit Report 2012 (Royal College of Physicians)
Summary This is the first Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) report published on behalf of the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party following the national stroke audit. This report includes national and hospital level findings on aspects of stroke service organisation, … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Organisational Audit Report 2012 (Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme), Aphasia, Auditing, Community Hospitals, Community Rehabilitation, Community Rehabilitation Teams, Community Stroke Care, Computerised Tomography, CT Scan, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Early Supported Discharge Teams, ESD: Early Supported Discharge, Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party, Interdisciplinary Services (Stroke Units), Mini-Stroke (TIA) Services, National Stroke Strategy (2007), NICE Quality Standard for Stroke (2010NICE Quality Standard for Stroke (2010), Occupational Therapists, Organisation of Stroke Care by Domains, RCP, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, Specialist Community Rehabilitation Teams, SSNAP Easy Access Report, SSNAP: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Units, Thrombolysis
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Re-Prioritisng Ward Rounds (BBC News / RCP / RCN)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary Ward rounds are being neglected in some hospitals, to the detriment of patients, largely due to the lack … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Communication, Decision Making, Dignity, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Engagement, Engaging Patients, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Hospital Discharge, Interdisciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multidisciplinary Teams, Patient Counselling, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patient-Centered Care, Protecting Vulnerable People, RCN, RCP, Record-Keeping, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Shared Decision-Making, User Involvement, Vulnerable Adults, Ward Rounds
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Hospitals on the Edge? Time for Action (BBC News / NHS Choices / RCP Report)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 2, September 2012]. Summary A report from the Royal College of Physicians points out that the triple effect of rising demand, increasingly complex cases and falling bed … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 24-Hour Crisis Support, Access to Primary Care, Access to Primary Care At Night and Weekend, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Care in General Hospitals, Care Seven Days a Week, Clinical Audits, Continuity of Care: Older Hospital Patients (King’s Fund), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dignity, Dignity in Dementia, Education and Training, Electronic Patient Records: NHS, Emergency Admissions, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Generalism, Hospital Admission Rates, Hospital Emergency Departments, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medical Education and Training, Medical Generalism, Multimorbidity, Multiple-Morbidities, New Deal, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS Electronic Patient Records, NHS Workforce, Older Hospital Patients: Continuity of Care (King’s Fund), Out of Hours Care, Patient Care, Patient-Centred Care, Patients with Dementia in Primary Care, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Care, RCP, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Service Redesign (Telehealth), Work Patterns, Workforce Planning and Development
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National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2011: Full Report (Royal College of Psychiatrists)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 6, January 2012]. Summary The first full report of the National Audit of Dementia across 210 hospitals in England and Wales, by the Royal College … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Models of Dementia Care, National, National Voices, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Patient Care Pathway, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Alzheimer's Society, BGS, British Geriatrics Society, Centre for Quality Improvement, Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Champions, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), HQIP, Living with Dementia, Living with Dementia Group, National Audit of Dementia, National Audit of Dementia Care, National Audit of Dementia Steering Group, National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), Professor John Young, Professor Peter Crome, RCN, RCP, Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Psychiatrists Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Centre for Quality Improvement
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Care in General Hospitals (National Audit of Dementia)
Summary The National Audit of Dementia works with hospitals providing general acute inpatient services to measure the criteria relating to care delivery which are known to impact on people with dementia admitted to hospital. Criteria include: Policies and governance in … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), Management of Condition, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Universal Interest
Tagged Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, National Audit of Dementia, QIPP, RCP
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