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Shaping Policy on the Dementia Care Crisis: Alzheimer’s Society Report in Advance of Government’s Green Paper (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A report on inadequacies in the care system regarding dementia patients. The number of potentially unnecessary hospital admissions among dementia patients has risen by 73% across 65 hospital trusts, from 31,000 in 2012 to around 55,000 in 2017. Some … Continue reading →

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Care and Treatment Reviews: Soon to be Mainstream? (NHS England)

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs) were introduced, as a means to reduce unnecessary admissions and avoid lengthy stays in hospital, within NHS England’s commitment to improving the care of people with learning disabilities. The underlying philosophy behind CTRs is … Continue reading →

CEM Prescription for Acute and Emergency Care (College of Emergency Medicine)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent policy paper from the College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), working with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Surgeons, proposes 13 recommendations to reduce the rising pressure on … Continue reading →

How Primary Care Could Help Reduce Emergency Admissions (University of Bristol / NIHR / BMJ Open)

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care reviewed the international evidence about how GPs might help reduce attendances at emergency departments. They have discovered that seeing the same GP each time patients visit their doctor’s … Continue reading →

Focus on Accident and Emergency: December 2013 (BBC News / HSCIC / BMJ Open / British Journal of General Practice / CEM)

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A statistical briefing from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) indicates that there has been a small – but significant – increase in the number of over-65s attending the major A&E units. The problem lies in the … Continue reading →

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More on Emergency Admissions and Provision for Winter Pressures (NHS England / BBC News / BMJ Open / NHS Choices / Monitor / BMA)

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 →

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Avoidable Emergency Admissions Increasing: State of Care (CQC)

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC)’s “State of Care” annual report covers the rising pressure on accident and emergency (A&E) services arising from increasing admissions to hospital for avoidable conditions. An increasing number of older people, in particular, are being admitted … Continue reading →

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