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Tag Archives: Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions
Intermediate Care Including Reablement: Quality Standard QS173 (NICE)
Summary National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has produced a quality standard on intermediate care, including reablement. This is intended to contribute to improvements across many fronts, including: Integration of health and social care. Patient and carer-related quality … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NICE Guidelines, UK
Tagged Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alternatives to Hospital Care, Bed-Based Intermediate Care Services, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Crisis Response, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Demand for Intermediate Care, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Home Based Intermediate Care, Home Based Services, Hospital Discharge, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care Including Reablement: NICE Quality Standard QS173, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multimorbidity, National Audit of Intermediate Care, NHS Benchmarking, NICE Quality Standard QS173, NICE Quality Standards, Partnership Working, People's Experience of Using Adult Social Care Services, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Intermediate Care, Quality Measures, Quality Statements, Re-ablement Services, Re-admission Avoidance Scheme (RAS), Reablement, Reablement Services, Reablement Services for People Leaving Hospital, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Recovery, Recovery Based Approaches, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Recovery. Rehabilitation, Redesigning Services, Regaining Independence, Rehabilitation and Self Management, Rehabilitation Care Pathways, Rehabilitation Services, Services Maximising Independence, Services Reducing Use of Hospitals, Social Care for Older People With Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Social Care Reablement Services, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings
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Guidance for CCGs on Proactive Care Programme (NHS England)
Summary NHS England’s guidance for CCGs about avoiding unplanned admissions is available. This enhanced service to reduce avoidable unplanned admissions operates by improving services for vulnerable patients and persons with complex physical or mental health needs. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (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, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2014/15 Enhanced Service, Access to General Practice, Avoidable Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions Enhanced Service (ES), Care for Vulnerable Older People, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Complex Needs, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Everyone Counts, General Practice, GP Contracts, GPs, Guidance on Proactive Care Programme, High-Risk Patients, Hospital Admissions, Hospital-Avoidance Programmes, Improving General Practice, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), NHS England Risk Stratification Guidance, Non-Elective Admissions, Out-of-Hours General Practice, Patient Targeting and Risk Stratification, Positive and Proactive Care, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Proactive Care, Proactive Care Programme, Readmissions, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Reducing Re-Admissions NHS Hospitals, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Risk Stratification, Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Risk Stratification Programmes, Unplanned Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Vulnerable Older People
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Audit of Intermediate Care Commissioning and Provision in England (NHS Benchmarking)
Summary The 2012 audit covered health-related bed and home intermediate care services. NHS Benchmarking’s “National Audit of Intermediate Care Report 2013” has been extended to cover crisis response and social care reablement services. “only 53% of home based services have … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged AGILE, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Bed Based Intermediate Care, Bed Based Services, Bed Occupancy, Bed-Based Intermediate Care Services, Bed/Home and Step Up/Down Provision, BGS, British Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Care Integration, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), College of Occupational Therapists, College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Older People (COTSS-OP), Commissioning Task, Community Care Services, Community Hospitals, Community Unit Models, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, COTSS-OP: College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Older People, Crisis Home Treatment, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT), Crisis Response, Crisis Support, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Duration of Service (Home Based Services), Elderly Rehabilitation Services, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Failed Discharges, Frail Older People’s Board (FOPB), Halfway Home, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Home Based Intermediate Care, Home Based Services, Hospital Discharge, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care and Reablement Services Bristol Community Health (BCH), Intermediate Care Capacity, Intermediate Care Geriatrician, Intermediate Care Teams, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Strategic Planning, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), NAIC 2013, National Audit of Intermediate Care Report 2013, NHS Benchmarking, NHS Benchmarking Network, Occupational Therapists, Older People’s Specialists’ Forum, Partnership Working, Patient Rated Experience Measures (PREMs), Patient-reported Experience Measures (PREMs) Tool, Patients Association, Re-ablement Activity, Re-admission Avoidance Scheme (RAS), Reablement, Reablement Services, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Rehabilitation Services, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), Single Point of Access (SPA), Social Care Reablement Services, Staffing (Intermediate Care), Step Down, Step Up, Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning and Commissioning, Variation in Commissioning, Vulnerable Adults, Whole System Impact, Whole System Performance, Whole Systems Approach, Whole-System Approaches
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Transforming Health Care: Ten Priorities for Commissioners (King’s Fund)
Summary This paper outlines priorities for commissioners in the NHS, with a view to changes to the healthcare system from April 2013. “The ageing population and increased prevalence of chronic diseases require a strong re-orientation away from the current emphasis on acute and episodic care towards … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age and Ageing, Ageing Population, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACS), Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), Avoidable Admissions, Care and Support White Paper 2012, Care Management, Clinical Commissioning, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Task, Elective Admissions, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Care, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Emergency Services, EOL, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health Care Reform, High Quality Commissioning, Integrated Commissioning, Intermediate Care Teams, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medication Errors, Mental Health and Wellbeing, NHS Reform, Outcome-Based Commissioning, Place of Death, Prescription Management, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Primary Prevention, Priorities for Commissioners (King's Fund), Public Health Reform, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Secondary Prevention, Self-Care, Self-Management, Social Care Reform, Unplanned Hospital Admissions
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