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Transformational Change in Health and Care: Learning From Case Studies (King’s Fund)

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent King’s Fund report explores diverse examples of successful transformational change, i.e. those which tend to focus on improving the lives of patients, to see if there are lessons for leadership style and organisational culture. Four case studies … Continue reading →

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Some Implications of Seven Day Hospital Services Explored (Nuffield Trust)

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Nuffield Trust’s “London Quality Standards” report evaluates recently introduced standards to improve acute and emergency care in London hospitals. London-wide experiments with Seven Day Services Standards are soon to feature in STPs elsewhere in the UK. These standards … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, 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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Medical Units (AMUs), Barriers and Enablers to Implementation of LQS, Barriers to Engagement, Challenges of Reconfiguration, Clinical Engagement, Clinical Leadership, Costing Seven Day Services, Costs and Benefits of Seven-Day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions, Disconnectedness Between Senior Level Staff and Clinicians, Disconnects in NHS Reform, Emergency Care, Employee Engagement, Hospital Reconfiguration, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), London Health Programmes (LHP), London Quality Standards, London Quality Standards (LQS), LQS Audit Process, NHS Service Reconfiguration, NHS Services Seven Days a Week, Out-of-Hours Urgent Care, Perceived Impact of Implementing the LQS in Hospitals, Perceived Strengths and Weaknesses of the LQS, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Seven Day Care in England, Seven Day Services Standards, Seven-Day Consultant-Delivered Care, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-day Rounds and Supporting Services, Seven-Day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions: Costs Versus Benefits, Seven-Day Services in Hospital, Seven-Day Working, Staff Engagement, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC), Weekend Working, Workforce Issues, Workforce Issues (Feeling Undervalued) | Leave a comment

Health and Social Care Integration: a Tale of Over-Optimism? (NAO / BBC News)

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent National Audit Office (NAO) report warns that progress towards the integration of health and social care has been slower and less successful than expected. It has not yet delivered the efficiencies and savings that the Department of … Continue reading →

More on the NHS Culture of Openness: Lessons From Two Francis Inquiries (Department of Health)

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Government has published a report explaining progress in the NHS since the Francis Inquiry report (February 2013) . It supports the full adoption, in principle, of Freedom to Speak Up review recommendations to protect whistleblowers who raise legitimate … Continue reading →

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Watershed Changes in NHS Culture Since February 2013 (Department of Health)

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary February 6th 2015 marked the second anniversary of publication of Sir Robert Francis’s Inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. Full Text Link Reference Francis two years on: What’s changed in the NHS? London: Department of Health, February 9th … Continue reading →

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NHS Model(s) of Care Essential for Ageing Population (NHS England / Guardian)

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s National Medical Director, has written about the NHS needing a revised model of care to meet rising demands for treatment from an ageing population. The existing model of delivery and service, involving an … Continue reading →

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Better Care Fund: Questions and Assumptions? (BBC News / NAO)

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Questions have arisen about the scale of savings achievable from the £5.3bn Better Care Fund (BCF). The BCF aims to improve integration between NHS and social care. A National Audit Office (NAO) review of the assumptions behind the BCF … Continue reading →

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