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Tag Archives: Reducing Avoidable Demand
New Year – Same Old NHS Winter Pressures: Some Recent Responses to Excess Public Demand for Services (BBC News / RCGP / NHS England / King’s Fund)
Summary Other Northern European nations, North America etc. have more extreme and colder Winters, yet their health systems appear not to buckle under these predictable seasonal pressures. Here are some recent responses and initiatives, as mentioned in the news, aiming … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accident and Emergency Departments, Ageing Population, Artificial Inflation of A&E Performance Data (Allegation), BBC Bristol, BBC News Northampton, BBC Politics News, BBC Regional News: Hereford and Worcester, BBC Scotland, BBC Scotland News, Black Alerts, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive of NHS Providers, City of Coventry Walk In Centre, Community Pharmacists, Crisis Planning, Demand and Capacity, Demand Management, Demand Versus Capacity Gaps, Dr Taj Hassan: President of Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Ed Humpherson: Director General for Regulation at UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), Elective Waiting Times, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Planning and Resilience, Emergency System Resilience, Flu-Related Hospital Admissions, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Former Prime Minster: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Gaming Public Opinion, GPs Co-Located With A&E Department, Health Demand, Hospital Waiting Times, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Mixed Sex Accommodation, Mixed‐Sex Accommodation, Mythology of the Times, National Emergency Pressures Panel (NEPP), National Emergency Pressures Panel (NHS England NEPP), National Emergency Pressures Panel (NHS England), NHS 70th Birthday, NHS England's National Emergency Pressures Panel, NHS England’s National Emergency Pressures Panel (NEPP), NHS Spending on Older People (Disproportionately High), NHS Sustainability, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Winter Crisis, NHS Winter Pressures (aka Winter Crisis 2017-2018), NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Tracker (BBC), Non-Emergency Waiting Times, Northampton General Hospital, Online Guidance From NHS Choices, Openness and Transparency, Patient Dignity, Patient Factors (Demand Side), Patient Safety, Population Winter Pressures, Preparations for Winter, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Professor Suzanne Mason: Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Proportion of Public Spending on Health, Quality and Sustainability, Rationing, Rationing of Surgery in the NHS, RCGP's 3 Before GP Mantra Awareness Campaign, Reducing Avoidable Demand, Reverse-Acting Hawthorne Effect (Speculative Construct), Right Care - First Time Campaign (Community Pharmacists), Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Former Prime Minster), Self-Care, Self-Management, Shona Robison: Health Secretary for Scotland, Single Sex Accommodation, Spending on Front-Line Healthcare Versus Social Care, Sustainability, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Three Before GP Mantra (RCGP), UK Statistics Authority, UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (A&E Performance), Urgent Care Centres, Winter Flu Outbreak: 2017/8, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures in General Practice
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NHS England’s Five Year Forward View: Next Steps On (NHS England)
Summary The latest official review of progress against the NHS Five Year Forward View, marking two and a half years since it was launched in October 2014, presents practical and realistic strategic steps intended to allow the NHS deliver better … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (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, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to GP Services, Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Accountable Care Systems, Acute GDEs, Ageing Population, Best Value for Taxpayers, Building Health Partnerships (BHP), Cally Palmer: NHS England’s NHS National Cancer Director, Cancer Care, Cancer Survival, Cancer Survival Rates in England, Cancer Waiting Times, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, Claire Murdoch: NHS England’s National Director for Mental Health, Closing the Cancer Survival Gap, Closing the Finance and Efficiency Gap, Closing the Funding and Efficiency Gap, Community Participation and Involvement, CVD: Cardiovascular Disease, David Behan: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Diabetes Prevention Programme, Digitising Hospitals, Dr Arvind Madan: Former NHS England Director of Primary Care, Dr Jonathan Leach: Chair of NHS England’s Armed Forces and their Families Clinical Reference Group, Duty of Best Value, Economic Sustainability, Education and Training, Efficiency Savings, Elective Waiting Times, eRedbook, Failure to Meet Patients’ Needs, Finance, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five Year Forward View (FYFV) for Mental Health, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Accountable Care Systems, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Cancer Care, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Cancer Care Key Improvements for 2017/18 and 2018/19, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Community Participation and Involvement, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Digitising Hospitals, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Funding and Efficiency, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Harnessing Technology and Innovation, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Helping People Manage Their Own Health, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Innovation for Care Improvement, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Integrating Care Locally, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Key Patient Safety Improvements for 2017/18 and 2018/19, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Key Workforce Improvements for 2017/18 and 2018/19, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Mental Health, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Mental Health Key Improvements for 2017/18 and 2018/19, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: New Care Models, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Patient Safety, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Primary Care, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Primary Care Key Improvements for 2017/18 and 2018/19, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Priorities and Trade-Offs, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Progress Since the Forward View 2014, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Strengthening the NHS Workforce, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Technology to Support NHS Priorities, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: The NHS in 2017, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: The NHS’ 10 Point Efficiency Plan, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Urgent and Emergency Care, Five Year Forward View - Next Steps: Urgent and Emergency Care Key Deliverables for 2017/18 and 2018/19, Forces Veterans and Service Personnel, Funding and Efficiency, Funding and Efficiency Gap, GDEs: Global Digital Exemplars, General Practice Forward View (GPFV), General Practice Forward View (NHS England April 2016), General Practice Nursing, Global Digital Exemplar for Mental Health: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Global Digital Exemplar for Mental Health: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Global Digital Exemplar for Mental Health: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Global Digital Exemplar for Mental Health: Northumberland, Global Digital Exemplar for Mental Health: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Global Digital Exemplar for Mental Health: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Global Digital Exemplar for Mental Health: Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Global Digital Exemplars, Global Digital Exemplars for Mental Health, Helping People Manage Own Health, High Impact Change Model, Hospital Waiting Times, Innovation and Improvement, Integrating Care Locally, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Janet Davies: Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, Janet Davies: RCN General Secretary, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, Lisa Bayliss-Pratt: Director of Nursing at Health Education England, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Long Waiting Times, Mental Health - 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