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Tag Archives: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality
Refusal and Resistance to Care in People With Dementia in Acute Hospitals (Patient Experience Library / NIHR / International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Summary Patients with dementia often have a poor experience of care in hospitals. Some hospitals are better than others, almost certainly, thanks to improvements in dementia-friendly hospital care, appropriate staff training and dementia awareness raising; however certain problems may persist … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, 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, Models of Dementia Care, NHS, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Medical Ward for Dementia, Adult Safeguarding, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Mortality, Avoiding Long Hospital Stays, Cardiff, Cardiff University, Carers UK, Compassionate Care, Culture of Compassionate Care Versus Routine-Based Ward Culture, De Montfort University, De-Escalation Techniques, Deconditioning in Hospital, Delivering Safe and Compassionate Care, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Training, Dementia Training for NHS Staff, Dementia UK, Department of Medicine for Older People Rehabilitation and Stroke: Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, Education and Staff Training, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethnographic Research, Faculty of Health Sciences: University of Southampton, Fixed Timetables of Care (Potential Harms), Hermeneutic Approaches, Hospital Culture, Hospital-Acquired Deconditioning, Hospital-Associated Deconditioning, Hospital-Related Deconditioning, Improving Patient Experience, Improving Patient Safety, International Journal of Nursing Studies, Length of Hospital Stay, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Ward Cultures, Long Hospital Stays, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, NIHR CLAHRC Wessex: Innovation Centre, NIHR Health Services Delivery Research, NIHR Journals Library, NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, Patient Expectations, Patient Experience, Patient Experience Library, Patient Safety, Planned Personal Care (Timetabled), Qualitative Health Research, Qualitative Research, Qualitative Studies, Queen Alexandra Hospital: Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Re-Admissions to Hospitals, Readmissions to Hospital, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Length of Hospital Stay, Reducing Re-Admissions to NHS Hospitals, Refusal and Resistance to Care Among People With Dementia in Acute Hospitals, Research and Innovation Department: Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Resistance Refusal or Rejection of Care by People Living With Dementia, Restraint, Restraint and Restrictions, Restraint in Hospital Settings, Restrictive Practices, Rigid Routines, Routines-Based Hospitals Culture, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, School of Allied Health Sciences: De Montfort University, School of Health Sciences and Social Work: University of Portsmouth, School of Health Sciences: University of Southampton, School of Healthcare Sciences: Cardiff University, Timetabled Mealtimes, Timetabled Medication Rounds, Training and Education, Understanding Refusal and Resistance to Care, University of Portsmouth, University of Southampton, Workforce Education
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CQC Interim Report on Restrictive Interventions in Mental Health, Learning Disabilities or Autism Care Institutions (BBC News / CQC / DHSC / NHS England / Children’s Commissioner / HQIP)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has released an interim report on the persistence of restraint, seclusion and segregation in the care of people with a mental health problems, learning disabilities and / or autism. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Barry Stanley-Wilkinson: Former Care Quality Commission Inspector, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Undercover Abuse Scandal, BBC Panorama: Whorlton Hall Hospital Abuse, Building the Right Support, Building the Right Support: National Implementation Plan to Close Inpatient Facilities, Building the Right Support: National Implementation Plan to Develop Community Services, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Caroline Dinenage MP: Minister of State for Care, Challenging Behaviour, Children With Learning Disabilities or Autism Admitted to Secure Mental Health Hospitals, Children's Commissioner for England, Children’s Commissioner: Far Less Than They Deserve Report (2019), Community and Mental Health Trusts, CQC Interim Report on How Hospitals Separate Children and Young People With Mental Health Problems Learning Disabilities or Autism, Culture of Zero-Harm, Cygnet Health Care Limited, Danshell Group, David Noble, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, Dr Paul Lelliott: Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC Lead for Mental Health), Durham Constabulary, Ethical Considerations, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Hospital Abuse, Human Rights Framework for Restraint, Institutional Abuse, Institutional Factors, Institutional Neglect, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Acute Hospitals, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Community Services, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Mental Health Services, Learning Disabilities: Data and Information, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disabilities: Transforming Care, LeDeR: Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, Mental Health and Illness, National Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme, NHS England National Oversight Group: Reducing Restrictive Practices, Norah Fry Research Centre: University of Bristol, Olivia Davies (Journalist), Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Panorama (BBC TV), Patient Harm, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Protecting Vulnerable People, Psychiatric Hospitals, Recording and Reporting, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restraint Prolonged Seclusion and Segregation, Restrictive Interventions, Restrictive Practices, Review of Restraint Prolonged Seclusion and Segregation for People With a Mental Health Problem Learning Disabilities or Autism: CQC Interim Report, Safeguarding, Segregation, Segregation in Mental Health Wards for Children and Young People and in Wards for People With a Learning Disability or Autism: CQC Interim Report, Severe Learning Disabilities, Tizard Centre: University of Kent, Transforming Care, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Research Centre, Use of Reasonable Force, Vulnerable Groups, Whistleblowing, Whorlton Hall, Winterbourne View, Winterbourne View Assessment and Treatment Unit (ATU)
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The Estimated Health Impact of Poor Diets (BBC News / Lancet / NHS Digital)
Summary Poor diet has been estimated to be a bigger killer than smoking. Malnutrition (resulting from poor quality diets) may play a role in one in five premature deaths world-wide; an estimated 11 million people. The most dangerous diets contain: … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Avoidable Premature Mortality, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Cancer Risk Factors, Cardioprotective Diet, Causes of Premature Mortality, Critical Appraisals, Diet, Diet and Nutrition, Diet High in Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Diet-Related Deaths, Diet-Related Ill Health, Dietary Factors, Dietary Fibre, Dietary Interventions, Dietary Patterns, Dietary Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Flexitarian Diets, Food and Diet, Food Frequency Questionnaires, Fruit and Vegetables Intake, GBD 2017 Diet Collaborators, GBD Regions, Global Burden of Disease 2017 Diet Collaborators, Global Burden of Disease Study, Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD), Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviour, Healthy Diet, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyles, High in Fat Salt and Sugar (HFSS), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME): University of Washington, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Seattle), Lancet, Malnutrition, Malnutrition in the Community, Mediterranean and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diets, Mediterranean and DASH Diets, Mediterranean Diet, National Nutrition Surveys, Neuroprotective Diets, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), Nutrients, Nuts, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Poor Diets, Premature Death, Premature Mortality, Processed Foods, Processed Meats, Red Meat, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Premature Mortality, Salt, Salt Reduction, Seeds, Sodium Intake, Southern Mediterranean Countries, Suboptimal Diets: Risk Factor for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Trans Fatty Acids, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, Vegetables, Whole Grains, Wholegrains
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Pan-Neurological Statistics for England (Neurological Alliance)
Summary The Neurological Alliance’s latest report provides a round-up of estimates for the prevalence of a range of neurological disorders. There are about 14.7 million neurological cases (one in six people) in the UK, and yet: “ …the NHS Long … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acoustic Neuroma, Action Duchenne, Action for M.E., Alzheimer’s Research UK, Ataxia, Ataxia UK, Autism, Autistica, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Awareness, Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness of Neurological Conditions, Awareness Raising, Batten Disease, Batten Disease Family Association, Brain Awareness Week, Brain Awareness Week (2019), Brain Tumour Charity, British Acoustic Neuroma Association, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cavernoma, Cavernoma Alliance UK, Cerebral Palsy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth UK, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME), Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Cluster Headache, CNS and Other Intracranial Tumours, Cost(s) of Neurological Conditions, Daisy Garland, Dementia, Different Strokes, Dystonia, Dystonia Society, Encephalitis, Encephalitis Society, Epidemiology of Major Neurological Disorders, Epidemiology of Major Neurological Disorders in United Kingdom, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Action, Epilepsy Research UK, Essential Tremor, Fibromyalgia, FND Action, FND Hope, Functional Neurological Disorder, Geographical Variations, Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Guillain-Barre and Associated Inflammatory Neuropathies, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Hemihelp, Hemiplegia, Huntington’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease Association, Hydrocephalus, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, IIH UK, Improving Healthcare to Reduce Premature Mortality in People with Neurological Disorders, Katharine McIntosh: Senior Policy Advisor at Neurological Alliance, Living With Neurological Conditions, Local Health Services: Variations, Long Term Neurological Conditions, Meningitis, Migraine, Migraine Trust, Motor Neurone Disease, Motor Neurone Disease Association, MS Society, Multiple Sclerosis, Multiple System Atrophy, Multiple System Atrophy Trust, Muscular Dystrophy, Muscular Dystrophy UK, Myasthenias, Myaware, Myelopathy, Myelopathy.org, Narcolepsy, Narcolepsy UK, National Neuro Advisory Group, National Tremor Foundation, Nerve Tumours UK, Neurofibromatosis, Neurological Alliance, Neurological Conditions, Neurological Disorders, Neurological Disorders and Health Inequalities, Neurology Intelligence Collaborative, Neurology Intelligence Network (NIN), Neuromyelitis Optica, NHS Outcomes Framework (NHSOF), NHS Outcomes Framework Domains, Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headache (OUCH UK), Other Neurological Conditions, Pan-Neurological Priorities for Commissioning, Parkinson's Disease, Parkinson’s UK, PHE Neurology Intelligence Network (NIN), Polio Survivors Network, Post-Polio Syndrome, Premature Mortality, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Acoustic Neuroma, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Ataxia, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Autism, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Batten Disease, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Cavernoma, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Cerebral Palsy, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME), Prevalence and / or Incidence of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Cluster Headache, Prevalence and / or Incidence of CNS and Other Intracranial Tumours, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Dementia, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Dystonia, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Encephalitis, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Epilepsy, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Essential Tremor, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Fibromyalgia, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Functional Neurological Disorder, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Hemiplegia, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Huntington’s Disease, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Hydrocephalus, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Meningitis, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Migraine, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Motor Neurone Disease, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Multiple System Atrophy, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Muscular Dystrophy, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Myasthenias, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Myelopathy, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Narcolepsy, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Neurofibromatosis, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Neuromyelitis Optica, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Parkinsons Disease, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Post-Polio Syndrome, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Restless Legs Syndrome, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Rett Syndrome, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Spina Bifida, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Spinal Cord Injury, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Prevalence and / or Incidence of Stroke - 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Difficult Reflections on Certain Aspects of the NHS: Be Prepared to Look-Away Now (BBC News)
Summary You don’t want to know: Full Text Link Reference Gosport hospital deaths: prescribed painkillers ‘shortened 456 lives’. London: BBC Health News, June 20th 2018. You don’t want to know: Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2018). Shipman, Bristol, Stafford, … Continue reading →
Posted in Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability, Accountability and Transparency, Adults at Risk of Harm, Ageing in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageism, Attitudes to Ageing, Availability of Opioid Painkillers, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Baker Report, BBC News Hampshire and Isle of Wight, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Killed in Hospital, Bullying of Whistleblowers, Bureaucracy, Candour, Character Assassination of Whistleblowers, Closed Ranks Culture (Cover-Ups), Closed Ranks Culture (Denial), Closed Ranks Culture (Determination Not to Know), Closed Ranks Culture (Misplaced Loyalty), Closing Ranks, Collective Self-Interest (Ahead of Patients), Complaint Handling, Complaint Handling by Providers, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Self-Interest (Ahead of Patients), Culture and Leadership, Culture of Complacency, Culture of Delay and Denial, Defensive Culture, Diamorphine, Disregard for Human Life, Dr Katherine Sleeman: Cicely Saunders Institute at King's College London, Failings in Care in Hospitals, Faith-Shattering NHS Scandals, Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 3: Culture Free From Bullying, Fundamental Standards of Behaviour, Gosport Hospital Deaths: Timeline, Gosport Independent Panel, Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Gosport War Memorial Hospital: Report of the Gosport Independent Panel, Hampshire Constabulary, Harassment of Whistleblowers, Harms of Too Much Medicine, Hospital Mortality, House of Commons, In-Hospital Mortality, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Prescribing of Painkillers, Institutionalised Determination Not to Know (Sir Brian Jarman: Allegation), Institutionalised Neglect, Institutionalised Unkindness, Matthew McClelland: Director of Fitness to Practise at Nursing and Midwifery Council, Negative Culture, NHS Corporate Self-Interest, NHS Managerial Self-Interest, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Norman Lamb: Former Liberal Democrat Health Minister, Organisational Culture, Painkillers, Parliamentarians, Patient Harm, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Improvement, Peer Pressure, Postcode Lottery of Hospital Death Rates, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Premature Mortality, Preventable Hospital Deaths, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Preventing Premature Mortality, Principles of Good Complaint Handling, Professor Richard Baker: Leicester University, Professor Sir Brian Jarman, Professor Sir John Strang: Director of National Addiction Centre at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, Rachel Power: Chief Executive of Patients Association, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Premature Mortality, Right Reverend James Jones KBE: Chair of Gosport Independent Panel, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Super-Strength Painkillers, Syringe Drivers: Opioid Delivery, Top-Down Managerial Culture, Treatment of Whistleblowers (Shoddy), Unnecessary In-Hospital Deaths, Unresponsive Culture, USA Opioid Epidemic, Values, Victimisation of Whistleblowers, Warning Signs, Whistlelowing, Willful Blindness
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Ten Portions of Fruit and Veg a Day? (BBC News / International Journal of Epidemiology / Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience)
Summary Forget five portions of fruit and veg per day? Forget seven portions a day? Research by Imperial College London suggests that consuming ten portions a day could be more beneficial and help prevent 7.8 million premature deaths every year. … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, International, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Information, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, Biostatistics Unit: University of Leeds, Bjørknes University College (Oslo), Cardiovascular Disease, Channing Division of Network Medicine: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, China, Coronary Heart Disease, Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke, Department of Anesthesia: The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University Luzhou, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Imperial College London, Department of Epidemiology: Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care: University of Bergen, Department of Nutrition: Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Pharmacology: School of Pharmacy: Southwest Medical University Luzhou, Department of Pharmacy: The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University Luzhou, Department of Preventive Cardiology: Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, Department of Public Health and General Practice: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Diet and Mortality, Five Portions of Fruit and Vegetables a Day, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, Fruit and Vegetables, Fruit and Vegetables Intake, Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health (Boston), Healthy Eating, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York), Imperial College London, International Journal of Epidemiology, London, Mediterranean Diet, Norway, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, Premature Mortality, Preventing Premature Mortality, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, Southwest Medical University Luzhou (China), Stroke, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Ten Portions of Fruit and Vegetables a Day, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University Luzhou (China), Tisch Cancer Institute: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Total Cancer and All-Cause Mortality, University of Bergen (Norway), University of Leeds, USA
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More Transparency Enforced in NHS Hospital Trusts (BBC News / CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s final report on how NHS trusts review and investigate unexpected mortality in hospital patients in England concludes that a culture of learning from avoidable patient deaths has not been given sufficient priority, either nationally … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Connor Sparrowhawk, Continuous Learning Culture, Critical Incidents, Criticised Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Deaths of Young People in Mental Health Units, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Governance and Learning, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB), Honesty and Transparency, Hospital Trusts, Identification and Reporting of Problems, Involvement of Families and Carers, Learning Candour and Accountability (CQC), Learning Culture, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Acute Hospitals, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Emergency Departments, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Learning Disability Services, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Mental Health Services, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disability (LD) Transforming Care Programme, Mazars, Mental Health In-Patient Deaths Under-Reported, NHS Hospital Trusts, Openness and Transparency, People With Learning Disabilities, Potentially Preventable Complications in Hospitalis, Preventable Adverse Events, Preventable Harm, Preventable Hospital Deaths, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Prevention, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality Checks, Quality Improvement, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Reviews and Investigations, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Serious Incidents Requiring Investigation (SIRIs), SIRI: Serious Incident Requiring Investigation, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Sustained and Supported Involvement of Families and Carers (Involvement Enablers), Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transparency, Transparency and Public Trust, Under-Reporting of Mental Health In-Patient Mortality, Unexpected Deaths in Hospital, Vulnerable Groups, Vulnerable Older People
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Focus on the Baby Boomer Generation: CMO’s UK Health Profile (Department of Health / BBC News / NHS Choices)
Summary The latest annual report from Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England examines the health of people aged between 50 and 70 (broadly, people born between 1945 and 1964). One of the central conclusions drawn … Continue reading →
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Tagged Access To and Usage of Healthcare, Active Engagement, Active Lifestyle, Activities and Engagement, Adult Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) in England, Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing in the UK, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing Well, Ageing Well With Technology, Ageing Workforce, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Dependence, Alcohol or Substance Misuse, Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2015, Anxiety Disorders, Baby Boomers: Fit for the Future, Baby-Boomer Generation, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behind the Headlines, Boredom, Bowel Cancer Screening, Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP), Brain Ageing, Breast Screening Programme (BSP), Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cervical Screening Programme (CSP), Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Cigarette Smoking, Closing the Disability Employment Gap, CMO Annual Report 2015: Health of the Baby Boomer Generation, Cognitive Stimulation at Work, Common Mental Disorders in Adults, Community Engagement, Community Groups, Community Volunteering, Computer Use, Dementia Risk Factors, Demographic Changes, Demographics, Demography, Dietary Risk Factors, Digital Technology, Disability Employment Gap, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Employment Opportunities and Retention for Older People, Engagement, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Epidemiology and Statistics, Flexible Working and Phased Retirement, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, Future Of Ageing: Inequalities In Healthy Life Expectancy, Health and Employment, Health and Employment in Older Age, Health Inequalities, Health Screening Programmes, Health Survey for England, Health Survey for England (HSE), Healthy Ageing, Healthy and Active Ageing: Life-Course Approach (WHO), Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Lifestyles, HPV Triage and Test of Cure Protocol, Hypercholesterolaemia, Immunisation Programmes, Improving Lives: Work Health and Disability Green Paper, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Inequalities In Healthy Life Expectancy, Influenza Immunisation, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD), Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Keeping Active, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy Gaps, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Community Groups, Maintaining Independence, Mental Health and Employment, Mental Health Inequalities, Modifiable Risk Factors, Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Abnormal Brain Development, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Older Demographics, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Exercise, Physical Mental and Sexual Health of 50-70 Year Olds in UK, Positive Engagement, Premature Mortality, Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Health Inequalities, Retirement Policy, Risk Factors, Screening and Immunisation, Screening Programmes, Self-Harm, Sexual Health, Sexual Health and Well-being Among Older Men and Women in England, Smoking, Social Demographics, Social Engagement, State of the Public’s Health, Staying Active, Substance Dependence, Suicide and Self-Harm, Suicide Rates, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, UK Demographics, Volunteering, Volunteering and Civic Engagement, Volunteering and Wellbeing in Later Life, Work Health and Disability: Consultation, Workplace Interventions
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Recorded Deaths With a Dementia Diagnosis More Than Doubled Since 2001? (PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has released detailed statistics about the deaths of people recorded with dementia between 2012 and 2014. The proportion of people dying with a recorded dementia diagnosis increased from 6.6% of all deaths in 2001 to … Continue reading →
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Tagged 65+ Mortality With Dementia, Alistair Burns: Chair of the PHE’s DIN Leadership Group, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Cause of Death Coding Changes, Chest Infections, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Dementia and Mortality, Dementia Coding, Dementia Intelligence Network (DIN), Dementia Statistics, Diseases of the Nervous System (ICD-10 Codes G00–G99), Dying With Dementia: Briefing, Dying With Dementia: Data Analysis Report, Dying With Dementia: Dataset By Local Authority and Clinical Commissioning Group, Dying With Dementia: Presentation, Dying With Dementia: Project Graphic, England and Wales, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Health Inequalities, Health Statistics, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Statistics, Mental and Behavioural Disorders (ICD-10 Codes F00–F99), Mortality, Mortality Associated With Dementia: UK Statistics, Mortality Medical Data System (MMDS), Mortality Statistics, National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN), Official Statistics, PHE: Public Health England, Place of Death, Preferred Place of Death, Prof. Louise Robinson: Clinical Champion for Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns, Professor Julia Verne: Head of Clinical Epidemiology at Public Health England, Professor Louise Robinson: Director Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England (PHE) Dementia Intelligence Network (DIN), Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Statistical Anomalies, Statistical Epiphenomena
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Updates to Public Health Outcomes Framework 2016 to 2019 (Department of Health / BBC News)
Summary The original Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) specified desired outcomes for public health. It concentrated on: Increasing healthy life expectancy. Reducing health inequalities and differences in life expectancy. Reducing inequalities in the healthy life expectancy between communities. A new … Continue reading →
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Tagged Advertising of Sugary Foods, Advertising Restrictions, Air Pollution, Air Pollution and Public Health, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, Carbonated Soft Drinks, Childhood Obesity, Childhood Obesity Strategy, Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action, Children: Target of One Hour of Physical Activity Every Day, Clearer Food Labelling, Dementia Risk Prevention, Diabetes Prevention, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Emergency Readmissions Within 30 Days (For People With Dementia), Estimated Diagnosis Rate for People With Dementia, Excess Mortality, Excess Winter Deaths, Foods: Product Reformulation Plan, Fuel Poverty, Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services (GBSF), Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Screening Programmes, Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Options, Healthy Rating Scheme for Primary Schools, Hip Fractures in People Aged 65 and Over, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Infection Prevention, Injuries Due to Falls in People Aged 65 and Over (MyNHS Public Health Outcomes Metric), Integrated Approach to the Prevention of Dementia and Other Chronic Diseases, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Life Expectancy, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifecourse Approach to Wellbeing, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Media Restriction on High-Calorie Advertising on TV: Proposal Not Adopted, Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Illness Prevention, Mortality Data from the Office for National Statistics, Multiple Deprivation 2010 Scores, National and Local Deprivation Deciles, National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), National Childhood Obesity Strategy, National Screening Programmes, NHS Health Check Programme, NHS Health Checks, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity Health Alliance, Obesity in the UK, Obesity is the New Smoking, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Particulate Air Pollution, PHE: Public Health England, PHOF, PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Framework, Premature Mortality, Preventable Excess Winter Deaths, Preventable Sight Loss, Preventing Premature Mortality, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Approaches, Prevention Programmes, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Indicators, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Public Health Outcomes Framework 2016 to 2019, Public Health Policy and Strategy Unit, Quality of Life For Older People, Quality Sport and Physical Activity Programmes For Schools, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Reducing Social Isolation, Risk Prevention, Risk Reduction (Formerly Termed Prevention by WDC), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Screening, Screening Programmes, Sight Loss, Slope Index of Inequality, Social Deprivation, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Isolation, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Socioeconomic Deprivation, Soft Drinks Industry Levy, Sport England Strategy: Towards an Active Nation (2016), Sugar Reduction, Sugar Tax, Sugar-Sweetened Drinks, Sugary Drinks, Technical Specifications of Public Health Indicators, Updates to Public Health Outcomes Framework 2016 to 2019, Voluntary 20% Sugar Reduction Scheme Over Four Years (Food Industry)
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