Tag Archives: Reducing Expenditure

Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments in the NHS Under Review (BBC News)

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England is actively considering proposals to discontinue or reduce the availability of 17 routine procedures considered to be either ineffective or risky. The aim is to improve patient outcomes, reduce waste in the NHS (by an estimated 200 … Continue reading →

A Growing Awareness of Lifestyle Risk Factors and Preventative Healthcare (BBC News / NHS Digital / Health Foundation)

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Awareness of lifestyle risk factors and evidence-based preventative lifestyle interventions may soon have a greater influence in medical education. “The health landscape of the UK has dramatically changed over the last 30 or 40 years and I think the … Continue reading →

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NHS England’s Pharmacy Integration Fund (NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care home residents often have multiple long-term conditions and are often prescribed several different medicines (polypharmacy). NHS England plans to fund recruitment of 180 pharmacists and 60 pharmacy technicians who will work with care homes to try to reduce … Continue reading →

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Questioning the Disproportionate Flood of Publications Praising the Benefits of Early Detection: Too Much of a Good Thing? (BMJ)

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A brief Norwegian review has highlighted an unbalanced surge in publications about the benefits of the earlier detection of diseases (which are typically taken unquestioningly as a “given”). The authors allege that articles discussing the benefits of early detection … Continue reading →

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Choosing Wisely: A New Review of Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment (BBC News / Academy of Medical Royal Colleges / BMJ)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Continuing the debate concerning avoidable overuse in medical care, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has drawn-up a list of forty treatments which are thought to confer little or no benefit to patients. Full Text Link Reference Doctors name … Continue reading →

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More on the Avoidable Costs of Lifestyle Risk Factors (BBC News / PHE / Lancet)

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Public Health England (PHE) has estimated that health problems associated with unhealthy lifestyle practices – such as poor diet, obesity, physical inactivity, drinking and smoking – cost the NHS in England approximately £11 billion per year. A new approach … Continue reading →

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Update on Overuse: Further Information on the Potential Costs and Risks of Over-Diagnosis and Over-Treatment (JAMA Internal Medicine)

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An updated systematic review indicates a growing awareness and debate concerning overuse of medical care. The literature on a broadly Too Much Medicine and / or a Less is More theme has grown rapidly, whereby reviewers found 821 relevant … Continue reading →

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Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments in the NHS Under Review (BBC News)

Questioning the Disproportionate Flood of Publications Praising the Benefits of Early Detection: Too Much of a Good Thing? (BMJ)

Update on Overuse: Further Information on the Potential Costs and Risks of Over-Diagnosis and Over-Treatment (JAMA Internal Medicine)

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