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More on Self-Care, Patient Activation and NHS Sustainability (Health Foundation / BMJ Quality and Safety / Self Care Forum / AMROC)

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A Health Foundation briefing explores the potential of increasing patient activation for better self-care in the management of long-term conditions (including asthma, diabetes and depression) and reducing avoidable hospital admissions. “ …patients who were most able to manage their … Continue reading →

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 →

Improving Patient Care by Reducing Length of Hospital Stay (NHS Improvement / NHS England)

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS, with the cooperation of local authorities, plans to reduce unnecessarily long stays in hospital for patients by a quarter. The aim is to free-up over 4,000 beds in readiness for anticipated Winter pressures on hospitals. Currently, around … 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, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 6As for Managing Emergency Admissions, Ambulatory Emergency Care, Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC), Ambulatory Emergency Care (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Better Use of Care at Home, Breaking the Cycle SAFER Patient Flow Bundle, Care Closer to Home, Clinical Criteria for Discharge, Clinical Criteria for Discharge (CCD), Criteria Led Discharge, Daily Transfers of Care (DTOC), Deconditioning, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Discharge, Discharge at a Reasonable Time, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge From General Inpatient Hospital Settings, Discharge Into the Care Sector, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Discharge to Assess (D2A) Model, Emergency Day Care, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care, Expected Date of Discharge, Expected Date of Discharge (EDD), Foci for Maximum Impact in Reducing Length of Stay, Guide to Reducing Long Hospital Stays: NHS Improvement, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Multiagency Peer Reviews, Hospital-Associated Functional Decline: Role of Hospitalisation Processes, Ian Dalton: Chief Executive of NHS Improvement, Improving Hospital Discharge Into Care Sector, Improving Patient Care, Integrated Care Pathway for Frailty, Integrated Multi-Agency Care, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Multiagency Dementia Partnerships, Long-Stay Patient Reviews, Long-Stay Patients, Multi-Agency Collaboration, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Agency Working, Multiagency Discharge Event (MADE), Multiagency Teams, New Front Door to Urgent and Emergency Care Services, NHS Confederation Conference (2018), NHS Improvement, Patient Administration System (PAS), Patient Deconditioning Effect Related to Hospital Bed Rest (aka Pyjama Paralysis / PJ Paralysis), Patient Harms, Patient Harms and Harm Free Care, Patient Safety, PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) Cycles, Plan Do Study and Act (PDSA), Pyjama Paralysis, Quality Improvement, Rachel Power: Chief Executive of Patients Association, Red2Green Days, Reducing Hospital Length of Stay, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Length of Hospital Stay, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Reducing Waste in Dementia Care, Reducing Waste in the NHS, SAFER Patient Flow Bundle, SAFER Patient Flow Bundle and Red2Green Days (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Sally Copley: Director of Policy and Campaigns at Alzheimer’s Society, Supporting Patients’ Choices To Avoid Long Hospital Stays, Why Not Home: Why Not Today (reducingdtoc.com) | Leave a comment

NHS Operational Productivity: GIRFT Meets Mental Health and Community Health Services (Lord Carter / DHSC)

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

Summary Lord Carter’s latest report in the NHS Operational Productivity series shifts the attention to unwarranted variations in mental health and community health services. Potential savings of around £1 billion in efficiencies could be made by 2020/21, allegedly, if the … Continue reading →

Physical Activity for People With Dementia Fails to Slow Rate of Cognitive Impairment (BBC News / BMJ / NHS Choices)

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

Summary It has long been widely believed that physical activity would have beneficial effects in the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia. Counter-intuitive results from the Dementia and Physical Activity (DAPA) trial suggest that moderate to high intensity exercise training for … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NHS Choices, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Activities of Daily Living, Aerobic Exercise, Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog), At-Home Exercises Heavy Gardening, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Benefits of Activity, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Botnar Research Centre: University of Oxford, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Carer Quality of Life and Burden, Centre for Rehabilitation Research and Centre for Statistics in Medicine: University of Oxford, CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Coventry and Warwick Partnership Trust, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Critical Appraisals, Dementia And Physical Activity (DAPA) Trial, Dementia Exercise Programmes, Division of Health Sciences: University of Warwick, Enjoyable Activity, Exercise Regimens, Gardening, Good Care Group, Health Related Quality of Life, Health Technology Assessment Study, Health Technology Assessments, John Radcliffe Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital: Oxford, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research: Health Technology Assessment Programme, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, NIHR CLAHRC Oxford, NIHR CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences: University of Oxford, Oxford University, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Prescriptions, Physical Activity Programmes, Practical Advice on Healthy Ageing (Good Care Group), Reducing Waste in the NHS, Regular Physical Activity, Six Minute Walk Test, Strength Exercises, Strength Programmes, Strength Training, Swimming, University of Oxford, University of Warwick, Upper Body Twist, Walking, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit: University of Warwick, Warwick University, Water Aerobics, Water Balance Exercises, Water Exercises | Leave a comment

System to Measure and Prevent Medication Errors Under Development (Department of Health and Social Care / EEPRU)

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

Summary The Department of Health and Social Care now has a system to help identify, monitor and prevent medication errors. The aim is to help ensure the NHS becomes the safest healthcare system in the world, as well as avoiding … Continue reading →

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Statistics on Falls in Hospitals: National Audit of Inpatient Falls 2017 (RCP / NHS Improvement)

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Royal College of Physicians (RCP)’s most recent annual report summarises findings of the National Audit of Inpatient Falls, with recommendations for improvement. This report supplies: “ …detailed results from all individual hospitals, enabling comparison with their own performance … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Avoidance of Litigation, Costs of Falls in Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Policies / Protocols, Direct and Indirect Impacts of Inpatient Falls, Estimates of Costs Per Fall by Age, Evidence-Based Quality Improvement, Fall and Fracture Prevention, Falls and Fracture Liaison Service Database (FLS-DB), Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP), Falls Improvement Collaborative, Falls in Hospitals, Falls in Hospitals and Residential Care Facilities, Falls Multidisciplinary Working Group: Recommendation for Trust and Local Health Board (LHB) Boards, Falls Pathway Workstream, Falls Per 1000 OBDs: Analysis By NHS Trust, Falls Prevention, Falls Reported to National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), FFFAP: Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme, Fracture Liaison Service Database (FLS-DB), Fracture Prevention Policies / Protocols, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, Hospital Falls Prevention, Incidence and Costs of Inpatient Falls in Hospitals, Inpatient Falls, Integrated Falls Prevention Services, Litigation Claims, National Audit of Inpatient Falls Audit Report, National Audit of Inpatient Falls Audit Report 2017, National Audit of Inpatient Falls Workstream Project Team, National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD), National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), NHS Improvement, Occupied Bed Days (OBDs), Patient Safety, Patient Safety Incidents, Preventing Falls in Hospital, Preventing Inpatient Falls, Priorites Within Acute Hospitals, Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals, Quality Improvement, Reducing Falls to Help Trusts Improve Patient Experience and Reduce Costs, Reducing Litigation Costs, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Royal College of Physicians (RCP) | Leave a comment

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