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Tag Archives: Respect
BBC Health and Care Pre-Election Policy Navigator (BBC News)
Summary BBC News has produced a Policy Guide mapping tool, summarising the positions of the respective main political parties on various health and care related themes, both nationally and regionally. “This issue includes NHS funding, GP access and social care, … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Northern Ireland, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 24/7 Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, 24/7 Care, 24/7 Consultant Cover, 24/7 Diagnostic Services, 24/7 Service, 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Adult Social Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Agency Staff, Agency Staff (Exorbitant Waste of NHS Funding), Alliance Party, An Independence Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Bank And Agency Staff, BBC Health and Care Pre-Election Policy Navigator, BBC Health News, Britain First Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), British National Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Cancer Waiting Times, Carers UK’s Carers Manifesto, Carers' Manifesto, Christian Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Christian Peoples Alliance (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Cista (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Communities United Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Community Nursing Workforce, Conservative Party, Creeping Privatisation in NHS (sic), DUP, Education and Training Commissions for 2015/16 (HEE), Election 2015, Election 2015: Reality Checks (BBC News), English Democrats (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Future Workforce, General Infection (Surrealist Humour), General Practice Workforce, GP Access, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GP Workforce, Green, Health Education England's (HEE) Workforce Plan for England 2015-16, HEE Workforce Plan for England: Proposed Education and Training Commissions (2015/16), Hospital Waiting Times, Jury Team (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Labour Party, Left Unity (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Lib Dems, Long Waiting Times, Mebyon Kernow (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Mental Health Waiting Times, Mental Health Workforce, National Health Action Party, National Health Action Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Funding, NHS Privatisation Debate (sic), NHS Safe Staffing, NHS Waiting Times, NHS Workforce, NHS Workforce Census, NHS Workforce: Community Nursing, NHS Workforce: General Practice, NHS Workforce: Mental Health, Nicholson Challenge, No2EU (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Nurse Staffing Levels, Older Carers, Plaid Cymru, Pre-Election Policy Navigator, Privatisation (Backdoor), Privatisation (Debate), Progressive Unionist Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Repeal of Health and Social Care Act 2012, Respect, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Scottish Socialist Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), SDLP, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-Day Opening, Seven-Day Services in Hospital, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Sinn Fein, Sir David Nicholson, SNP, Social Care, Socialist Labour Party (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Socialist Party of Great Britain (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Solidarity (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Staffing Levels, The Doctor Can't See You Now (Labour Election Campaign Poster), Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), UKIP, Unmet Needs of Family Carers, Unpaid Carers, Weaponising the NHS (Labour: Attributed Phrase), Workforce Development, Workforce Planning, Workforce Planning (NHS), Yorkshire Devolution Movement (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site), Yorkshire First (Non-BBC Content: External Internet Site)
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Brief Guide to the New NHS (NHS England)
Summary This updated guide, from NHS England, clarifies the structure and function of the NHS, reflecting changes from the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Topic headings include: Introduction The NHS belongs to us all. Foreword (Sir Bruce Keogh). NHS … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 5 Live Investigates (BBC Radio 5), Arm’s Length Bodies, Arm’s Length Bodies (Department of Health's ALBs), Armed Forces Healthcare, BBC 5 Live, BBC 5 Live ‘In Short’ Series, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates, Better Training Better Care, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Senate Assembly or Forum, Clinical Senate Council, Clinical Senates, Clinically-Led Commissioning, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Commissioning NHS Services, Commissioning Organisations, Commissioning Support Units, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Community Services, Compassion, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Concise NHS Handbook, Culture of Compassionate Care, Differences Between NHS Foundation and NHS Trusts, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Engagement, Everyone Counts, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM), Finance, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financing of Health Care, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health Education England, Healthwatch England, Healthwatch Local, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Improving Lives, Improving Public Health, Leadership Development, Local Authorities, Local Education and Training Boards, Local Education Providers, Local Public Health Services, Locally Commissioned Services, Market Competition, Mental Health Services, Money Flows in the NHS, Monitor, Monitoring and Regulation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellows 2013/14, Nationally Commissioned Services, New Structures, NHS Budget, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS Constitution, NHS Finance, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Improving Quality, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS in Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland, NHS Leadership Academy, NHS Money Flows, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework Domains, NHS Structures, NHS Values, NHS Values and the Constitution, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Offender Healthcare, Patient Involvement, Payment by Results (PbR), Performance Incentives (CQUINs QOFs and Quality Premiums), PHE: Public Health England, Primary Care, Process and Structures, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Public and Patient Involvement, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Quality of Care, Quality Premium, Rehabilitation Services, Resource Challenges, Respect, Secondary Care, Service Redesign, Societal Challenges, Specialised Services, Staff Engagement, Strategic Clinical Networks, Transactional Commissioning, Transformational Commissioning, Trust Development Authority, Working Together for Change
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Towards a Better Life with Alzheimer’s Disease (ESRO / Alzheimer’s Society / Red & Yellow Care / Lancet)
Summary A recent report from ESRO and Red & Yellow Care (published with the Alzheimer’s Society) looks at steps required to improve the wellbeing of people living with dementia, whether in the community or in care. This thoughtfully written report … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Arts Council England, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Potential Risks, Awareness of Relationships, Awareness Raising, Balancing Risk and Choice, Better Life with Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Risk Assessments, Embracing Now, Enabling Happiness, ESRO, Flexibility, Good Life with Alzheimer's Disease, Happiness, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Wellbeing, Identity, Improving Flexibility of Care, Increasing Wellbeing, Independence Choice and Risk, Lancet, Living in the Mment, Maintaining Identity, Meaningful Relationships, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Post-2015, Mindfulness, My Home Life (MHL), My Home Life Network, My Name is Not Dementia, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Perfect Imperfection, Personal Identity, Personal Relationships, Physical Wellbeing, Positive Relationships, Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Psychological Wellbeing, Quality of Life, Quality of Life Promotion, Raising Awareness, Red & Yellow Care, Relationships, Relationships and Context, Remembering Life Experiences, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Therapy, Respect, Respect for Identity, Right to Take Risk, Risk and Mitigation Strategies, Risk Management, Sense of Identity, Social Wellbeing, Spots of Time, Supporting Agency, Sustaining Relationships, Value of Arts and Culture to People and Society, Valuing Contrast: Good Days and Bad Days, Wellbeing, Wellbeing in Later Life
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Always Events: Getting Started Kit (IHI)
Summary Always Events® refers to those aspects of the patient experience which are so important to patients and families that health care providers should perform them universally i.e. for every patient, every time. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Universal Interest
Tagged ALWAYS Acronym, Always Event Initiative, Always Events, Always Events Blueprint for Action, Always Events Getting Started Kit, Always Events Healthcare Solutions Book, Always Events® Solutions Book, Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC), Anne Arundel Medical Center: SMART Discharge, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Data Collection and Measurement, Dignity and Respect, Electronic Medical Records, Experiences, IHI STAAR How-to Guide, IHI: Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Leaders’ Role in Patient Experience, Leadership, Measuring Patient Experience, Patient and Family Partnership, Patient Experience, PDSA (Plan Do Study Act) Model, Picker Institute, Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycles, Respect, Service User Experience, SMART Discharge: Symptoms Medications Appointments Results and Talk With Me, STAAR: STate Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations Initiative, Staff Engagement, STate Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations (STAAR) Initiative, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Teach Back, Transforming Patient Experience, UCSF Medical Center’s Partner with Me, United States, UnityPoint Health (Formerly Iowa Health System), UnityPoint Health: Always Use Teach Back!, UPMC’s Transplant Guardian Angel Always Event, USA, User Experience
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Royal College of Nursing Consultation on Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care (RCN)
Summary The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has been commissioned by the Department of Health to review and develop guidance on positive behaviour support (PBS) and the minimisation of restrictive practices across health and adult social care. The consultation closes … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Attitudinal Change, Avoidable Harm, Behaviour Support Plans, Best Practice in PBS, Chemical Restraint, Culture of Zero-Harm, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics and Decision-Making, Harm Free Care, Least Restrictive Principle, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mechanical Restraint, Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Legislation, Northern Ireland, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Proportionality in Safeguarding, Proportionality: Human Rights and Mental Capacity Legislation, Respect, Respecting Persons with Dementia, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restrictive Practices, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Principles, Safeguarding Older People, Scotland, Transforming Care, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Use of Reasonable Force, Wales, Winterbourne View Hospital
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