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Tag Archives: Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Best Practice for Integrated Care (SCIE / LGA / King’s Fund / NHS Providers)
Summary The Local Government Association (LGA) and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) have published practical guidance for local systems in achieving care integration. Fifteen steps are cited, with links to case-studies and further information: Person-centred coordinated care: Risk … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, SCIE, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability, Accountability and Integration, Achieving Better Access to 24/7 Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care, Achieving Integrated Care: Best Practice, Ageing and Long-Term Care, Ageing Population, Asset-Based Approaches, Asset-Based Approaches to Health and Wellbeing, Asset-Based Community Development Approach, ‘Making it Real: I / We Statements, Barriers and Enablers to Implementing New Approaches to Commissioning, Barriers to Integrated Care, Beyond Integrated Care: Population Health Systems, Black Country and West Birmingham STP, Blurring Boundary Between Primary and Secondary Care, Bradford Districts CCG, Building Community Capacity, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough STP Footprint, Care and Support Services, Care Navigators, Case Finding and Risk Stratification, Collaboration (Including Information-Sharing), Collaboration: Working Across Boundaries, Collaborative Culture, Collaborative Working, Commissioning Cycle, Common Purpose, Community Capacity, Community Capacity and Peer Support, Community Link Workers, Community Link Workers (CLWs), Community Mapping Toolkit, Community Mapping Toolkit (Preston City Council), Community Multidisciplinary Teams, Complete Care Model (CCM), Connectivity and Shared Records, ConnectWELL, Delivering Integrated Care, Dementia Navigators, Governance and Accountability, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMHSCP), Health Navigators, Information Sharing, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Integrated Commissioning, Integrating Better, Integration of Primary Community and Secondary Healthcare, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Intermediate Care Southwark, Joint Workforce Planning, Leading for Integration, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Care and Support Navigators, Local Directory of Services (DOS), Local Government Association: LGA, Local Solutions: Place-Based Approaches, Local VCSE Sector, Making it Real, Making it Real for Carers, Making it Real for People with Dementia, MDT Development, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Mix of Formal and Informal Structures (No Single Blueprint), Models of NHS Commissioning Since 1991, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multidisciplinary Teamwork, National Voices Five Narratives: I Statements, National Voices I Statements, Navigators: Coordinators of Care, New Care Models, NHS Accessible Information Standard, NHS Airedale Wharfedale and Craven CCG, NHS Bradford Districts CCG, NHS Commissioning Cycle, NHS Providers, NHS South Tyneside CCG, NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG, North Cumbria and Northeast ICS, North East Lincolnshire, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Patient Records, Person Centred and Strengths-Based Approach, Person-Centred Coordinated Care, Personal Clinical Records, Personalised Care and Support Planning, Personalised Care and Support Planning Tool (TLAP), Personalised Care Planning, Personalised Care Plans, Personalised Health and Care Framework, Place-Based Care and Support Systems, Place-Based Collaboratives, Place-Based Health, Place-Based Leadership, Place-Based Teams, Population Health Management in England, Population Health Management (PHM), Population Health Systems, Preventive Support: Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Primary Care Home (PCH) Model, Procurement, Rapid Response Teams, Rapid Response: Single-Point of Access, Reablement Service, Reducing Barriers to Integration, Resource Allocation, Risk Stratification, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT), Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Secondments, See and Treat Models, Single-Point of Access, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Prescribing and Community-Based Support, South London Mental Health and Community Partnership, South London Partnership (SLP), South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS, Southwark Enhanced Rapid Response Service, Southwark Supported Discharge Team, Staff Passport Arrangements, Staff Passports, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent STP, Strengths-Based Approaches to Care, System Approaches to NHS Workforce Challenges, System Wide Collaboration, System Workforce Planning, System-Wide Integration, System-Wide Partnerships Between Local Organisations, Teletriage, TUPE, Vanguard Programme, VCSE Strategic Partners, Vertical Integration (of Primary and Secondary Care), Voluntary and Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, We Statements, West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), Workforce Planning (In a Place), Working Across Boundaries
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Cognitive Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease: Management and Prevention? (BMJ)
Summary A review investigates pharmacological treatments for cognitive symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease at different phases in progression of the disease, in the context of the paucity of effective disease-modifying interventions. Discrepancies between different national and international guidelines, regarding the prescription … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors, Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors (AChEIs), ADAS-Cog: Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale, Alzheimer Disease Research Center: Keck School of Medicine at USC, Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog), American Geriatrics Society (AGS), Anti-Amyloid Immunotherapies, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Care of the Elderly Medicine Department: Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, ChEIs: Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Cholinergic Agents, Cholinergic Agonists, Cholinergic Enhancers, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Choosing Wisely, Choosing Wisely Campaign, Cognitive Enhancing Medications, DAPA - Dementia and Physical Activity Trial, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Department of Neurology: Keck School of Medicine at USC, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridge, Deprescribing, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Disease-Modifying Treatments for Dementia, Disease-Modifying Treatments for Dementia (Hypothetical Scenarios), Disease-Modifying Trials in Mild-to-Moderate Dementia, Donepezil, Donepezil (Aricept), Donepezil and Memantine, Donepezil-Memantine Combination, Donepezil-Memantine: Monotherapy Versus Combination Therapy, Drug Efficacy, Drug Side-Effects, Drugs Alleged to Raise False Hopes (Speculative Construct), European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS), Fish Oil, Fortasyn Connect, Galantamine, Galantamine-Memantine Combination Versus Donepezil-Memantine Combination, Galantamine-Memantine Drug Combination, German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare (IQWiG), Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), Incidence and Prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease, Keck School of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Keck School of Medicine: University of Southern California, LEARNit Study (Midlife Exercise), Medical Foods, Memory Improvement Through Nicotine Dosing (MIND) Study, New Cross Hospital, New Cross Hospital: Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Nicotine Patches, Nicotinic Agonists, NINCDS-ADRDA (National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association) Criteria for Alzheimer's Disease, NINCDS-ADRDA Criteria, NINCDS-ADRDA: National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Association, Outcome Measures for Disease-Modifying Trials in Mild-to-Moderate Dementia, Physical Activity, Prescribing Guidelines: Acetyl Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Prescribing Review: Acetyl Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Razadyne, Reducing Waste in Dementia Care, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Rivastigmine, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Souvenaid Drink (Nutricia), Symptomatic Treatment: Inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase, Tacrine, Treatment Algorithm for Alzheimer’s Disease, University of Cambridge, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Vitamin E
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Outline National Strategy for Information Technology in Health and Care (DHSC / BBC News / NHS England / NIHR / HEE / WHO / SMF / CQC / HTN / NHS Digital)
Summary Matt Hancock, Health and Social Care Secretary, has announced the latest vision for IT modernisation in the NHS, This will involve moving applications / data to cloud-based services, and technical standards which will allow NHS IT systems to be … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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University, Connected Health Cities, Connecting Care / Health Information Exchange: Local Health and Care Record (LHCR) Portals, Connecting Care for Children (CC4C), Corrective to Uncritical Uptake of IT Interventions: World Health Organization (WHO), Cyber Security, Cyber Security Standards, Dame Wendy Hall and Jérôme Pesenti’s Ideas re: Data Trusts to Facilitate Ethical Sharing of Data Between Organisations, Dan Sheldon: Head of Digital at Well Pharmacy, Daniel Korski CBE: Co-Founder and CEO of PUBLIC, Data and Digital Health, Data Interoperability, Data Safeguarding, Data Security and Protection Toolkit (NHS), Data Sharing, David Gann: Professor of Innovation and Technology Management at Imperial College London, David Tuner: Chief Technology Officer at NHSX, Democratisation of Healthcare, Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Detentions Under the Mental Health Act: Reduced by Street Triage Teams, Digital Adult Social Care Projects, Digital Awareness, Digital Capabilities Framework (HEE), Digital Capability for Health Framework, Digital Champions for Health, Digital Change in Health and Social Care, Digital Discharge, Digital Health, Digital Health Champions Network (DHCN), Digital Health Innovations, Digital Health Technology Standard, Digital Innovation, Digital Innovation Hubs, Digital Innovations in Health, Digital Interoperability, Digital Interventions for Health System Improvements, Digital Maturity, Digital Maturity Assessments, Digital Maturity Index, Digital Maturity Models, Digital NHS, Digital Ready Workforce, Digital Ready Workforce Programme, Digital Red Bag, Digital Service Transformation, Digital Services, Digital Services for Patients, Digital Skills, Digital Skills of NHS Workforce, Digital Social Care Demonstrator Programme 2018-19, Digital Social Care Pathfinders, Digital Social Care Pathfinders Programme 2019-21 (NHS Digital), Digital Social Care Pathfinders: Common Themes, Digital Suppliers, Digital Technology, Digital 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(UCUM), University of Manchester, Unnecessary Outpatient Appointments, Untapped Potential: Investment in Health and Care Data Analytics (Health Foundation), Upgradability, Use of Data and Technology to Transform Outcomes for Patients and Citizens, Value of Data Analysis, Video Consultations to Avoid Outpatient Attendances, Virtual e-Clinic (Tower Hamlets), Voice Controlled Smart Speakers, Voice-Assisted Searching, Voice-Assisted Technology, Walton Centre Neurology Advice Line, Walton Centre Neurology Hotline for GPs, WannaCry Attack (2017), WCS Care, Wearable Technology, Westminster City Council: Social Care Digital Pathfinder, WHO Guideline: Recommendations on Digital Interventions for Health System Strengthening, Whole Systems Integrated Care, Whole Systems Integrated Care (WSIC), Will Smart: NHS England's Chief Information Officer for Health and Care, Wirral Council: Social Care Digital Pathfinder, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton City Council: Social Care Digital Pathfinder, Worcestershire County Council: Social Care Digital Pathfinder, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Education, Workforce Planning and Deployment Tools and Technology (WPTs), Workforce Skills, Working With Digital Suppliers, World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO): Corrective to Over-Optimism Regarding IT, Woubot (Nine Health Global Ltd), WPT: Workforce Planning and Deployment Tools and Technology, Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Financial Trust
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Dementia Medication De-Listed in France: Untruth, Half-Truth or Paternalistic News Blackout? (BBC News / Prescrire / ADI / Inside Health / JAMA Network Open)
Summary Early evening headlines yesterday, on BBC Radio 4 news, announced the “shocking” news that drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease / dementia had been de-listed in France. This story has not been followed-up, and appears to have been dropped quietly; although … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Universal Interest
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Under-Diagnosis of Dementia in the Community: an International Review (BMJ Open / JGCR)
Summary A literature review and meta-analysis of 23 international studies on the under-detection (i.e. the failure to achieve a diagnosis) of dementia identified a pooled rate of undetected dementia assessed to be 61.7%. The rate of under-detection was higher in … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
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Latest NHS Whistleblowing Policy (NHS Improvement)
Summary NHS Improvement has released a summary of NHS whistleblowing policy, in the form of a practical handbook. The aim is to promote an open and supportive culture which encourages staff to raise concerns about patient care quality or safety … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability, Advancing Change Team, Avoidable Harm, Behaviours to Enable Whistleblowing, CHKS Ltd, Corporate Self-Interest (Ahead of Patients), Culture Change, Culture Change in Health and Care, Culture Change in the NHS, Culture Free From Bullying, Culture of Raising Concerns, Culture of Reflective Practice, Culture of Safety, Culture of Valuing Staff, Data Quality in England (CHKS), Defensive Culture, Francis Freedom to Speak Up Report, Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up (Francis Review Whistleblowing), Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU), Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, Freedom to Speak Up Report, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 10: Training, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 11: Support, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 12: Support to Find Alternative Employment in the NHS, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 13: Transparency, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 14: Accountability, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 15: External Review, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 16: Coordinated Regulatory Action, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 17: Recognition of Organisations, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 18: Students and Trainees, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 19: Primary Care, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 1: Culture of Safety, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 20: Legal Protection, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 2: Culture of Raising Concerns, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 3: Culture Free From Bullying, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 4: Culture of Visible Leadership, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 5: Culture of Valuing Staff, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 6: Culture of Reflective Practice, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 7: Raising and Reporting Concerns, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 8: Investigations, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 9: Mediation and Dispute Resolution, Freedom To Speak Up Review (Sir Robert Francis QC), Freedom to Speak Up Self-Review Tool, Freedom to Speak Up: Guidance for NHS Trust and NHS Foundation Trust Boards, Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), FTSU Guardian, FTSU Guardian Reports, Hospital Mortality Rates, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Incident Reporting, Independent National Officer, Independent National Officer (INO), Independent National Whistleblowing Officer, Independent Patient Safety Champion, Independent Staff Concerns Advocate, Inspections and Bureaucracy, Intensive Support Teams, Investigations, Leadership for Culture Change, Legal Protection, Lives Ruined by Poor Handling of Staff Raising Concerns, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Monitor, National Guardian’s Office, National Reporting and Learning System, NHS Corporate Self-Interest, NHS Culture, NHS Managerial Self-Interest, NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), NHS Whistleblowing Policy, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open Culture, Openness, Oversight and Monitoring, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Raising and Reporting Concerns, Raising Concerns, Raising Concerns (Whistleblowing) NHS Policy, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Reflective Practice, Regulation, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Reporting Culture, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Verita, Verita: Improvement Through Investigation, Vision for Raising Concerns in NHS, Well-Led Framework for Governance Reviews, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing in the NHS, Whistleblowing Protection for Doctors in Training
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The Emergency Care Improvement Programme (NHS England / UEC Review Team / ECIP / ECIST / BMJ Open)
Summary The Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP) has created possibly the ultimate collection of online resources to help hospitals understand and manage the challenges in improving the quality and performance of urgent and emergency care systems (and to address the … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
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Tagged A&E Waiting Times and Activity, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Accountable Care Organisations (in United States and England), ACOs in the United States, Acute Care, Acute Care Collaboration, Acute Care Services, Acute Frailty Unit, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams: Transforming Mental Health Crisis Care (NHS England), Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Acute Medicine Units (AMUs), AEC at Dudley Group NHS FT, Ageing Population, Alfred Squire Road Health Centre (Wolverhampton), Alison Tonge: Director of Commissioning Operations at NHS England (West Midlands), Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), Assertive Holistic Management of Frail and Vulnerable Patients Back Into Community, Better Care Together (Morecambe Bay Health Community) (Integrated Primary and Acute Care System), Better Care Together (Morecambe Bay Health Community) Vanguard, BMJ Open, Bradley Health 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Brief Audit of the New Cross Hospital Specialised Dementia Unit: a “New” Discovery (European Geriatric Medicine)
Summary A short conference abstract relating to the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project has been discovered, entirely fortuitously, over three years after the event held in Brussels. This brief piece communicates the results of an audit into the effectiveness of … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Standards, Statistics, UK, Wolverhampton
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Ward for Dementia, Care Bundle Approach, Care in General Hospitals, Caring for People with Dementia on Hospital Wards, Congress of the EUGMS (Brussels 2012), Critique and Evaluation of Dementia Care at New Cross Hospital, Critique and Evaluation of Specialist Hospital Dementia Care in the UK, Dementia Care Bundle (DCB), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in an Acute Hospital (New Cross Hospital), Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital. Wolverhampton, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Department of Geriatric Medicine: Royal Wolverhamptom NHS Trust, Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP), European Geriatric Medicine, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Geriatric Medicine: Good Hope Hospital, Good Hope Hospital: Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, National Audit of Dementia Care, National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals 2011, New Cross Hospital Dementia Care Bundle, New Cross Hospital Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital Dementia Ward, NHS West Midlands, Patients With Physical Illness and Dementia, Physical Illness and Dementia Ward, Purpose-Designed Dementia Ward, Retrospective Case-Notes Audit, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
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New Cross Hospital Dementia Care Bundle: a “New” Discovery (Health Foundation)
Summary The following case study from the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust covers how the Dementia Care Bundle (DCB) was implemented at New Cross Hospital and how this has improved patient safety. This apparently neglected item from the University of Worcester, … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Delirium, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Ward for Dementia, All About Me Board, Association for Dementia Studies, Association for Dementia Studies: University of Worcester, Bundle Approach to Improving Care, Bundle Design, Care and Compassion, Care Bundle Approach, Care Bundle: Defined, Care Bundles (Approaches to Improving Care), Care in General Hospitals, Caring for People with Dementia on Hospital Wards, Cheryl Etches: Chief Nurse at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Cognitive Impairment in Hospital Settings, Comfort and Pain Management, Communication, Communication Problems, Compassion, Compassion and Care, Compassionate Care, Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Critique and Evaluation of Dementia Care at New Cross Hospital, Critique and Evaluation of Specialist Hospital Dementia Care in the UK, Dementia Action Network (DAN), Dementia and Physical Illness Ward, Dementia Care Bundle, Dementia Care Bundle (DCB), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in an Acute Hospital (New Cross Hospital), Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital. Wolverhampton, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia Outreach Team, Dementia Training Programme (RWHT), Dementia Ward, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Designing Care Bundles, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Grace Hampson (Project Manager of the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project), Improvement Methods for Re-design of Care Processes, Improving Patient Safety, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Jennifer Bray: Association for Dementia Studies at University of Worcester, Julie Willoughby (Consultant Nurse: Dementia Services at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust), Matron Karen Bowley, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multidisciplinary Teams, New Cross Hospital Dementia Care Bundle, New Cross Hospital Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital Dementia Ward, NHS West Midlands, Nutrition and Hydration, Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Overcoming Barriers, Patient Safety, Patient Safety in the NHS, Patient Safety Strategies, Patients With Acute Physical Illness and Co-Existing Dementia, Patients With Physical Illness and Dementia, Pauline Smith: Strategic Health Authority (NHS West Midlands), Physical Illness and Dementia Ward, Professor Dawn Brooker, Professor Dominic Upton, Purpose-Designed Dementia Ward, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, University of Worcester, University of Worcester: Association for Dementia Studies, Worcester Association for Dementia Studies, Worcester University
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New Trust to Run Stafford Hospital (BBC News)
Summary A new trust is being created (“renamed”) to run the scandal-hit Stafford Hospital and another hospital in Stoke. On November 1st 2014, the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust will become the University Hospitals of North Midlands. The NHS … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, In the News, Local Interest, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged BBC Health News, Cannock Hospital, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, County Hospital (Previously Stafford Hospital), Dissolution of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Francis Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (MSFT), Monitor, North Staffordshire, North Staffordshire Hospitals, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Royal Stoke University Hospital (Previously City General), Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Stafford, Stafford Hospital, Staffordshire, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS), University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, University Hospitals North Staffordshire, University Hospitals of North Midlands, University Hospitals of North Midlands (Previously University Hospital of North Staffordshire)
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