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Allied Health Professionals and Care Homes: the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Framework (NHS England)

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has released a guide about ways in which allied health professionals (AHPs) can support the Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) framework, with a view to improving the health and wellbeing of care homes residents. Component activities … Continue reading →

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Hotly Debated Weekend Effect May Have Been A Statistical Mirage? (Journal of Health Services Research and Policy / BBC News / Lancet / BMJ)

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research does not take place in a socio-political vacuum. The ongoing junior doctors’ dispute has supplied fertile ground for allegations of “spin” and politically-motivated distortion in the interpretation of the so-called “weekend effect”, and raises questions concerning the planned … Continue reading →

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