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Tag Archives: Stafford
Three Models of Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis (NHS England / NHS IQ)
Summary Three different models of diagnosis and care for people with dementia have been cited by NHS England as examples of good practice. These schemes are based at Gnosall in Stafford, Northumberland, and Rotherham and Doncaster. Indicative costs and other … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alternative Models of Care for Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis, Assessing Models of Care for Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis: 5 Step Approach, CCG Clinical Leaders, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), CMHT: Community Mental Health Teams, Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Dementia Leads in Clinical Networks, Doncaster, Five Step Approach to Assessing Models of Care for Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis, Gnosall, Gnosall Health Centre, Gnosall Memory Clinic, Gnosall Surgery, Gnosall Surgery Memory Service Pathway, GPs with Special Interest (GPwSI), Health Fabric Software, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Manchester, Memory Services, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), Models of Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis, Models of Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis: Indicative Cost Review, Models of Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis: Type 1 - Primary Care Managed Services With Specialist Care Outreach, Models of Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis: Type 2 - Specialist Care Managed Services With Primary Care Delivery, Models of Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis: Type 3 - Entirely Specialist Led Services, MSNAP: Memory Services National Accreditation Programme, NHS Change Model, NHS England and NHS Improving Quality, NHS England Regional Directors, NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Improving Quality (IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ), NHS Memory Clinics, NICE Dementia Commissioning Guidance, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Dementia Pathway, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Memory Protection Services, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Memory Protection Services for Sunderland Gateshead and South Tyneside Locality, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHSFT Memory Protection Service (MPS), Older People's Mental Health and Dementia Team (NHS England), Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Professor Alistair Burns, Quality Improvement, Rotherham, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber Memory Service Pathway, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH), Single Point of Access (SPA), South Tyneside, Stafford, Sunderland Gateshead
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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
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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The Francis Report (Report of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry) and the Government’s Response (House of Commons Library / UK Parliament)
Summary This briefing provides background on the Government’s response (November 2013) to Robert Francis QC’s report into poor standards of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (published in February 2013). The Government’s initial response: Patients First and Foremost was published … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Caring for older people, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Compassionate Care, Culture, Culture of Compassionate Care, Culture of Complacency, First Francis inquiry and Previous Government’s Response, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Report, Hard Truths, House of Commons Library, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS FT Public Inquiry: Government Response, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Mortality Statistics, NHS Culture, NHS Regulation, Patients Not Heard, Performance Management and Strategic Oversight, Poor Governance, Preventing and Detecting Problems, Prioritising Patients, Putting Patients First, Quality and Sustainability, Quality Improvement, Quality Standards, Raising Concerns, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Regulating Healthcare Systems, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Safety and Quality Standards, Scrutiny, Sir Robert Francis QC, Staffing Levels, Stafford, Standard Note: SN/SP/6690, Strengthening Corporate Accountability, Taking Action Promptly, Transparency and Accountability, Values, Warning Signs, West Midlands, Whistleblowing
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Government’s Response to Francis Inquiry Report (Department of Health)
Summary The Government has published a full response to Robert Francis QC’s report into poor standards of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. “These documents build on the government’s initial response: Patients First and Foremost, which was published in … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, BBC News, Commissioning, 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), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Future Nurses Required to Train as Care Assistants Initially (BBC News)
Summary The Department of Health‘s response to the Francis Inquiry Report is likely to include recommendations that nurses will be required to spend time performing duties such as washing and dressing, in the apprenticeship role of healthcare assistant, before embarking upon their degree training. There is … Continue reading
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Candour, Care in General Hospitals, Contractual Duty of Candour, Delivering Dignity, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Report, Fundamental Standards, General Hospitals, Healthcare Assistants, Human Rights and Nursing, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Nurse Education, Openness, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Professional Disengagement, Quality Improvement, Report of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Sir Robert Francis QC, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability
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