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Tag Archives: University of Bristol
NICE Guidance on Best Interests Decision-Making and Mental Capacity: Theory and Practice? (NICE / British Journal of Psychiatry)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released a guideline covering decision-making in adults, over 16 years of age, who may lack capacity. The aim to support people to exercise their own decision-making where they have the capacity, and … Continue reading
Posted in NICE Guidelines, Universal Interest
Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Best Interests Decision-Making, Bristol Medical School: University of Bristol, British Journal of Psychiatry, Decision-Making and Mental Capacity, Decision-Making and Mental Capacity: NICE Guideline NG108, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Empowering Patients, Empowerment and Dementia, Engagement and Patient Preferences., Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Health Services Research: University of Exeter Medical School, Involvement of Patients With Dementia in Decisions on Medication Prescription, Involvement of Patients With Dementia in Decisions to Initiate Pharmacological Treatments, Lack of Empowerment, Later Life, Learning Disabilities, Medication Decisions in Dementia, Medication Decisions in Dementia: Assertions, Medication Decisions in Dementia: Offers, Medication Decisions in Dementia: Pronouncements, Medication Decisions in Dementia: Proposals, Medication Decisions in Dementia: Suggestions, Memory Clinics, Mental Health and Illness, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Neurological Disorders, Patient Acceptance, Patient Empowerment, Patient Involvement, Patient Preferences, Patient Satisfaction, Population Health Sciences: University of Bristol, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Shared Decision-Making, Supporting Decision-Making, Thinking Ahead - Advance Care Planning, Treatment Recommendation Coding Scheme, University College London, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Medical School, Video-Recorded Dementia Diagnostic Meetings
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Cardiovascular Health in Old Age Associated With Reduced Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia (NHS Choices / JAMA)
Summary Fresh evidence from France suggests that favourable cardiovascular health metrics – measured using the American Heart Association (AHA)’s Life’s Simple 7 Metrics tool – and higher cardiovascular health scores, are associated with a lower risk of developing dementia and … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged 3C Study, Active and Healthy Ageing, Ageing Population, American Heart Association (AHA), American Heart Association (AHA)’s Life's Simple 7 Metrics Tool, Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors With MRI Indices of Cerebrovascular Structure and Function in Young Adults, Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors With White Matter Hyperintensities in Young Adults, Bazian, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Behind the Headlines, BHF Centre of Research Excellence and Big Data Institute: University of Oxford, BMI Below 25: Life’s Simple 7 Recommended Optimal Characteristics for a Healthy Heart, Bordeaux, Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, Canada, Cardiovascular and Brain Health, Cardiovascular Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline, Centre for Statistics in Medicine: University of Oxford, CHU Bordeaux (France), Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Family Care and Mental Health: University of Greenwich, Department of Neurology: University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Department of Radiology and Hotchkiss Brain Institute: University of Calgary, Department of Radiology: Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Dietary Risk Factors, Dijon, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine: University of Oxford, Eating Fruit and Vegetables at Least 3 Times a Day and Fish Twice a Week or More: Life’s Simple 7 Recommended Optimal Characteristics for a Healthy Heart, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences: Oxford Brookes University, France, Germany, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Behaviours Evidence, Healthy Blood Pressure (Less Than 120/80mmHg Untreated): Life’s Simple 7 Recommended Optimal Characteristics for a Healthy Heart, Healthy Heart Associated With Healthy Brain, INSERM CIC-1401 Bordeaux: Clinical Epidemiology Unit (Bordeaux), Inserm Research Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Bordeaux, INSERM: Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, INSERM: Neuropsychiatry - Epidemiological and Clinical Research (Montpellier), INSERM: Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM: University of Bordeaux, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM): Université Montpellier, Institut National de la Santé et la Recherché Médicale (INSERM), JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Kings College London, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery: University of Oxford, Life's Simple 7 Metrics Tool (American Heart Association), Life’s Simple 7 Recommended Optimal Behaviours / Characteristics for a Healthy Heart, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Low Blood Sugar Levels (Fasting Blood Glucose Less Than 5.5mmol/L Without Diabetes Treatment) : Life’s Simple 7 Recommended Optimal Characteristics for a Healthy Heart, Low Levels of Cholesterol (Less Than 5.2mmol/L): Life’s Simple 7 Recommended Optimal Characteristics for a Healthy Heart, Modifiable Risk Factors, Montpellier, MRI Indices of Cerebrovascular Structure and Function in Young Adults, Never Too Early: Regarding Cardiovascular and Brain Health Ambition, Not Smoking: Life’s Simple 7 Recommended Optimal Characteristics for a Healthy Heart, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences: University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Population Health: University of Oxford, Overlapping Risk Factors, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility: University of Oxford, Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research: University of Oxford, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Radcliffe Department of Medicine: University of Oxford, Regular Physical Activity: Life’s Simple 7 Recommended Optimal Characteristics for a Healthy Heart, Risk Factors, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Cognitive Impairment, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Dementia, Sanofi-Aventis, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences: King's College London, School of Policy Studies: University of Bristol, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Unhealthy Behaviours, United Kingdom, Université de Bordeaux, Université de Montpellier, Université de Paris-Descartes, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (Dresden), University of Bordeaux, University of Bristol, University of Calgary, University of Greenwich, University of Oxford, Vascular Dementia, Vascular Risk Factors, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (FMRIB Division): University of Oxford, White Matter Hyperintensities, White Matter Hyperintensity Volume
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Reducing Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities (BBC News / HQIP)
Summary The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and the University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Research Centre have published an interim update report, commissioned by NHS England, on the premature deaths of people with learning disabilities in NHS care. The Learning … Continue reading
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Tagged Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC), Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, Care and Treatment Reviews, Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Community Learning Disabilities Teams, Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities (CIPOLD), Connor Sparrowhawk, Dr Sara Ryan, Electronic Integration of Health and Social Care Records, Health Action Plans, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Passports, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), HQIP, Institutional Abuse, Institutional Factors, Institutional Neglect, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme, Learning Disabilities: Data and Information, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Increasing the Take-Up of Routine Health Checks, Learning Disabilities: Joint Working Across Health and Care, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disabilities: Transforming Care, Learning Disability Awareness Training, Learning Disability Nurses, LeDeR: Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Mild Learning Disabilities, Moderate Learning Disabilities, Multiple Learning Disabilities, Named Health Care Coordinators, National Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme, Norah Fry Research Centre: University of Bristol, People With Learning Disabilities, Pneumonia and Sepsis in People With Learning Disabilities, Premature Mortality, Profound Learning Disabilities, Project Choice, Protecting Vulnerable People, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Severe Learning Disabilities, Sir Stephen Bubb: Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Specialist Learning Disability Nurses, Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, Teresa Colvin, Transforming Care (Winterbourne View) Improvement Programme, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, University of Bristol, University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Research Centre, Vulnerable Groups, Vulnerable Older People, Winterbourne View: Transforming Care
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MRC DRI Momentum Awards £4.3 Million For UK Dementia Research (MRC)
Summary Momentum Awards, which support the UK Dementia Research Institute (DRI). Today’s announcement involves six universities being awarded £4.3 million from the MRC to help develop UK-based dementia research. Judging from the press release, there appears to be a serious … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Biomarkers, Biomarkers Research Programmes, Bioscience Careers, Cardiff University, Computational Approaches to Discovery of Behavioural Signatures, Cross-Disciplinary Interfaces Exploring Emerging Scientific Opportunities, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Careers, Dementia Research Institute (DRI), Dr Kathryn Adcock: Head of Neurosciences and Mental Health at MRC, Epilepsy, Frontiers in Neuroscience, High Risk-High Payoff Research Projects (sic) [For Whom?], Human Brain Cell Types, Immune Pathways and Stem Cell (iPSC) Models of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), Kings College London, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Momentum Awards, MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (King’s College London), MRC DRI Momentum Awards, MRC: Medical Research Council, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurodegenerative Research, Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Abnormal Brain Development, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation Research Cluster, Neuroscience, Neurovascular Dysfunction, Potential Drug Targets, Professor Oscar Marín: Director of Department of Developmental Neurobiology at Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), Proteostasis, Proteostasis Dysfunction, Pump-Priming (Dementia Research), Recruitment of Research Leaders / Rising Stars, Research and Development, Research and Innovation, Research Careers, Research Commitment, Research Culture, Research Funding, Schizophrenia, Sensor Platform for Healthcare in a Residential Environment (SPHERE), Signalling Pathways, Treatment and Prevention Targets, UK Dementia Research Institute, University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh, University of Manchester, University of Oxford
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On the Influence of Primary Care Quality Upon Hospital Admissions by People with Dementia in England: Exploring the Limits of Intervention (CHE / PloS One / BMJ / JGCR / BMJ Open)
Summary A recent study by the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) found that GP practices which review their dementia patients as part of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) tend to have relatively fewer emergency hospital admissions by persons with dementia. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, 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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
Tagged Alzheimer’s Society Research Network, Ambulance Patient Care Records (PCRs), Average Length of Stay (Hospitals), Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, BMJ, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Bristol, British Geriatrics Society, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Centre for Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics (CHE), Centre for Health Economics: University of York, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care: University of Hertfordshire, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Care for People With Dementia, Community-Based Care for People With Frailty, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Department of Social Policy and Social Work: University of Birmingham, East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST), Emergency Readmissions, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences: University of the West of England, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences: University of Auckland, Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine: Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Health Services Management Centre (HSMC): University of Birmingham, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Higher Quality Dementia Care (CHE Analysis), HOMEWARD Project, HOMEWARD Project Protocol, Hospital Admissions, Hospital Readmission Risk Factors, HSMC: University of Birmingham, Impact of Dementia on Length of Stay, Impact of the Quality of Dementia Care on Interface Between Primary and Secondary Care, Influence of Primary Care Quality Upon Hospital Admissions by People with Dementia in England, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Interface Between Primary and Secondary Care, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Length of Stay, Length of Stay (LoS), Limits of Intervention (Great Theory Stubborn Reality), New Zealand, NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme, PLoS One, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payment, Quality of Dementia Care and the Interface Between Primary and Secondary Care, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF): Recorded Dementia Diagnoses, Readmissions, Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, Reducing Emergency Admissions Through Community-Based Interventions, Reducing Re-Admissions to NHS Hospitals, Research and Development Department: South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Research Design Service South West: University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Research for Patient Benefit Programme (NIHR), Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, School of Social and Community Medicine: University of Bristol, School of Social Policy: University of Birmingham, South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust (SWASFT), South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust (SWASFT) West Division, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, University of Auckland, University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, University of Hertfordshire, University of the West of England, University of York Centre for Health Economics (CHE), Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions
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