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Tag Archives: Variations in Service
BBC’s NHS Tracker Service: Re-Launched (BBC News)
Summary The BBC has launched a new improved version of the online NHS Tracker, in readiness for anticipated Winter-pressures. This service allows local variations in service performance to be viewed by postcode. Updates will be added to reflect monthly and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, 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, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 62 Day Cancer Waiting Standard, A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Quality Indicators, Access Targets, Access Times for Planned Treatments, Access to Hospital Care, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency: NHS Performance Indicators, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, BBC Data Team, BBC Health News, BBC News Reality Check, BBC Reality Check Team, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Cancer Care Waiting Time Target, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Geographical Variations, Jeane Freeman: Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Katherine Henderson: President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Key Performance Indicators, Local NHS Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Local Variations, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust: Preparations Ahead of Winter 2017/8 (Extra Funding), NHS Funding and Performance: Wales Versus England (BBC Reality Check), NHS in Winter (BBC News), NHS Pensions Row (2019), NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Performance Tracker, NHS Sustainability, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Tracker Service (BBC), NHS Winter Crisis, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Project (BBC News), North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, Northwick Park Hospital, Performance Indicators, Performance Targets, Planned Operations Waiting Time Target, Planned Treatment, Quality and Sustainability, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Sustainability, Target Culture, Target-Driven Behaviour, Target-Driven Priorities, Targets and Performance Management, University Hospital Of North Tees, Unscheduled Admissions, Unwarranted Variations, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Services, Variations in Service, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times for Planned Treatments, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures
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Under-Claimed SMI Council Tax Discount? (BBC News / MoneySavingExpert)
Summary People diagnosed as severely mentally impaired (SMI) should by rights be exempt from paying council tax, with the result that two-person households often qualify for a 25% discount on council tax. Persons with a severe mental impairment living alone … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Advice and Information: Incorrect Information, BBC Health News, Council Tax, Council Tax Discounts, Council Tax Reduction Scheme in Wales, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government, False Information, FOI: Freedom of information, Geographical Variations, Government's 'Apply for Council Tax Reduction' Service, Hilda Hayo: Chief Executive of Dementia UK, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Councils, Local Government Association, Martin Lewis: MSE Founder, Martin Lewis: SMI Council Tax Discount, Misinformation, MoneySavingExpert.com, MSE: MoneySavingExpert.com, Mystery Shopper, Postcode Lottery, Postcode Lottery in Access to Severely Mentally Impaired (SMI) Council Tax Discount, Severely Mentally Impaired (SMI) Council Tax Discount, SMI Council Tax Discount, SMI Diagnosis: Severely Mentally Impaired: Council Tax Discount, SMI Discount: Possibly 100000 Individuals Overcharged, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variations in Service
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A Tipping Point in the Sustainability of Health and Care? (BBC News / King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust)
Summary A King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust report identifies a 26% decline in the number of older people receiving social care, due largely to six years of cuts to local authority funding. Social care providers are found to be under pressure … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund Plans, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Costs and Cost Pressures, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Discharge, Discharge Programme Board, Efficiency Opportunities, Eldercare Vouchers, Elderly Failed By Shameful Care System (Allegation From Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society), Elderly People With Complex Health and Social Care Needs, Endless Winter in NHS (Allegation), Eternal Winter, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Home Truths: Social Care For Older People (2016), Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Interdependencies, Lady Ros Altmann, Length of Stay (LoS), Lost Beds Problem (sic), Making Our Care and Health Systems Fit for An Ageing Population, NHS Funding, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Overspends, NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Productivity, Patient Flows, Population Winter Pressures, Quarterly Monitoring Report, Quarterly Monitoring Reports, Richmond Group of Charities, Social Care For Older People: Home Truths, Society of Acute Medicine: Meltdown Warning, Submissions Ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement (2016), Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Tax Breaks on Saving For Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, UK Home Care Association, UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Upward Spending Pressures, Variation in Performance, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Service, Variations in Spending, Vulnerable Older People, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Wasted Resources, Whole System Patient Flows, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures Beyond Winter (Winter Re-Defined?), Winter Pressures: Role of Community Health Services
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