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Improving Care for Older People (NHS England / Age UK / PHE / Chief Fire Officer’s Association / JGCR)

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The guide to Improving Care for Older People, developed by NHS England in partnership with Age UK, Public Health England, and the Chief Fire Officer’s Association, is actually a collection of resources (some dating back several years). This collection … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Ageing, Active and Healthy Ageing, Age and Ageing, Age-Friendly Housing, Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL), Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Ageing Well and Supporting People Living With Frailty (NHS England), Ageing Well With Technology, Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Bladder Problems, Burden on Caregivers, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Home Admission Delay, Care in an Ageing Society, Care 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Sustainability and Transformation Plans: Reviewing Details (BBC News / King’s Fund / Red Cross)

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent King’s Fund report explores the content of the Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) for reform of health and care services in England. According to BBC News 28 of these 44 proposals involve closures or downgrading of hospital … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, UK | Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Abolition of the Purchaser/Provider Split, Accountability and Transparency, Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Achieving Better Value, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Stroke Care, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Bath Swindon and Wiltshire STP Footprint, BBC Health News, Better Value in the NHS, Birmingham and Solihull STP Footprint, Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire STP Footprint, British Red Cross, Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West STP Footprint, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough STP Footprint, Casualty Ward Closures Overnight, Challenges of Reconfiguration, Cheshire and Merseyside STP Footprint, Coast Humber and Vale STP Footprint, Collaboration, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Working, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly STP Footprint, Coventry and Warwickshire STP Footprint, Derbyshire STP Footprint, Devon STP Footprint, Dorset STP Footprint, Durham Darlington Tees Hambleton Richmondshire and Whitby STP Footprint, Economic Sustainability, Efficiency Opportunities, Efficiency Savings, Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP), Estimates of Social Care Funding Gap (Health Foundation), Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Position of NHS Trusts, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressure on Hospitals, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Frail Older People, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Frimley Health STP Footprint, Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Funding Gap in Secondary Care, General Hospitals, Gloucestershire STP Footprint, Greater Manchester STP Footprint, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight STP Footprint, Health and Social Care Configuration, Herefordshire and Worcestershire STP Footprint, Hertfordshire and West Essex STP Footprint, House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Briefing Paper CBP-8093, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Kent and Medway STP Footprint, Lancashire and South Cumbria STP Footprint, Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland STP Footprint, Lincolnshire STP Footprint, Local Health and Care Services, Local Health Economies, Mid and South Essex STP Footprint, Milton Keynes Bedfordshire and Luton STP Footprint, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS Efficiency Savings, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Funding, NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Series: BBC News (2017), NHS Spending, NHS Sustainability, Norfolk and Waveney STP Footprint, North Central London STP Footprint, North East London STP Footprint, North West London STP Footprint, Northamptonshire STP Footprint, Northumberland Tyne and Wear STP Footprint, Nottinghamshire STP Footprint, Overnight A&E / Casualty Ward Closures, Policy Context, Population Health, Population Health Systems, Population Healthcare, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention in Action (Red Cross), Provider Collaboration, Purchaser/Provider Split, Red Cross, Redesigning Local Healthcare Systems, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin STP Footprint, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England (2014-), Social Care Funding Gap, Somerset STP Footprint, South East London STP Footprint, South West London STP Footprint, South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw STP Footprint, Staffordshire STP Footprint, STP Footprints, Stroke Care, Suffolk and North East Essex STP Footprint, Surrey Heartlands STP Footprint, Sussex and East Surrey STP Footprint, Sustainability, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Sustainability and Transformation Plans: Content and Implementation, Sustainability and Transformation Plans: Questions Over Opaque Development Practices, System Leadership, The Black Country STP Footprint, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transformation Footprints, Triple Definition of Prevention, Unmet Needs, Voluntary and Community Sector, Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations, West North and East Cumbria STP Footprint, West Yorkshire STP Footprint, Weston Area Health NHS Trust, Weston General Hospital | Leave a comment

Safe and Well Visits: Partnership Working Between Health, Social Care, Fire and Rescue Services and Volunteers (NHS England, PHE, LGA / CFOA / Age UK)

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Further information has become available concerning the programme of “health checks” for the homes of elderly people and patients with complex long-term conditions. Collaboration on establishing the working principles of these “Safe and Well” visits has involved cooperation between … Continue reading →

Time to Deliver on the Five Year Forward View (BBC News / NHS England / Department of Health)

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The seven main national health bodies (namely NHS England, Monitor, the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Public Health England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Health Education England) jointly published … Continue reading →

Who’s Who in the English Regions? (Regional Voices)

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The regional Voluntary Care Services (VCS) network organisations in England have each updated their “who’s who” guide, to help support voluntary and community sector organisations. The aim is to help in contacting people in local health and care organisations, … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Health Science Network, Birmingham City Council, CCGs, Clinical Senates, Commissioning Support Units, Coventry City Council, CQC, Directors of Adult Services, Directors of Childrens Services, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, East Midlands, East of England, Health and Wellbeing Board Representatives, Herefordshire Council, Involve Yorkshire and Humber, JSNA Leads In Local Authorities, Local Authorities, Local HealthWatch, London, London Voluntary Service Council, NHS England Equality Leads, NHS England Local Area Teams, North East, North West, One East Midlands, Public Health, RAISE: Regional Action and Involvement South East, RAWM: Regional Action West Midlands, Regional Voices, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Scrutiny Leads in Local Authorities, Shropshire City Council, Skills for Care, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, South East, South West, South West Forum, Staffordshire County Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Strategic Clinical Networks, Telford & Wrekin City Council, Voluntary and Community Sector, Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations, Voluntary Care Services, Voluntary Care Services Network, Voluntary Sector North West, VONNE: Voluntary Organisations Network North East, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Warwickshire County Council, Wellbeing East, West Midlands, Who's Who Guides, Who's Who in the Regions (England), Wolverhampton City Council, Worcestershire County Council, Yorkshire and Humber | Leave a comment

National Conversation on Local Health Inequalities, Plus Supporting Indicators and Local Authority Profiles (PHE / Health and Sport Committee: Scotland / UCL IHE)

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Public Health England (PHE) has released a collection of documents to promote the national conversation on health inequalities. The “National Conversation on Health Inequalities” event was part of a wider programme on the reduction of local differences in health … Continue reading →

VCS Engagement with Health and Wellbeing Boards: Survey (Regional Voices)

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Regional Voices report presents the results from a survey to discover how the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) is engaging with Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs). It features suggested good practice for boards to consider when involving VCS … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), Better Care Fund, Building Community Assets, Building Community Capacity, Care in Local Communities, Challenges for Health and Wellbeing Boards, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Working, Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Engagement, Community Involvement, Embedding Voluntary and Community Sector Evidence, Engagement, English Local Authorities, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Healthwatch, Healthwatch Representatives, IESD: Innovation Excellence and Strategic Development Funding, Innovation Excellence and Strategic Development Fund (IESD), Involvement and Participation, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS), Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), JSNA/JHWS Models of Working, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local Agencies, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Care Services, Local Commissioning, Local Community Assets, Local Community Groups, Local Health and Wellbeing Boards, Local HealthWatch, Local Involvement Networks, Principles for Engagement, Regional Voices, Transforming Participation in Health and Care, VCS Engagement with Health and Wellbeing Boards, Voluntarism, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Voluntary and Community Sector, Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations, Voluntary Care Services, Voluntary Organisations, Voluntary Sector and Ageing, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Voluntary Sector Provision, Voluntary Sector Representatives | Leave a comment

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