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Tag Archives: Voluntary Community Sector (VCS)
Volunteers’ Week 2016 (NHS England / NCVO / BBC News / NHS Choices / Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Summary Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, discusses Volunteers’ Week 2016, June 1st – 12th 2016. Full Text Link Reference Chief Nursing Officer pays tribute to nation’s health volunteers. London: NHS England, June 2nd 2016. Probably of related-interest: … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, In the News, Mental Health, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS; 7–50), Administrative Data Research Centre Scotland (Edinburgh), BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Care Homes Vanguard in Wakefield, Caring and Compassion, Centre for Research on Environment Society and Health at the University of Glasgow, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), Chief Nursing Officer for England (CNO), Citizen Participation, Community and Voluntary Sector, Connection to Others, Department Public Health: University of Glasgow, Developmental Youth Programmes, Disability Action Alliance's Volunteer Charter, Feeling Appreciated in Volunteering, Gardening and Volunteering (New Wonder Drugs?), Girl Guides, Girlguiding Organisation, Guide and Scout Participation, Health Volunteering, Hospital Volunteering: In 21st Century, Informal Workforce, Investing in Volunteers, Investing in Volunteers (IiV), Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Knitted Knockers, Knitted Knockers UK, Limits of the State, Local Authorities, Local Communities and Voluntary Groups, Local Partnerships, Managing and Supporting Volunteers, National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), NHS Volunteers, NHS Workforce, Participation, Participation of Older People, Partners in Care, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Royal Voluntary Service, Scout Association, Scouting and Guiding Movements, Scouting Principles: Being Mindful of the World, Scouting Principles: Connecting With Others, Scouting Principles: Helping Others, Scouting Principles: Lifelong Learning, Scouts, Self-Confidence, Sir Robert Baden-Powell (Scouts Founder), Social Care Volunteers, Social Vocational and Cognitive Competence, Supporting Integrated Care, University of Edinburgh's School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh: Administrative Data Research Centre Scotland, University of Edinburgh: Institute of Geography, Value of Volunteering, Voluntary and Community Action, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Voluntary Care Services, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary Organisations, Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector Provision, Volunteer Management, Volunteering, Volunteering in Health and Care, Volunteering in Hospitals, Volunteers, Volunteers: Part of Care Team, Volunteers’ Week (2016), Wakefield Care Homes Vanguard Project, Workforce, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Diversity
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Voluntary Groups: Funding to Help Vulnerable Patients (NHS England)
Summary NHS England has announced which voluntary sector organisations which will share £2m to provide extra help for vulnerable people most at risk over the winter. These groups include Age UK, the British Red Cross and the Royal Voluntary Service. They … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Admission Avoidance, Ageing in the Community, Ageing Population, Alignment of Services Across Health and Social Care Sectors, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Association of Directors of Social Services, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, British Red Cross, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care in Local Communities, Citizen Participation, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community and Voluntary Sector, Discharge Support, East Midlands, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Home from Hospital Services, Hospital Discharge, Hospital to Home (Hospital2Home), Integration of Health and Social Care, Local Community Assets, Local Community Groups, Local Partnerships, Maintaining Independence, Monitor, National Tripartite, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), Participation, Participation of Older People, Partners in Care, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Population Winter Pressures, Post-Discharge Support, Preparations for Winter, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Regaining Independence, Royal Voluntary Service, Royal Voluntary Service (Formerly the WRVS), Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Voluntary and Community Action, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations, Voluntary and Private Providers, Voluntary Care Services, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary Organisations, Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector and Ageing, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Voluntary Sector Provision, Voluntary Sector Strategic Partnerships, Volunteering, Volunteers, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures
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Prospects of Health and Wellbeing Boards (Smith Institute)
Summary Health and wellbeing boards have the potential to improve integrated care and provide more democratic approaches to developing shared plans for local populations. Effective relationships and adequate resources are required for them to be effective. Chapters include: Development of … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS Alliance, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Adult Social Care, Centre for Public Scrutiny, Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS), CfPS: Centre for Public Scrutiny, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinical Commissioning Policies, Community Mental Health Services, Cost Analysis, Cost Savings, Cost-Effectiveness, Council Scrutiny, Early Intervention, Early Interventions, Engagement, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health Care Reform, Health Reform, Healthwatch, Integrated Commissioning, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local Authority Scrutiny Functions, Local Government, Local Government Association, Mental Health Providers Forum, Mental Health Services, Mutuals, NESTA: National Endowment for Science, NHS Clinical Commissioning Coalition, Peer Support, Peer Support Services, People Powered Health (NESTA), People Powered Health Programme, Public Health, Public Health Reform, Public Health Services, Reform, Scrutiny, Service Integration, Smith Institute, Social Care, Transparency and Accountability, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary Organisations
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Local Healthwatch Policy (Department of Health, Modernisation of Health and Care)
Summary The new patients’ rights group is called Healthwatch. The Department of Health has produced a document to explain the Government’s vision for local Healthwatch. This document is for everyone with an interest in local Healthwatch organisations across the NHS and social care system (which … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Community Care, David Behan (Director General for Social Care), Health and Social Care Bill, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Healthwatch, Local Government and Care Partnerships), Local HealthWatch, Social Care, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS)
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Guidance on Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies (Department of Health / BMA Guidance)
Summary A Department of Health document advises health and wellbeing boards (and their partners) about performing and contributing to Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and joint health and wellbeing strategies under the new health and care system. Health and wellbeing boards … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, National, NHS, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Best Value Practices, BMA Guidance, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning for Outcomes, Duty to Consult and Best Value Duty, Health and Overview Scrutiny Committees, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Healthwatch, Integration, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local Accounts, Local Assets, Local Authorities, Local Authority Scrutiny Functions, Local HealthWatch, NHS Commissioning Board, Outcomes Framework, Pooled Budgets (Pooled Funds), Public Health England (PHE), Public Sector Equality Duty, Responsible Commissioners, Safeguarding Adults Board, Statutory Duty, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS)
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