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Tag Archives: Waiting Times
NHS70: Some Recent Publications and Statistics (ONS / NHS Digital / BBC News / CQC)
Summary The National Health Service (NHS) was created seven decades ago today. Different organisations have marked this event in their own distinct ways. Two sets of brief statistical eye-openers. The first is from the Office for National Statistics: Full Text Link … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, CQC: Care Quality Commission, In the News, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adoption of Innovations, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Aneurin Bevan, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Wales News, Big 7Tea Events, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Driving Improvement: Case Studies From Adult Social Care Services (CQC), Driving Improvement: Case Studies From GP Practices (CQC), Driving Improvement: Case Studies From NHS Mental Health Trusts (CQC), Driving Improvement: Case Studies From NHS Trusts (CQC), Driving improvement: Case Studies Series (CQC), Ethel Armstrong MBE (Longest Serving NHS Employee), Human Genome Project, Nathan Wyburn: Stone Portrait of NHS Founder Aneurin Bevan, NHS 70 (NHS 70th Birthday), NHS 70 Address to Westminster Abbey (Simon Stevens), NHS 70 Celebration Partner: NHS Digital, NHS 70 Celebration Partners, NHS 70 Celebrations, NHS 70 Partners, NHS 70: Objectives and Narrative, NHS 70th Birthday, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS Performance, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Tracker Service (BBC), NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS70, NHS70 Westminster Abbey Service, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Tredegar Workmen’s Medical Aid Society, Waiting Times, Waiting Times and Access Standards
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Public Opinion Update on the NHS and Social Care (Health Foundation)
Summary Public opinion has even greater significance in the context of the June 2017 General Election. “The Health Foundation commissioned Ipsos MORI to do a survey of the general public in Great Britain on their views about funding of the … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2017 General Election, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Brexit, British Social Attitudes Survey, Consumer Experiences of Health and Social Care, End-User Experience, Failing Services (NHS and Social Care), Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Pressures, Future of NHS and Social Care, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Costs, Ipsos Mori, Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute, NatCen: British Social Attitudes survey (BSA), NHS and Social Care, NHS and Social Care (Public Opinion / Experience), NHS and Social Care Spending, NHS Sustainability, Patient Experiences, Public Opinion, Quality and Sustainability, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Social Care, Social Care Expenditure, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Gap, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Waiting Times, What’s Wrong With Social Care in England
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Public Perceptions of the NHS and Social Care (Department of Health / IPSOS Mori)
Summary This report presents the latest (Winter 2014) results from an IPSOS Mori survey of public perceptions and attitudes about the NHS and social care services. It appears that the public remains generally positive about the care in the NHS: … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (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, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Ageing Population, Attitudes and Beliefs, Attitudes to Ageing, Attitudes Towards Dementia, Care Funding, Changing Attitudes and Expectations, Choice, Compassion, Compassionate Care, Concern About Meeting the Costs of Social Care, Costs of Social Care, Costs of Social Care for Older People, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, End-User Experience, Feedback and Complaints, Funding Gaps, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Care Reform, Ipsos Mori, Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute, Local NHS Services, Local Services, NHS Funding, NHS Perception Gap(s), NHS Reform, Non-Emergency Waiting Times, Opinion Polls, Overall Satisfaction With the NHS, Patient Experience, Patient Involvement, Patient Safety, Perceived Health Problems Facing Older People, Perceptions Gaps (Public Satisfaction), Perceptions of Dignity Respect and Compassion, Perceptions of Health and Social Care, Perceptions of Social Care Services Nationally and Locally, Perceptions of the NHS Nationally and Locally, Public Attitudes and Expectations, Public Perceptions of the NHS and Social Care, Public Satisfaction with NHS, Reforming Social Care, Responsibility to Save, Social Care Reform, Social Care: Now and In Future, Suspected Health and Treatment Inequalities, User Experience, Waiting Times
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NHS Indicators: February 2015 (House of Commons Library / BBC News)
Summary The following House of Commons parliamentary paper covers statistical indicators for NHS England including the following broad categories: Hospital activity and capacity. Staff numbers. Waiting times and other performance indicators. A description of the indicators, showing trends over several … Continue reading
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Community Pharmacists: the Potential of Minor Ailment Centres (BBC News / RPS / NHS England)
Summary The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has proposed that community pharmacies could save the NHS over £1 billion per year. This assertion is endorsed by research from Pharmacy Research UK published earlier this year and led by the University of Aberdeen. … Continue reading
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On the Potential Role of Local Pharmacies in Reducing Health Inequalities and Cutting Waiting Times (BBC News / BMJ Open)
Summary Research by Durham University indicates that 89% of England’s population lives less than a 20-minute walk away from a local pharmacy. Pharmacies are capable (potentially, given funding and promotion) of providing a wider range of health services by virtue … Continue reading
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