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Tag Archives: Walsall
Patient Safety Improvement in Care Homes (BMC Health Services Research)
Summary A programme to improve patient / resident safety in care homes is to be conducted in Walsall and Wolverhampton over 24 months. This article outlines the evaluation of this care home improvement programme in the West Midlands. The aim is … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Adverse Drug Reaction / Error Champions, Adverse Drug Reactions, Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly, Adverse Safety Events, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, BMC Health Services Research, Care Home Culture, Care Home Environments, Care Homes, Changes in Safety Practices (Care Home Level), Changes in Safety Practices (Staff Level), CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), College of Medical and Dental Sciences: University of Birmingham, Culture of Safety, Dementia Education, Dementia Training, Education and Training, Hospital Activity, Improving Patient Safety, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Infection Control, Institute of Applied Health Research: University of Birmingham, Institute of Health Professions: University of Wolverhampton, Local AHSNs, Local Patient Safety Collaboratives, Medication Errors, Meridian Online Health Innovation Exchange, NHS England's Sign Up to Safety Campaign, NHS Walsall CCG, NHS Wolverhampton CCG, NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands, Opportunities to Treat Patients Without Hospital Admission, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Collaborative Programmes, Patient Safety Collaboratives, Patient Safety Collaboratives Programme, Positive Approaches to Care (PAC), Pressure Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Health Care (Journal), Quality and Safety Improvement Approaches in Care Homes, Quality Improvement, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Research in Care Homes, Safer Provision and Caring Excellence (SPACE) Programme, Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), Safety Improvement in Care Homes, Sign up to Safety, Sign Up to Safety Campaign, Skills and Training, SPACE Programme (WMAHSN), Staff Training, Training and Support, Transfer of Medicines, University of Birmingham, University of Wolverhampton, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Walsall, Walsall and Wolverhampton Care Home Improvement Programme, Walsall and Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Wellbeing in Care Homes, West Midlands, West Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC), Wolverhampton, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Training
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Summary of Recent Progress on Dementia Friendly Communities (Department of Health)
Summary The following brief communication supplies an update on the Government’s and Department of Health’s national progress in the creation, development, promotion and evaluation of dementia-friendly communities. Ambitions for the end of 2015 include: There being at least 20 cities, … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, Diagnosis, 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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accord Group, Accord Housing, Asda, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Best Practice for Dementia Care, Birmingham and the Black Country, British Standards Institute, British Standards Institution (BSI), British Standards Institution (BSI): Code of Practice for Dementia Friendly Communities, BSI Guidance, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Code of Practice for Dementia Friendly Communities, Creating Dementia Friendly Communities in Wolverhampton, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dementia Advisory Group, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Challenge Champion Groups, Dementia Friendly Awards: Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Communities Recognition Process, Dementia Friendly Community (City or County) of Year 2018: National Dementia Friendly Awards, Dementia Friendly Financial Services Charter, Dementia Friendly Technologies, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Technology Charter, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly City, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Industries, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Sectors, Dementia-Friendly Shops, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Future of Dementia Advisory Group (aka the Dementia Advisory Group), National Dementia Friendly Awards (2018), Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Norman Lamb MP, Norman Lamb: Former Liberal Democrat Health Minister, PAS 1365 (BSI), Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia: Progress in Year Three, Shop Staff, Walsall, Walsall Arboretum, West Midlands, Wolverhampton Dementia Action Alliance (DAA)
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Proposed Dissolution of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (Monitor)
Summary According to proposals announced by Monitor yesterday on the future of services currently provided by Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) will be involved in running Cannock Chase Hospital. The University Hospitals North Staffordshire is … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Cannock, Cannock Chase Hospital, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Contingency Planning Team (CPT), Dissolution of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Francis Inquiry, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (MSFT), Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Monitor, NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), North Staffordshire, Professor Sir Mike Richards: Former Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC), Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT), Stafford Hospital, Stoke, Troubled NHS Foundation Trusts, Trust Development Authority, Trust Special Administrators (TSAs), University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, University Hospitals North Staffordshire, University of North Staffordshire NHS Trust (UHNS), Walsall, West Midlands, Wolverhampton
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Housing with Care Matters News Update (Housing LIN)
Summary The December issue of the Housing Learning and Improvement Network newsletter has been released. Full Text Link Reference Housing with care matters: e-news from the Housing Learning & Improvement Network. London: Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), December 2013.
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 3millionlives, 3ML (3millionlives), Adult Social Care Funding, Bournville Gardens, Building Comfort for Older Age, Business Case for Extra Care Housing, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, DEEP: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Designer Labels, Designing for Inclusion, East Sussex ECH, European Code of Practice for Telehealth Services Telescope, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Future Perfect Company, HAPPI Partnerships, Health Select Committee on Long Term Conditions, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Dementia, Housing and Mental Health, Housing and Public Health, Housing and Safeguarding, Housing for Older People, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing LIN Newsletter, Housing Market Bulletin, Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (HAPPI), Housing With Care, Housing with Care Matters (Newsletter), HWC: Housing With Care, Incentives for Downsizing, Independent Living, Integrated Care Pioneers, Jeremy Porteus, Living Well Handbook, Low Carbon Housing for Older People, Peer Support Groups, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Phase Two of the Care & Support Specialised Housing Fund, Self-Help Groups, Silver Linings: Active Third Age and the City, Social Care Funding, Walsall, Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group Market Position Statement (MPS), West Midlands, Wrekin Housing Trust (WHT)
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Regional Variations in Premature Death (BBC News / Public Health England)
Summary Public Health England has published the Longer Lives website which ranks local authorities in league tables, using a colour-coded traffic-light system, to highlight regional variations in premature death. Red indicates the worst regions, while green indicates the best areas, when comparing the numbers of people under … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Alcohol Consumption, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Birmingham, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Coventry, Diet, Dietary Choices, Epidemiology, Heart Attack or Stroke, Liver Disease, Local Authorities (LAs), Longer Lives (PHE), Lung Disease, Moderate Drinking, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Obesity, Obesity Time-Bomb, PHE: Public Health England, Premature Mortality, Prevalence of Cerebrovascular Disease, Prevalence of Stroke, Preventable Mortality, Public Health, Public Health and Health Improvement, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England's Longer Lives Website, Public Health in England, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Public Health Reform, Public Health Services, Red Amber Green: RAG Coding, Risk Factors, Sandwell, Smoking, Social Epidemiology, Socioeconomic Deprivation, Walsall
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