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Preparations for Winter Pressures: Funding Announced (DHSC / BBC News)

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £240 million extra funding, aimed at providing local authorities the assistance required to reduce anticipated Winter pressures in the NHS. It is hoped that reducing delayed transfers of care / … Continue reading →

Ongoing Reflections on the State of the NHS (BBC News / NAO / NHS Providers / PAC / Health Foundation / NHS England)

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Prime Minister is in favour of another multi-year funding plan for the NHS in England, deigned to permit planned re-structuring, tackle long-term financial shortages, and avoid recurrent annual cash top-ups / the persistent need for unexpected bailouts. This … Continue reading →

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Alternative Approaches to Reducing Hospital Admissions / Re-Admissions (BBC News / British Red Cross / NESTA / King’s Fund)

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The British Red Cross has proposed that home assessments, and comparatively simple interventions, when discharging old and vulnerable people for hospitals would help to reduce avoidable but predictable hospital re-admissions (and prevent many hospital admissions in the first place). … Continue reading →

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New Year – Same Old NHS Winter Pressures: Some Recent Responses to Excess Public Demand for Services (BBC News / RCGP / NHS England / King’s Fund)

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Other Northern European nations, North America etc. have more extreme and colder Winters, yet their health systems appear not to buckle under these predictable seasonal pressures. Here are some recent responses and initiatives, as mentioned in the news, aiming … Continue reading →

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Helping Hospital Patients Stay Active and a Winter Framework For Speedier Discharge (NHS England / BMJ / BJN / NIHR Signal / JAN)

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Jane Cummings, the Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England has written about a Winter Framework designed to reduce delayed discharges by maximising the use of care homes across each Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP). Therapy-led units, too, will be … Continue reading →

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More On the Cold Weather Theme (NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has advised the elderly to keep warm, whether indoors or outdoors. Statistics indicate that heart attacks and related hospital admissions are likely to increase immediately following cold weather. “Hospitals also see a rise in the admission of … Continue reading →

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Much Wants More: Reflex or Reason? (BBC News)

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This week’s Budget announced a further £2.8 billion of funding over the next three years for the NHS, comprising: An additional £350 million this year, up-front, to cover anticipated Winter pressures. An additional £1.6 billion for 2018-19. An additional … Continue reading →

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