Tag Archives: Workforce Planning

Enhanced Health in Care Homes and Other Care Settings: Information Resources (HEE / Skills for Care / UHB)

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health Education England (HEE) has identified Integrated Care as a key priority. HEE has the aim of supporting the workforce in delivering person-centred and coordinated healthcare services. Integrated Care Toolkit (West Midlands ICTT) The West Midlands Integrated Care Transformation … Continue reading →

Staff Turnover and Shortages in the Adult Social Care Sector (BBC News / Skills for Care / UKHCA)

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The UK Homecare Association, writing on behalf of care providers, has warned of the risk of rising staff shortages in adult social care, which could result in vulnerable people receiving poorer levels of care. It appears that over 900 … Continue reading →

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International Day of Older Persons (United Nations / ONS / NHS England)

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Today is United Nations International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP). Full Text Link Reference International Day of Older Persons: 1 October. [Online]: United Nations, October 2016. A statistical piece, from the Office of National Statistics, on the contribution of … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, In the News, International, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Age Discrimination, Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Workforce, Attitudes to Ageing, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Carer Support, Commissioning for Carers, Commissioning for Carers Principles, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), Discrimination / Stigma, Dr Dawn Moody: Associate National Clinical Director for Older People (NHS England), Dr Dawn Moody: Clinical Associate (Frailty and Complex Care) North Staffordshire CCG, Dr Dawn Moody: Director of Fusion48, Dr Dawn Moody: Frailty Lead for the West Midlands Primary Care Workforce and Improved Patient Access Plan, Healthy Caring Guide, International Day of Older Persons, International Day of Older Persons (2016), National Statistics, Negative Stereotypes, NHS England’s Commitment to Carers, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Old Age Dependency Ratio (OADR), Old Age Dependency Ratio (OADR): UK Trends and Projections 1980 to 2039, Older People’s Day, Older Peoples Day (2016), ONS Digital, Part-Time Employees, Part-Time Self-Employed Workers, People Aged 65 and Over in UK Workplace, Practical Guide to Healthy Caring, Reducing Stigma, Stereotyping, Stigma, Stigma and Discrimination, UK Employment Rate: People Aged 65+, UK Workforce, UK Workplace, UN International Day of Older Persons, United Nations International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP), Valuing Carers, Workforce, Workforce Planning | Leave a comment

Vision For Adult Social Work in England (Department of Health)

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Department of Health has issued a statement explaining plans to raise the “standing and status” of social workers through their continuing reform programme. Plans involve: Commitment to social work as a single profession, with common values, skills and … Continue reading →

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Mental Health: Still the Cinderella Services of the NHS? (BBC News / NHS England)

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An extra £1 billion of extra funding is to be committed to improving mental health services in England by 2020. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2016). Mental health care ‘is ruining lives’. [Subsequently re-titled as “Nation must focus … Continue reading →

Commission on Improving Urgent Care for Older People’s Report (BBC News / NHS Confedertation)

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS Confederation’s Commission on Improving Urgent Care for Older People has provided further evidence that many persons aged over-65 are admitted to hospitals via accident and emergency (A&E) unnecessarily, usually with relatively poor outcomes and incurring higher costs … Continue reading →

Dementia: the R&D Landscape: Mapping UK Dementia Research and Workforce Capacity (RAND Europe / WDC / OHE)

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Alzheimer’s Society commissioned RAND Europe to analyse the UK’s dementia research “landscape” and workforce capacity. The following report relates to the state of funding and capacity in dementia research. It covers: An audit of the types of research … Continue reading →

Improvements to Care in the Last Days / Hours of Life (Department of Health)

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report assesses progress made against commitments in the “One Chance to Get it Right” report, which was released just over a year ago as a response to the Independent Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) on improving … Continue reading →

Updated Overview of General Practice in England (House of Commons Library / BBC News / RCGP / BMA / NHS England / BMJ Open)

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

Summary This briefing paper from the House of Commons Library covers many aspects of GP services. This update covers recent changes, including those relating to funding, commissioning and named GPs for the over 75s. Many other considerations are summarised, with … Continue reading →

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Working at Scale in English General Practice, Workload in General Practice | Leave a comment

Care Improvement Works: a New Collaborative Knowledge Hub (SCIE / Skills for Care / TLAP)

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care Improvement Works is a freely-available online resource primarily for care providers. It has been developed to support improvements in the standards of care. Care Improvement Works was produced by Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), in partnership with … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life 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, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Care Home Inspections, Care Improvement Works, Care in the Community, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Framework, Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Regime, Care Quality Commission’s Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOEs), Caring (CQC Inspection Question), Clenton Farquharson: Co-Chair of Think Local Act Personal, Co-Production, Co-Production Issues, Collaboration, Collaboration (Including Information-Sharing), Collaboration: Do Once and Share, Collaboration: Working Across Boundaries, Collaborative Leadership, Collaborative Projects, Collaborative Working, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Quality, CQC Inspection Questions (Safe Effective Caring Responsive Well-Led), Delivering Care and Support Planning (TLAP), Dignity in Care, Effective (CQC Inspection Question), Embedding Co-Production, End of Life Care Hub, Governance for Adult Social Care, Hydration and Nutrition, KLOEs: Key Lines of Enquiry, Malnutrition, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Nutrition for Older People in Care Homes, Quality, Quality and the Commissioning Cycle, Quality Assurance Visit (QAV) Process, Quality Improvement, Registered Providers of Social Care, Responsive (CQC Inspection Question), Safe (CQC Inspection Question), Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Older People, Safeguarding Principles, SCIE's Co-Production Network, Sharon Allen: Chief Executive of Skills for Care, Sheila Scott: Chair of the Care Providers Alliance, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Social Care, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Workforce, Social Care Workforce Development, Staff Development, Systems to Support Whistleblowing, Think Local Act Personal, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, Tony Hunter: Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Well-Led (CQC Inspection Question), Whistleblowing, Workforce Capacity Planning, Workforce Development, Workforce Development Fund (WDF), Workforce Issues, Workforce Planning | Leave a comment

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