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Tag Archives: World Health Organization (Geneva)
Quality Improvement: Strategies Needed to Reduce Preventable Patient Harm (NIHR Signal / BMJ / Future Healthcare Journal / WHO)
Summary A recent review found that around 6% patients in healthcare settings (internationally) experience potentially preventable harm; with approximately 1 in 8 such cases resulting in severe harm, permanent disability or death “Six types of patient harm were identified: drug … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged 10 Facts About Hospital Care (WHO), Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Mortality, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Patient Harm, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety: University of Manchester, Clinical Quality Improvement, Clinical Safety Research: Imperial College London, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning and Improvement, Continuous Learning Culture, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry: University of Manchester, Division of Population Health: University of Manchester, Division of Primary Care: University of Nottingham, Drug Errors, Future Healthcare Journal, Health Services Research and Primary Care: University of Manchester, Honesty and Transparency, Hospital Patient Safety Strategies, Imperial College London, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Safety Measurement Across Whole System, Information Sharing, Innovation and Improvement, Insight: Using Intelligence From Multiple Sources of Patient Safety Information, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Learning Culture, Learning from Deaths, LeDeR: Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, Lucie Musset: National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), Medication Errors, Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Reactions, Medication Without Harm (WHO), Medicines Optimisation, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NHS Culture, NHS Culture Change, NHS Improvement Patient Safety Alerts, NHS Patient Safety Culture, NHS Patient Safety Strategy, NIHR DC: NIHR Dissemination Centre, NIHR Dissemination Centre, NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, NIHR School for Primary Care Research: University of Manchester, NIHR Signal, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Healthcare Improvement, Patient Harm, Patient Harms, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Alerts, Patient Safety and Risk Management (WHO), Patient Safety Culture, Patient Safety Fact File (WHO), Prevalence of Patient Harm, Prevalence of Preventable Patient Harm, Preventable Patient Harm, QI Adoption and Spread Approach, Quality and Sustainability, Quality Improvement, Reducing Waste in the NHS, School of Medicine: University of Nottingham, Service Delivery and Safety (WHO), Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Ten Facts About Hospital Care (WHO), Transparent Learning Culture, Types of Preventable Patient Harm and Overall Patient Harm, UK General Medical Council, University of Manchester, University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, WHO: World Health Organization, World Health Organization (Geneva), World Health Organization (WHO)
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WHO Guidelines on Dementia Prevention (BBC News / WHO)
Summary The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidelines on the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia. This follows earlier related guidance and consensus statements from other bodies, nationally and internationally, which recommend the adoption of healthy lifestyles for healthier … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing Population, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Alcohol or Tobacco Withdrawal, Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs), Alcohol Use Disorders and Cognitive Impairment Risk, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cholesterol (Dyslipidaemia), Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Risk Reduction, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dementia and Sensory Loss, Dementia Policy, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Diabetes Mellitus, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Eating and Drinking, Education and Awareness, Global Action Plan for Public Health Response to Dementia (WHO), Healthy Ageing, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Lifestyles and Public Health Programmes, Healthy Living, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline, Hearing Loss and Dementia, Hypertension, Later Life, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Midlife Hypertension, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, Neurological Disorders, Obesity, Obesity Risk, Obesity Time-Bomb, Participation in Social Activities, Physical Activity, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Prevention Better Than Cure, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Interventions, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Risk Factors, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Cognitive Impairment, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Dementia, Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia, Sensory Loss, Smoked Tobacco, Social Activities, Staying Healthy for Longer, Successful Ageing, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Tobacco Cessation, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, Weight Management, Weight Management Programs, WHO Global Dementia Observatory (GDO), WHO Guidelines, WHO Guidelines on Dementia Prevention, WHO’s Global Dementia Observatory, World Health Organization (Geneva), World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on Dementia Prevention
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Trends in Life Expectancy: International Comparisons (BBC / Lancet)
Summary Researchers at Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) have analysed lifespan projections in 35 industrialised countries, partly with a view to informing the debate(s) regarding future challenges for pensions and elderly health and social care. They … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing Society, Australia, Austria, Bayesian Models, BBC Health News, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Imperial College London, Department of Information Evidence and Research: World Health Organization, Department of Mathematics Physics and Electrical Engineering: Northumbria University, Female Life Expectancy, Finland, France, Future Life Expectancy in Industrialised Countries, Germany, Greece, Health Inequalities, Healthy Life Expectancy, Hungary, Imperial College London, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: University of Washington, International Comparisons, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lancet, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy Gaps, Life Expectancy in the European Union, Life Expectancy of Older People, Life Expectancy Projections, Macedonia, Male Life Expectancy, Mexico, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health: Imperial College London, Netherlands, New Zealand, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumbria University, Norway, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Poland, Portugal, Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Reducing Health Inequalities, Romania, School of Public Health: Imperial College London, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trends in Life Expectancy at Older Ages, UK Medical Research Council, United States, University of Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA, WHO Collaborating Centre on NCD Surveillance and Epidemiology: Imperial College London, World Health Organization (Geneva), World Health Organization (WHO)
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