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Yearly Archives: 2012
The End of Life Care in Advanced Dementia project
This 3 year project based in a 120-bedded Jewish Care nursing home offered extra training and support for care home staff looking after residents with advanced dementia. Read more »
New figures reveal increase in the number of people being diagnosed with dementia in the South West
New figures have revealed an increase in the number of people being diagnosed with dementia in the South West. The number diagnosed rose by 2,200 in the last year from 28,000 to 30,200. Read more »
Patients benefitting from GP led health services
Examples from around the country highlight that during the first year of emerging clinical commissioning groups redesigning services, patients are starting to experience improvements in quality of care. Read more »
Dignity counts when caring for older people
Older people feel that their health problems pose a challenge to their sense of independence, dignity and identity and sometimes the health care they are given makes things worse. According to research funded by UK Research Council’s New Dynamics of Ageing programme (NDA), healthcare providers must avoid taking a ‘blanket view’ of how to help older people cope with the ageing process. Read more »
Guidance on Dementia Coding
A team of GPs working to improve dementia care in London, with support from specialist experts, has put together this GP dementia coding guideline. Read more »
Positive support for measures to improve dementia care at the Royal United Hospital, Bath
A team of health professionals from across the South West visited the hospital in October to see for themselves how people with dementia were cared for and what improvements were in place. The peer review team praised the new system of dementia champions on each ward, and said the Charter Mark scheme, where wards have to meet a set of care standards, was ‘exemplary’. Read more »
Survey finds that over a quarter of physicians say continuity of care is poor in their hospital
A survey from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) found that over a quarter (28%) of consultant physicians surveyed rate their hospital’s ability to deliver continuity of care as poor or very poor. Read more »
Guide to commissioning for maximum value
The Social Return on Investment Network (SROI), in co-operation with the Local Government Association (LGA) have recently published a new ‘Guide to commissioning for maximum value’. Read more »
Most patients rate NHS care good or excellent
Patients continue to report improvements in aspects of care that matter most to them, and 84 per cent of patients rated their experience as excellent or very good, according to the results of the 2011 Patient Experience Outpatient Survey. Read more »