Improving handover of patient care using a new weekend proforma with a focus on ceiling of care

"Results demonstrate that introducing Friday ward round proformas for medical patients improves communication between weekday and on-call teams, highlights current escalation of care plans, and leads to faster decision-making."

Improving handover of patient care using a new weekend proforma with a focus on ceiling of care
C Yusuf Akhunbay-Fudge, I Buss, A Ward, C Snead, M Cole, A Coulter
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2014;3

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Better Care Fund updated guidance

NHS England have updated (July 2014) the Better Care Fund guidance and templates. A series of webinars will be available of the next few days with additional support and details of the changes.

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Reducing the need for restrictive interventions

"Wherever possible, people who use services, family carers, advocates and other relevant representatives should be engaged in all aspects of planning their care including how to respond to crisis situations, post-incident debriefings, rigorous reporting arrangements for staff and collation of data regarding the use of restrictive interventions." 

Positive and Proactive Care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions
Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnership Directorate
Department of Health
April 2014

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The importance of multimorbidity in explaining utilisation and costs

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This work forms a basis for identifying groups that would most benefit from improved integrated 

care, which might be facilitated by integrated financial arrangements and better pathway 

management

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The importance of multimorbidity in explaining utilisation and costs across health and social care settings: evidence from South Somerset’s Symphony Project

P Kasteridis, A Street, M Dolman, L Gallier, K Hudson, J Martin, I Wyer

Centre for Health Economics, University of York 

February 2014

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Diabetes: State of the Nation England 2013

"In the best area four times more people get the checks they need than in the worst."

State of the nation England 2013
Diabetes UK
December 2013

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Current and future needs for hospice care

"This report provides evidence on what is known and still needs to be known about patients’ and families’ needs for hospice care towards the end of life."

Current and future needs for hospice care: an evidence-based report
N Calanzani, IJ Higginson, B Gomes
January 2013

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