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National service framework (NSF) for older people in Wales
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This joint Welsh Health and National Assembly for Wales circular accompanies the publication of the NSF for Older People in Wales. The NSF sets national standards for the health and social care of older people in Wales, and includes a 3 stage implementation programme.. Implementation will be the joint responsibility of, and will require co-operation between, NHS Trusts, Local Health Boards and Local Authorities, in partnership with other relevant stakeholders.
NHS continuing health care: action following the Grogan judgement
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Queen on the application of Grogan and Bexley NHS Care Trust, SE London Strategic Health Authority(interested party), and Secretary of State for Health(interested party) challenged the refusal to provide fully funded NHS care and only paying for nursing costs. The Department of Health guidance, unlike predecessor guidance in 2001, emphasises that the question of whether a person’s primary need for care is a health need is the “overarching test” of their eligibility for continuing care. It calls on strategic health authorities to review criteria and re-assess people who may have been wrongly denied funding.
Statistics Release: vacancy monitoring in residential care homes and nursing homes, Scotland 2000
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The mandate: a mandate from the Government to NHS England: April 2014 to March 2015; presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 13A(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- London
This Mandate reaffirms the government’s commitment to an NHS that remains available to all, based on clinical need and not ability to pay; and that is able to meet patients’ needs and expectations now and in the future. Specifically, it reflects the priority to transform NHS care provision for older people and those with complex needs. It is structured around five main areas where the government expects NHS England to make improvements: preventing people from dying prematurely; enhancing quality of life for people with long-term conditions; helping people to recover from episodes of ill health or following injury; ensuring that people have a positive experience of care; and treating and caring for people in a safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm. Further sections of the Mandate cover: freeing the NHS to innovate; the broader role of the NHS in society; finance; and assessing progress and providing stability. (Edited publisher abstract)
Guidance on the single assessment process for older people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides guidance on the single assessment process for older people to local NHS bodies and councils with responsibilities for social services as part of there overall implementation of the National Framework for Older People (2001).
Guidance on free nursing care in nursing homes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This circular advises on: the NHS' responsibilities for arranging care by a registered nurse for some people in nursing homes from 1 October 2001; the arrangements for transferring responsibility from councils to the NHS from 1 April 2003 for the care by a registered nurse of nursing home residents; and the arrangements for the care by a registered nurse of nursing home residents with preserved rights to higher rates of income support, whose residential care management and nursing care will be transferred to councils from 8 April 2002 and whose nursing care will become an NHS responsibility from 1 April 2003.
Intermediate care
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out guidance on the development of new intermediate care services to be commissioned by the NHS and councils.
Heatwave plan for England: protecting health and reducing harm from severe heat and heatwaves
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 45
- Place of publication:
- London
The Heatwave Plan for England is intended to protect the population from heat-related harm to health. It aims to prepare for, alert people to, and prevent, the major avoidable effects on health during periods of severe heat in England. It recommends a series of steps to reduce the risks to health from prolonged exposure to severe heat for: the NHS, local authorities, social care, and other public agencies, professionals working with people at risk; and individuals, local communities and voluntary groups. The plan describes the Heat-Health Watch system which operates in England from 1 June to 15 September each year. The system comprises five main levels (Levels 0-4), from long-term planning for severe heat, through summer and heatwave preparedness, to a major national emergency. Each alert level triggers a series of appropriate actions which are detailed in the Heatwave Plan. (Edited publisher abstract)
Heatwave plan for England 2014: protecting health and reducing harm from severe heat and heatwaves
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 44
- Place of publication:
- London
The Heatwave Plan for England is intended to protect the population from heat-related harm to health. It aims to prepare for, alert people to, and prevent, the major avoidable effects on health during periods of severe heat in England. It recommends a series of steps to reduce the risks to health from prolonged exposure to severe heat for: the NHS, local authorities, social care, and other public agencies, professionals working with people at risk; and individuals, local communities and voluntary groups. The plan describes the Heat-Health Watch system which operates in England from 1 June to 15 September each year. The system comprises five main levels (Levels 0-4), from long-term planning for severe heat, through summer and heatwave preparedness, to a major national emergency. Each alert level triggers a series of appropriate actions which are detailed in the Heatwave Plan. (Edited publisher abstract)
Reshaping care for older people
- Authors:
- AUDIT SCOTLAND, ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Reshaping Care for Older People (RCOP), Scotland's programme to improve care for older people has brought together the different bodies involved in services costing £4.5 billion a year. These organisations now need to better target resources at preventing or delaying illness and at helping people to keep living at home. This report reviews progress three years into the Scottish Government’s ten-year project to improve health and social services for people aged 65 or over. The Scottish Government is supporting the project with a 4-year, £300 million Change Fund, but this report suggests better information is needed on its impact. RCOP is a complex programme, requiring joint action by a number of organisations if it to be successful, and has yet to demonstrate how significant changes will be achieved. This report indicates that national data shows significant variation in how NHS boards and councils use money to provide services for older people across Scotland; and that to implement RCOP successfully, partners need to make better use of data, focus on reducing unnecessary variation, monitor and spread successful projects, and have clear plans for shifting resources to community-based services. (Edited publisher abstract)