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Review of seven residential homes for elderly mentally infirm people in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health and Social Services. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health and Social Services
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 60p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
A first review of the first seven homes for elderly mentally infirm people, which were opened in Northern Ireland between 1970 and 1982. Highlights similarities and dissimilarities in operation and details issues for consideration by social services management and staff at the homes. Makes suggestions for improvements, but concludes that the homes are successful and have resulted in a caring residential environment.
Achieving timely simple discharge from hospital: a toolkit for the multi-disciplinary team
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
What happens during the discharge process is a key part of patients’ experiences of hospital care. Whether patients are admitted for elective care or as an emergency, they want to know how long they are likely to stay in hospital. Information about their treatment and when they can expect to be discharged helps them to feel involved in decisions and motivated in achieving goals towards recovery. It also helps them to make plans for their own discharge. In the latest Healthcare Commission National Patient Survey (2004) patients identify delays in the day of discharge home from hospital as a key area where standards can be improved. This toolkit, focuses on the practical steps that health and social care professionals can take to improve discharge. It supports members of the multi-disciplinary team by providing practical advice, factsheets and case studies. The toolkit has been designed and tested with practitioners in the field and is grounded in the reality of day to day practice. At least 80% of patients discharged from hospital can be classified as simple discharges: they are discharged to their own home and have simple ongoing health care needs which can be met without complex planning. Changing the way in which discharge occurs for this large group of patients will have a major impact on patient flow and effective use of the bed capacity. It can mean the difference between a system where patients experience long delays or one where delays are minimal, with patients fully informed about when they will be able to leave hospital.The Department of Health has also launched checklists that will contribute to more effective discharge as part of a total approach to improving bed management and flow of patients into and out of hospital.
Responding to residents: messages for staff from inspections of local authority residential care homes for older people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 24p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examples of good practice gained from a series of SSI inspections which took into account the views of residents and staff.
Responding to residents: reports of inspections of local authority residential care homes for older people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying a report of an inspection of 27 residential care homes in 9 local authorities.
Joint human resource development strategies for community care: training and development for community organisations working with black and racial minority elders; a report to the Wandsworth Joint Training Strategy Group
- Authors:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT BOARD, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. Training Directorate
- Publisher:
- Local Government Management Board
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Luton
Joint training strategy plan.
Recommendations for the future of residential care for older people in Scotland: summary
- Author:
- TASK FORCE FOR THE FUTURE OF RESIDENTIAL CARE IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Since the development of the National Care Home Contract in Scotland in 2006 there has been a standardisation of contracts and more transparent and consistent approaches to funding residential care. However, the current mix of services within the care home market is not producing optimum outcomes when viewed from a whole system and care user's perspective. This report examines at the key purpose and structure of residential care services for older people that are needed for the next 20 years. Areas discussed in the report are: personalisation, home and environment, sustainable quality care services and sustainable funding. The report them makes recommendations around the areas of personalisation, capacity planning, commissioning, quality assurance, fees and funding. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social services statistics Wales 2012-13
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 73
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
An annual report collating the social services statistical returns from local authorities in Wales. The report includes information on children, adults receiving services, people with physical, sensory of a learning disability, mental health services and staff directly employed by local authority social services departments. (Edited publisher abstract)
The Government response to the House of Commons Health Committee third report of session 2013-14: After Francis: making a difference; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- TSO
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, led by Robert Francis QC, reported in February 2013. This is one of four documents which build on the Government’s initial response to the Inquiry, ‘Patients first and foremost’ (published March 2013). It answers questions raised by the Health Committee in its report ‘After Francis: making a difference’, and seeks to describe how the Government intends to build on the rapid early progress. It is published alongside, and reflects the Government’s full response to the Inquiry (‘Hard truths: the journey to putting patients first’), which responds to all 290 of the Inquiry’s recommendations, the overwhelming majority of which are accepted. (Edited publisher abstract)
After Francis: making a difference: third report of session 2013–14: report, together with formal minutes and oral and written evidence
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 184
- Place of publication:
- London
The Health Committee gives its view on the principal recommendations of the report of the public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust undertaken by Robert Francis QC. The Committee considers the need for an open and transparent NHS, and comments on Robert Francis' recommendations for imposition of a statutory obligation to observe a duty of candour; for all directors of healthcare organisations to be truthful in any information given to a healthcare regulator or commissioner; and that it should be made a criminal offence for any registered medical practitioner, nurse, allied health professional or director of an authorised or registered healthcare organisation to provide informaton that knowingly misleads or is dishonest to patients, nearest relatives, regulator or commissioner (i.e. the Care Quality Commission, CQC)). The Committee discusses concerns about whistleblowers and compromise agreements at the CQC; also the case of Gary Walker, formerly Chief Executive of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, who had been prevented from discussing public issues relating to patient safety. Other sections of the report consider the NHS and its patients; nursing healthcare assistant staff and the NHS; and the future of regulation, including the role of the CQC and a Chief Inspector of Hospitals, and death certificate reform. Robert Francis recommended that the Committee should, through its programme of regular accountability hearings, monitor the implementation of his recommendations and the development of cultural change in the NHS. Legislation proposed by the Government in response to certain of his recommendations is contained in Part 2 of the Care Bill The Committee recommends that the Government respond to its report in good time for the response to be discussed at that Bill’s Second Reading in the House of Commons. (Original abstract)
Modernising service delivery: the better government for older people prototypes
- Authors:
- CHANG Dorothy, et al
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office/Great Britain. Department of Social Security. Corporate Docume
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 112p.
- Place of publication:
- London/Leeds
Presents the findings from the social research evaluation of the Benefits Agency Better Government for Older People prototypes. These tested a series of service design features including integrated working, information surgeries, home visits, roadshows, telephone advice lines and new information technology services. The aim of the evaluation was to evaluate customer, staff and stakeholder attitudes towards the prototypes, and to explore their experience of new ways of delivering benefits advice and information to older people.