The Audit Commission and Monitor have jointly published a guide called ‘Delivering sustainable cost improvement programmes’ aimed at acute, ambulance, mental health and specialist NHS trusts and foundation trusts. It summarises how successful organisations approach the delivery of cost improvement programmes.
This guide published by the Kings Fund sets out the current best practice to help CCGs develop their own local governance arrangements to give confidence that decisions are taken in an appropriate, transparent way.
The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care have developed an update of Dementia Metrics for Health and Social Care Indicators covering all Councils with Adult Social Services responsibilities (CASSRs) in England.
This report presents an evaluation of existing models of community-based support for people with dementia, their families and carers.
Dementia has been made a high level priority for action in the recently published Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012/13.
NHS South of England officially came into effect on 3rd October 2011. It is made up of three former strategic health authorities NHS South Central, NHS South East Coast and NHS South West.
This guide identifies a number of key environmental principles to help improve privacy and dignity for patients and relatives.
The Care Quality Commission has published results of the 2011 survey of people who use community mental health services. The results are set to play an important role in the government’s new mental health outcomes strategy.
NICE has published a set of new proposed indicators for 2012/13 QOF. Set to drive up quality of care across general practice, the menu will help target resources where they are most needed and deliver the best patient outcomes.
The 2011 Conference, ‘Dementia Care in Hospital – Rising to the Challenge’, will now be held on 5th July 2011 at Somerset County Cricket Club. The venue was previously Taunton Racecourse. The conference will provide opportunities to share and spread learning and positive practice about dementia care in hospital.