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Dementia Care in Hospital: Building on Strengths

Filed under: Hospital care , Regional news Tags:

The 3rd Annual South West Dementia and Hospitals Conference will be held on 12 March 2012 at the Rougemont Hotel, Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3SP.

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Public health outcomes framework sets out desired outcomes

Filed under: Department of Health , National news , Outcomes Tags:

The new public health outcomes framework, recently published by the Department of Health, sets out the desired outcomes for public health and how these will be measured.

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Delivering sustainable cost improvement programmes

Filed under: National news , Productivity , Quality standards , Service improvement , Sustainability

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.

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Roll-out of telehealth and telecare to benefit three million lives

Filed under: National news , Telecare Tags:

Paul Burstow the minister for care services has reaffirmed his commitment to 3 million lives at a parliamentary reception event on 19 January 2012 which celebrated the work of the whole system demonstrator programme

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Dementia care: How can primary care make a difference?

Filed under: Diagnosis , Early intervention , GP practices , Regional news Tags:

This complimentary conference for GPs, health and social care staff, and volunteers working in the primary care community is sponsored by NHS South of England (West) and the South West Dementia Partnership. Join us on 8 March 2012 at the Rougemont Hotel in central Exeter to find out more.

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Torbay’s Norman McNamara in ‘Dementia friendly’ plan for town

Filed under: Environment , Regional news Tags:

Norman McNamara who is living with the early stages of Dementia wants his home town of Torbay in Devon to become ‘dementia friendly’.

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Guide for commissioners on end of life care for adults

Filed under: Commissioning , End of life care Tags: ,

NICE has published its guide for commissioners of end-of-life care services, the latest in its series of good practice guides to support commissioners in designing high quality, evidence-based services to improve outcomes for patients and to help the NHS make better use of resources.

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Can NHS hospitals do more with less?

Filed under: Commissioning , Health economics , Hospital care , National news , Productivity , Service improvement Tags:

As the NHS attempts to secure unprecedented productivity gains, new research from the Nuffield Trust suggests how hospitals can improve efficiency.

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Current awareness service for health portal

Filed under: Awareness , Communication Tags: ,

The Current Awareness Service for Health aims to keep health professionals up-to-date with new developments for the benefit of patient care and improved decision making.

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Improving dementia care in primary care: 10 key steps for General Practice

Filed under: Diagnosis , Early intervention , GP practices , Regional news Tags:

This Briefing is designed to support GPs and primary health care teams to improve the recognition, diagnosis and management of dementia.

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