The latest news from the patient's perspective
This theme looks at the issues that relate to partnership working and shared decision making. It covers people’s human rights including the right to privacy and confidentiality.
Alzheimer’s Society
Research has shown that by 2040, while the number of people living with dementia in the UK is expected to nearly double (to 1.6 million), the cost of social care is expected to almost triple, increasing from £15.7 to £45.4 billion. It falls to people living with dementia and their families to pay the majority of these costs.
Dementia Australia
Dementia Australia (formerly Alzheimer’s Australia) has released this brief discussion paper calling for better palliative and end of life care for those living with dementia.
Digital Health
Veteran patients are benefitting from an app that provides information about treatment. The app is designed for orthopaedic patients and aims to help them feel more informed about their pre and post-op care.
King’s Fund
In this report the King’s Fund looks at five organisations that are thinking differently about how they support patients and service users, and considers what we can learn from their unconventional approaches.
FoNS Centre for Nursing Innovation
This qualitative study explored US nurses’ experiences and perceptions of caring in carceral environments to analyse the possibilities of and barriers to enacting person-centred care for incarcerated people.
King’s Fund
Solving the complex issue of GP access. Public satisfaction with general practice is lower now than it has ever been. This article runs through the proposed solutions to issues around GP access and consider their potential effectiveness.
Mental Health Consortium
The Mental Health Consortium has been commissioned to investigate how to help people with severe mental illness to stop smoking.
NHS England
NHS England has published the latest statistical information on patients’ experience of mental health services in the NHS. This is an update to include results from the 2019 Community Mental Health Survey.
NHS England
Drawing directly on the experience of service users, they were jointly developed at every stage by autistic people, people with learning disabilities and their families and carers.
NHS England
NHS England and NHS Improvement recently published the updated NHS Oversight Framework for 2019/20.
Picker Institute
Overall, the survey results showed that most children and young people have good experiences of care in hospital. 70% of those aged 8-15 said they were looked after “very well”, and 82% of parents of younger children said they were “always” well looked after. Despite this, there are still some key areas where care could be improved – including around involvement and entertainment.
Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is calling for better joined up services, as part of its “Better for Women” report.
Social Care Institute for Excellence
These videos explore key aspects of personalisation. Care home staff, directors and commissioners and national organisations talk about different aspects of personalisation, and how they can improve quality of care.
