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Content ArticlePeople with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk from coronavirus. Patient Safety Collaboratives are temporarily pausing their work to actively promote the COPD discharge bundle, however they will remain available to provide any support that organisations require. There are more updates and resources for COPD via this webpage.
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Crisis care summary 2.1- Professional Record Standards Body
Claire Cox posted an article in Transfers of care
Helping patients and their families cope during a terminal illness is fundamental to good health care and that depends on professionals and the people in their care having access to the right information at the right time to support them. The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has published the crisis care standard to support better coordination of treatment in primary,acute and community care, as well as hospices, care homes, and social services. The standard will also help patients to avoid unnecessary admissions and procedures. -
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Age UK: Getting help after hospital discharge
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Discharge
This webpage from Age UK gives advice on how elderly people can get support after they have been discharged from hospital. Content includes: How will I be assessed for help? Will I have to pay for help at home? What are intermediate care and reablement services? How do I arrange my own homecare after hospital discharge? -
Content ArticleThis blog by the charity Mental Health UK looks at an innovative project that aims to transform the way care and support are delivered to people living with severe mental illness in Grimsby and Bridgend. It aims to meet people’s mental health needs by providing tailored support, signposting them to specialist services to improve their quality of life, prevent the need for emergency crisis care and reduce pressure on acute medical services. The project is being run in conjunction with healthcare company Johnson & Johnson UK, with the support of the local NHS. The project involves Community Mental Health Navigators supporting the non-medical needs of people living with severe mental illness, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. They provide support with aspects of people’s lives which can drive poor mental health, such as housing, money problems, employment, physical wellbeing and lack of social connections.
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Content ArticleIn the light of the current national guidance to reduce the number of inpatient learning disability beds, a review was completed of the quality of lives of the people who had been former inpatients in Cornwall at the time of closure of the learning disability inpatient facilities almost 10 years before transforming care.
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Content ArticlePharmacies in Cheshire and Merseyside are being notified by their local hospital when a patient is discharged who might need help with their medication. The initiative, called Transfer of Care Around Medicines, is improving patient safety and quality of care – and saved the NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside an estimated £9.5 million over the three years to Spring 2019.
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Content ArticleThis information sheet produced by South Australia Health's Safety and Quality Unit describes how patients and staff can work together to make sure that if clinical deterioration occurs, it will be acted upon in a timely and effective manner. The information also applies to carers, family members, friends or the patient’s appointed responsible person. It includes information relating to deterioration during an emergency department visit or hospital stay, and at and after discharge.
