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The PBS resource includes: 1. What is Positive Behavioural Support? 2. What should Positive Behavioural Support look like? 3. Questions to ask to check whether Positive Behavioural Support is being used well 4. Family carers using Positive Behavioural Support 5. Practical tools Developing a behaviour support plan for your relative is a crucial step in delivering effective Positive Behavioural Support. In this updated resource you can find out about the key components of a behaviour support plan and how it can be used. -
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Prostate Cancer UK: Best practice pathway
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Independent Living: Keeping in touch (14 October 2020)
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The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
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Hi The new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework is due for publication this month for early adopters and as 'introductory guidance' for everyone else: https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/about-new-patient-safety-incident-response-framework/ I wondered if there is anyone who is involved in an organisation that is an early adopter who can share what has happened so far and also would be willing to share any local learning as the new framework is implemented? Also, more generally wondered if anyone has any initial comments on the proposals which were mentioned in the NH- Posted
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First, Do No Harm — But in a Pandemic, How? (25 September 2020)
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Earlier this summer the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, led by Baroness Cumberlege, published its report First Do No Harm, which looked at how the healthcare system in England responds to reports about the harmful side effects from medicines and medical devices. One of the central recommendations of this report was the proposed appointment of a Patient Safety Commissioner who would “would champion the value of listening to patients and promoting users’ perspectives in seeking improvements to patient safety around the use of medicines and medical devices”. The UK G -
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Supporting patients who are resistant to mouth care
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Angela – the importance of post-diagnosis support (dememtia)
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General information about the NHS Who does what? How is the NHS regulated? Why do we need to think about how people with a learning disability access the NHS? How does The Equality Act 2010 ensure people with a learning disability have equal access to healthcare? What are reasonable adjustments? The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and access to healthcare What to do if things do not go well: The NHS Complaints process Top Tips to involve someone you support in their health care In Summary.- Posted
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MacIntyres Families Podcast: Jim, a learning disability nurse
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"Get doctors in the room for clinical negligence mediation," lawyers told
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Mediators want more clinicians to come forward – and lawyers to enable them – to speak directly to patients bringing medical negligence claims against the NHS. Alan Jacobs, mediator at the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, told a conference of lawyers that they should do more to encourage discussions between injured people and those allegedly responsible. His call came as figures show record numbers of clinical claims against the NHS went to mediation in 2018/19 – with the majority of mediations resulting in damages being agreed on the day. Jacobs, speaking at the Claims Media- Posted
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Intensive care: a guide for patients and relatives
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VTE prevention: How can pharmacists contribute? (August 2011)
Claire Cox posted an article in Community pharmacies
The NICE 2010 guidance (CG92) requires that all adult hospital inpatients undergo a VTE risk assessment (RA) using a standardised national VTE RA template – upon admission, again 48 hours later, and whenever the patient’s clinical condition changes. Based on the national template, clinicians at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust (CHUFT) pioneered an electronic VTE RA tool that enables the assessment to be completed in 30 seconds. This tool has the added benefits of calculating the risk of VTE and recommending appropriate prophylaxis using a pharmacological and/or mechanic- Posted
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