NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, and the Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Old Age Faculty, highlight the need for age appropriate psychiatry for the elderly: Mental health services for older people took root from clinical interest in the particular needs of older people compounded by the fact that […]
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NHS England has today published new guidance to help ensure patients receive excellent nutrition and hydration care. The guidance has been produced to address the issues raised within ‘Hard Truths’ and the Francis Report; and to the concerns of patient, carers and the public with regard to malnutrition and dehydration. Malnutrition is still a concern […]
Suzanne Rastrick, NHS England’s Chief Allied Health Professions Officer, has called on the allied health professional (AHP) workforce to enter this year’s NHS Innovation Challenge Prizes. The Prizes seek to encourage, recognise and reward front line innovation and drive spread and adoption of these innovations across the NHS. “Many of my fellow Allied Health Professionals […]
Friends and Family Test (FFT) gives patients the opportunity to submit feedback to providers of NHS funded care or treatment, using a simple question which asks how likely, on a scale ranging from extremely unlikely to extremely likely, they are to recommend the service to their friends and family if they needed similar care or treatment. Data on all these services is published on a monthly basis.
Friends and Family Test (FFT) gives patients the opportunity to submit feedback to providers of NHS funded care or treatment, using a simple question which asks how likely, on a scale ranging from extremely unlikely to extremely likely, they are to recommend the service to their friends and family if they needed similar care or treatment. Data on all these services is published on a monthly basis.