The Department of Health has announced dedicated funding of up to £50 million available to NHS trusts and local authorities, working in partnership with care providers, to help tailor hospitals and care homes to the needs of people with dementia. Read more »
The King’s Fund Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE) programme involves 23 teams from acute and mental health NHS trusts seeking to make acute general hospital environments less alienating for people with cognitive problems. Read more »
This report by the King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust aims to support the development of the Department of Health’s national strategy on integrated care and to feed ideas directly into the ongoing work of the NHS Future Forum. Read more »
This King’s Fund briefing examines whether reducing the use of hospital beds for emergency admissions could help the NHS as it needs to find £20 billion in productivity improvements by 2015 to avoid reducing quality and making significant cuts to services. Read more »
This guide published by the Kings Fund sets out the current best practice to help CCGs develop their own local governance arrangements to give confidence that decisions are taken in an appropriate, transparent way. Read more »
This guide identifies a number of key environmental principles to help improve privacy and dignity for patients and relatives. Read more »
The King’s Fund has published a paper about shared decision-making, ‘Making Shared Decision-making a Reality: No Decision About Me, Without Me’. Read more »
Plans have been unveiled at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton for an innovative make-over of Sedgemoor – an acute medical ward for older people. Read more »
Garner Ward, part of Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, will be redesigned as part of The King’s Fund, Enhancing the Healing Environment. Read more »
Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton has been selected to take part in a project to improve the hospital experience for patients with dementia. Read more »
The King’s Fund Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE) programme will this year focus on dementia care environments. Read more »