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Showing 1 to 20 of 168 for “"Health and social care"”.
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Implementation of health and social care standards in health and social care services: development and feasibility testing of an implementation support tool
Introduction Health and social care standards are complex quality improvement interventions. Standards are typically made up of evidence-based statements that describe safe, high-quality, person-centred care as an outcome or process of care delivery. They involve multiple stakeholders from multiple …
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User involvement and improving quality of health and social care.
… have been to: i) extend knowledge of the social interactions which affect health and social care delivery; and ii) improve the quality of health and social care through an increased understanding of patients’/clients’ needs and factors which influence professionals’ practice. The main …
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An exploration of neighbourhood team members experiences of the transition from traditional health and social care teams to integrated care systems, within a defined health and social care economy
The UK is undergoing changes in the demographics and epidemiology of the population. To tackle this, successive UK governments have introduced policies focused on transforming health and social care from its traditional forms into integrated care systems. Previous research has demonstrated that …
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Integration of health and social care: a case study of a London borough
… There have been ongoing efforts in England to combine the NHS with local authority social care services to enhance health and wellbeing. However, research into integrated care in mental health provision remains scarce. Aim: This qualitative case study aims to explore and examine the …
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Exploring the impact of pre-proceedings meetings in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Introduced in Northern Ireland in 2009, The Guide to Case Management in Public Law Proceedings, (DHSS, 2009) provided an operational framework for stakeholders working within, and on the margins, of the public law forum. The Guide introduced an operational scaffolding, intended to address the issue …
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The importance of being efficacious: English health and social care partnerships and service user outcomes
The need for health and social care agencies and their professionals to work in partnership is a central component of contemporary English health and social care policy. Partnership is predicated on the notion that this way of working improves services and outcomes for service users. However, as …
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Does professional identity impact on the credibility of leaders of integrated health and social care services?
… have involved major changes in the provision of health and social care. The drive towards integration continues with the recent publication of The Health Care Bill (2021). This research has been conducted in an integrated children and young people service but is relevant to any integrated health …
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The participation of disabled children, young people and their parents in health and social care decisions
… expectation that children, young people and their parents should participate in decisions that affect them. This includes decisions about their health and social care and collective or public decisions about the way in which services are designed, delivered and evaluated. Indeed this has …
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Developing dialogic learning in children's health and social care teams through the use of person centered thinking
… learning underpinned by Person Centred Thinking and the use of Person Centred Planning Tools (PCPTs). This learning occurred in three separate but associated teams delivering family support services to children and their families. The aim of this study was to explore and attain an understanding …
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Life with HIV in a suburban community: an exploration of experiences pertaining to health and social care service access
… in a suburban, Ontario, Canada community access health and social care services. Using hermeneutic phenomenology associated with Martin Heidegger, in-depth interviews with PLWH were conducted to understand their experience of accessing care. Thirteen co-participants were interviewed and six …
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Exploring the role of technology-enabled dementia education and support for health and social care practitioners in rural Scotland
Dementia education and training for the health and social care workforce is necessary to ensure that practitioners have the confidence and competence to provide quality care for people living with dementia and their families. The need for dementia education may be greater among rural health and …
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A theory of fair treatment of health and social care students during fitness to practise proceedings: a constructivist grounded theory.
… how higher education institutions (HEIs) in England operated their fitness to practise processes. Methodology: A qualitative approach within the constructivist paradigm underpinned the research that followed Charmaz grounded theory methodology. Methods: In phase one, an internet search of HEIs in …
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An action research evaluation to understand and inform the role of the Integrated Care Pharmacist across health and social care
… A research study was commissioned to understand and inform the new role of an Integrated Care (IC) Pharmacist, founded to work as part of the health and social multidisciplinary team (MDT) within the IC program for East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (ELR CCG). Aim …
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Development and validation of a reflective tool to measure compassionate care for older people in health and social care settings
<b>Aim:</b> To develop and validate a novel tool to measure compassionate care for older people in health and social care settings.<br/><br/><b>Method:</b> This project utilised a mixed-methods study design, consisting of three phases: 1) a Group Concept Mapping method to define the concept of …
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Understanding Support Workers’ Experiences of their Roles in Health and Social Care in Great Britain and Ireland: A Systematic Literature Review
… represent a significant percentage of the mental health workforce. Traditionally performing essential but more basic tasks, such as personal care, progressively there has been considerable development in the scope and complexity of the role. Consequently, it is important to understand the …
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From Origins to Output: Understanding Routinely Collected Social Care Data Processes and Management with Consideration to Health and Social Care Integration
<b>Background</b>: This thesis explores routine social care data collection and management processes resulting from the Scottish Government’s strategic vision for 2020 and the formal implementation of health and social care integration. Key to this strategy is the initiative to use routinely …
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Exploring the use of mobile information and communication technology by people with mood disorders, and their health and social care professionals
<b>Background and objectives</b>: Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been in use in the health setting since the time of the first telephones. However, the advent of computers, personal-computers (PCs) and, more recently, mobile information and communication technologies (mICTs) …
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Understanding the experiences of service users and staff in the promotion of responsive practices within the context of Health and Social Care
Positive Behaviour Support and the reduction of Restrictive Physical Interventions for people with Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review. <br/>Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) has been effective in the reduction of challenging behaviour (MacDonald and McGill, …
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No contest: theorizing power through aspects of health and social care policy in the wake of the demise of the internal market in NHS Wales
Following in the footsteps of Neitzsche (1968) and Foucault (1980), Clegg et al (2006) and Haugaard and Clegg (2009) have argued that power is the most central concept in the analysis of organization and organizing. The desirability of further developing the theorization of power in health and …
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Collaborating for children's mental health : a study of the experiences of health and social care practitioners and managers working within different models of service integration
The fragmented history of collaboration across health and social care is an acknowledged problem in public services in the United Kingdom. For several decades Government policy documents have recommended improved collaboration to tackle problems associated with people's satisfaction with the …
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