When Mr Chamberlain announced on September 3rd 1939 that this country was at war with Germany, the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) swung into action.
Developments which led to the establishment of the NHS
The role of the King's Fund in the design of hospital beds and leading up to the formation of the NHS
The chronicle of care of older people in Britainstretches back hundreds of years. In those early days, illness would be managed within the family, perhaps with aid from local herbalists. When available, almshouses provided free or subsidised housing for frail elderly.
The role of immigrants from the Asian sub-continent in the development of geriatric medicine
‘Person-centred care’ is a much-used phrase in nursing. According to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2010), nurses must ‘be responsible and accountable for safe, compassionate, person-centred, evidence-based nursing’.
Clinical guidelines on intravenous fluid therapy in adults in hospital, managing medicines in care homes and medicines optimisation, from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
NICE quality standard on the assessment, care and treatment of urinary incontinence in women.
Focusing community services on those with frailty can improve quality of care and reduce hospital bed usage. This guide provides advice on the commissioning and management of services for people living with frailty and includes the downloadable report Fit for Frailty Part 2.
Delirium can be confused with dementia but is potentially reversible if the causes are identified. Transient loss of consciousness, or blackouts, are very common, but diagnosis of cause is often inaccurate. NICE quality standards on each of these conditions.
Ten per cent of patients admitted to hospital as an emergency stay more than two weeks, using 55 per cent of all hospital bed days, and 80 per cent of that group are aged over 65 years. The average age of a hospital inpatient is over 80.
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