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Empathy and Compassion. To a frightened patient, these can feel as important as our training and education. And we CAN learn to do better! At Bon Secours Mercy Health, we have continuing education regarding improving our interactions by increasing awareness of what we bring to each patient encounter. We learn to combine what we have learned in training with what we have in our hearts to help each patient feel uniquely heard and cared for while they receive quality healthcare. https://lnkd.in/eCi7Au_C. #WMMBA

On Tuesday, in view of creating a more 'open healthcare system', the Department of Health and Social Care and maria caulfield MP sent out a press release regarding a call for evidence around duty of candour. The call for evidence, which will run for six weeks (from 16th April) aims to capture and consider views about how duty of candour is honoured, monitored and enforced. So, what is ‘Duty of candour’? Duty of candour requires health and care providers to be open and honest when things go wrong. It means that patients and families have a right to receive explanations for what happened as soon as possible and a meaningful apology where required. The review into duty of candour has gained widespread support from the health and care sectors, which see the review as an important way to ensure that healthcare providers are adhering to best practice. The Minister for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy, Maria Caulfield said: "I spent twenty years working as a nurse in the NHS, and I know how important it is that health and care providers are open with patients and their loved ones – especially if something has gone wrong. "I want to ensure that our system of duty of candour is kept up to date, so I urge anyone with views or experience to respond to the call for evidence to help inform our review, which will ensure that honesty and integrity remain at the heart of our health and social care services." Patient Safety Commissioner, Henrietta Hughes said:  "I welcome the fact that duty of candour is being reviewed because it is important that people do not struggle to get information when something has gone wrong. Working with patients as partners is an opportunity for us to learn and improve. I would urge the public and clinicians to respond to this call for evidence." #nhs #healthcare #callforevidence #dutyofcandour #mentalhealth #womenshealth #menshealth

Health-care privatisation has almost never had a positive effect on the quality of care... Higher levels of hospital privatisation were linked to higher rates of avoidable deaths. Overall the Review of #LANCET provides evidence challenging the justifications for health-care privatisation and concludes that the scientific support for further privatisation of health-care services is weak !! #HealthCare #Privatization

"It takes too long to get a GP or hospital appointment"! Wow! - according to an article in The Guardian - just 𝟮𝟰% of people are satisfied with the health service. [Don't shoot the messenger]! I have no wish to be controversial at all, and I am sure that there are a variety of experiences people have had with our health service and a variety of reasons for legitimate frustration. Personally, I have needed to use the NHS quite a number of times and I can honestly, with zero exaggeration, say that I would not be alive today without our health service. I need the NHS so much! I can't stress this enough, and I know that many feel the same way. The [often unseen] benefits to our society that come from a health service at *no extra cost are immeasurable. Yes, it is hard to get an appointment, yes waiting times when attending a hospital for emergency treatment can be long and yes, this can be frustrating. The last time I had to attend hospital, I waited [I took something to read] for most of the day before getting the help I needed. Whilst there, a man made eye contact and felt it appropriate to establish some solidarity by making a comment critical of the wait. I just told him that I appreciated having access to a service at *no extra cost. Having worked in public service, I understand that budgets and policies can limit a service's ability to provide a service as advertised or preferred. My post is inspired by Elaine Weir who posted on this topic yesterday, but my immense thanks go out to anyone who works for our health service, who are probably just as frustrated as everybody else. I don't know all the ins-and-outs of the issues faced by our precious service and I understand that there have been failures that go beyond my understanding, but... I appreciate our NHS so much! 👨⚕️ 👩⚕️ ⚕ 🚑 💊 🏥 * I use the term 'at no extra cost' because the service is at least partially funded by the people who use the health service.

BC Notaries Association - 'Keeping up with life's unpredictable twists and turns can be daunting. BC Notaries are by your side to help you navigate your future with an Advance Health Care Directive. Plan today' #Notary #BCNotaries #HealthCarePlanning

What strategies are you implementing to enhance the resilience of your health system? Lakeridge Health operates five hospitals, four emergency departments, a #LongTermCare home, and several specialty units. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, they pivoted with #resilience and remained dedicated to delivering #QualityCare, as reflected in their recent #AccreditationAssessment. Their innovative approach, “being accreditation ready every day,” involves embedding deliverables such as an evidence repository and peer assessments into practice. Learn more ➡️ https://hubs.ly/Q02rxwLn0

It is time for an overhaul of Australia's health system, but the question is how? I think more should be taken back under the public health system so Australian lives are not impacted by the bottom line. Or is it as simple as tweaking regulations and beefing up powers of the industry watchdogs? https://lnkd.in/gVJE6niU #healthcare #healthcareaustralia #agedcare #agedcareaustralia #publichealthmatters #healthsystem

It’s shocking that initial findings from the Senate Select Committee on the Cost of Living do not mention healthcare costs, according to health policy analyst Dr Lesley Russell.However, her latest column puts a strong focus on out of pocket costs, including potential solutions. While the Greens have unveiled a plan they claim would address the lack of access to and affordability of primary care, the reality is that the plan is “pie in the sky”, Russell writes. Her latest column takes a deep dive into prevention and primary care reform, with a focus on chronic disease management, climate change and maternal health, and infectious diseases, and also brings some heart-warming news on night parrots. The quotable? "[Progress on primary care reform] is not helped by the professional medical organisations (or, as my colleague Charles Maskell-Knight calls them, the medical unions). They seem to have lost any appetite they ever had for real reform and are now only interested in increased financial support for fee-for-service.” #TheHeathWrap #HealthPolicy #GlobalHealth

Substantial, sustained, adequately resourced efforts to repair the NHS are required. This has always been the key issue, and also applies to social care. It's a concern that “at this week’s Labour conference, government ministers trailed a big national conversation on the NHS’s future to take place alongside the 10-year plan.” The public are done with talking about challenges that have existed for decades – delaying and avoiding the core question of where the money will come from to deliver what’s required. Until we update the UK’s funding model for the NHS and social care, the problems will remain.   Countries with better health and care systems operate a blended funding model (i.e. methods alongside tax to generate the funds required). Publicly owned, not-for-profit, without raising taxes, HEALTH FUND will enable the NHS to remain free at the point of use. The CARE FUND forming part of this integrated solution will allow us to establish a National Care Service, that could commence in Labour’s first term. It can be done – for more information and my contact details please visit: https://lnkd.in/e9dmXskn https://lnkd.in/eAeWiSjy #ukhealthandcarefundingsolved #healthmutual #uksocialcarefundingfixed

Now is the time for a cohesive, age friendly healthcare system We need an integrated health system that takes our ageing population into account, says Dr PJ Harnett of Mowlam Healthcare. Read full article here > https://lnkd.in/eXkjSgpM #irishtimes #healthcare