All Community services articles – Page 37
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HSJ LocalCCGs cut non-acute services to tackle multimillion pound deficit
Two clinical commissioning groups could cut spending on non-acute community services by five per cent to tackle concerns over budget deficits.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: What awaits Imperial's new chief executive?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ LocalChief exec and chair to take on neighbouring hospital trust
A remote acute and community trust will share a chair and chief executive with its nearest neighbour in a bid to find “long term solutions” to its challenges.
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CommentA lot to praise in Lord Carter’s report, but no practical solutions
Wendy Burn discusses the findings and limitations of the recent review of community and mental health services by Lord Carter
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CommentCowper’s Cut: A money and numbers game
With recent reports on the need to raise healthcare spending in UK through tax increases, Andy Cowper ponders on the money and numbers game being played out
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NewsExclusive: Carter recommendation dropped after NHS England intervention
A recommendation to appoint a national clinical director for community services was dropped from Lord Carter’s community services efficiency report after NHS England intervened, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health to keep services after divestment plan reversed
Community services will remain at Southern Health Foundation Trust after the new leadership team opted against a proposed divestment.
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NewsCarter review: NHS can save £1bn in community and mental health services
Lord Carter’s efficiency review into community and mental health services has suggested the sector can save £1bn by 2020-21.
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NewsCarter: Integrated acute and community trusts are more efficient
EXCLUSIVE: NHS productivity tsar Lord Carter has said integration of acute and community trusts would improve efficiency.
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NewsRegion's elderly care services 'inconsistent', says CQC
Health services for older people in Cumbria are inconsistent and services are in the “very early” stages of integration, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsCare standards will fall this year warns CQC boss
The Care Quality Commission has assumed standards in the health and social care sectors could deteriorate in 2018-19.
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NewsExclusive: CQC needs more powers to rate health systems, says Behan
The government should give the Care Quality Commission new powers to inspect and rate local health systems, its outgoing chief executive has told HSJ.
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CommentCommunity services – the glue in the system
Georgia Butterworth argues that we need to recognise and build on the massive untapped opportunities presented by strengthening community services
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NewsHopson: NHS must 'get off the pot' on improving community services
The Five Year Forward View has failed NHS community services and a third of community providers cut staff last year, NHS Providers chief executive has said.
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HSJ InteractiveTen innovators in care redesign and integration
This week we look at the organisations shortlisted for their innovative work in Acute, Community and/or Primary Care Services Redesign at the 2017 HSJ Awards.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Trusts without borders
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsHospital trust taking over community contract after specialist drops out
A hospital trust has been granted an interim, £36m contract to run community services in London for two years, after the incumbent provider said it would not bid for a renewed contract.
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HSJ InteractivePrivate sector investment has a role to play
CHP’s NHS LIFT programme demonstrates that public-private partnerships can support the local transformation of care and is an investment option that remains relevant and available now
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CommentVoluntary, community and social enterprise organisations can help co-design systems
Alex Fox, Glen Garrod and Rob Webster on how voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations are at the heart of developing more integrated systems
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NewsSwindells: Trusts must improve poor weekend discharge rates
NHS England will be telling hospital trusts to examine their weekend discharge rates, which are three-quarters lower than on Monday to Friday, Matthew Swindells has said.