All Community services articles – Page 80
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Readers' letters - 31 January 2013
This week’s letters include NHS Property Services chief Simon Holden responding to HSJ’s story about the company charging CCGs and a counter to Sir David Nicholson’s view that hospitals “very bad places” for older people’s care
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HSJ Local
South Tees community hospital revamped
STRUCTURE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust has reopened a ward in a community hospital following £60,000 improvements.
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Comment
We must back social investment pioneers
A new form of healthcare needs a fresh finance model
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HSJ Local
Consultants speak out over 'scapegoat' chief executive
Leading consultants at University Hospital of North Staffordshire have spoken out in support of their “scapegoat” chief executive who resigned in the wake of a financial crisis.
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NewsNHS Surrey yet to quantify costs of Virgin deal
NHS Surrey has yet to quantify the total cost or risk of transferring its community services to Virgin Care, a deal which went live last April, it has emerged.
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HSJ KnowledgeA holistic approach to patient care
GPs and others are helping patients manage their health and avoid hospital visits
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NewsCouncils to lead key shift in care
The former council chief heading the sector’s efforts to improve living arrangements for people with learning disabilities has described the drive as a “seminal moment” in health and care services.
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NewsNicholson: 'more' community focused care required
Care for older people needs a fundamental shift towards caring for them in the community rather than hospitals that are “very bad places”, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
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Comment
Shifting care closer to home: slogan or solution?
We must reimagine the wider health and social care system
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CommentNew thinking about the future of maternity care
Old assumptions are stopping maternity services from improving
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HSJ Local
Liverpool trust in list of top gay friendly employers again
WORKFORCE: Liverpool Community Health Trust has been judged to be one of the top 100 gay-friendly employers in the country.
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HSJ Local
Sussex research finds Wii can help children with movement difficulties
RESEARCH: Sussex-based research shows using the Wii Fit could aid the development of children with movement difficulties, according to local NHS organisations.
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HSJ Local
MP sticks up for Virgin contract in Surrey
COMMERCIAL: Conservative MP for Woking Jonathan Lord claimed in a parliament debate last month that community services in part of Surrey had improved since they were taken over by Virgin.
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HSJ Local
Great Western misses 18 weeks target
PERFORMANCE: Issues with information technology and data quality in four community services have impacted on Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust performance against the 18 week referral to treatment target in November.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Aviva in talks with DH over LIFT fears
One of the biggest private sector lenders to NHS infrastructure projects is in discussions with the Department of Health over fears its investments are threatened by the abolition of primary care trusts, HSJ has learned.
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CommentCommunity care should be the NHS's first option
Community FTs are crucial to the mandate’s aspirations
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NewsMPs call for urgent 'overhaul' of CQC governance
The chair of the health select committee has described it as “extraordinary” the Care Quality Commission is still not clear about its core purpose, five years after it was set up.
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NewsProviders to roll out integrated care across Kent
Integrated health and social care teams are expected to in place across Kent by April, as part of an ambitious county-wide plan to better coordinate services for patients with long-term conditions.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the integration of health and social care in Kent
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the Kent and Medway health economy, which is in the process of integrating its community health and social care services.
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HSJ Local
Laming Inquiry advisor awarded MBE
WORKFORCE: Dr Nellie Adjaye, a Kent Community Health NHS Trust consultant paediatrician, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours list.