All Community services articles – Page 97
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HSJ Local
QVH plans to shut unit next April
STRUCTURE: Queen Victoria Hospital FT plans to divest itself of a loss making inpatient community ward in April 2012-13.
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NewsTreatments for drug addiction fall
The number of patients needing treatment for hard drug addiction fell by almost 10,000 over the last two years, figures show.
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NewsLansley's 'shining example' forced to deny rationing claims
A social enterprise held up as a “shining example” by Andrew Lansley has been accused of “rationing” physiotherapy services through its use of the flagship any qualified provider policy.
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NewsCouncil chiefs rebel over public health funding sign-off
Council chief executives are understood to have staged a backlash over the Department of Health’s bid to get them to “sign off” local public-health spending figures.
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NewsCost of treating brain disorders doubles
Treating brain disorders such as depression and dementia in the UK is costing £116bn annually, a total which has risen more than 50 per cent in just six years.
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CommentWhy public health practice must be integrated into commissioning
Whatever form the new NHS commissioning landscape takes, public health practice needs to be an integral part of it. A discussion is needed as to how it fits in to the structure, write Julie Sin, Su Sethi and Alison Rylands.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe key factors behind a successful implementation of telehealth services
Telehealth can undoubtedly make a difference to the delivery of healthcare services, but only with a successful implementation, as Mark Ayton explains.
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Comment'Social enterprise is a real alternative to the big, bland offer'
City Health Care Partnership CIC chief executive Andrew Burnell reports from the social enterprise’s first AGM how it is aiming to utilise its flexibility to deliver quality local services by making its offering bigger, and more sustainable.
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HSJ Local
Social enterprise takes over community services in Great Yarmouth
STRUCTURE: Great Yarmouth and Waveney primary care trust is to hand over the provision of community services in the area to a newly formed social enterprise.
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HSJ Local
Two social enterprises for Surrey
STRUCTURE: Central Surrey Health has welcomed the launch of a second healthcare social enterprise in Surrey, called First Community Health and Care.
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SupplementsHarnessing pharmacy to help deliver QIPP - an HSJ supplement
HSJ, in association with Lloyds Pharmacy, convened a roundtable discussion on how hospital pharmacy can cut costs and improve care through extended services, partnerships with the community and private sectors - and using robot assistants. Ingrid Torjesen reports.
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NewsExclusive: government funding changes 'will transfer £700m from poor to rich areas'
The government’s decision to give less weight to health inequalities when allocating NHS funds will ultimately lead to £718m a year being transferred from areas with poor health to those with good health, research suggests.
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HSJ KnowledgeCan competition transform healthcare delivery in the NHS?
With competition at the core of the government’s NHS redesign, the goal should be improved health output at lower cost. But can competition be used to improve healthcare without increasing market costs or slashing employee compensation and engagement, asks Stephen Sellery.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow mobile computing can maximise the performance of community health teams
With all the talk of a potential funding black hole that will impact all areas of the NHS, any IT investment will need careful consideration and have to demonstrate considerable operational value. Paul Ridden looks at why mobile computing technologies are worth backing.
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Comment'Healthcare history can help us transform elderly care today'
Looking back to the healthcare revolutions that helped transform practices in the past identifies the strength of ambition and passion that is needed to rescue modern day elderly care. But most importantly, it shows it is achievable, argues Mark Goldman.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow town planners can help integrate better health practices into the community
A new online guide highlights how spatial planners can integrate health into local plans and practice to help improve public health in the local area, as Richard Powell and Andrew Ross explain.
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NewsSouthern Cross homes transfer to take place this week
More than 250 care homes run by Southern Cross are to be transferred to new companies by this weekend as part of plans to shut down the sector’s biggest operator.
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HSJ Local
Community social enterprise due to go live in Plymouth
STRUCTURE: Plymouth Community Healthcare Community Interest Company will be launched on 1 October to provide NHS community and mental health services for the people of Plymouth.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk community trust requests FT timeline extension
STRUCTURE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has requested a nine month extension to its deadline for achieving foundation trust status amid governance, quality and finance concerns, according to SHA board papers.
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HSJ Local
Change of plan for Bassetlaw community services
STRUCTURE: Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust’s community services, which had been due to become part of Rotherham Foundation Trust, will now go to Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust instead.