Community services – Page 109
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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals FT completes community merger
STRUCTURE: North Lincolnshire Community Services officially transferred into Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust on 1 April.
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Wakefield District PCT launches social enterprise
STRUCTURE: Spectrum Community Health has launched as a social enterprise providing the community services previously hosted by Wakefield District PCT.
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Barnet PCT completes community services transfer
STRUCTURE: NHS Barnet’s community services has transferred out of the primary care trust into the Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).
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Oxford and Bucks gets new name
STRUCTURE: Oxford and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Foundation Trust has changed its name.
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NewsNHS productivity increases by 0.7 per cent
NHS productivity has crept up slightly after more than a decade of overall decline, figures suggest.
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News£90m mental health unit approved
A new £90m mental health unit in South Wales has moved a step closer after Welsh assembly minister Edwina Hart gave her blessing to the scheme.
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Liverpool to recruit an additional 50 health visitors
WORKFORCE: The commissioner is working with Liverpool Community Health Trust to recruit an additional 50 health visitors over the next three years, as part of a national drive to increase health visitors.
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Northumbria FT takes on community and social care services
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will take on community services from North Tyneside PCT and Northumberland Care Trust, and adult social care for Northumberland, from 1 April.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow 'Together We Stand' transformed the local delivery of mental health services
In 1995, following years of disjointed organisation and inequality in delivery, Together We Stand laid out a strategy to improve mental health services for children, young people and families. Adopting the strategy’s key principles transformed the York, Selby and Ealingwold CAMHS, as Barry Wright and Greg Richardson explain.
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NewsGPs 'don't get' what third sector has to offer
Royal College of GPs chief executive Neil Hunt has admitted most family doctors do not understand the services charities can offer and will need to gain a firmer grasp of the third sector if they are to become effective commissioners.
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NewsCare home sector faces bed capacity lottery
Parts of the country will face a massive shortfall in care bed capacity over the next 10 years, an analysis shared with HSJ has warned.
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Mental health social enterprise launched in North East Lincolnshire
STRUCTURE: North East Lincolnshire mental health services will officially become NAViGO Health and Social Care Community Interest Company on 1 April.
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NewsAdvocacy groups requiring HealthWatch role assistance
Around one-third of the patients advocacy groups expected to become Local HealthWatch scrutiny teams need to up their game before taking on their new roles as part of the government’s health reforms, according to a health minister.
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NewsSouthern Cross insists lease issues can be fixed
The chief executive of troubled care-home provider Southern Cross has insisted the company’s future can be secured through negotiations with landlords over the coming weeks.
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East Kent PCT commissions practice to run nurse walk-in service
STRUCTURE: The running of a nurse-led walk-in service will transfer from the local out of hours provider to a GP practice next month, the primary care trust has announced.
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Haringey children's services transfer delayed
STRUCTURE: NHS Haringey has reported that a transfer of community services to a new provider will not be completed by 1 April.
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Dorset Community Health Service records two SUIs
PERFORMANCE: Two serious untoward incidents have occurred in services provided by Dorset Community Health Services since the end of January.
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News£5m scheme to help mentally ill offenders announced
A £5m government trial of schemes to divert mentally ill offenders into treatment rather than prison has been welcomed by campaigners.
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Portsmouth feeling heat over lack of FT application
STRUCTURE: A south coast trust tied to a £256m private finance initiative is being put under pressure to agree a timetable for achieving foundation status, despite being forced to drop an earlier bid.
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Sussex Partnership gains council approval for service change
STRUCTURE: Sussex Partnership has welcomed a decision by the East Sussex health overview and scrutiny committee to approve significant changes in mental health services in the county.