Community services – Page 67
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NewsDH sets health visiting services provision for local authorities
Department of Health sets out five services councils must run
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NewsReview of dementia care funding urged
Wide variations in NHS funding for the continuing care of people with dementia have been uncovered in a report by a Labour prospective parliamentary candidate.
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CommentHow partnering with hospices benefits the NHS frontline
Hospices make good partners for improving care locally
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NewsSerco to withdraw from UK clinical services market
Outsourcing giant Serco has announced plans to withdraw from the clinical health services market in the UK after making a multimillion pound loss on its NHS contracts.
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CommentMoving to a care home must be on a person's own terms
The steps to help an older person transition
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HSJ LocalAcute trust takes on sexual health services
COMMERCIAL: Salisbury Foundation Trust has won a contract to provide sexual health services across southern Wiltshire.
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CommentNigel Edwards: The squeeze is on for mental health trusts
Action is clearly been ineffective in some places
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CommentUse NHS land to build affordable housing
New homes can improve public health and NHS coffers
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CommentBeware the false solutions to the NHS's challenges
There is a glut of questionable statements being made
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HSJ Local
Community trust joins FT pipeline
STRUCTURE: An NHS community trust set up in the wake of a High Court battle has been accepted onto the foundation trust pipeline.
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HSJ LocalDevon procurement plan resisted by providers and local council
A Devon commissioner’s plan to award community services contracts without putting them out to tender has been resisted by competing providers and a local authority.
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NewsDoubts over GP phone consultation
Patients who receive telephone consultations from their GP or a nurse are more likely to need care in the month after their phone call than those who see doctors face to face, a new study suggests.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise explores ‘merger’ with NHS trust
STRUCTURE: A social enterprise established to provide community services in Cornwall could be taken back into the NHS after experiencing financial difficulties.
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CommentPatients, not politics: don't let talk distract from providing local care
Sustainability is key
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat is the right shape for hospital chains?
Local and central needs must be balanced if hospital chains are to succeed
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NewsHospitals to scrutinise integration plans
Acute trusts must say whether they accept local forecasts for cutting emergency admissions under better care fund
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NewsMajor reorganisation of specialist cancer and cardiac treatment approved
A reorganisation of specialist cancer and cardiac treatment across north east London and West Essex that will see two major hospitals host one specialism each was given the green light by commissioners last week.
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HSJ KnowledgeResidential care means more than a chair to sit in
Consider occupation when commissioning for quality of life in homes
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HSJ LocalLeicestershire bid to plug £400m gap
STRUCTURE: Widespread changes to the Leicestershire Health economy have been agreed between the University Hospitals of Leicester and its local commissioners to plug an estimated £400m funding gap over the next four years.
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Comment
Transform district nursing to stop it facing extinction
The RCN says we might see its demise within 10 years