Community services – Page 73
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CommentAre GP commissioning reforms logical?
There is dissatisfaction with arrangements for commissioning GPs
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Serco chief admits mistakes
Outsourcing giant Serco underestimated how long it would take to restructure community health services in Suffolk, its health managing director has told HSJ.
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NewsCommunity providers urge Monitor to divert resources from acute sector
Community providers have urged Monitor to support the development of new payment systems which will take investment away from the acute sector.
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HSJ KnowledgeWalk and talk: A plan to improve public health
Exercise interventions can have great patient outcomes
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HSJ Knowledge
How have intermediate care services performed in 2013?
CCGs were told they need to double capacity
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CommentThe tenders that offer hope for a beleaguered provider
Tenders will shape one Cambridgeshire trust’s future
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HSJ LocalAmbitious plan seeks to reduce admissions by 12,000
An ambitious project has been launched in Staffordshire in an attempt to reduce the level of non-elective admissions to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire by almost 12,000 over the next three years.
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NewsSerco seeks NHS help to fill vacancies
Outsourcing giant Serco has asked NHS organisations for help filling vacancies at Suffolk Community Healthcare amid concerns over its performance.
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HSJ KnowledgeTake outpatient clinics out of the system
Four ways make mental health care fit for the 21st century
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HSJ KnowledgeLocal integrated care receives a massive lift
Analysis of the LIFT programme’s benefits
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CommentBuild housing into integrated care
Housing investment has benefits for health budgets and patient care
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CommentReaders’ letters – 15 November 2013
Readers say getting it right for diabetes can act as an exemplar, while scrapping the innovation fund is a ‘devasting blow’
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NewsIntermediate care provision 'stuck', DH director admits
Intermediate care is under pressure with demand outstripping capacity, according to a national audit by a group of leading healthcare organisations.
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CommentMental health under fire: is parity of esteem enough?
Government paper has not achieved its promise
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CommentCommunity trusts are invisible to politicians
End the preoccupation with all things hospital
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Community trusts devise plan to 'level playing field'
Community services trusts are starting work on a national programme to develop indicators to benchmark their performance and value, which could potentially underpin a tariff payment system for the sector, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ KnowledgeFrom hospice to hospital: compassionate care for all
A model of compassionate care for all healthcare settings
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Blogs
No one can provide quality care in 15 minutes
The increasing use of “pop in” calls by social services departments will make people who need care even more vulnerable
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HSJ KnowledgeTelehealth: a solution to bed blocking?
Supporting the transition from hospital to home care