Community services – Page 77
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SupplementsThe care homes with the full care spectrum
Commissioners are looking at placing frail patients in care homes - with a full care package
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CommentDelivering a new NHS strategy means busting some myths
We need to have radical service change
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News'Close hospitals' to save the NHS, say managers, doctors and patients
The NHS faces financial ruin and is no longer sustainable in its current form, a collective of leading medical, leadership and patient organisations has warned.
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HSJ Local
‘Mini’ community hospital opened in Kent acute trust
STRUCTURE: A community ward is being run inside Maidstone Hospital to help older people recover faster, as part of an initiative involving Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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SupplementsWhy caring is desperate for records sharing: the case studies
How TPP’s SystmOne has allowed a foundation trust and a hospice easy access to all areas of the patient journey
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HSJ KnowledgeA strategy for maximising hospital capacity
Using home care services to reduce emergency admissions
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NewsForty-two trusts won't submit foundation applications by April 2014
Forty-two of the 101 NHS providers yet to become foundation trusts will either not do so in their present form, or will breach the current government’s previous authorisation deadline of April 2014.
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CommentMonitor will be a fair and pragmatic regulator
We will be rigorous proportionate and enforcing the rules
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NewsExclusive: Mass board resignations at ex-NHS social enterprise
The chair and other non-executive directors of a social enterprise providing NHS community services have resigned en masse following a row over executive pay, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Kent epilepsy service improves patient dignity and cuts ambulance call-outs
PERFORMANCE: A care home has praised an NHS community epilepsy service in Kent for improving the dignity of its residents, who have learning disabilities.
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HSJ KnowledgeAddressing the emotional impact of stroke
The psychological effects of stroke are going untreated
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Two hospitals to close in Fylde shake-up
STRUCTURE: NHS organisations on the Fylde coast have agreed plans for a reorganisation of older people’s rehabilitation services that will involve the closure of two community hospitals.
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LeaderTrusts risk unwanted legacy with short-term savings
There is little evidence of mergers working
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HSJ Local
Kent nurses trying to tackle rising tide of school nappy wearers
PERFORMANCE: A pilot project in Dover and Deal is targeting the increasing number of children who are starting school without being toilet trained and still wearing nappies.
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HSJ KnowledgeRedesigning end of life care in the community
It is time to move resources away from hospitals
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NewsAddressing hearing loss services 'could save £28m'
The health service could save £28m by introducing a “joined up approach” to diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss and dementia, a charity has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeCommissioning must have a community focus
It is vital for to engage with our communities
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CommentAcute care is drowning in the rising tide of A&E demand
The answer may be to close hospitals, says Andrew Foster
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HSJ Local
Community hospital moves patients due to gas leak
PERFORMANCE: Eighteen elderly patients had to be moved from a community hospital at the weekend after an underground gas leak.
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HSJ KnowledgeModernising the musculoskeletal pathway
Care in the community can provide better results for patients