Community services – Page 85
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Cumbria council launches £300,000 health and wellbeing fund
FINANCE: Cumbria county council has launched a £300,000 grant fund to support community health and wellbeing projects in Eden and Allerdale.
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Bradford District Care Trust begins IT integration
COMMERCIAL: Bradford District Care Trust has begun an integration of two clinical IT systems.
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Pennine Care nearly doubled in size through TCS
FINANCE: The foundation trust nearly doubled its turnover in 2011-12 through the Transforming Community Services programme of transferring commissioners’ provider arms, its annual report shows.
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Dorset Heathcare anticipates Monitor downgrade
PERFORMANCE: Dorset Heathcare Foundation Trust are anticipating Monitor will downgrade their governance risk rating to amber/green.
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New chief exec for Yarmouth CIC
WORKFORCE: Tracy Cannell has been appointed permanent chief executive of East Coast Community Healthcare, which provides community services in the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area.
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Investment in Essex memory services
FINANCE: NHS North Essex is investing over £250,000 to improve memory services in Mid Essex and keep waiting lists down.
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New home palliative care service for west Norfolk
STRUCTURE: A new hospice at home service has been commissioned in west Norfolk and should be operational from September.
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Dorset Healthcare chief exec goes 'back to the floor'
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Dorset Healthcare Foundation Trust has been going “back to the floor” and shadowing staff on the front line.
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NewsSurvey finds 91pc of people have not heard of telehealth
A YouGov survey has revealed 91 per cent of UK adults have never heard of telehealth or telecare – despite the Department of Health’s Three Million Lives campaign to promote it.
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Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust aiming for £14.4m savings
FINANCE: Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust plans to make savings of £14.42m over the next five years.
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CommentThe argument over NHS competition isn't settled yet
How strong is the evidence in support of increased competition in the NHS? The question was raised again last week, with the publication of a paper by the NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust tenders for taxi services
COMMERCIAL: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has issued a tender notice for a taxi service for patients and staff, courier service for parcels and a collection and delivery of pathology specimens service.
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Range of organisations line up to provide Gloucestershire Community Services
STRUCTURE: More than 20 organisations have expressed an interest in taking on community services in Gloucestershire, the primary care trust chief executive has confirmed.
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Plans for new North Somerset Hospital unaffordable
FINANCE: Plans for a new £13m community hospital have been shelved due to the “changing financial circumstances” of the NHS, it has been announced.
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SupplementsKicking habits: a special report on NHS drug services
This special report on drug services, in association with Reckitt Benckiser, is a timely look at new and changing approaches to treating addiction and commissioning addiction treatments.
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CommentReaders' letters – 19 July 2012
The information strategy has put data centre stage – but it is missing vital details on how it will be used; plus, why the voluntary sector is a hidden role
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy now is the time to invest in community care
Care in the community will ease nursing pressures and help patients but it is not going to happen by accident, says Peter Carter
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy staff policy should revolve around patient needs
The Royal College of Nursing’s head of policy and international Howard Catton talks to Ruslan Zinchenko about designing staffing policies based on patient need.
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership to integrate teams
STRUCTURE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust is planning to integrate its children’s physiotherapy an occupational therapy services.