Community services – Page 90
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HSJ Local
NHS Trafford puts community services up for tender
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust has launched a tender process for organisations seeking to take over its community services.
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HSJ Local
Tameside and Glossop tenders for 40 intermediate care beds
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust is inviting bids for a contract worth as much as £10m to provide up to 40 community-based intermediate care beds in the locality.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow technology can help in the battle to cut sexually transmitted infections
New devices trialled by a sexual health consortium over a period of several years have shown how nanotechnology can improve services to combat the rising number of sexually transmitted infections in the UK. Dr Tariq Sadiq explains the potential.
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NewsCare homes struggling for access to health services
More than half of primary care trusts do not offer access to the full range of health services care home residents may need, according to analysis of data collected by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex application for PCT property takeover
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has asked the NHS South of England cluster if it can take on a number of primary care trust properties.
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NewsCommissioning board could take ownership of LIFT assets
The NHS Commissioning Board is expected to take ownership of the public stakes in many buildings built under a public-private partnership scheme, HSJ has learnt.
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CommentNick Seddon: healthcare reform's new dawn
Radical thinking from radical people is the only way forward if the health service is to thrive, says Nick Seddon.
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NewsVirgin rebrand for care provider Assura Medical
Community and primary care provider Assura Medical is to rebrand as Virgin Care, two years after Virgin bought a controlling stake in the company.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow international health links help improve family planning services
Establishing partnerships with healthcare groups around the world can benefit both the organisations in developing countries and the health service staff placed there, as Chris Smith and Rebecca Hill explain.
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NewsCharities pursue involvement for CCG commissioning support
National charities are expecting to become major suppliers of commissioning support in the restructured NHS, HSJ has learnt.
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HSJ KnowledgeDeveloping integrated care for an ageing population
Flooding in 2009 taught services in Cumbria valuable lessons about integrated care for an ageing population, explain Helen Ramsbottom and Mary Bradley.
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HSJ Local
Sussex Community hunts for new finance director
WORKFORCE: Sussex Community NHS Trust is currently seeking to appoint a director of finances and estates.
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CommentWill a South West community services court case be a pyrrhic victory?
After the dust settles on Michael Lloyd versus NHS Gloucestershire, will campaigners find they have actually won a pyrrhic victory in their bid to keep the county’s community services in the NHS?
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HSJ Knowledge
How to empower GPs and local commissioners to deliver care
Community GPs and local government taking charge of care delivery is a goal that by Kent Health Commission could soon successfully realise. Paul Carter explains how it’s working.
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Comment'This business model lets us focus on quality services and safe staff'
The outcome of co-ownership at a healthcare organisation has been a cultural belief in the notion of quality care being delivered free from bureaucratic control, as Andrew Burnell reports.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to choose the right treatment for community-acquired pneumonia
Clinical commissioners and providers alike need to ensure they are aware of the challenges of community-acquired pneumonia, says Professor Mark Wilcox.
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HSJ Local
NHS Blackpool prepares for consultation on major reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Commissioners across Blackpool and Lancashire will next month begin public consultation on a major reconfiguration of community inpatient services across the Fylde coast.
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HSJ Knowledge
The benefits of delivering healthcare in patients' homes
Taking patients out of the hospital and successfully providing their care at home is certainly achievable, and Mehmood Syed looks at steps commissioners and providers can take to ensure home is where the health is.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow using a tariff system can help community service providers hit targets
Communicating activities to commissioners is easy with the right tariff system, and delivers enhancements in the performance of care teams, say Rachel Simkiss and Alex Hadayah.
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HSJ Local
New MD for Surrey social enterprise
WORKFORCE: The newly formed social enterprise in east Surrey, First Community Health and Care, has appointed Philip Greenhill as its new managing director.