All Health and wellbeing boards articles – Page 4
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CommentAnalysis: Still reasons to be sceptical about the better care fund
There are limits to its ability to save money
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NewsNHS leaders cautious on extension of better care fund
The better care fund should not be extended until the impact of its first full year of operation has been properly evaluated, NHS leaders have said
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CommentLocal integration needs national backing: Five steps for government
The county is finding that health and social care integration requires central government action
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CommentThe NHS's fight to survive will be won with equality, efficiency and quality
Labour’s NHS vision
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NewsLabour seeks to mollify reorganisation fears
Labour has sought to reassure clinical commissioning groups that its health reforms would not amount to a top-down ‘big bang’ shake up of the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeTen tips for mental health services from primary care
How to improve access to treatment
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NewsHunt commissions independent study into GP capacity
The health secretary has commissioned Health Education England to conduct an area by area examination of general practice capacity
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NewsCouncils call for primary care commissioning role
Councils in London have asked to be given greater involvement in the commissioning of primary care.
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SupplementsLGC/HSJ Integration Summit report: The legal angles
The implications of new integration legislation
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CommentLocal issues need local solutions, not another top-down restructure
Clinical commissioning is key
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HSJ PartnersHow NHS England uses interactive mapping to give CCGs strategic insight
To identify local priorities
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HSJ KnowledgeIntegrated care round up: Heat turns up in the health and social care debate
Discussion and debate on integrated care has been rife
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LeaderTensions grow as NHS reaches make or break month for waits
More time must be spent on primary care
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NewsBeefed up HWBs 'could commission health and social care'
Health and wellbeing boards could be put in charge of commissioning combined health and social care services if they beefed up their contingent of clinicians.
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NewsPut social care funding on par with health, King's Fund proposes
Individuals’ social care needs should be treated and funded on a par with their health needs.
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NewsCCGs lukewarm on integrating health and social care roles
Most clinical commissioning group leaders are lukewarm about the prospect of merging or sharing substantial health and social care responsibilities, the HSJ CCG Barometer suggests.
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CommentBetter care fund doesn't match Sheffield's ambition
Why we want a joint health and care budget
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CommentIntegration Summit: Interaction prompts questions about trust
The Integration Summit raised questions about how different organisations interact
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CommentIntegration Summit: Accountability must start with genuine co-production
Commissioners need to build trust among their partners