All Health inequalities articles – Page 19
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NewsSocial care precept threatens to widen the income gap
Fourfold difference in social care precept potential
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CommentCCGs deserve some freedom for the transformation process
Local solutions to national challenges
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NewsInvestigation: ‘Unwarranted and unfair’ disparity in elective surgery revealed
Wide variations in elective surgery rates among the most affluent and deprived areas in England raise serious questions about the use of NHS resources, a leading public health expert has warned.
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NewsCharts: Disparity in elective surgery commissioning
HSJ has examined the rates for elective surgery by the clinical commissioning groups covering the 10 most affluent and 10 most deprived populations in the country, revealing huge disparities.
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HSJ LocalTrust told to do more for people with restricted mobility
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Care Services Trust has said it needs to improve its services for people with mobility issues, hearing loss, sight loss and communication difficulties.
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SupplementsCommissioning supplement: Health inequalities tell a tale of data neglect
Health inequalities
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HSJ LocalFewer smokers using NHS cessation services in Islington
PERFORMANCE: The number of smokers using cessation services in the Islington area has dropped markedly – raising concerns that the local CCG will not achieve its quality premium target for 2014-15
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HSJ KnowledgeTake the local lead on health inequalities
A new strategic approach to improve public health
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HSJ KnowledgeRoot out inequality in breast cancer care
Asian women in the UK have very high incidence of the disease
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HSJ KnowledgeTackling the race issue at the heart of mental health care
Why are so many young black men subject to compulsory treatment?
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CommentThe idea of charging for care may have been killed for good
The Barker commission delivers a huge blow
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CommentElection 2015: Let GPs set up 'free school' style clinics
Free clinics would raise primary care standards
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NewsAction urged on health of homeless
Action is being urged to help give homeless people the treatment they need for a range of physical and mental health problems.
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NewsCCGs target steep cuts in avoidable admissions and deaths
Clinical commissioning groups have set themselves ambitious targets to cut avoidable admissions and improve patient experience over the next five years, plans submitted to NHS England reveal.
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NewsMental health rising as reason for helping homeless
Mental health has become an increasingly significant reason for housing homeless people, an analysis of figures recorded by councils show.
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NewsOne hundred practices 'may shut amid cuts'
Around 100 GP practices could be forced to close due to cuts in national funding, leaving patients in rural areas without a GP, doctors’ leaders have warned.
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NewsAmbulance 'postcode lottery' costing lives
About 2,500 lives a year are being lost due to a “postcode lottery” in how ambulances respond to heart attack patients, a former service boss has claimed.
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HSJ PartnersWe are failing to meet the palliative care needs of BME communities
Barriers to care need to be torn down