All Integrated care articles – Page 72
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HSJ KnowledgeOut of bed and back home: improving acute elderly care
How new care pathways cut hospital stays
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HSJ KnowledgePrevention is a better investment than cure
Preventing illness is a wiser use of money for CCGs
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NewsNAO's better care fund criticism enrages DH chief
Whitehall mandarins tell spending watchdog it fails to understand localism
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News'Challenged' areas recovery plans demand integration and reconfiguration
The creation of new integrated provider models and capitated budgets are fundamental to the visions of the national ‘challenged health economies’, HSJ has been told
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LeaderPrime contractor model looks old before its time
Its bluntness makes it appear outdated already
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NewsBetter care fund planning 'a shambles'
The planning process for the £5.3bn better care fund has been branded a “shambles” after a National Audit Office report pinpointed a series of problems with its implementation
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HSJ KnowledgeTake the local lead on health inequalities
A new strategic approach to improve public health
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NewsExclusive: Social care to benefit most under better care fund
Local authority run social care services will receive a greater financial benefit than NHS community services from the £5.3bn better care fund project, analysis reveals
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Council refuses to sign off integration plan
A council has refused to sign off its better care fund plan after failing to reach an agreement with NHS commissioners on how to use part of the pooled budget
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NewsCommunity trusts not 'squeezed out' by forward view
Community trusts should play a key role in delivering the new range of care models outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View, a key sector figure has said
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HSJ LocalIntegration pioneer criticised for poor relationships
A health economy designated as one of the government’s integration pioneers has been warned its poor relationships with social care are putting patients at risk, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHunt: NHS has 'responsibility' to help councils
Health service must help with local government’s ‘tough financial settlement’, the health secretary has said
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NewsExclusive: Ministers keen to extend joint commissioning
Ministers want to extend NHS joint commissioning with councils to public health and children’s services, after being convinced by the better care fund planning process that the model will reap service improvements and financial benefits
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HSJ KnowledgeInnovator case study: Dementia diagnosis times plummet in ground breaking project
The winner of the 2013 NHS Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia - worth £80,000 - has reduced the average diagnosis time from three years to four weeks. Here we explore Gnosall Surgery’s ground breaking project
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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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SupplementsIntegration Summit: Family fortunes
How nutritional intervention can turn around troubled families’ lives
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SupplementsIntegration Summit: Tackling malnourishment in children
Poor nutrition can affect the growth and development of children
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SupplementsIntegration Summit: Early learning on nutrition
Why children’s nutritional needs are as important as their education
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LeaderStevens captures the zeitgeist with his forward view
Reaction to the vision has been mostly positive
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NewsBirmingham health leaders back forward view care models
Healthcare leaders in Birmingham are already seeking to establish the new models of care provision proposed in last week’s NHS Five Year Forward View, HSJ can reveal.