All Integrated care articles – Page 89
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CommentChris Hopson: Nine ways to make the NHS fit for 2014
The next planning round is crucial to the NHS’s future
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NewsLeading foundation trusts explore moves into primary care
Two of the most powerful acute and tertiary trusts in the country are looking to expand into providing primary care to establish vertically integrated provider organisations, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsClash over allocation of £3.8bn integration fund
Department for Communities and Local Government officials are battling for a £3.8bn health and social care fund to be weighted more heavily towards deprived areas, in order to address criticisms that cuts have hit these places hardest, HSJ sister title LGC has reported.
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CommentAre GP commissioning reforms logical?
There is dissatisfaction with arrangements for commissioning GPs
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Integration pioneers among winners from £260m technology fund
Three plans to join up patient records across a number of health and social care organisations are among 135 projects to have secured a share of NHS England’s £260m technology fund.
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NewsTreasury signs off £260m technology fund
The Treasury has signed off NHS England’s £260m technology fund, the body’s technology chief has announced.
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NewsCare reforms 'to increase costs and legal challenges'
The government’s plans to create a national standard for social care eligibility could place unfunded new burdens on councils and lead to an increase in legal challenges, ministers have been warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
How have intermediate care services performed in 2013?
CCGs were told they need to double capacity
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CommentIntegrated care won't work without trust
There is a lack of trust between health and social care
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LeaderOxfordshire battle will determine the impact of CCGs
The fate of CCG’s plans will have far-reaching implications
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Trusts force delay in outcomes based commissioning plan
One of the largest and most advanced attempts to bring about integrated, outcomes based commissioning has been delayed following objections from two powerful provider trusts, HSJ has discovered.
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CommentOlder people are our forgotten addicts
Alcohol misuse is rising among older people and is presenting new challenges for the NHS
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CommentTaking the pulse of health and wellbeing boards
A national survey of HWBs offers grounds for optimism
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CommentIntegration fund is biggest worry for finance directors
Practical implications of £3.8bn fund cause concern
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HSJ KnowledgeTeam effort: Commissioning through alliance contracts
The benefits and risks of a new way for the NHS to do business
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NewsIntegration fund could deliver council savings, says minister
Councils joining the government’s £3.8bn health and social care integration drive will be expected to enforce “substantial” cuts to their back office budgets, a local government minister has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeLocal integrated care receives a massive lift
Analysis of the LIFT programme’s benefits
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CommentCancer patients' journeys need joining up
Integrated care can be a positive for people with cancer
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CommentBuild housing into integrated care
Housing investment has benefits for health budgets and patient care
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NewsIntegration fund could lead to 'yet more structural change'
The government’s allocation of £3.8bn for integration across the NHS and social care “will be used to fund yet more structural change”, and “cannot succeed without behaviour change of all actors in the system”, according to a report.