All Local government articles – Page 32
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HSJ LocalManchester commissioners threaten to tender hospital services
Manchester trusts acknowledge need for “comprehensive range” of clinical networks CCGs and council threaten to recommission services if meaningful changes are not agreed Organisational mergers could be considered COMMISSIONING: Three large acute providers have drawn up plans for a “single hospital service” in Manchester, as commissioners threaten to ...
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NewsSelbie: 9.6pc cuts to public health are 'reasonable'
Public Health England chief says 9.6 per cent cut is a “manageable efficiency requirement” “Intellectually inadequate” to say protecting NHS means less concern for public health Public health funding likely to come through business rates from 2018 Cuts to public health budgets of almost 10 per cent ...
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NewsNorth London council considers 60pc public health cuts
A north London council has laid out proposals to cut public health services including health visiting, drug and alcohol services, and sexual health services over the next three years by up to 60 per cent.
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NewsExtra BCF cash worth £100m in first year
The extra better care fund cash promised to local government in the spending review is expected to be worth just £100m in 2017-18.
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HSJ LocalPossible legal challenge over better care fund millions
Council calls for CCG to release £2.3m payment for performance element of fund CCG withholding payment to council “in line with the national guidance” Auditors found “no evidence” that funds provided for additional adult social care “has been used for this purpose” FINANCE: Wiltshire Council could make a ...
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NewsSelbie: Councils can absorb public health cuts
Public Health England’s chief executive has told councils he is confident they can absorb a nearly 10 per cent cut while making progress “protecting and improving the public’s health”.
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CommentThe vital lifeline of home improvement agencies
Home improvement agencies save money and make lives better, as Paul Smith explains
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NewsPublic health to be cut by 4 per cent a year
Public health spending will be cut by 4 per cent a year in real terms, as part of the government’s spending review.
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NewsSocial care precept threatens to widen the income gap
Fourfold difference in social care precept potential
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NewsExclusive: BCF to be frozen and become ‘minimum option’
NHS’s £3.8bn minimum contribution to the better care fund is to be frozen in real terms next year, HSJ understands After 2016-17 the fund will become only the “minimum” option in a “menu” of possibilities for health and social care integration Other options expected to include Greater Manchester-style devolution, ...
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NewsAnalysis: Which areas have seen the biggest social care spending cuts?
The North East and much of the North West have seen much bigger cuts to council adult social care spending than some other regions in recent years, according to analysis of official figures.
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NewsBCF focus on A&E admissions is 'patronising', NHS England survey finds
Council and CCG leaders call for better care fund rules to be relaxed Focus on A&E activity has distorted attempts to integrate care, survey finds Calls for best practice to be shared Budget pooling fuels mistrust in financially challenged areas The government’s emphasis on the rate of emergency ...
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CommentBe prepared for a less 'national' health service
The Devolution Bill has big implications for the NHS
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NewsLondon organisations set out devolution bids
Bids include north east London, north central London and Hackney Areas will request control of NHS estate decisions, payment mechanisms and affordable housing for key workers Concerns have been raised at the “pace of discussions” London devolution bids include a partnership in the north east of ...
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HSJ LocalTrust to transfer public health services to social enterprise
COMMERCIAL: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is planning to hive off a number of public health services to a newly created social enterprise.
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NewsNHS England guidance aims to tackle discharge disagreements
NHS England has issued new guidance on transferring people out of hospital in order to tackle misunderstandings between NHS bodies and local authority social care departments.
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NewsIn-year public health cut confirmed
The Department of Health is to press ahead with its planned blanket in-year cut to public health budgets, despite the majority of local authorities backing alternative options.
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NewsMinisters confirm future of BCF for 2016-17
The pooling of health and social care budgets under the better care fund will continue in 2016-17, ministers have confirmed.
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NewsNorth East considers health budget devolution
However, leaders could still walk away from the region’s devolution deal if residents overwhelmingly reject the proposals which include an elected mayor
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NewsExclusive: CIPFA joins calls for transformation fund
Finance experts have joined the calls for ministers to find funding to pump-prime the integration of NHS and social care services.