All Local government articles – Page 39
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NewsCCGs must set targets for reducing health inequalities
Clinical commissioning groups will have to set targets for reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for health and wellbeing, under the 2015-16 planning guidance.
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HSJ LocalDorset's better care fund budget slashed
One of the largest and most ambitious bids to pool health and social care budgets has been scaled back dramatically after the plans were checked by NHS England.
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CommentThe better care fund needs to be stripped of bureaucracy
Better care fund needs a bureaucratic enema
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HSJ LocalInvestigation of London A&Es follows department closures
PERFORMANCE: A probe into poor accident and emergency services in north west London has been commissioned by four London local authorities following the controversial closure of two departments.
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HSJ LocalOxfordshire better care fund plan 'unrealistic'
Oxfordshire commissioners failed to submit a realistic better care fund plan in part because they were distracted by work on other local integration initiatives, they have admitted.
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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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CommentThere's a lack of political courage to stand up to populist nonsense
Good politics, but bad policy
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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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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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SupplementsIntegration Summit: Early learning on nutrition
Why children’s nutritional needs are as important as their education
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SupplementsRoundtable: Put nutrition at the centre of public health
Tackling malnutrition with an integrated approach
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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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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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NewsNHS plans 'radical upgrade' in public health
The NHS will become an ‘activist agent’ of social change in a ‘radical upgrade’ of prevention and public health, under plans announced today.
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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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HSJ LocalCouncil terminates £3.6m agreement with mental health trust
STRUCTURE: Norfolk County Council has ended its formal agreement with a mental health trust after losing confidence in its capacity to guarantee outcomes for social care service users.