All Local government articles – Page 42
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NewsBetter care fund gives integration a 'bad name', says Burnham
The government’s better care fund is in danger of giving “integration a bad name” and of tipping the NHS over a financial cliff next year, Andy Burnham has said
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NewsLamb backs legal requirement to pool budgets
Care minister Norman Lamb has today called for a new “legal obligation” to ensure health and social care commissioners pool their budgets as part of a significant expansion of his better care fund project.
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NewsNHS's 'ridiculous' £1bn savings demand sparks care fund worry
The NHS will expect health and wellbeing boards to prove they can save £1bn by joining up health and social care services next year – £300m more than anticipated
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NewsBetter care fund hits £5.4bn
Councils and healthcare providers plan to pool £5.4bn as part of their efforts to integrate health and social care for the government’s Better Care fund, the Local Government Association has revealed.
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NewsCouncils warn over delays to better care fund
The government’s additional assessments of areas’ better care fund plans could undermine the £3.8bn programme by leaving them with too little time to make changes to services, councils have warned.
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NewsOne in six councils without a director of public health
Some one in six local authorites are yet to appoint a permanent director of public health, more than a year since they took control of the service.
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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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NewsSurvey: what are the top challenges facing health and wellbeing boards?
HSJ and sister title Local Government Chronicle are conducting research to discover the key issues HWBs face
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NewsNHS to keep health visitor funding until after general election
More than £650m a year of public health funding will be withheld from local authorities until after next year’s general election, it has emerged.
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BlogsThe better care fund fiasco
Taking money from hospitals and giving it to local authorities is unlikely to improve working relationships
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HSJ KnowledgeLocal government and the NHS: Finding the way to work together
NHS transformation leaders must get local politicians on side
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS Health Checks under scrutiny
The importance of reviewing the public health programme
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NewsWinterbourne View scheme an 'abject failure', minister admits
Combined health and local government drive to help people with learning disabilities move out of hospitals has been an “abject failure”, Norman Lamb has said
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Blogs
Better a poor service than no service
We’ve moved for “take it or leave it” care to “like it or lump it”
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HSJ KnowledgeWellbeing boards: Getting over the language barrier
Improve communication between CCGs and councils
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NewsHSJ bids to identify top 50 service integrators
LGC and sister title Health Service Journal unveil healthcare project
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NewsNHS England steps up work on pooling budgets
NHS England has begun detailed work on how to pool its primary care budgets with other commissioners, one of its senior leaders has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Better care fund checks prioritise dementia and falls
Many NHS and council leaders will assess the effectiveness of the government’s £3.8bn plan to integrate health and social care with performance measures on dementia, falls and long-term conditions.
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CommentCouncils put the public health ethos into practice
A year since the transfer of public health
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NewsSummit launched to support wellbeing board members
A new health and care integration summit is to be launched by HSJ and its sister title Local Government Chronicle with the intention of offering advice and support to health and wellbeing board members.