All Local government articles – Page 49
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News£3.8bn integration fund may not be held by councils
A £3.8bn fund for health and social care integration may not be handed straight to local authorities as previously assumed, the finance director of NHS England has said.
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NewsNHS checks 'could save 650 lives'
More than 650 lives a year could be saved if there was full take-up of NHS health checks, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsCare cap 'to spark huge rise in demand'
More than 50,000 extra people could demand social care assessments from councils in 2016 when a £72,000 cap on care costs is introduced, according to Department of Health figures.
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NewsAgreement sought on integration fund rules
NHS England and the Local Government Association are jointly developing a set of criteria that councils must meet in order to receive a share of the new £3.8bn health and social care fund.
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CommentLocal authorities should run commissioning
Democracy should have a part in how public money is spent
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HSJ KnowledgeOutsourcing: Time to realise the benefits
The compelling case to outsource some NHS activities
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HSJ KnowledgeHow Liverpool is integrating health and social care
Changing the way health and adult services work together
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NewsSecond wave of community budgets announced
A second wave of areas adopting community budgets, bringing together funding for local public services, has been announced by communities secretary Eric Pickles.
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NewsCuts threaten councils' viability, says LGA chief
Some councils could cease to exist under the pressures of the latest round of spending cuts.
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CommentThe government double counts its chickens
There are two ways to see the coalition’s social care plan
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CommentMichael White: an end to health tourism?
The government is making hay from plans to charge foreign NHS visitors
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NewsDH sets out new social care entitlement rules
Councils will have to provide social care services to all residents whose needs meet a nationally-set threshold, under plans published by the Department of Health.
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NewsHunt dubs £3bn transfer to social care “huge moment in NHS history”
Health funding transfer to social care to treble in 2015-16
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HSJ KnowledgeCommissioners must work together to mitigate risk
Collaboration with other stakeholders is key
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NewsHealth and wellbeing boards may control £1bn under integration plan
Health and wellbeing boards could be given control of more than £1bn funding from the Department of Health budget under plans being considered by ministers and local government leaders.
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NewsIntegrated care has cross-Whitehall backing
Government departments including the Treasury, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health are “committed” to integrating health and social care, a top health official has insisted.
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NewsRelegate CCGs to advisory role, says Burnham
The shadow health secretary has said clinical commissioning groups should be relegated to an advisory role because councils were more in tune with their local populations than GPs.
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NewsCouncil disquiet over public health death rankings
Public Health England says premature deaths comparison site will help target local spending
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NewsThree waves of integration pioneers are predicted
There are likely to be another two waves of integration pilots, with a total of about 30 areas becoming integration “pioneers”, an NHS England official has revealed.