All Long-term conditions articles – Page 15
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SupplementsQuestions to ask to improve frail older people's services
As part of the third and final report from the Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People we set out the key questions that citizens, MPs, and care providers must be asked to improve care.
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HSJ PartnersConsider the needs of carers when commissioning end of life services
Coordinated care is cost effective
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health rated ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: The country’s largest mental health and community services trust has been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ PartnersThe right community care for the terminally ill can ease pressure in A&E
Improved care for terminally ill people can play a major part in reducing the burden on A&E departments
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NewsExclusive: Dementia care still 'inadequate', report finds
Care for people diagnosed with dementia is ‘inadequate and still not fit for purpose’, three years after the government launched its dementia challenge, a new report for the Alzheimer’s Society has said.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners seek to expand pharmacists’ role
COMMUNITY SERVICES: Pharmacists in the North East may be expected to expand their role to help reduce hospital admissions and identify more patients with previously undiagnosed long term conditions, commissioners have said.
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CommentNext government must recognise that acute need is part of whole person care
Include frail older people
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CommentMake parity a reality, not an afterthought
Bringing mental healthcare on a par with physical healthcare
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SupplementsRoundtable: What more people living longer with cancer means for the NHS
Taking the long view on cancer care
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CommentCommissioners must help defuse England’s cancer time bomb
Tackling the looming cancer challenge
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HSJ KnowledgePatient centred care: Personal budgets can drive the NHS future
Using people to power the NHS
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CommentHSJ annual lecture transcript: Simon Stevens' on forward view for the NHS
The edited transcript of the speech given by Simon Stevens at the HSJ inaugural lecture.
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NewsEmergency care demand for older people predicted to rise
Emergency admissions among older people are likely to keep rising during the next five years, a Department of Health funded study has found. This is despite ministers’ claims that the better care fund will lead to a reduction in non-elective activity.
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NewsNHS England to trial employing pharmacists in A&E
The urgent and emergency care review being led by NHS England will conduct a national pilot in the spring to trial employing pharmacists in an emergency department setting.
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HSJ KnowledgeTips to prevent mental health co-morbidities in diabetic patients
A project in London has developed a model for diagnosing and treating the mental health co-morbidities of diabetes. Steven Reid explains
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CommentTackling the weighty problem of obese patients without the scalpel
Surgery often leads to further weight gain
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HSJ KnowledgeSegment the population to enable better integrated care
Revealing patient needs holistically