All Long-term conditions articles – Page 16
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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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CommentCommissioners must help defuse England’s cancer time bomb
Tackling the looming cancer challenge
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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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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
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