All Long-term conditions articles – Page 21
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CommentCare Bill: Lords distracted by spiritual matters
The new law is having a bumpy ride through Parliament
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CommentLord Saatchi is wrong, the law isn't killing patients
We need a better understanding of individual cancer patients
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CommentA brave NHS can make self-management possible
Empowering patients and their carers to make decisions
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HSJ KnowledgeMake a link between mental and physical health services
Liaison psychiatry can help achieve parity between services
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Blogs
No one can provide quality care in 15 minutes
The increasing use of “pop in” calls by social services departments will make people who need care even more vulnerable
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HSJ KnowledgeTelehealth: a solution to bed blocking?
Supporting the transition from hospital to home care
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Blogs
I don’t need to go to hospital, I just need to go home to bed
Sometimes the patient knows best.
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CommentNew principles for planning patient care
Help us to make person centred, coordinated care a reality
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CommentWhy the ONS consultation matters to the NHS
Proposed cuts will impact those commissioning services
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BlogsWhat is the house of care?
There are significant benefits to focusing on patients’ goals and empowering them to take an active part in their own care, says Angela Coulter
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NewsAreas with worse life quality would be hit by allocation shake-up
Clinical commissioning groups in areas where people with long term conditions have a worse quality of life would lose funds under the revised allocation formula being considered by NHS England, analysis shows.
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CommentPatient feedback is essential to the NHS's future
The friends and family test is helping to drive local improvements
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HSJ Knowledge'Modernisation' is not a dirty word
How to defeat the competing demands of modernisation on patient care
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HSJ Local
Salford Royal consultant to launch ‘groundbreaking’ Parkinson’s study
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Salford Royal consultant neurologist Monty Silverdale is to launch “the largest ever study of pain in Parkinson’s Disease”, the foundation trust announced today.
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CommentOld age is a lottery with too few winners
More people are struggling as they live longer into old age. We can’t go on like this
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CommentMental health support is essential to crisis care
Urgent care services for physical and mental health are fragmented
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NewsOver-40s health checks dubbed 'waste of time'
Health checks offered to millions of people over 40 are a waste of time and could lead to people taking medicines unnecessarily, the head of the Royal College of GPs has said.Dr Clare Gerada said the government was promoting its NHS Health Check programme “against good evidence”.Her intervention comes after ...
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NewsTelehealth awareness drive is failing survey reveals
An annual survey to establish the level of public awareness of telehealth has revealed nine out of 10 adults have never heard of it.
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HSJ KnowledgeA service designed for patients, by patients
Why those who use healthcare should play a part designing it
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HSJ KnowledgeFace up to the cost of post-cancer treatment
Prepare the NHS for a rising number of patients needing care