All Older people’s services articles – Page 15
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SupplementsCommissioning supplement: New bowel disease treatments and social care crises
In this HSJ supplement we look at how the NHS is responding to new bowel disease treatments and how the voluntary sector is helping the elderly avoid hospital
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SupplementsSupplement: Social care crises require a rapid response
How the British Red Cross supports patients in social crises
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HSJ LocalCCG to decommission dementia nursing service
MENTAL HEALTH: A North East clinical commissioning group plans to decommission a specialist dementia nursing service and replace it with a carer support service.
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HSJ LocalProviders for £1.8bn elderly care contract named
FINANCE: Five providers have been selected to lead the delivery a £1.8bn, 10 year contract to improve older peoples’ care in Croydon.
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HSJ KnowledgeGood for the hip pocket: The cost cutting project improving surgery
The costs of total hip replacement
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CommentReaders’ letters – 30 April 2015
In response to the Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People
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HSJ KnowledgeEssay winners take creative flight and turn it into real action
GE Healthcare Finnamore’s Emerging Leader competition
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NewsExclusive: Concern in NHS England over Hunt's CCG 'points' rating system
Clinical commissioning group leaders and some NHS England officials are questioning a move by Jeremy Hunt to impose a ‘league table’ style points ranking for CCGs, well placed sources have told HSJ.
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NewsRoyal college: Changing surgical pathways could save money and lives
Hospitals could reduce length of stay and improve patient outcomes if they reimagine the way more than 10 million patients a year undergo surgery in the NHS, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalResidents moved from care home by commissioners
QUALITY: Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Clinical Commissioning Group has moved some residents from Admiral Court Care Home in Hartlepool because their nursing needs were not being met there.
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SupplementsIntegration supplement: How the third sector helps discharged patients
The important role of British Red Cross volunteers
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HSJ KnowledgeEmergency care reform requires a whole system change
Start with understanding motivations
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NewsRevealed: Virgin handed £280m Staffordshire contract
Virgin Care has been awarded a £280m, seven-year prime provider contract to manage services in East Staffordshire, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentHSJ commission: Social care and housing are important to put older people first
Issues facing older people
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HSJ LocalDirector of nursing concerned about high number of patient falls
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust plans to bring in low rise beds and visual aids for older people to prevent people sustaining injuries through falls.
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HSJ LocalTemperature alarms trialled to prevent older people becoming ill
PUBLIC HEALTH: Hull Clinical Commissioning Group has given 50 households ‘cold alarms’ that alert a communications centre or family member when rooms drop below a certain temperature.
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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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SupplementsHSJ commission final report: Are you doing enough for frail older people?
Putting questions to politicians, citizens and providers
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HSJ PartnersConsider the needs of carers when commissioning end of life services
Coordinated care is cost effective