All Older people’s services articles – Page 43
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NewsPatients to have choice of where to die - Lansley
People should be given the choice about where to die - with thousands more able to pass away at home, according to government plans.
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NewsNHS advised on nutrition for older people
New guidelines have been published aimed at driving up the quality of meals served to old people.
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NewsCharity calls for social care overhaul
The NHS should move away from traditional approaches to social care for older and disabled people and look to new approaches such as social enterprises and family-based care, according to a a report published today.
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News£70m pledged to post-discharge care
Patients should receive a “seamless service” when they leave hospital, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said, as he announced £70m funding for helping people settle at home.
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NewsGovernment urged to plan for ageing population
A charity has urged the government to plan for the “significant challenges” of funding an ageing population as new figures showed more people than ever are celebrating their 100th birthday.
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Comment'Patient safety demands adequate resources, effectively applied'
In the face of ever more squeezed budgets and the pressures of reorganisation, chief executives and finance directors ignore patient safety at their peril.
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CommentNHS training must start with values
The news that the number of places on the National Management Training Scheme is to be reduced is not surprising given the reduction in management jobs expected in the next few years.
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NewsDementia costs 'equal to 1% of global GDP'
The global cost of dementia this year will be £388 billion - more than 1% of GDP, according to a report out today.
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InformationResearch to the rescue!
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT FRINGE - The business secretary was committed to high quality scientific research, Baroness Northover stressed today.
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InformationAre we prepared for an ageing society?
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT FRINGE - A Bill to reform how social care is paid for, developed on a cross-party basis, will be brought to Parliament next year, Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said today.
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HSJ Knowledge
Californian GP commissioning
As details emerge from the health White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, about the coalition government’s plans to reform the NHS by handing general practitioners more commissioning power, one thing is certain: this reform is high risk and will need very careful implementation if it is to deliver ...
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CommentMichael White: Is the summer silly season over?
MPs are back at Westminster early this year. Does it mean the summer silly season is definitely over? Not quite. I read during the week that Andy Burnham, our erstwhile health secretary and Labour leadership contender, is a descendant of Britain’s first Tudor monarch, King Henry VII.
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HSJ KnowledgeTaking home care personally
Northamptonshire’s integrated care partnership is helping frail elderly people stay at home, says Stuart Shepherd
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NewsContinence care criticised
People with continence problems face a “life sentence” of suffering due to poorly organised NHS care, a report said claimed.
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NewsMost voters 'back tax rises and spending cuts'
A majority of voters (60%) believe that the government is right to raise taxes and cut spending to bring down Britain’s state deficit, according to a survey.
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NewsElderly 'being left to go hungry on wards'
Elderly people are being left to go hungry on NHS wards, a report has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeEnd of life care
Yvonne Cartwright explains how a Sue Ryder Care rapid response service supported people in northBedfordshire to die at home
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NewsLabour accuses SNP of hypocrisy over bed cuts
Labour has accused the Scottish government of “staggering hypocrisy” after figures showed more than 1,100 hospital beds have been cut in the past three years.
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NewsHospital drivers to vote on strike action
Health staff who drive patients to and from hospitals are to be balloted for strikes in a row over plans to privatise their work.
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News'Postcode lottery in end of life care provision'
A postcode lottery exists in whether patients approaching the end of their life are able to die in hospital or at home, a major piece of research shows.