All Older people’s services articles – Page 46
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NewsCall to address £23bn cost of dementia
Dementia costs the country £23bn a year - more than cancer and heart disease combined - but receives a fraction of the funding, according to a “wake up call” report.
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NewsTories pledge to slash hospital readmissions
More than 500,000 patients are readmitted to hospital every year soon after being allowed home, figures obtained by the Conservatives show.
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NewsKing's Fund report calls for end of life care investment
Steps must be taken to continue the existing commitment to end of life care and give patients meaningful choices about where they are to die, a report by the King’s Fund says.
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NewsDH names older people's and dementia tsars
Professor Alistair Burns and Professor David Oliver have been appointed to new directorships in the Department of Health, it has been announced.
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NewsElder care pilot slashes hospital admissions
A pilot programme for improving care of older patients has slashed hospital overnight stays and accident and emergency attendances, and produced significant financial savings.
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NewsAndy Burnham insists home care bill is affordable
Health secretary Andy Burnham has defended the Personal Care at Home Bill amid fears it will divert money from other NHS priorities and lead to fresh conflict between primary care trusts and councils.
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NewsTories would apply tariff to end of life care
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has pledged to extend the NHS tariff to include end of life care if the Conservatives win the next election.
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NewsInternet fund 'to boost telehealth'
The quality of healthcare provided to elderly people and patients living in remote areas will be vastly improved by a £1bn investment in super-fast broadband, the government has said.
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NewsDignity in care funding announced
A “bright ideas grant” to help support innovative projects that promote dignity in care has been launched by the Department of Health.
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QIPP challenges
QIPP is a cornerstone of the government’s drive to make the NHS take a more preventative and patient-centred approach.
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NewsCommissioners need to be ready for surge in population over 85
The number of 85 year olds will increase by a third by 2020, putting pressure on health and social services, researchers said today.
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NewsAndy Burnham opens debate on personal care bill
A landmark £670m a year package outlined in the Personal Care at Home Bill will help hundreds of thousands of people stay in their own homes instead of being moved into residential care, health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsAndy Burnham tells local government and NHS not to be 'precious' about funding
Health secretary Andy Burnham has called for health and social care to be more equal partners - and not be “precious” about budgets.
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NewsLabour plan puts adult social care in NHS hands as ministers seek savings
Radical proposals to give the NHS responsibility for social care are expected to be at the heart of a government “vision” of how the health service will be able to thrive in the context of restricted funding.
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NewsPersonal health budgets under fire
The NHS Confederation has criticised unsubstantiated “fervour” for personal health budgets.
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Wardens in sheltered housing
It is rare for sheltered housing to hit the headlines, but the furore over the decision by many providers to remove resident wardens from existing schemes has made front page news.
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CommentTarget inequalities, beat cancer
The government must act now to stamp out staggering inequalities in cancer care. Its first steps should be a one year survival target and changing how NICE works, writes John Baron
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HSJ KnowledgeThe national standard for intermediate care
A successful pilot audit of standards in intermediate services is expected to be rolled out on a national scale, writes Lynne Greenwood
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NewsCommons to debate personal care bill
Older people could benefit from free personal home care if Department of Health proposals are passed by Parliament.
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NewsPoor dementia care 'costs NHS millions'
Cutting dementia patients’ average hospital stay by one week could save the NHS at least £80m a year, a report by the Alzheimer’s Society claims.