All Older people’s services articles – Page 8
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CommentProviding consistent and humane end of life care
Ian Greenwood recounts the traumatic experiences of his late father to highlight NHS clinical inefficiency and inconsistent care and the importance of communicating end of life care plans
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CommentOne year waiters up 13 pc in June
The rise in one year waiters has accelerated, with most of these ultra long waiters highly concentrated in a small number of providers, warns Rob Findlay
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CommentRash cuts in the community could undermine the long term NHS plan
Community services, primary care and social care must be at the heart of any long term plan for the health service, otherwise we risk piling even more pressure on hospitals and failing patients, their families and local communities, argues Matthew Winn.
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CommentDementia is conspicuously absent from new NHS priorities
The government must put dementia at the heart of its priorities, not in 10 years’ time, but now. By Hilary Evans
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NewsSocial care green paper will not be 'panacea'
The social care green paper will not be a “panacea” for chronic problems in the system, is likely to propose only minor legislative change, and be based on the assumption that limited sums of new money are available.
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CommentHealth and housing cross sector commission can be a total game changer
Health and housing coupled together can reduce poverty, improve health and reduce demand on the NHS, states Lord Kerslake
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Care of Older People
Winner South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust: Community first responder lifting scheme
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Perioperative and Surgical Care
Winner St James’s University Hospital, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust: NELA – improving care for emergency laparotomy patients
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Can more chairs save beds?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing, James Illman’s fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentThe NHS at 70: same, same but different?
Looking at a broad range of data, new health trends have emerged over the past seven decades leading to changing patient demands and fluctuating satisfaction levels with the NHS, notes Gillian Prior
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NewsBehan calls for funding reform and social care deal
The NHS tariff funding system and the way money flows between local organisations is hampering efforts to integrate care, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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CommentNHS funding settlement: ‘a change of gear’ for the NHS?
The announcement about the NHS funding settlement can be interpreted in two ways, says Ben Gershlick
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HSJ InteractiveTransforming care with innovative estates
An integrated care centre with a focus on proactive assessment is preventing multiple admissions among frail residents, says Alison Moore
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CommentThe right to stay with people with dementia
Allowing carers to stay with dementia patients and doing away with visiting hours reduces incidents of stress among patients
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HSJ InteractiveIt is time to face up to the fundamental question of funding
Niall Dickson on the need for a longer term commitment to health and care funding that stops these vital services lurching from one crisis to another
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NewsWinners revealed for HSJ Value Awards 2018
Twenty organisations have been honoured in the 2018 HSJ Value Awards – which recognise and celebrate outstanding improvements in care quality and efficiency made by NHS staff.
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CommentIntegration is not all about structure or organisational form
It is high time the community health sector was brought in from the cold and used as a willing flexible partner to redesign care for urgent and long care needs of our local populations, writes Matthew Winn
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CommentAmbition to save more lives from cancer is vital for NHS plan
A multiyear budgeting approach is needed to achieve transformation in cancer care and make long-term savings
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NewsRegion's elderly care services 'inconsistent', says CQC
Health services for older people in Cumbria are inconsistent and services are in the “very early” stages of integration, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsExclusive: CQC needs more powers to rate health systems, says Behan
The government should give the Care Quality Commission new powers to inspect and rate local health systems, its outgoing chief executive has told HSJ.