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CommentThe chancellor’s spending squeeze signals a long period of austerity
While the chancellor is going big on the rescue phase of covid, the Budget was silent on how to recover health and social care after the pandemic, writes Anita Charlesworth
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Budget lacks clear direction of travel for health and social care
The chancellor’s “whatever it takes” pledge must include the resources to tackle the long-term ramifications of the pandemic, argues Eleanor Roy
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The NHS lags behind international peers on workforce
The UK lags international peers on investment in workforce and needs to start catching up, argues the NHS Confederation’s Layla McCay.
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Build social prescribing into the architecture of the health system
Naomi Phillips on how social prescribing can reap benefits in the field of personalised care
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Dementia fund could cut A&E admissions
A multibillion-pound dementia fund should be used to fund personal health budgets for dementia patients to address care inequalities, a former NHS science adviser has said.
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Patients' choice of provider must be defended, says NHSE leader
Choice of provider remains “fundamental” and integrated care systems will “fail” if they do not offer it, according to a senior NHS England director.
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The long-term plan's ambitions are credible and deliverable
There are many reasons to be cautious about whether the long-term plan can be delivered but there is hope that the NHS can rise to the challenge it has been set, writes Chris Ham
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Long term plan features new model for A&Es
A new “same day” model for emergency departments and a further cash boost for primary and community services are to be set out in the NHS long-term plan, being launched today.
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Prime minister reveals NHS long term plan top priorities
The prime minister has confirmed headline priorities of the new NHS long term plan, including new “comprehensive” access targets for mental health, and a big expansion of personal health budgets. It will also see £700m taken out of “back office” costs.
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Personalised care in both the NHS and social care must be the default position
Glen Garrod makes a case for implementing integrated personal budgets for patients with funding from health and social care to ensure an “integrated experience”
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Government plan to expand 'right to personal health budgets'
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a consultation to significantly extend the scope of personal health budgets in England.
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Have a grip on your life with personal health budgets
The spiralling health crisis requires a disruptive solution like personal health budgets that put people in charge of their own healthcare and support staff, notes Alex Fox
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Personal maternity budgets worth up to £6,000, MPs told
Personal maternity budgets will be worth up to £6,000 Seven pilot groups are already trying out the new personal health budget Maternity review’s aim is for new midwifery pracices to provide continuity of care Personal budgets for women who wish to take charge of their ...
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NHS England to roll out personal health budgets
NHS England begins national rollout of integrated personal commissioning budgets Seven “pioneer” areas of maternity personal health budgets chosen Wheelchair vouchers to be replaced by personal wheelchair budgets NHS England is to begin rolling out integrated personal commissioning budgets nationwide, with the hope it will ...
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Michael White: It won't be smooth sailing ahead for Hunt
He must take on some unpopular causes
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New care models: To keep up, the NHS must shift focus in three ways
As changes take place locally
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Liberal Democrats commit to repeal competition elements of Health Act
The Liberal Democrats have criticised the role of competition in the health service, pledging to repeal parts of the Health Act 2012 and end the competition authority’s role in health.
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Maude calls for more personal budgets and mutuals
Cabinet office minister Francis Maude has said there is ‘much more’ scope for the use of personal budgets in health and social care.
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Stevens: There will not be a single commissioning model
There will not be a single commissioning model across England over the next five years, with local authorities and accountable care organisations increasingly taking on these functions, Simon Stevens has said.
