Social care
Health and social care sectors are increasingly working together through integration initiatives such as the Better Care Fund and STPs to improve services. Availability of care homes places and close liaison with local authority social care teams is vital if the NHS is to reduce delayed transfers of care. Read the latest social care stories and stay in touch by signing up to our newsletters.
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Exclusive: Non-acute services to receive 30 million PPE products
Adult social care services are to receive millions of personal protective equipment products following a national audit of PPE, HSJ can reveal.
GP pay for performance framework suspended
Chancellor lifts capital budget by £1bn next year
£5bn contingency fund announced for coronavirus outbreak
National incident over coronavirus allows NHSE to command local resources
CCG chief to hold senior council role
Director roles advertised for England’s first ‘integrated care provider’
ICS ‘could save £88m’ with vast expansion of community care
Jeremy Hunt elected health committee chair
Immigration changes will ‘increase pressure on social care’
New two-hour target to be piloted in seven areas
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