All Social care articles – Page 100
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Behind locked doors
The shocking state of some facilities at Broadmoor Hospital means staff struggle to provide modern care. Emma Dent talks to the people planning its redevelopment
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The maths behind real case management
It seems a deceptively simple plan - if you can identify the relatively small number of patients likely to use acute services intensively, you can concentrate on simpler, cheaper and more effective preventative care. It was a promise first held out in work by Kaiser Pemanente in the US and ...
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Former chief exec calls for more private beds for children
Commissioners should make greater use of the independent sector to stop children from being placed on adult mental health wards, a former mental health trust chief executive has said.
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Hospices face losing special fee arrangements
Hospices have complained they will be disadvantaged by the Healthcare Commission's decision to remove their special status and make them pay the full cost of regulation fees.
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Infant mortality highest in deprived areas, finds research
Primary care trusts in London must work harder to reduce the number of infants who die within their first year of life, the London Health Observatory has warned.
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Making the most of local area agreements
Using LAAs to combat health inequalities is all well and good in theory, but how do you use them to your best advantage and measure their success in the real world? Saba Salman finds out
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DoH to address lack of detail in commissioning framework
There could be problems with the 'nuts and bolts', of the new commissioning framework for health and well-being, according to the man responsible for its introduction.
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Regional contrasts exposed in access to mental healthcare
Mental health patients in parts of England have little or no access to care and treatment, health and social care watchdogs have found.
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Blair asked to intervene as PCT slashes budget by £25m
A council leader has called on the prime minister to stop a primary care trust cutting its budget by £25m. Mr Blair was dragged into the row after the leader of Brent London borough council threatened to refuse to accept any attempt to shift work from healthcare to social services.
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Mental health charities warn that £2m therapy cash is not enough
A £2m boost for talking therapies will not reach enough people across England, mental health charities have warned.
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Local Government Bill includes legal duty to co-operate
The Department for Communities and Local Government has unveiled its Local Government Bill and emphasised that it places a legal duty on councils and service providers including primary care trusts to co-operate.The bill as a whole is intended to give local authorities a new role as 'place shapers' or leaders ...
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Become a 'dignity in care' champion
The Department of Health has written to all strategic health authorities, local authorities and primary care trusts asking them to raise the profile of treating people receiving care services with dignity and to encourage local people to sign up as champions to spread best practice.Read more ...
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£18.5m boost for independent living
Health minister Ivan Lewis today named 10 successful local authority partnerships which will share an £18.5m fund designed to help older people maintain an independent life.The award is part of the Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPs), where services are targeted towards people with a broad range of needs from ...
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Welsh hospices to benefit from funding boost
Hospices are to benefit from £14.4m for 'key services' pledged by Welsh finance minister Sue Essex.Under the Welsh National Assembly's revised budget, hospices will benefit from the extra funds along with schools, higher education, foster care, domestic violence victims, disabled children and firefighters.
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Gail Richards on local area agreements
'If the first phase of LAAs has concentrated on designing and ensuring focused target delivery, albeit in partnership, now we need to ask whether this is sufficient.'
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Community Care Statistics 2005: Home care services for adults, England
National Statistics document, published March 2006, presenting information relating to home care services purchased or provided during one survey week. The survey found that around 28 per cent of households received intensive home care during 2005.
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The future of health and adult social care: a partnership approach for well being
Brief local government association document detailing the principles of joint working, and care delivered in a close-to-home setting.
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A New Ambition for Old Age: Next Steps in Implementing the National Service Framework for Older Peop
A report from Professor Ian Philp, National Director for Older People at the Department of Health, published in April 2006. The report measures the progress made in attaining the goals outlined in the NSF, and future ambitions regards topics such as dignity in old age and care in particular areas ...
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National Service Framework for Older People: Executive Summary
Key Department of Health 10-year policy programme, published in 2001, setting out guidelines on 'fair, high quality integrated health and social care services for older people.'
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Minister demands action on social care underperformance
For the first time since the star-ratings were introduced, no council in England has been zero-star rated for adult social services this year. However, there are still a number of councils who need to up their game, according to care services minister Ivan Lewis.'I remain concerned about the 21 councils ...