All Social care articles – Page 38
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SupplementsTargeting cancer without the silos
Nic Paton reports on an LGC & HSJ roundtable, sponsored by Macmillan Cancer Support
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CommentBuilding resilience: can we afford not to?
We need to ensure that the NHS spends every penny as well as it could
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NewsQuarter of CCGs’ BCF contributions to shrink
Nearly a quarter of clinical commissioning groups will be allowed to contribute less to the better care fund next year than the minimum requirement in 2015-16, NHS England has confirmed.
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NewsGovernment opens less radical route for NHS devolution
Devolution bill passes final stage in the Lords - bill now awaiting Royal Assent Lords accept amendment allowing a less radical version of devolution in which NHS commissioners would remain accountable NHS organisations will be able to share NHS responsibilties with local government as part of new ‘devolution’ ...
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CommentEnd Game: A saucer of milk for the minister
End Game brings to you the serious nature of herbal products and a dash of pop
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NewsSelbie to chair North East health devolution commission
Public Health England chief executive Duncan Selbie has been appointed chair of the North East’s commission for health and social care integration.
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NewsBetter care fund £1bn payment for performance scheme axed
£1bn of pooled health and social care funding will no longer be subject to national rules Providers and commissioners instructed to produce plans to cut delayed transfers New “streamlined” assurance process for better care fund plans Changes welcomed by CCGs and councils Ministers have axed the £1bn payment ...
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NewsPoorer councils to get more better care fund cash
Councils which will have limited ability to raise additional funds through the council tax social care precept will get a bigger share of the extra better care fund cash promised by the chancellor in the spending review.
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HSJ LocalU-turn on plans for health visiting cuts at London council
Councillors at a local authority in north London have overturned proposals to potentially remove its entire health visiting budget by 2018, following a meeting last week.
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NewsLondon health 'devolution' pilots announced
Five “devolution” pilots will pave the way for a “revolution” in the delivery of health and social care in London, chancellor George Osborne has said.
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NewsExclusive: Stevens casts doubt over NHS devolution outside Manchester
“Probably not many” areas beyond Greater Manchester will take on devolved health budgets, says NHS England chief Simon Stevens says “a lot of work” still needed before Cornwall is ready Integration of NHS and social care unrealistic without a “viable social care funding proposition” Simon Stevens has said ...
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NewsSocial care and public health funding is 'unresolved business'
Test for government on public health will be judged in childhood obesity strategy Social care funding is ’unresolved business’ NHS should expect no additional funding growth until after 2018-19 Two of Simon Stevens’ “five tests” for the spending review have not yet been met, he has told HSJ. ...
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CommentWhere does the spending review leave social care?
The short termist ‘hotpotch’ of measures taken by the government does nothing to stem the growing pressures on social care
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CommentMichael White: Osborne’s ‘magic sofa’ does not sit comfortably
The chancellor found cash for the NHS down the back of the settee, but cuts to social care may come back to haunt him
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NewsExtra BCF cash worth £100m in first year
The extra better care fund cash promised to local government in the spending review is expected to be worth just £100m in 2017-18.
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NewsFour-fifths of areas expect to miss BCF targets, survey finds
Survey of finance leaders finds 80 per cent do not expect to hit better care fund performance targets “Unrealistic expectations” attached to the fund are “giving integration a bad name” Some areas had not set up pooled budgets halfway through 2015-16 New calls for bureaucracy to be simplified ...
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CommentThe vital lifeline of home improvement agencies
Home improvement agencies save money and make lives better, as Paul Smith explains
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NewsTreasury claims council tax move and new ringfence will 'protect social care'
Chancellor says moves will divert up to £3.5bn additional funds to social care by 2019-20 All patches will set out plans for full integration in 2017 Care sector says funding unlikely to be sufficient The Treasury is attempting to maintain social care funding with a new ringfence and ...
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CommentThe frontloading of NHS investment comes as a relief
The comprehensive spending review brings breathing space for a squeezed system but questions remain over public health budgets
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NewsSpending review: NHS England budget increase confirmed but other DH spending cut
NHS England budget to rise to £120bn by 2020-21 George Osborne announces 25 per cent cut to other areas of DH budget HSJ Live: Comprehensive spending review - reaction George Osborne has confirmed NHS England’s budget will rise to £120bn by 2020-21, but said other Department of Health ...