All Social care articles – Page 50
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HSJ LocalTrust wins council social care contract
COMMERCE: South Tyneside Foundation Trust has won a 10 year local authority contract to run an integrated care services hub.
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NewsInspection notice periods could treble
Hospitals, GP practices and care homes could see pre-inspection notice periods trebled under a new Care Quality Commission approach.
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CommentAgeing population puts pressure on healthcare's legal landscape
There is a temptation to “practise defensively”
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NewsHospitals to scrutinise integration plans
Acute trusts must say whether they accept local forecasts for cutting emergency admissions under better care fund
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CommentRemoving the NHS ringfence: the next stage for healthcare rationing
Providers under scrutiny
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HSJ KnowledgeResidential care means more than a chair to sit in
Consider occupation when commissioning for quality of life in homes
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NewsA&E patients 'will wait longer'
Patients should expect ‘inevitable’ greater waits in accident and emergency departments, two health charities have warned.
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CommentNeil Churchill: What I learnt from my day with carers
I saw what’s working and where we need to change
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Transform district nursing to stop it facing extinction
The RCN says we might see its demise within 10 years
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Blogs
Copying failure and hoping it works
Governments have a history of imposing what hasn’t quiet worked in one area of the public sector on to another
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NewsPut GP services alongside every emergency department, advise doctors
New guidelines from a host of medical Royal Colleges call for all emergency departments to have co-located out of hours GP services, to help prevent rising demand from overwhelming the urgent care system.
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CommentBetter care fund doesn't match Sheffield's ambition
Why we want a joint health and care budget
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CommentIntegration Summit: Accountability must start with genuine co-production
Commissioners need to build trust among their partners
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CommentHow to look after older people in an ideal world
An alternative care pathway could have very different outcomes
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CommentIntegration Summit: Closed doors and outward attitudes tell a story
Hear from the facilitator
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CommentIntegration Summit: Are you the glue that binds joint working or the treacle that gets in the way?
There are clear obstacles to joint working
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CommentInteraction is required to make integration a reality
It needs co-operation between HWB members
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SupplementsHard to reach groups: Making a call on the mobile
A mobile van with groundbreaking technology and X-ray diagnosis is reaching the fringes of society
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CommentLocal providers can step up to trump national players
We can offer more attractive solutions
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HSJ KnowledgeJapan's integrated total care vision for an ageing population
A strategy to help people stay in the community