All Social care articles – Page 56
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Blogs
Managers − always look on the bright side
Despite cuts to their budget, social services leaders appear to be relentlessly optimistic
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CommentCare Bill: Lords distracted by spiritual matters
The new law is having a bumpy ride through Parliament
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NewsCQC considers hidden cameras proposal
The health and social care watchdog in England is considering using hidden cameras to help carry out inspections.
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Blogs
No one can provide quality care in 15 minutes
The increasing use of “pop in” calls by social services departments will make people who need care even more vulnerable
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CommentFuel poverty is a healthcare issue
Evidence shows the link between cold homes and ill health
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NewsLabour moots free social care for all
Labour is considering a radical plan to make social care free at the point of need and funded through taxation, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeShining a spotlight on care support workers
A new programme is helping to introduce more HCAs to the NHS
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CommentMichael White: Labour homes in on 'whole person care'
Reintegrating health and housing has been proposed
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NewsGP budgets could be added to pooled integration funds
NHS England may contribute additional funding to bolster the £3.8bn integration transformation fund announced in the 2013 comprehensive spending review, Sir David Nicholson has said.
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NewsGP commissioning not accountable, says Burnham
The shadow health secretary has said he opposes “GP control or domination of commissioning” because it is not “accountable” and compromises “the public interest”.
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NewsMiliband backs integrated health service
Labour leader Ed Miliband has said his party will seek to create an integrated healthcare system if it wins power in 2015.
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CommentIntegration is the name of the game, but what does it mean?
Unravelling the integration code
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NewsSocial care spend falls by 2pc
Council spending on adult social care fell by 2 per cent last year, according to figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe wisdom of crowds: your views on 24/7 working
We asked for readers’ opinions on making 24/7 working successful
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HSJ Knowledge'The system needs to get smarter' − achieving 24/7 care
The NHS fails to meet people’s OOH needs
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SupplementsQuality of care - Prizing the individual
Imagine for a moment that you’re jetting off to warmer climes, writes Sandra Stark.
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NewsUpdated: Hunt says uncertainty about patient data will be resolved
Problems experienced by commissioners due to a restriction on how much patient identifiable data they can access will soon be resolved, the health secretary has said.
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NewsFirst local government vision for care is produced
Councils and the NHS must help reduce “dependence on the state” for health and care services in order to avoid a “grave crisis” sparked by rising demand and falling resources, a commission set up by Essex County Council has concluded.
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Comment'Care, care, care': a new mantra for the health service
Lessons from Essex’s Who Will Care? commission
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CommentCanterbury tale: making a success of integrated care
The New Zealand health organisation provides a template