All Social care articles – Page 60
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NewsCoalition set to announce care reforms
The government is to announce reforms to social care funding as a key part of its mid-term coalition relaunch this afternoon.
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Blogs
The prospects for health and social care in 2013
The pressure and demands on the NHS in 2013 will be so great it will be impossible to duck the big questions about what kind of health and care system we are willing to fund.
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HSJ Local
Darlington care provider fined £4,000
PERFORMANCE: St Martin’s Care Ltd has been fined after the Care Quality Commission found concerns at Willow Green Residential Care Home, Darlington, County Durham, had not been addressed.
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NewsSHAs told to share winter cash boost with councils
The NHS is to get £330m to spend on alleviating winter pressures and is being strongly encouraged to share it with local authorities, medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has announced.
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NewsInterserve acquires healthcare business for £26.5m
A home health and care services business has been acquired by construction and support services giant Interserve for £26.5m.
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NewsLocal government funding almost halved since 2010, says IFS
Local government faces cumulative cuts of more than 40 per cent following the chancellor’s announcements that he will extend austerity for a further year into 2017-18, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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NewsHealthwatch England appoints chief executive
A former adviser to the prime minister has been appointed chief executive of the new consumer champion for health and social care.
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NewsCommissioners 'bombarded' with care cost claims
Primary care trusts are each facing millions of pounds of unexpected costs after being “bombarded” with retrospective NHS Continuing Care claims, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDH announces personal health budget rollout
The Department of Health has announced the further rollout of personal health budgets.
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HSJ Local
Barnsley announces linked health and social care record
COMMERCIAL: Barnsley Council has used systems provided by Liquidlogic, part of McKesson, to link social care records in real time to NHS records.
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NewsCQC: Thousands of care home patients admitted unnecessarily
More than 14,000 older patients spent over a week in hospital before they died during 2011-12, analysis by the Care Quality Commission has found.
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BlogsStairlifts on cell block H: who cares for older prisoners?
The photograph was of a frail man in a wheelchair handcuffed to a prison officer. The article and accompanying photograph appeared in The Guardian highlighting the problem of caring for the increasing numbers of elderly and disabled prisoners.The story focused on the comments by the hospital consultant who criticised the ...
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CommentWhy wait for the Francis report? Here are 10 things to do now
The key points from an alternative report
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HSJ Local
Sirona seeks new business
COMMERCIAL: Sirona Care and Health has won £1.8m of new business, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Delayed transfers of care high at Sirona hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care at community hospitals run by and integrated provider of health and social care are increasing.
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NewsLamb sets social care cap deadline
The care minister has promised a “significant breakthrough” in the government’s plan to introduce a cap on social care costs by 2015.
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NewsHunt urges culture of co-operation
The health secretary has called for a “culture of co-operation” across the health and social care systems, saying that too many people are “falling between the cracks”.
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CommentReaders' letters – 25 October 2012
Bexley Council responds to our claim that social care in the borough is ‘failing’; and how a service has made it easier for patients to get repeat prescriptions
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HSJ Local
Care UK wins Suffolk care home contract
Suffolk County Council has awarded Care UK a contract to develop 10 new care homes and 10 new wellbeing centres.
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NewsCQC seeks new recruits to hit inspection targets
The Care Quality Commission is seeking to recruit up to 200 health and social care professionals to ensure it can complete the required number of inspections by the end of the financial year, HSJ has been told.