All Social care articles – Page 63
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Comment
Health charities can help rescue the innovation drive
The challenging QIPP targets NHS is aiming to achieve can be helped by the voluntary sector, argues Marie Curie Cancer Care chief executive Thomas Hughes-hallet.
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Blogs
Devaluing social work with adults will cause huge problems
The NHS stands to lose big if local authorities begin cutting the number of social workers helping older patients and people with disabilities.
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NewsEmbrace Dilnot funding plans, party leaders urged
The Local Government Authority has launched a bid to forge a cross-party consensus around implementing the findings of the Dilnot Commission into funding social care.
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HSJ KnowledgePutting patients in the centre: the whole person approach to integrated care
Seraphim Rose Patel explains, with a colleague, how a whole person, whole system approach can reduce NHS and social care costs.
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NewsLabour proposes free social care for terminally ill
Labour has proposed providing free social care to patients with a terminal illness and ending means testing, the party announced yesterday.
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News
Integrate mental health services for bigger savings - Confed
Integrating mental health and physical health services can lead to better patient care and significant savings, according to the NHS Confederation.
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News
Leading charities ask health secretary to adopt five NHS priorities
The Richmond Group, the coalition of 10 leading health and social care charities, has named five themes that it wants the government to make priorities for the NHS.
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Blogs
How will doctors see fit to spend their budgets?
Doctors may have a few things on their wishlists now they are supposed to be in charge of commissioning services.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to deliver on patient experience promises
Never before has patient engagement and experience had such a high profile - but, how can we make the most of this opportunity to make a real difference for patients?
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NewsIncrease in patient liberty restrictions - CQC
There has been a rise in the number of approvals for measures that allow hospital and care home staff to deprive people of their liberty.
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HSJ Local
Patient ‘passport’ launched at East Kent Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has launched an initiative designed to aid communication between the trust and patients with learning disabilities.
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NewsPM declares 'national crisis' over dementia care
The prime minister has declared that rising rates of dementia are “a national crisis” and launched a major drive to improve the lives of sufferers and their carers.
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NewsCQC criticises service delays for disabled
Disabled children and their families sometimes wait for up to a year for aids such as wheelchairs, according to the health regulator.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to create an IT solution to support integrated local care
How can you create a “ground up” solution to support integrated care and meet local needs – and can this deliver clinical benefits and cost savings? Sean Riddell offers some advice.
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CommentEvaluating evidence from integrated care pilots
Is integrated care ready for the mainstream?
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HSJ Local
Norfolk plans integrated approach roll out for emergency admissions
STRUCTURE: Integrated care pilot schemes in Norfolk have had significant impact in containing emergency admissions, according to a local analysis.
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HSJ Local
Staff at BANES social enterprise motivated and engaged
WORKFORCE: Sirona Care and Health, the new social enterprise delivering health and social care in Bath and North East Somerset, scored above avearge on staff engagement in the NHS staff survey.
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HSJ Local
Pressure on council budgets leads to overspend at Torbay
FINANCE: Integrated health and social care provider Torbay Care Trust is reporting an overspend in social care due to financial pressure on local authorities.
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NewsHealth secretary social care amendment defeated
The government has defeated a new proposed amendment to its controversial health reforms for England in the Lords.
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NewsCare homes struggling for access to health services
More than half of primary care trusts do not offer access to the full range of health services care home residents may need, according to analysis of data collected by the Care Quality Commission.