All Social care articles – Page 8
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NewsNo new money in Coffey’s £500m winter social care fund
The £500m winter “adult social care discharge fund” announced by government will be funded from existing health and care budgets – including money freed up for NHS employers by ministers’ cancellation of this year’s national insurance rise – HSJ has established.
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Expert BriefingTrust 'hiding serious harm and death' report
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsPritchard: We need to find alternatives to 999 for care homes and falls
The NHS needs to do more to support care homes and people who have fallen with alternatives to ambulance calls and hospital admissions, the NHS England chief executive has said.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Full force Flory
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: New capital fund to boost beds and A&E capacity
England’s mental health inpatient system is “running very hot” and operating well above recommended occupancy levels, HSJ has been told, as new funding to address the problem is revealed.
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NewsSpeaking up ‘still not business as usual’, national guardian warns
Whistleblowing is still not ‘business as usual’ and leaders must take action after an unusual drop in the proportion of staff viewing their organisation as having a positive speak up culture, the national guardian for freedom to speak up has said.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: ‘Extremely worrying’ trend on ‘do not resuscitate’ orders
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Council/NHS rows flare
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsRehab services ‘very bizarre’ in some places, says NHSE director
NHS England’s director of community health has said a new strategy for rehabilitation care is needed, because present coverage is sometimes ‘bizarre’, with other services ‘masquerading’ as rehab.
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NewsNHS ‘not doing a very good job’ on children’s mental health
The NHS’s approach to tackling children’s mental health is ‘threatening to overwhelm the social care system’, the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services has warned.
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NewsNHSE sets trusts ‘100-day challenge’ to reduce delayed discharges
NHS England has set trusts and systems a ‘100-day challenge’ to discharge more patients from hospital and free up beds before winter.
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News‘Expanded’ Better Care Fund to be ‘delivery vehicle’ for integration, claims council chief
The Better Care Fund is likely to be significantly expanded to deliver the government’s health and care integration ambitions, a senior local government figure has claimed.
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NewsGovernment to pick ‘integration frontrunners’ to test ‘radical new approaches’
Government will pick five or six ‘integration frontrunner’ areas ‘to lead the way in developing and testing radical new approaches’ to speeding up discharge from acute hospitals.
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NewsICS leader: We’re still facing short-sighted trusts
An integrated care system chair has said systems will still face ’short-sighted’ competitive behaviour from trusts, citing a trust chair who didn’t want his staff to take part in a system-wide executive development programme.
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NewsNHS England reviewing bed capacity
The NHS has a low bed base, and NHS England is reviewing ‘how we right-size our capacity’ across hospital, community and ‘virtual’ services, Amanda Pritchard has said.
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NewsTrusts may have to close services to make savings, say NHS leaders
The tight financial envelope facing the NHS could force trusts to close services in some areas and ‘streamline’ them to single sites, NHS Providers has warned.
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NewsSage member refused to back covid discharges statement
A member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies committee refused to sign up to the consensus statement on the impact of hospital discharges on covid outbreaks in care homes.
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News‘Impossible’ to improve delayed discharges as picture worsens
The number of patients stuck in hospitals despite being ‘medically fit’ to leave has continued to increase in recent months, leading to warnings from NHS Confederation that trusts are finding it ‘impossible’ to make progress on reducing the numbers.
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CommentGetting a same-day GP appointment in the UK is relatively easy
A survey of around 19,000 adults over the age of 65 in 2021 asked about their health and care, including how the pandemic had affected their access to services in 11 countries. For the UK, the results are mixed.
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HSJ LocalNearly half of trust’s beds filled by patients fit to be discharged
A chief executive has described her ‘considerable regret’ that growing difficulty in discharging patients has resulted in nearly half of her trust’s inpatients being clinically ready to leave.