All Social care articles – Page 84
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CommentStephen Eames on dementia strategy
I was startled when our nursing director pointed out that at any one time there could be up to 400 patients with dementia occupying beds in our hospitals.
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CommentCally Bann on winter pressures
Good news: we’ve just managed to close the winter pressure beds. Even better: the summer theatre closure programme has kicked in.
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LeaderCommunity services: get off your bikes
Community services need to raise their sights if they are to be ready for the funding squeeze.
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CommentJo Webber on NHS care scandals
At the heart of the care scandal in Mid Staffordshire foundation trust and the Baby Peter case is the need for a strong culture of questioning and scrutiny
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NewsVariation shows NHS community services ripe for efficiencies
Huge variations in the working practices of primary care trust provider arms are masking large potential efficiency savings.
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NewsKieran Brett to be Andy Burnham's adviser
A former adviser to Tony Blair is expected to begin as health secretary Andy Burnham’s policy special adviser within the next two weeks, HSJ can reveal. Kieran Brett, who has recently been working as a consultant to the NHS, was Mr Blair’s special adviser on home affairs.
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Swine flu: letter to Social Care Reference Group
I will be concentrating my efforts on supporting social care by working to: Build capacity and resilience across all sectors; Ensure we are working closely with health colleagues nationally, regionally and locally to increase readiness; Ensure leadership and direction is given to all those involved in the management and delivery ...
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CommentCally Bann on sporting achievement
OK, so the meeting to square off the ward upgrade plan, the summer theatre closure plan, the length of stay plan, the day case rate improvement plan, the 18-week plan, the demand management plan, the winter planning plan, the income plan and the 7.5 per cent cost improvement plan was ...
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NewsUnison to spend £1m promoting worth of public services
A £1m campaign to promote public services has been launched by Unison.
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NewsHospital downgrade plan chief quits Oxford Radcliffe
The man whose plan to downgrade Horton General Hospital was thrown out by the government is quitting as Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust’s chief executive.
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NewsWill the public back the national care service?
The long awaited social care green paper proposes reforms including a new ‘national care service’, but what are the implications and where will the money come from?
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CommentMichael White on the future of healthcare funding
For a politician in his situation, care services minister Phil Hope was in a remarkably cheerful mood when I caught up with him to find out how well - or badly - his department’s latest green paper had been received.
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NewsNICE issues guidance to help spot child abuse
Doctors and nurses will be given guidance to help them recognise children who are at risk of physical or sexual abuse, it has been announced.
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NewsNHS care indicators on new website
Two hundred care quality indicators are to be made available on a single NHS website with the enthusiastic backing of outgoing health minister Lord Darzi.
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NewsSocial care council chief suspended
General Social Care Council chief executive Mike Wardle has been suspended over claims that social workers are being employed who pose a risk to the public.
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NewsCompetition panel examines trust takeover bids
The co-operation and competition panel is investigating the takeover of a trust that was not going to succeed in becoming a foundation.
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NewsNHS Alliance voices fears on integrated care scheme
A proposed integrated care scheme between City Hospitals Sunderland trust and Church View Medical Practice is not in the best interests of patients, says the NHS Alliance.
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News‘National care service’ could pit councils against NHS
The long-awaited social care green paper has set out the government’s ambition for a national care service that could offer a basic minimum entitlement to all, regardless of financial means.
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CommentThe social care green paper: What's in it for the NHS?
NHS managers could be forgiven for asking why they should be interested in the government’s long-awaited Green Paper on adult social care. The prospect of swine flu, shifting political priorities and impending fiscal gloom might seem enough to worry about.
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HSJ KnowledgeSmoking cessation: how clinicians can break the habit
GPs and nurses who treat smoking as a clinical dependence and not just a lifestyle choice are more effective in referring people to cessation services.