All Social care articles – Page 85
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NewsSocial care green paper delayed again
The long awaited social care green paper has been delayed again.
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NewsOrgan donations to strangers increase
More than 20 people in the UK have donated a kidney to a stranger, according to the Human Tissue Authority.
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NewsChildren's mental health needs 'neglected'
Scottish MPs claim young children suffering from mental health problems are being “neglected” because of a drop in health visitor numbers.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow community geriatricians are the linchpin of elder care
Community geriatricians can make a massive difference to older people’s lives and post hospital recoveries, so why are they so thin on the ground?
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HSJ KnowledgeChanging NHS end of life care for the better
Most people say they would prefer to die at home but many do not as end of life care has traditionally been neglected. But it looks as if things are finally starting to change
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NewsHome care to ease hospital bed demands
A Number 10 document setting out the government’s plans for the next 12 months will promise more care for people in their own homes.
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NewsAndy Burnham makes prevention a mission for the NHS
Health secretary Andy Burnham has said prevention of ill health will be a major plank of health policy on his watch.
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LeaderTime is short but the chance to make a difference is real
New health secretary Andy Burnham’s second stint in the Department of Health is, like the first, defined by financial crisis.
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NewsFormer DH adviser warns NHS funding shortfall could run to billions
A former senior policy adviser at the Department of Health has warned the NHS could face a financial shortfall of billions of pounds in as little as four years.
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NewsCQC seeks feedback
The Care Quality Commission has launched a consultation on the registration standards it plans to enforce from April next year.
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CommentDeveloping an integrated falls prevention service
Falls-related injuries are the leading cause of death due to accident in older people. Sue Poulton explains how to develop an integrated falls prevention and bone health service to reduce the risk of falls
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HSJ KnowledgeSafe liaisons for patients in need of psychiatric help
An assessment team based in a general hospital can make all the difference to a patient’s care where there are mental health issues to consider. Jennifer Taylor reports
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CommentMike Hobbs: fear, alcohol and government policy
Mental health action week was naturally a time for ministerial statements and topical third sector reports on key mental health issues. Inevitably, some referred to the present economic context. Prominent government initiatives appear to be contradictory, but are they?
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NewsCity council chief takes reins at Yorkshire SHA
Two major NHS appointments will see chief executives from local government and a primary care trust leading Yorkshire and the Humber and West Midlands strategic health authorities.
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NewsConservatives outline nursing policy for the NHS
Preceptorship schemes for newly qualified nurses could form a central plank of the Conservative Party’s policy on nursing, should it win the next general election, HSJ’s sister publication Nursing Times understands.
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NewsBaby P review reveals 'systemic failings' in NHS
Trusts have been urged to ensure they are meeting child protection standards in a report revealing “systemic failings” in the NHS’s treatment of Baby Peter.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Social Marketing - why should the devil get all the best tunes?
Use the arts of persuasion to good purpose, says Elizabeth Benomran
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CommentAngela Greatley on health in the criminal justice system
Lord Bradley’s review of mental health and learning disabilities in the criminal justice system was published last month. Fourteen months in the making, the report that emerged did not disappoint.
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NewsNHS Confederation warns primary care trusts to tender with caution
Commissioners will need to be robust about which services they put out to tender, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Tory councillors call for shared health, police and council budgets
Leading Conservative councillors have urged the shadow cabinet to back joint funding of local public sector bodies to protect key frontline services.