All Social care articles – Page 86
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HSJ KnowledgeCommunity engagement: how to help people care about health
A national team is delving into why public health messages have low impact in some UK areas. Stuart Shepherd reports
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News
Treatment referral scheme aims to get drug users back into work
A drug treatment referral scheme to get drug users off benefits and back into work starts operating across England today.
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News
DH seeks fresh leadership talent for adult social care
Plans to create “new cadres of leadership talent” for adult social care have been set out by the Department of Health.
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News
Local government to make £600m extra efficiency savings
Local government has been asked to provide an extra £600m in efficiency savings next year.
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DH to boost third sector links
The Department of Health has launched a £5.5m programme to strengthen its links with the third sector.
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CommentDavid and Hilary Woodhead on combining NHS efforts with local social care
A recent family lunch led to discussions about new jobs and the challenges of work, punctuated by the demands of restless kids and attentive waiters. Despite interruptions, the adults persevered.
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CommentMichael White: 'You rarely read about the kindness'
Unlucky Alan Johnson popped up in the prime time 8.10 spot during the bank holiday Monday edition of the Today programme to protest Number 10’s inherent decency in the wake of Damian “email” McBride’s resignation.
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Leader
Care is still a long way from the community
This week’s HSJ revelation of the huge scale of primary care trusts’ overspend on acute care exposes the distance between the desire to move more care into the community and delivering it.
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News
Primary care trust seeks to team up with social services
Blackburn with Darwen primary care trust has launched a bid to join forces with its local council.
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BlogsBack in the saddle
Far be it from me to tell Babs and Cynth how to run their new gaff, but if there’s one baby they don’t want to throw out with the HCC/CSCI merger bathwater it’s that CSCI website.
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HSJ KnowledgeDomestic violence: its cost and the success of prevention
The NHS has long been used to treating the results of domestic violence but targeting the causes and perpetrators is a new avenue in preventive healthcare. Stuart Shepherd reports
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News
Department of Health 'fails to support' association of LINks networks
A national organisation formed by members of local involvement networks has accused the Department of Health of failing to support the groups, which were established just a year ago.
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CommentMichael White on the effect of unemployment on health
A flurry of excitement hit the Commons press gallery when it was rumoured health minister Ben Bradshaw had said unemployment would be good for British men.
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News
Care Quality Commission officially launched
The NHS Confederation has welcomed the launch of the Care Quality Commission on the day of its official launch.
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HSJ KnowledgePhil Hope on the future of social care
Phil Hope, the care services minister, explains his plans to widen the social care agenda to include public mental health
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CommentHelen Bevan on productive communities
I want to tell you about the learning emerging from Productive Community Services, which the NHS Institute will launch later this year.
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News
NHS faces up to 1,000 lawsuits over prison drug programmes
The NHS may have to pay up to £3.5m in damages to prisoners who claim they received poor support in giving up drugs.
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HSJ KnowledgeTeenage pregnancy: mothers tide
A 10 year strategy has seen a reversal of the once surging rate of teenage pregnancy in many areas - but in others the numbers of teens choosing to have a baby remain alarming
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News
Learning disabilities services miss local needs
Learning disabilities commissioners are failing to provide the leadership required to meet the needs of local populations, regulators have found.
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Comment
Dignity in health and social care
Some simple practical steps can greatly improve patients’ experience of dignity. But the new quality accounts must recognise this if it is to be taken seriously by frontline staff