All Social care articles – Page 89
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New way of learning could improve child safety
A 'systems approach' to learning from serious case reviews could help identify what leads to good or poor practice in safeguarding children, according to a report by the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
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Mental health response was united
You suggest there was a lack of criticism concerning the Today programme's story on secure care.
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Comment
Steve Feast on GPs as community leaders
When I was a GP, I was always amazed by the degree to which people remembered and acted on my advice. Frequently, the advice sought was not obviously related to any of my medical training or education.
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Phil Hope gets beefed-up DH social care portfolio
The profile of social care has been given a potential boost with the appointment of Phil Hope as a minister of state for care services in the Department of Health.
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PCTs call for continuing care help
Strategic health authorities are having to rescue primary care trusts flooded with 'continuing care' cases, a year after the government made it easier for service users to claim NHS funding.
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Liberal Democrats attack £1.6bn care bill for elderly
The Liberal Democrats have criticised the long-term funding system for personal care for the elderly after provisional figures released by the NHS Information Centre revealed elderly people paid £1.6bn in charges last year.
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Social care council appoints chairman
Rosie Varley, acting chair of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence, has been named as the new chair of the General Social Care Council.
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Phil Hope takes over social care brief at DH
Phil Hope has been appointed as a minister in the Department of Health, replacing Ivan Lewis.Mr Hope takes over the social care portfolio. The department is in the middle of an emotive debate on the future shape of care and support, intended to precede a green paper on reform of ...
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Palliative care receives boost in Scotland
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon yesterday announced annual funding of £3m to support palliative and end of life care as she launched Living and Dying Well, a national action plan that sets out a new direction for palliative care in Scotland.For more information, see www.scotland.gov.uk/publications
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Carers behind bars
Thank you Julia Tabreham for putting a spotlight on 'carers behind bars' - prison inmates giving routine care to others who are elderly, vulnerable or ill.
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Insurance model on the cards for elderly care
The Conservatives are considering insurance-based schemes to fund care for the elderly as a way to defuse the 'demographic time bomb'.
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It takes resources to tackle health inequalities
As primary care trust chief executives in the Core Cities group - England's eight largest cities outside London - we would like to reply to your article on resource allocation.
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Care home residents denied GP access, says care association
Care homes are being forced to pay retainers to access GP services on behalf of their residents, a report by the English Community Care Association claims.
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Health service can affect health inequalities
Few would disagree with your point that a reduction in income inequality would help to reduce health inequalities. But few primary care trusts in poor health areas will agree with the idea that the health service can do no more for health inequalities or that the redistribution of health resources ...
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PCT campaigns against domestic violence
Hull teaching primary care trust is to attempt to tackle the problems of domestic violence by using a social marketing campaign aimed at male perpetrators of attacks.
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Ben Bradshaw: NHS top-up debate will never be resolved
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has said the dilemma of whether to allow co-payments will never be resolved but that a compromise may be found in adjusting the way drug effectiveness is measured.
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No problems accessing HPV vaccine
I would like to clarify that Luton teaching primary care trust does not anticipate problems in providing the HPV (cervical cancer) vaccination to Muslim girls in Luton, despite the programme starting during Ramadan. We have arranged a rolling programme of immunisation that will run throughout the year, and are happy ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Prison healthcare: community spirit and honour among thieves
A study of prison healthcare has uncovered inmates giving routine care to others who are elderly, vulnerable or ill. It is time this was formally recognised.
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Mental health takes wrong approach
The improvements to community mental health services found by the Healthcare Commission are to be commended, but not without a word of caution regarding the 350,000 service users who are shortly to be removed from the care programme approach in the coming months, as they receive only 'standard' rather than ...
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Learning disability housing plans at risk
The pledge to shut all 'outmoded' NHS homes for adults with learning disabilities by 2010 is at risk, HSJ has learnt. Poor quality local proposals have been blamed for slow progress on the commitment.