All Community services articles – Page 104
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HSJ Local
Torbay Care Trust closes NHS Devon hospital
PERFORMANCE: A community hospital had to be closed by its new management days after its transfer to Torbay Care Trust under the transforming community services programme.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle Hospitals creates community services division
STRUCTURE: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has taken on most of its local primary care trusts’ community services, and housing them in a new division.
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HSJ Local
Winchester and Eastleigh staff sickness levels reflects vacancy rate
WORKFORCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has attributed a high sickness rate among clinical and diagnostics services (CADS) staff to a high level of vacancies.
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HSJ Local
Kirklees PCT developing community services social enterprise 'at pace'
STRUCTURE: Kirklees is working on establishing its community services as a social enterprise “at pace”, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
HPA report finds weaknesses in London emergency preparedness
PERFORMANCE: The NHS in London must improve cross-boundary working, review staff contracts and enlist the help of the third sector to better meet emergencies, a report uncovered by HSJ reveals.
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NewsBirmingham council loses care judicial review
Judge says disability legislation must be followed
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HSJ Local
Solent makes non-recurrent savings to meet efficiency goal
FINANCE: The new community provider in Southampton and Portsmouth met its cost savings goal for 2010-11, but only by implementing non-recurrent savings that have now been added to its 2011-12 target.
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No evidence for money saving potential of community care pathways
A lack of reliable data on the cost of outpatient and community services is hampering commissioners’ attempts to make efficiency savings by moving care out of the acute sector.
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HSJ Local
Healthy financial position for Surrey Community Health
FINANCE: The financial position for Surrey Community Health after 10 months of last year, to 31 January, showed a surplus of £316,000 with a forecast outturn of £600,000 surplus.
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HSJ Local
Shadow social enterprise now operating in east Surrey
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust said a social enterprise was now running part of its community services, under the transforming community services programme.
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News£1.9bn cut to pay budgets revealed in trust CIPs
NHS providers are planning to cut pay budgets by £1.9bn this year, a study released exclusively to HSJ has revealed.
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NewsDuty to co-operate on social care proposed for NHS and councils
Proposals for a duty to co-operate between the NHS and councils in relation to providing social care have been unveiled by the Law Commission.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow free technologies are mapping new ground for community health projects
Communities can connect with local projects thanks to free technology such as Google Maps, writes Birmingham University’s knowledge transfer associate Tom Lawrence.
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HSJ Local
Mental health FT set to become London's largest community service provider
STRUCTURE: A mental health trust is set to become the largest provider of community services in the capital following the takeover of a primary care trust provider arm.
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HSJ Local
Leicestershire care homes vary in quality
PERFORMANCE: Assessments of care homes in Leicestershire have found wide variation in the quality of services on offer.
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HSJ Local
Assura to bid for Surrey community services contract
STRUCTURE: A private provider and a well known social enterprise are among the bidders hoping to take over the running of Surrey Community Health.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe smoother pathways leading to reduced length of stay
Speeding up admission and smoothing discharge has reaped rewards in reducing length of stay. Mark Eaton explains.
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HSJ Local
South West Yorks trust takes on Barnsley community services
STRUCTURE: South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has taken on community services from Barnsley PCT.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a chemotherapy outreach service is putting care into the community
An outreach chemotherapy van is part of a new approach to improving care delivery in the community, says Alison Moore.
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CommentScaling up collaboration: the public health manifesto
I recently had the privilege of attending a lecture by Sir Michael Marmot, the guru of health inequalities and public health.