All Community services articles – Page 106
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HSJ KnowledgeStepping up: the collaborative approach to becoming a model of innovation
A group of organisations has developed a stepped approach for healthcare services to identify the best ways of joining forces in the search for bigger savings.
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NewsAdult social care 'faces £1bn cut'
Spending on adult social care is to be slashed by around £1bn this year as councils struggle to cope with budget cuts at a time of increased need, new figures show.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire PCT sets up community services social enterprise
STRUCTURE: NHS Gloucestershire was on course to establish a social enterprise to deliver community services in by April 2011 – but the body will not be a registered provider in time for the Department of Health’s divestment deadline.
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SupplementsSupporting the cancer survivorship population: an HSJ supplement
More than two million people across the UK have had a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lives, a figure rising by 3.2 per cent annually. HSJ’s latest supplement looks at how commissioners can better support the growing cancer survivor population.
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HSJ Local
Liverpool community trust loses patient records
PERFORMANCE: The Information Commissioner’s Office has found Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust in breach of the Data Protection Act, after it lost the medical papers of 31 children and their mothers last autumn.
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HSJ KnowledgeMagical mystery shoppers: driving service improvements with quality feedback
A recent programme of mystery shopping at Trafford Provier Services has become one of the ogranisation’s best value for money approaches to driving high quality feedback. Managing director Mark Brandreth explains.
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HSJ KnowledgeMental health trusts are the perfect partner for PCT provider arms
Mental health trusts proved a popular choice as PCTs transferred their provider arms. Ingrid Torjesen reports.
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News'Any qualified provider' guidance to slow market expansion
Forthcoming guidance on the “any qualified provider” policy will see competition phased in more slowly than expected and the creation of a national register of private providers authorised to bid for NHS work, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Board approves second community hospital plan in Oxfordshire
STRUCTURE: NHS Oxfordshire’s board has agreed to the next stage in the redevelopment of Henley’s Townlands Hospital.
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HSJ Local
NHS Oxfordshire takes step towards new community hospital
STRUCTURE: NHS Oxfordshire board has backed the next stage in the redevelopment of community hospital services for its area.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England FT appoints executive director for Solihull services
WORKFORCE: Claire Molloy has been appointed as the new executive director of Solihull Healthcare Services.
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HSJ KnowledgeLooking up: aspiring community foundation trusts hoping for a bright future
Achieving foundation status is proving a popular target for many organisations ahead of the new NHS landscape. Three leaders of the first wave of aspiring community foundation trusts share their ambitions with Daloni Carlisle.
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HSJ Local
TCS ends agreement between Kent and Medway and county council
STRUCTURE: A section 75 integrated provider agreement for learning disabilities has ended between the mental health trust and the county council.
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HSJ Local
Mid Essex approves social enterprise
STRUCTURE: NHS Mid Essex’s board has approved the primary care trust’s provider arm application to form as a social enterprise.
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HSJ Local
PCT agrees transfer of entire estate to aspirant CFT
COMMERCIAL: An aspirant community foundation trust on the south coast has launched a bid to take over the entire estates of its two commissioning primary care trusts.
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HSJ KnowledgeReal liberation: getting social enterprise right
Last year, City Health Care Partnership in Hull overcame prejudice to become the first social enterprise to go live through the right to request scheme. Andrew Burnell explains.
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NewsAccident and emergency alcohol help for young 'lacking'
Youngsters tackling alcohol abuse are not receiving the immediate help and support they need, a new report shows today.
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HSJ KnowledgeShaping young people's services with young people's input
Investing in Children is improving children and young people’s services by involving young people in care delivery. Felicity Shenton explains
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News'Clarity' needed on consortia public health rules
A public health leader has called for commissioning consortia to be compelled to “work through” health inequality plans with public health specialists once they transfer to local councils.
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HSJ KnowledgeMaking lean improvements to drive up the quality of mental health care
Two years ago, the Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust focused on a project to drive quality and performance based on a lean improvement framework. The resulting patient care quality has been ‘remarkable’.