All Community services articles – Page 106
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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.
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HSJ Local
Humber FT takes over East Riding community services
STRUCTURE: Community based health care services across the East Riding of Yorkshire were taken over by Humber Foundation Trust at the beginning of April.
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HSJ KnowledgeMaintaining and improving outcomes through transitioning point of care
The potential benefits of moving point of care into the homes of patients, as seen in the US, should mean the accompanying challenges to health professionals are faced head on, according to Sagentia colleagues Peter Brady and Stewart Fox.
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HSJ KnowledgeFive principles to help commissioning consortia get public and patient involvement right
With major service changes looming, engaging positively with patients, partners and local stakeholders is crucial to ensuring the transition is smooth, positive and managed correctly, as Clive Vasey explains.
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The barriers to achieving cost effective interventions
A lack of clarity around the effectiveness of out of hospital interventions is preventing their potential cost efficiencies from being realised. But, says Nuffield Trust director Jennifer Dixon, there are reasons to be cheerful.
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HSJ Local
Community hospital opened by 2gether NHS Foundation Trust
STRUCTURE: A new community hospital for people with dementia and mental health conditions has been officially opened by the Gloucestershire FT.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall Partnership consults staff on restructure
WORKFORCE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust is consulting on three options for its future structure after taking on provision of children’s community health services.
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HSJ Local
Londonwide GP council to represent capital's pathfinders
STRUCTURE: A single forum now represents all of London’s 38 pathfinder consortia.
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting health and wellbeing boards into gear
Making collaborative bodies such as health and wellbeing boards work can be difficult. But approach the development of these local partnerships in the right spirit and much can be achieved, says Hay Group director of public sector practice Phil Kenmore.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving vascular outcomes: the challenge of delivering NHS Health Checks
A mobile pilot in Hastings and Rother has demonstrated how the NHS Health Check programme can help successfully battle against vascular disease. East Sussex Community Health Services health development manager Hayley Martin explains.
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CommentWhy the reforms need to avoid penalising NHS and local government relationships
Areas where improved health outcomes are already being delivered through strong NHS and local government partnerships will be hoping the negative impact the reforms could have on this success will be seriously reviewed, writes Blackburn with Darwen chief executive Graham Burgess.
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News£300m bill for social care services transfer
Transferring social care from councils to the NHS could cost more than £300m, according to the organisation representing Scotland’s 32 councils.
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HSJ Local
Name chosen for community hospital in Selby
STRUCTURE: A new community hospital in Yorkshire has been named following a public vote.
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HSJ KnowledgeProviding a quailty service to patients without English as a first language
Interpreting services are failing to meet the needs of black and ethnic minority communities, and risk dilluting the level of patient care. But despite the perceived cost, Maqs Khan explains why investment in interpreting services could safeguard a more efficient future for community care.
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CommentIs the NHS constitution still relevant in the new NHS landscape?
Since the government came to power and the health secretary announced sweeping reforms to the NHS, there seems to have been little focus on the NHS constitution. Gerard Hanratty, partner at healthcare law firm Capsticks, weighs up what may happen to it under the coalition government.
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NewsPublic NHS involvement suspended in Birmingham
Birmingham has been left without a fully functioning patient and public involvement network after its “two key decision making groups” were temporarily suspended.