All Community services articles – Page 111
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HSJ Local
NHS Surrey will not fully divest its community services by April
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust will have made “substantial progress” towards divesting its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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HSJ Local
NHS West Kent on course to hit deadline for divesting community service
STRUCTURE: NHS West Kent is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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HSJ Local
NHS East Sussex due to split from provider by April deadline
NHS East Sussex is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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HSJ Local
NHS Medway on course to meet TCS deadline
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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HSJ Local
Monitor holds up Dorset community services transfer
STRUCTURE: The transfer of community heathcare services to Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust is likely to be delayed beyond the Department of Health’s April 1 deadline due to a lack of capacity at the foundation trust regulator Monitor.
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HSJ Local
NHS Somerset begins personal budget pilot
NHS Somerset has made its first direct payment for a personal health budget, as part of a national pilot programme.
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HSJ Local
Somerset community care divestment faces three-month delay
STRUCTURE: There is likely to be a three-month delay in authorisation for a new provider of community healthcare in the area because of the volume of referrals to Monitor, NHS Somerset has claimed.
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NewsMajor supermarket chains back responsibility deal
Seven of the country’s largest food retailers have joined the government’s controversial responsibility deal, which is aimed at improving public health while avoiding regulation.
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HSJ Local
Leicester City plans community beds procurement
COMMERCIAL: NHS Leicester City plans to undertake a procurement exercise to add extra beds to its community based provision.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly provider arm seeks to become social enterprise
STRUCTURE: The provider arm of NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly plans to become a social enterprise by October.
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NewsNHS reform vital to treating long-term conditions, says Lansley
The NHS will not be able to meet the demands of people with long-term conditions such as diabetes and asthma unless it changes, according to the health secretary.
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NewsHealth bodies withdraw from alcohol policy
Leading health organisations have slammed the government’s “responsibility deal” on alcohol and refused to sign up as partners.
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HSJ KnowledgeDeveloping community children's health services
A complex reprocurement set out to help young patients and their families benefit from integrated community services. Kevin Hewitt, partnership director of the Community Children’s Health Partnership, explains the journey.
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NewsNHS complaints regulations overhaul announced
New regulations to speed up the NHS complaints procedure in Wales have been announced by health minister Edwina Hart.
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HSJ KnowledgeIndividual user outcomes help measure effectiveness and value
In health and social care the old measures of efficiency and productivity based on activity - input and output - and cost are no longer enough. The actual impact of the service/activity on patients and users is now central, write Seraphim Patel and colleagues.
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HSJ KnowledgeDrawing on past lessons to improve future public health and wellbeing
While many of us recalibrate our new roles and responsibilities in the future NHS model, the opportunity to draw on the lessons of the past 20 years to inform our futures could help make sense of these times of great change and opportunity, and deliver improved health and wellbeing of ...
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HSJ Local
Two PCTs find temporary homes for community services as divestment deadline looms
STRUCTURE: At least two primary care trusts are transferring their community services provider arms to temporary caretakers, after failing to identify a long term home for the organisations.
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NewsPreventative care savings questioned by study
A study has cast doubt over whether investing in preventive services in the community either saves money or reduces hospital admissions.
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HSJ Local
Brighton GPs plan to cut commissioning teeth on mental health
COMMERCIAL: “Brave” GPs in Brighton have provisionally chosen mental health as the area they would like to commission first.
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NewsMidwife-led units threatened by falling birth rates
Standalone midwife-led centres are under threat from high costs and falling numbers of deliveries, HSJ can exclusively reveal.