All Community services articles – Page 72
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CommentDefine a clear role for hospitals in integrated care
One north London acute trust shows the way forward
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NewsExclusive: Non-acute providers allege institutional bias
Healthcare leaders from across the community and mental health sectors have united against plans to cut the tariff price for their services by a fifth more than the reduction proposed for acute providers.
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HSJ PartnersNow hear this: The case for community based hearing care
Redesigning hearing care service provision for the long term
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NewsMP: Let communities run hospitals
“Communities” must be given the chance to own and run smaller hospitals and help push forward the changes the NHS needs to succeed, a Conservative MP has said.
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CommentMark Newbold: Whole system transformation must be our priority
Solve the issues behind emergency pressures
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NewsCQC unveils community services inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission has outlined its new approach for inspecting community health services.
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CommentBetter housing will relieve winter pressures
Housing improvements are vital for reducing emergency hospital visits
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CommentWelfare advice is essential to mental health care
It makes services more efficient, effective and responsive
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CommentPayment system reform is essential to better care
A new model can support community based care
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SupplementsHoming instinct − an HSJ supplement
Out of hospital care makes sense for patients and the NHS
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SupplementsA helping hand for the NHS
Unnecessary hospital admissions and bed blocking are set to increase unless community support is ramped up
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SupplementsFacing up to home truths
Virtual community wards can help patients reap the benefits of discharge from hospital − and offer potentially big savings to the NHS − as a project in Liverpool has demonstrated
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CommentAre GP commissioning reforms logical?
There is dissatisfaction with arrangements for commissioning GPs
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Serco chief admits mistakes
Outsourcing giant Serco underestimated how long it would take to restructure community health services in Suffolk, its health managing director has told HSJ.
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NewsCommunity providers urge Monitor to divert resources from acute sector
Community providers have urged Monitor to support the development of new payment systems which will take investment away from the acute sector.
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HSJ KnowledgeWalk and talk: A plan to improve public health
Exercise interventions can have great patient outcomes
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HSJ Knowledge
How have intermediate care services performed in 2013?
CCGs were told they need to double capacity
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CommentThe tenders that offer hope for a beleaguered provider
Tenders will shape one Cambridgeshire trust’s future
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HSJ LocalAmbitious plan seeks to reduce admissions by 12,000
An ambitious project has been launched in Staffordshire in an attempt to reduce the level of non-elective admissions to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire by almost 12,000 over the next three years.