All Community services articles – Page 76
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LeaderTrusts risk unwanted legacy with short-term savings
There is little evidence of mergers working
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HSJ Local
Kent nurses trying to tackle rising tide of school nappy wearers
PERFORMANCE: A pilot project in Dover and Deal is targeting the increasing number of children who are starting school without being toilet trained and still wearing nappies.
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HSJ KnowledgeRedesigning end of life care in the community
It is time to move resources away from hospitals
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NewsAddressing hearing loss services 'could save £28m'
The health service could save £28m by introducing a “joined up approach” to diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss and dementia, a charity has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeCommissioning must have a community focus
It is vital for to engage with our communities
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CommentAcute care is drowning in the rising tide of A&E demand
The answer may be to close hospitals, says Andrew Foster
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HSJ Local
Community hospital moves patients due to gas leak
PERFORMANCE: Eighteen elderly patients had to be moved from a community hospital at the weekend after an underground gas leak.
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HSJ KnowledgeModernising the musculoskeletal pathway
Care in the community can provide better results for patients
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HSJ Local
Liverpool Community Health negotiating social care deal
STRUCTURE: Liverpool Community Health Trust is working to develop a “Section 75” agreement for the trust to provide social care services for its local authority, board papers state.
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HSJ Local
Kent provider launches nurse recruitment drive
WORKFORCE: Kent Community Health NHS Trust is seeking to recruit “innovative” nurses to join its district and community nursing teams.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: mental health providers for the South East Coast
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing investigates the changing picture of mental health services across the South East Coast region
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HSJ Local
Fall in longer waits for Norfolk orthopaedic service
PERFORMANCE: Thirty five patients had to wait longer than two weeks for Norfolk’s orthopaedic clinical assessment and treat service in February – compared with 229 in January.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe benefits of working with the voluntary sector
How the voluntary sector can aid NHS providers
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News
Regulator should 'make allowances' for aspirant community FTs, says DH review author
Foundation trust regulator Monitor should “make allowances” for aspirant community foundation trusts and consider adjusting its assessment framework accordingly, according to the author of a confidential review the sector’s future commissioned by the Department of Health.
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News
Flory: Francis has moved an all-FT NHS back two years
The consequences of the Francis inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire care scandal have pushed back the process of getting all NHS providers to foundation trust status by two years, David Flory has told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
New nursing professor in Hertfordshire
RESEARCH: A new professorship in community children’s nursing has been created to support research into the experiences of young people with long-term conditions and disabilities.
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Comment
Readers' Letters − 5 April 2013
One reader says research shows making the right changes to people’s homes will reduce the burden on hospitals, plus futher concern about the NHS 111 rollout
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HSJ Local
FT pipeline progress for Sussex Community Trust
STRUCTURE: Sussex Community Trust has been given the green light to move forward to the next stage of its preparations to achieve foundation status in 2014.
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HSJ KnowledgeOlder people’s experiences of care at home
Practical steps to improve domiciliary care