All Community services articles – Page 77
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HSJ KnowledgeBetter collaboration for better healthcare
We must aim to provide better value public services
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HSJ KnowledgeTaking a new approach to alcohol treatment
Rethinking funding and care pathways for specialist treatment
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HSJ Local
Community mental health move in Kent
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway Partnership NHS and Social Care Foundation Trust has relocated a raft of community services in Dartford.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow an earthquake sped up care reform
The 2011 disaster forced New Zealand into action
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HSJ Knowledge
Clinical commissioners can help shape primary care
CCGs can enhance general practice’s future if it lets them
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Blogs
Patients vs the business case
The NHS is not subject to local democratic accountability. If you want to have more say in what happens to your local hospital maybe you should advocate a transfer to local government
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NewsSave hospitals 'for seriously ill'
Caring for patients in the community and their own homes and saving hospitals for the seriously ill and those needing complicated operations could be the way forward for the NHS, a report has claimed.
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HSJ Local
Sussex health visitor receives QNI grant for local project
FINANCE: A health visitor from Lewes has been awarded a £5,000 grant by the Queen’s Nursing Institute to improve access to healthcare for the Gypsy and Traveller community locally.
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Comment
NHS productivity: more of the same or more for less?
More thought and action is required to improve
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Borders expands community eating disorder team
WORKFORCE: Three new nurses are to join Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust’s eating disorder services this month as part of efforts to keep younger patients out of hospital and in the “family environment”.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth Community Healthcare passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Plymouth Community Healthcare’s Lee Mill Hospital is meeting quality standards.
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HSJ Local
Dorset County to tackle community pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust is setting up a team to support community hospitals in managing patients at risk of pressure ulcers.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe advantages of community eyecare pathways
Eye health services that save money and add value for patients
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NewsCommunity trusts seek payment system reform
Aspirant community foundation trusts plan to lobby for changes to the NHS finance system to prevent activity being driven into acute hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Kent community provider signs IT deal
COMMERCIAL: Kent Community Health Trust has purchased an advanced patient management system focused on mobile working.
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HSJ Local
SW Essex Community Services reports 12 new serious incidents
PERFORMANCE: North East London Foundation Trust’s South West Essex Community Services reported 12 new serious incidents between 16 November 2012 and 17 January 2013, according to commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Two-year north London urology contract tendered
COMMCERCIAL: NHS Enfield and NHS Haringey are tendering for a “community-based” urology service over two years.
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NewsMinister defends tendering rules
Health minister Lord Howe has defended the government’s regulations on competition, which have been criticised after being laid before Parliament.
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HSJ KnowledgeMeeting the needs of vulnerable adults
Peer review can help ensure good care for people with dementia