All Community services articles – Page 80
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Integration plans for Kent community services
STRUCTURE: Kent Community Health Trust and Kent County Council have unveiled proposals to integrate health and social care services.
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CommentLabour's vision of 21st century care
Liz Kendall outlines the approach Labour would take to NHS reform
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Northern Devon cottage hospital upgrade reaches final stage
STRUCTURE: Plans for a £1.3m upgrade of a community hospital run by Northern Devon Healthcare Trust have been unveiled.
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New smoking cessation service for West Sussex
STRUCTURE: NHS West Sussex has announced that a new stop smoking drop-in session is launching at Southwick Community Centre on a Thursday from 4-6.30pm.
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Serco plans to cut 137 community posts in Suffolk
WORKFORCE: Private healthcare firm Serco has announced proposals to cut 137 jobs at Suffolk Community Healthcare a month after taking over its management.
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Berkshire system hopes to relieve acute pressure with 50 community beds
STRUCTURE: The Royal Berkshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is working with commissioners to establish 50 new community beds, in a bid to deal with rising demand for services.
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North Yorkshire and York behind on neighbourhood care teams
FINANCE: A scheme to improve productivity by implementing neighbourhood care teams in the community is behind schedule in North Yorkshire and York PCT, according to its strategic health authority.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow mobile NHS staff can contribute to carbon reduction
Do mobile NHS staff have to travel by car?
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South Warwickshire FT shifts intravenous therapy into the community
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has launched a new intravenous therapy service, which will see patients treated in their own homes rather than in hospital.
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Doncaster pain clinic moves to new site
STRUCTURE: A chronic pain clinical provided by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is moving to a new single site.
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Learning disability team shortlisted for award
PERFORMANCE: Dimensions UK’s Folkstone team has been shortlisted for award in the Great British Care Awards.
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CommentCroydon's finance crisis is not incredible
The £22m black hole is less mysterious given prevailing cultures
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CommentLet's find the political will to integrate care
The NHS should focus on integration not more fragmentation
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HSJ LocalCommissioners admit outsourcing advert error
Commissioners have admitted a mistake was made in the awarding of a £60m community services contract after independent sector providers were excluded from the process.
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Non-executive appointed at Sussex Community
WORKFORCE: Martin Sambrook has been appointed as a new non-executive director on the Sussex Community NHS Trust board.
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Sirona seeks new business
COMMERCIAL: Sirona Care and Health has won £1.8m of new business, board papers reveal.
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NewsAnalysed: The future of acute services in the south east Midlands
This week we examine the reconfiguration of hospital services across the south east Midlands to ensure services remain viable as demand rises
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Delayed transfers of care high at Sirona hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care at community hospitals run by and integrated provider of health and social care are increasing.
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NewsExclusive: Nearly £3bn returned to Treasury
The Department of Health has returned nearly £3bn of its funding to the Treasury over the past two years, despite facing its tightest financial settlement for five decades.A Treasury spokesman this week confirmed to HSJ the department had handed back around £1bn of the funding it was allocated for health ...
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New £21m community hospital for Dover
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust’s board of directors have agreed the full business case for a new community hospital in Dover.