All Community services articles – Page 81
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HSJ KnowledgeCommunity care is a means to a better end
Community services can improve the quality of end of life care
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HSJ KnowledgeSouth Staffordshire’s approach to surge planning
Working collaboratively to address winter pressures
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BlogsThe drama of being a whistleblower
The potentially traumatic experience of being a public sector whistleblower, plus the dangers of NHS hospitals being “all most full”
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SupplementsTake the tablets − an HSJ supplement on innovation through technology
Cutting edge technology can have huge benefits for the NHS and patients. HSJ’s innovation supplement examines how using new technology could save the service £3bn, and how new systems are improving end of life care
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SupplementsWe have the technology − an HSJ supplement on telehealth
A common theme at the HSJ/Nursing Times Telehealth 2012 conference last month was that technology is changing the face of healthcare delivery. Our supplement looks at how patients and providers are using telecare to manage long-term conditions, the use of telehealth to treat prisoners and the most innovative new applications
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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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.