All Community services articles – Page 86
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Gloucestershire could set up CFT
STRUCTURE: NHS Gloucestershire will be allowed to consider setting up a community foundation trust to house its provider arm, after being granted special permission from the Department of Health.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: a healthcare crisis facing Cumbria
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at the healthcare crisis in Cumbria.
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Physio phone triage rolled out in Surrey
STRUCTURE: Physiotherapy patients in mid Surrey are now benefiting from telephone triage within 48 hours of GP referral, according to the county’s main community social enterprise.
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NewsGovernment announces extra mental health funding for veterans
War veterans and their families are to be offered greater help with their mental wellbeing, it has been announced.
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HSJ Local
COPD project scoops best practice award
PERFORMANCE: A project to help Wirral patients with chronic lung diseases manage their own care has won a regional award for best practice.
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New medical unit at South Essex FT
SERVICES: A new short stay medical unit has been opened in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire.
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Norfolk Community Health invests in facilities
FINANCE: Patients in north Norfolk are to benefit from substantial investments in community facilities. A £3.7m redevelopment of North Walsham Community Hospital is now finished and a new health centre in Aylsham is also nearing completion. Both units will be managed by Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust.
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HSJ Local
Consultation on new GP centre
STRUCTURE: NHS North Staffordshire has launched a public consultation to ask the local community to help design a new primary care centre.
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Final days of survey on Leicestershire community services
The East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group is asking for views on elective care services such as out-patient appointments, minor injury units and minor surgery.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy it's time community healthcare providers stepped up to the mark
There has never been a better opportunity for community health services to demonstrate and evidence the significant contribution it can make to the transformation of healthcare across the system, writes Tracy Taylor.
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HSJ Local
£300m contract out for Midlands pathology services
STRUCTURE: Community pathology services across the Midlands could undergo a major reorganisation, the publication of a £300m tender document has revealed.
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'Big beast' required to counterbalance hospitals' power, says chief
STRUCTURE: A primary care trust chief executive has said he wants to see a local community services trust reach foundation status so there is a “big beast” to counterbalance the power of the acute sector in the East of England.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the future structure of community services in East Anglia
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at the long term viability of community services in East Anglia.
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NHS Wandsworth tenders weight management services
COMMERCIAL: The south west London primary care trust is advertising for a partner to provide weight managment services in schools and to adults.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy research and development is a key component of trust outcomes
An ambitious research and development programme could prove invaluable when it comes to improving commissioning and health outcomes in your trust, says Angela Knight Jackson.
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Health charities can help rescue the innovation drive
The challenging QIPP targets NHS is aiming to achieve can be helped by the voluntary sector, argues Marie Curie Cancer Care chief executive Thomas Hughes-hallet.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to collaborate on joint strategic needs assessments
Wakefield District have pioneered a new collaborative model for building an enhanced Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. Liz Blenkinsop explains.
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HSJ Local
Legal wrangling over future of Gloucestershire's community services continues
STRUCTURE: Lawyers have written to NHS Gloucestershire accusing the organisation of having “set its face against” trying to keep its provider arm within the NHS.
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NHS Somerset awards £1.2m telehealth contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Somerset has awarded a £1.2m telehealth contract to Safe Patient Systems.