All End of life care articles – Page 6
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HSJ PartnersFast track palliative discharge services cut stays and admissions
Services in Glasgow and Lothian
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CommentWhat we want from politicians is courage, stability and realism
NHS needs stability and realism from health policy
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CommentCommissioners must help defuse England’s cancer time bomb
Tackling the looming cancer challenge
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NewsLabour reveals 10 year plan for health and social care
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has confirmed he wants health and wellbeing boards to be accountable for new ‘year of care budgets’ which would cover the ‘health and social care needs’ of those ‘at the greatest risk of hospitalisation’, but added that the funds would ‘be paid to an NHS ...
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HSJ PartnersBe prepared: Ensuring winter pressures are not so bleak
How winter pressures affect readmissions
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CommentGet ahead and plan your end of life care before it's too late
Make your choices known on end of life care
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HSJ Partners
New care model gives patients 24/7 access to end of life care
Commissioning end of life care services
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HSJ PartnersTwitter chat round-up: Unnecessary hospital readmissions in winter
Marie Curie Twitter chat
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HSJ Partners
Twitter chat: Explore the cost of end of life care
Join the debate on the cost of delivering care in the community
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HSJ PartnersCoordinated systems help ensure people die where they choose
Explore the potential of electronic coordination systems
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HSJ PartnersSupport end of life care at home through partnership working
Marie Curie makes a difference in Durham and Darlington
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NewsRevealed: Bidders for £1.2bn cancer and end of life care contracts
The NHS and independent sector organisations which have reached the next stage of bidding for two huge contracts to run cancer and end of life care services in Staffordshire have been revealed
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HSJ PartnersInvesting in community based end of life care is a win-win
Phil McCarvill of Marie Curie Cancer Care reflects on a new report from the Nuffield Trust
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HSJ KnowledgeWork together to provide the best end of life care
Use partnerships to ensure people have a ‘good’ death
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HSJ PartnersThe bottom line is commission for quality, not just savings
Don’t put end of life care at risk
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NewsMany boards 'ignore needs of dying'
The needs of dying people and their families are being “ignored” by many local health bodies, two charities have warned.
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CommentMedicalising common ailments is one of healthcare's greatest threats
It stops long term changes
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NewsMost doctors oppose assisted dying
Fewer than one in five doctors would be willing to help patients end their lives, according to a new poll.
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CommentHow partnering with hospices benefits the NHS frontline
Hospices make good partners for improving care locally
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CommentWhy the care system makes a 'good death' so difficult
My Dad’s experience revealed shortcomings