All Integrated care articles – Page 100
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Comment'The NHS needs to avoid the wrong kind of integration'
Now that the government accepts that integrated care has a major role to play in the NHS, we must avoid the pitfalls that could prevent it delivering proper benefits to patients, argues King’s Fund chief executive Chris Ham.
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NewsProviding integrated care won't be easier for CCGs, study suggests
Clinical commissioning groups will find it no easier than primary care trusts to provide integrated care unless they are able to overcome perverse incentives, a report has found.
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CommentCan US models of care delivery inform how CCGs should work?
Thomas Cawston’s latest blog from the Fundació Josep Laporte European Health Policy Innovation Seminar in Harvard, MA, looks at two initiatives hoping to transform how healthcare is delivered in the US - which could have key lessons for CCGs in the NHS.
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NewsHealth and Wellbeing Boards 'should drive integration'
Health and wellbeing boards should include the integration of commissioning in their “key success criteria”, according to a new guide published by the Good Governance Institute.
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HSJ KnowledgeOpen to suggestions: can the National Programme for IT be saved by open source software?
Although a single electronic care record is still a ‘worthwhile’ aim, according to the Commons public accounts committee, the DH’s admission that it cannot be delivered poses a real problem for IT practice within the NHS. Nuffield Trust senior fellow Dr Geraint Lewis looks at one option for the beleaguered ...
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Doncaster pilot to integrate frontline services
STRUCTURE: An innovative new team to provide integrated health and social care services for adults in North East Doncaster was launched on 6 September.
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Sheffield Hospitals community services integration underway
STRUCTURE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has begun integration of corporate services between the acute trust and community services which it has taken on; and is commencing a review of clinical services across the two.
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Kent named as a ‘Healthy Living Pharmacy’ pathfinder
STRUCTURE: Kent has been selected as one of 20 national pathfinders sites for Healthy Living Pharmacies, which integrate pharmacy services with public health.
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NewsFuture Forum adds integrating care as priority
Integration within and across the health and social care sectors has been named a new priority area for the NHS Future Forum, whose second phase of work was launched by the prime minister last week.
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NewsListening exercise workstreams continue to identify concerns
Four clear areas for recommendations will take forward the NHS Future Forum’s remit to inform the government’s reforms.
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NewsExclusive: David Cameron launches second phase of NHS reform listening exercise
Prime minister David Cameron will today launch the latest stage in the listening exercise designed to inform the development of the government’s NHS reforms.
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NewsSocial enterprises condemn 'slap in the face' over PCT properties
Social enterprises have been left out of plans to allow NHS providers to take over community service properties, in a move condemned as a “slap in the face” for the government’s Big Society agenda.
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News'Expert' social enterprises still important to healthcare services
A charity that supports local entrepreneurs has insisted that the NHS must remain as an all-encompassing healthcare system but social organisations could do more to provide services traditionally offered by the NHS.
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New chair elected for Sussex joint commissioning board
WORKFORCE: West Sussex County Council cabinet member Michael Brown has been elected as chair of the West Sussex Joint Commissioning Board.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow healthcare providers in America can teach lessons on quality improvement
Despite markedly different systems, some healthcare providers in the US have successfully combined quality improvements with savings to the bottom line. Health Foundation quality improvement fellows Judith Strobl and Tricia Woodhead report from across the pond.
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Royal Cornwall chief exec announces departure
WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust chief executive Peter Colclough has announced he is to leave the trust to become interim chief executive at Weston Area Health Trust.
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Integration to reduce trips 'up the garden path' in Cornwall
STRUCTURE: The first of nine integrated health and social care hubs planned for Cornwall will begin operating next month as part of a four-way partnership between NHS organisations and Cornwall Council.
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Blogs
The five laws for delivering integrated care
The listening exercise is over and the results are in; the NHS Future Forum insists integrated care must underpin how health and social care is delivered – and they are right. But do we really understand what this means, and what it implies?
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North Devon Healthcare to do deal with council
STRUCTURE: The board of Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has been asked to agree a memorandum of understanding with Devon County Council for the “provision of integrated adult health and social care services”.
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NewsDH commits funds to support health and wellbeing board development
The government announced today it was committing £985,000 to support the development of health and wellbeing boards.