All Local government articles – Page 56
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Exclusive: transparency on training budgets promised
The newly appointed head of Health Education England has told HSJ she will make it “absolutely clear” to trusts that the £5bn NHS training budget must not be raided for other uses.
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HSJ Local
Kent launches new mental health website
PERFORMANCE: A new website has been launched to support Kent’s five-year strategy for mental health and wellbeing.
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Comment
Compete or collaborate? The policy dysphoria facing NHS organisations
The buzzword in the NHS is collaboration, but with the Health Bill steeped in competition, despite significant amendments, realising integrated care still seems a long way away. It’s time to focus, says Professor Bob Hudson.
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HSJ Local
Council's public meeting opposes Hartlepool A&E plans
STRUCTURE: A public vote at a Hartlepool Council-organised meeting expressed “no confidence” in the board of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Green light for £2m investment at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership
STRUCTURE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust will benefit from a £2m investment for improving facilities over the next two years, it has announced.
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Council chiefs rebel over public health funding sign-off
Council chief executives are understood to have staged a backlash over the Department of Health’s bid to get them to “sign off” local public-health spending figures.
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IT decisions 'down to trusts' despite contracts
The NHS IT scheme’s remaining contracts will not stop the government from devolving decisions locally, the Department of Health’s new informatics chief has claimed.
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HSJ Local
Planning permission for new ward granted to Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
STRUCTURE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has been granted planning permission for a 40 bed ward, plus £2.8m from the government to build it.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving mental health screening for individuals in police custody
Mark Rapley and Dr Simon Sandberg find out how mental health assessments are changing in Lambeth custody suites - and the benefits that could be adopted as a result.
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Comment
'Social enterprise is a real alternative to the big, bland offer'
City Health Care Partnership CIC chief executive Andrew Burnell reports from the social enterprise’s first AGM how it is aiming to utilise its flexibility to deliver quality local services by making its offering bigger, and more sustainable.
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HSJ Knowledge
How town planners can help integrate better health practices into the community
A new online guide highlights how spatial planners can integrate health into local plans and practice to help improve public health in the local area, as Richard Powell and Andrew Ross explain.
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HSJ Knowledge
How transparent incident investigations are helping to develop better care
Open, family-centred investigations into incidents of avoidable harm and death are essential to develop safer care. Craig White explains how this is being achieved in Scotland.
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Transfer of public health services to councils in doubt
Many local authorities are not ready to take on public health budgets and responsibility from primary care trusts, according to research exclusively shared with HSJ and sister title Local Government Chronicle.
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DH launches 'engagement exercise' on social care policy
The government has embarked on a major consultation designed to involve patients, providers and professionals in re-designing social care.
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Health 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 Local
Reablement service launched in Cumbria
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria County Council’s adult social care department has launched a “reablement” scheme aimed at helping those who need assistance following disability, illness, injury or loss of their personal support network.
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HSJ Local
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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Comment
'Real change in public health will be made more difficult if service transfers are delayed'
The positive steps in transferring public health services to local control will be marred by the delay of children’s services until 2015 under recent government proposals. Graham Burgess argues the public health strategy needs more coherence if local commissioning plans are not to be undermined.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield challenges Leeds’ claim to be first breastfeeding friendly city
PERFORMANCE: NHS and local authority chiefs in Sheffield are challenging Leeds’ bid to become the first breastfeeding friendly city in the UK, claiming that Sheffield was there first.
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PCTs told to provide accounts for cash transferred to councils
Primary care trusts have been told to report how funding transferred to councils for integrated health and social care activities is being spent.