All Long-term conditions articles – Page 14
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NewsHunt: Peer review, not top-down targets, can improve NHS
Jeremy Hunt has praised the benefits of peer review to improve NHS standards, saying it is a better method than top-down targets.
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HSJ KnowledgeBacked by facts: Integrated care is king
Integrated care is an effective delivery model for people with long term conditions
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CommentEmbrace peer support to encourage self-management
Individuals feel more confident about their care
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CommentSelf-referral will help overcome the biggest challenges in primary care
It’s at risk of becoming the longest running pilot scheme in the NHS
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NewsRoyal college: Changing surgical pathways could save money and lives
Hospitals could reduce length of stay and improve patient outcomes if they reimagine the way more than 10 million patients a year undergo surgery in the NHS, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalSomerset CCG mulls early end to provider contracts
FINANCE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is considering whether to release itself from contracts with a number of local providers in a bid to reduce financial pressures.
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NewsPolicy delays risk 'preventable deaths', doctors warn NHS England
Letter says rare conditions drug policy is a “matter of extreme urgency” Doctors warn patient access could be delayed until 2016-17 NHS England to set out timetable for new specialised commissioning process soon Twenty senior doctors and experts have written an open letter to the NHS England board ...
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NewsRevealed: Virgin handed £280m Staffordshire contract
Virgin Care has been awarded a £280m, seven-year prime provider contract to manage services in East Staffordshire, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalInvestment firm funds first NHS social impact bond
FINANCE: An investment firm has put £1.65m into what it claims to be the first social impact bond in the health service.
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HSJ KnowledgeHospital mortality rates are a blunt instrument to measure avoidable death
Avoidable deaths mystery
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SupplementsHSJ commission final report: Are you doing enough for frail older people?
Putting questions to politicians, citizens and providers
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SupplementsQuestions to ask to improve frail older people's services
As part of the third and final report from the Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People we set out the key questions that citizens, MPs, and care providers must be asked to improve care.
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HSJ PartnersConsider the needs of carers when commissioning end of life services
Coordinated care is cost effective
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health rated ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: The country’s largest mental health and community services trust has been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ PartnersThe right community care for the terminally ill can ease pressure in A&E
Improved care for terminally ill people can play a major part in reducing the burden on A&E departments
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NewsExclusive: Dementia care still 'inadequate', report finds
Care for people diagnosed with dementia is ‘inadequate and still not fit for purpose’, three years after the government launched its dementia challenge, a new report for the Alzheimer’s Society has said.