All Long-term conditions articles – Page 16
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HSJ LocalDevon CCG warns 'services will suffer' due to unaffordable demand
FINANCE: The country’s biggest clinical commissioning group will have to take immediate action to prioritise patient access to services in the face of unaffordable increases in demand, it has warned.
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NewsLamb admits integration evidence is still 'embryonic'
The care minister has described the evidence that health and social care integration will save money as still ‘embryonic’.
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NewsNHS plans 'radical upgrade' in public health
The NHS will become an ‘activist agent’ of social change in a ‘radical upgrade’ of prevention and public health, under plans announced today.
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NewsExclusive: Acute trusts told to abandon 'fortress' mentality
Hospitals that blinker themselves to the potential of working with mental health providers will usher in their ‘own financial demise’, the NHS England official overseeing the service has warned
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CommentRefocus bowel health to cut unnecessary admissions and spending
Constipation costs £59m a year
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CommentThe NHS's fight to survive will be won with equality, efficiency and quality
Labour’s NHS vision
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SupplementsSupplement: Capitalising on people power in the London Health Commission
Analysing the findings and consequences for Lord Darzi’s review
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CommentNew targets could lead to longer waits in mental health
Improve access to psychological therapies could get worse
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HSJ KnowledgeAt the click of a button: Healthcare's future transformed by technology
Avatars, eHealth platforms and wireless monitoring
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NewsSpecialised services worth £600m could be handed to CCGs
Clinical commissioning groups should be handed responsibility for commissioning specialised services worth more than £600m, NHS England has recommended.
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News'Dilnot style' commission on ageing society proposed
The Liberal Democrats have proposed to set up a ‘Dilnot style’ cross-party commission on how the NHS can meet the needs of an ageing society.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England could curb access to NICE approved drug
Patients could be denied access to a groundbreaking drug that cures Hepatitis C because the NHS cannot afford it, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSystemic barriers hold back London mental health services, report finds
London lacks a ‘collective vision’ for improving mental health services, according to a new report by the King’s Fund which identifies systemic barriers to improving services in the capital.
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HSJ LocalSomerset abandons alliance ambitions
STRUCTURE: A pioneering project to improve the integration of care in south Somerset has abandoned its ambition to boost cooperation among providers with an ‘alliance contract’.
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NewsMental health spending set for 1.4 per cent rise
Commissioners plan to increase their total spending on mental health services by £120m this year, a rise of 1.4 per cent in cash terms, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMental health wait times 'too long'
Almost one in six mental health patients are attempting suicide as they face ‘unacceptably long’ waits for help, experts have warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeReduce antipsychotic prescriptions to save dementia patients
GPs and pharmacists work together