All Long-term conditions articles – Page 21
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CommentOld age is a lottery with too few winners
More people are struggling as they live longer into old age. We can’t go on like this
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CommentMental health support is essential to crisis care
Urgent care services for physical and mental health are fragmented
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NewsOver-40s health checks dubbed 'waste of time'
Health checks offered to millions of people over 40 are a waste of time and could lead to people taking medicines unnecessarily, the head of the Royal College of GPs has said.Dr Clare Gerada said the government was promoting its NHS Health Check programme “against good evidence”.Her intervention comes after ...
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NewsTelehealth awareness drive is failing survey reveals
An annual survey to establish the level of public awareness of telehealth has revealed nine out of 10 adults have never heard of it.
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HSJ KnowledgeA service designed for patients, by patients
Why those who use healthcare should play a part designing it
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HSJ KnowledgeFace up to the cost of post-cancer treatment
Prepare the NHS for a rising number of patients needing care
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NewsPush for payment by results reform gathers pace
NHS England wants to investigate the scope for scrapping payment by results for some services as early as 2015-16, its director of strategic finance has told HSJ.
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HSJ KnowledgeA modern health service needs the third sector
Charities are well equipped to drive change in the NHS
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CommentWill named clinicians for older people work?
Mr Hunt’s policy should be welcomed with some caution
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BlogsWe're missing the signs of alcohol abuse among older people
The over 65 population is drinking in ever greater numbers, posing a new set of healthcare problems
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HSJ KnowledgeIntegrating care for people with comorbidities
Making personalised and coordinated care a reality
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HSJ KnowledgeHow Liverpool is integrating health and social care
Changing the way health and adult services work together
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CommentThe NHS must get serious about mental health
Ignore those who won’t change the service because it’s “too difficult”
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CommentThe NHS at 65: not ready to retire
‘The NHS is one of the noblest social institutions any country has ever created’
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NewsAudit reveals life-threatening neglect of diabetics in hospital
A charity has warned some hospitals are doing “more harm than good” to people with diabetes, after an audit suggested thousands of patients each year could be developing a life-threatening but preventable complication due to poor care.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving outcomes for people with diabetes
Looking at new ways of commissioning diabetes pathways
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HSJ KnowledgeThe effect of age on hospice care
How will the ageing population affect palliative care?
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SupplementsMaking the shift in frail elderly care − an HSJ roundtable
What will enable more frail elderly people to be cared for out of hospital
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BlogsReforming the funding of long term care in the US
The US is not that different from Europe in the funding of long term care but urgent reform is needed.
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HSJ Local
North Hampshire reports improvements for COPD patients
PERFORMANCE: North Hampshire clinical commissioning group has reported a fall in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients going to hospital after it changed its working methods.