All Older people’s services articles – Page 43
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Are we prepared for an ageing society?
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT FRINGE - A Bill to reform how social care is paid for, developed on a cross-party basis, will be brought to Parliament next year, Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said today.
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Californian GP commissioning
As details emerge from the health White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, about the coalition government’s plans to reform the NHS by handing general practitioners more commissioning power, one thing is certain: this reform is high risk and will need very careful implementation if it is to deliver ...
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Michael White: Is the summer silly season over?
MPs are back at Westminster early this year. Does it mean the summer silly season is definitely over? Not quite. I read during the week that Andy Burnham, our erstwhile health secretary and Labour leadership contender, is a descendant of Britain’s first Tudor monarch, King Henry VII.
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Taking home care personally
Northamptonshire’s integrated care partnership is helping frail elderly people stay at home, says Stuart Shepherd
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Continence care criticised
People with continence problems face a “life sentence” of suffering due to poorly organised NHS care, a report said claimed.
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Most voters 'back tax rises and spending cuts'
A majority of voters (60%) believe that the government is right to raise taxes and cut spending to bring down Britain’s state deficit, according to a survey.
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Elderly 'being left to go hungry on wards'
Elderly people are being left to go hungry on NHS wards, a report has claimed.
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End of life care
Yvonne Cartwright explains how a Sue Ryder Care rapid response service supported people in northBedfordshire to die at home
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Labour accuses SNP of hypocrisy over bed cuts
Labour has accused the Scottish government of “staggering hypocrisy” after figures showed more than 1,100 hospital beds have been cut in the past three years.
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Hospital drivers to vote on strike action
Health staff who drive patients to and from hospitals are to be balloted for strikes in a row over plans to privatise their work.
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'Postcode lottery in end of life care provision'
A postcode lottery exists in whether patients approaching the end of their life are able to die in hospital or at home, a major piece of research shows.
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£400m NHS funds may go to social care
The Department of Health is considering transferring around £400m of NHS funding to councils next financial year to partially plug the gap in their social care budgets.
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CQUIN in stroke units
In the UK, an estimated 150,000 people have a stroke annually (1). Mortality and morbidity are high. 67,000 deaths occur annually (2) and many of those who survive are left with moderate or severe disabilities (3).
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C diff target increased to 50% in Scotland
NHS boards in Scotland are being asked to meet an increased target in the reduction of over-65s catching Clostridium difficile in their hospitals - placing the figure now at 50%.
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Early breast cancer diagnosis could save 1,000 lives
A total of 957 deaths from advanced breast cancer could be avoided each year in England if its early diagnosis rates matched those in Norway and Sweden, research has shown.
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Dorrell chairs health committee
Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell has been elected chair of the Commons health committee.
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CQC review uncovers nursing failures and poor staff supervision
Nursing failures and poor staff supervision were discovered at a mental health unit after an investigation into the deaths of six elderly patients, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NHS staff vetting plans to be scaled back
Home secretary, Theresa May, has promised to scale back “draconian” plans for vetting people working with children and vulnerable adults to bring in more “common sense”.
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Residential care commissioning leaves room for improvement
Despite their complex needs it has been revealed that many care home residents lack access to specialist services, reports Stuart Shepherd
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Michael White on coalition compromises
When is the glass half full and when is it half empty? It’s all a matter of temperament, in my experience. The 400-point Lib-Con coalition agreement seems to have been a relatively painless negotiation as far as the 30 health (plus four on public health) points are concerned. Should we ...