All Social care articles – Page 18
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Has NHS England got too much power?
Amid speculation that government will seek to grab back some of NHS England’s power, this week’s HSJ Health Check considers whether NHSE is too big a beast — and how new legislation could seek to grapple with the issue. We also talk primary care cuts in Birmingham.
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HSJ LocalICS ‘could save £88m’ with vast expansion of community care
An external review has recommended a region should more than double its number of intermediate care staff, with a potential saving of £88m.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Six home truths from an outgoing NHSE director
In an HSJ Health Check interview, the outgoing NHS England national clinical director for stroke, Tony Rudd, shares six hard-edged messages to the health and care system.
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NewsJeremy Hunt elected health committee chair
Jeremy Hunt has been elected chair of the Commons health and social care committee.
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NewsImmigration changes will ‘increase pressure on social care’
Post-Brexit immigration laws proposed by the government will “increase pressure on social care”, while resulting in only “slightly improved public finances [and] slightly reduced pressures on the NHS, schools and on social housing”, its independent advisory body has said.
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CommentTrust is as important as money or staff for community services reform
Trust is needed as well as money and staff to deliver an unprecedented reform in community servicesservices, writes Matthew Winn as NHS England’s national director.
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NewsNew two-hour target to be piloted in seven areas
Seven pilot sites have been selected to develop NHS England’s new community care targets.
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CommentThe Bedpan: The Tories ‘aren’t stupid enough’ to privatise the NHS
This week: Centre for Policy Studies chief executive Robert Colvile
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NewsHunt: I will be ‘honest’ about my mistakes
Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ he will be “completely honest” about the mistakes he made as health secretary if successful in his bid to become the next Commons health committee chair.
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CommentThe NHS's role in the climate emergency
Reducing the NHS’s carbon footprint by choosing greener alternatives can make a significant contribution to tackling climate change, writes Elaine Winkley
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CommentMake 2020 the decade of healthy ageing
As larger numbers of people live longer, the UK government needs to take urgent action to support people in later life in view of a broken social care system, exhorts Anna Dixon
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NewsCCG warns of large financial gap
A large clinical commissioning group has admitted it will miss its financial plan by around £13m, due to higher than expected spending on continuing healthcare costs.
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Comment‘Cash for scrutiny’ is new government’s deal for the NHS
The new Conservative government under Boris Johnson will put the NHS under greater scrutiny, as they provide more cash, says its former adviser Richard Sloggett.
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CommentInternational comparisons highlight the challenges for the NHS
If the UK is to maintain its efficiency gains while strengthening the resilience of the NHS it must integrate and innovate across health and care, writes Dr Layla McCay
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CommentTaking a system-wide approach to NHS workforce challenges
If we want to create a more streamlined experience for people using multiple services, it is workforce reform which will make it happen, writes Leanora Volpe
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CommentThe parties’ dividing lines on health and care
There is some surprising agreement amongst the three major English parties when it comes to the NHS. But once you move away from the core of acute and primary care there are stark differences too, argues Sally Warren.
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CommentHealth and care workforce being hollowed out
For the foreseeable future the NHS and social care system will be very reliant on international workers to prevent staffing shortages from impacting on patient care and acting as a brake on ambitions to improve quality, writes Anita Charlesworth
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NewsSix hospitals plummeted to ‘inadequate’ in wake of Whorlton Hall
The Care Quality Commission has rated six mental health hospitals “inadequate”, just months after describing them as either “good” or “outstanding”, since the Whorlton Hall scandal was revealed.
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NewsRise in public health directors’ holding negative view of NHSE
An increasing proportion of directors of public health have reported a negative relationship with NHS England, with particular concern over access to NHS data.