All Social care articles – Page 34
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CommentShrinking pies and other challenges for the NHS in Wales
Even with the extra funding pledged in the latest spending plans for Wales, it is crucial that Wales focuses on integrated care if it is to weather the tough times ahead
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NewsNHS funding pressure pushes up council overspend
Efforts to bolster the struggling social care system in Birmingham while the city’s sustainability and transformation plan focuses on dealing with NHS funding pressures have pushed the council’s projected overspend this year to £35m, it has emerged.
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NewsReforms after Winterbourne View scandal hit by NHS funding inertia
The NHS’s failure to sufficiently fund the care costs of people with learning disabilities who are being transferred from long term health service placements has resulted in major overspends for many councils.
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CommentNorman Lamb: ‘As a minister I was in a mental health fog’
The former care minister recalls his daily fight in the coalition government to keep mental health on Jeremy Hunt’s agenda
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CommentIs five a good number for the forward view?
The financial challenges increase the urgency to get on with the task of health care advancement but cannot shorten the time it takes to complete the journey
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CommentNow we must navigate the rocks beneath the surface
The State of Care report raises some uncomfortable questions about health and social care – so how can we answer them?
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HSJ LocalGreater Manchester CCGs working towards single commissioning team
Proposals for a joint management team across CCGs and adult social care services in Bury, Rochdale and Oldham Potential for single health and wellbeing board also being considered Plans seen as best way to drive through reconfiguration of hospital services Commissioning chiefs are working on plans for a ...
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NewsCQC: A&E and general medicine are worst performing services
More A&E and general medicine services rated badly than others CQC chief calls for extra funding for adult social care citing direct “link” with pressure in A&E David Behan says hospitals could meet A&E targets by addressing “flow” and by collaborating The Care Quality Commission today released figures ...
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CommentTime for hard choices in the NHS
The Autumn Statement is the perfect time to remind ourselves that the health service can no longer succeed in isolation
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NewsContract to be let for pioneering 'ACO'
One of the first ‘ACO’ contracts to be let Foundation trust was the only provider to express an interest Due to begin in April next year A northern foundation trust will take control of a single budget for all local services except primary care from next April in ...
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CommentPeople are at the heart of transformation
Integrated data from the population’s use of services and workforce can help systems monitor response to the needs of the people and enhance improvement
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CommentFor integration to work, local authorities must be equal partners in STPs
Sustainability and transformation plans can help create a coherent system out of the existing muddle of local government and NHS structures
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NewsNursing home bed numbers fall for first time in five years
CQC figures show nursing home bed capacity dropped by 400 after small annual increases since 2013 More care homes closed their nursing units in first half of 2016 than in all of 2015 People delayed from leaving hospital due to lack of nursing home availability up by 60 per ...
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: Making the most of technology
Doing technology well involves negotiating multiple hurdles, from sceptical boards to lack of national direction, heard HSJ’s latest roundtable panel
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Exclusive: Vanguards scale back plans due to funding shortfall
Vanguards allocated just a third of the transformation funding they requested Sites will relax timescales for implementation or prioritise only “core” workstreams Vanguard sites have told HSJ they have had to scale back their work developing new care models after receiving less than a third of the transformation ...
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NewsChild protection system still lacks data on 87,000 children
Local authorities face technical difficulties uploading information None of the four children’s specialist trusts have successfully implemented child protection information sharing system False negatives “raise a risk” for children with protection plans Nearly three quarters of children with child protection plans do not have their details stored on ...
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NewsWhat's new in care models: What counts as a PACS?
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View
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HSJ PartnersIntegration for millions of patients: making NHS interoperability whole-system
As sustainability and transformation plans shape the future of care for millions, interoperability must extend to all care settings. The NHS is demanding and proving that true integration is finally about to happen
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HSJ LocalCouncil chief executive to lead CCG after 'symbolic' appointment
Steven Pleasant to lead Tameside Council and Tameside and Glossop CCG The appointment is “symbolic” of the changes taking place in Greater Manchester Single commissioning board is already running between adult social services and the CCG, controlling a budget of £435m Work ongoing to transfer hundreds of social care ...
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CommentThe NHS must rise to the challenge of tackling poverty
The health service does sterling work treating the consequences of poverty but can do much to address the causes, too