All Social care articles – Page 36
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HSJ LocalHospital trust blames care home closure for A&E performance decline
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham and Greewnich Trust puts the fall in year-on-year A&E performance down to a carehome closure making discharges harder and an increase in blue-light attendances.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to develop new care models
Consideration of new care delivery models is crucial to transforming our healthcare system
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NewsExclusive: 'Blackmail' over control totals could undermine STPs, leaders warn
Stephen Dalton and Stephen Dorrell say national leaders risk derailing STPs by trying to “blackmail” local NHS bodies Control totals criticised as “old money” strategy NHS Confederation leaders say STPs are a “cornerstone” of NHS planning and delivery process National leaders risk derailing the sustainability and transformation planning ...
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NewsDelayed care transfers to continue for years, Stevens warns
NHS England chief executive tells MPs problems with care transfers unlikely to subside in the next few years Simon Stevens rejects NAO estimate that delayed transfers cost the NHS £820m Stevens: NHS takeovers of adult social care services will not work everywhere DH social care chief says there are ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Chains are where the action is
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by integration reporter David Williams.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe barriers to integrated care remain to be smashed down
Short-term thinking is still the enemy of integrated health and social care
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CommentForget the past of NHS finances and deal with the future
The NHS must turn the page on the last few years of financial decline
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat do NHS financial pressures really mean for patients?
Understanding how financial pressures can affect patients is key to minimising their negative impact
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HSJ LocalHundreds of council staff to transfer to vanguard trust
440 council staff set to transfer to Salford Royal Foundation Trust to become part of a new “integrated care organisation” Set to be one of the first vanguard new care models to be fully realised Some areas have felt unable to fully integrate health and social care contracts due ...
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CommentDoes social spending hold the key to better health?
Cutting expenditure on social welfare programmes has a detrimental effect on the health of a wide range of groups
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NewsVanguards face funding cut in 2016-17
Acute care collaboration is the only vanguard area to get funding rise Most PACS and MCPs receiving less money in 2016-17 than previous year NHS England previously said funding would be prioritised to the areas it had most confidence in Data: See all the vanguard allocations Vanguards will ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Taking stock of the better care fund
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: The integration paradox
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View
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NewsLittle progress by ‘integration pioneers’, DH’s study finds
DH-commissioned study finds ‘limited evidence’ of changes to services Norman Lamb: NHS England did not take the programme seriously enough Financial pressures and performance targets distract from transformation The coalition government’s high profile “integration pioneers” programme has yielded few tangible results and failed to remove barriers to joined-up ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: When councils should take over
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by integration reporter David Williams.
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NewsCouncil to lead county-wide CAMHS tender
Council to lead joint tender of CAMHS and council children’s services Youth justice, “pupil premium” and public health services all rolled in Alliance contract or lead provider deal considered Incumbent provider enters into partnership with Mind A county council has been nominated to lead the procurement of a ...
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CommentIntegrated care requires CCGs to focus on ‘market building’
Why commissioners must adopt the role of “market-builder” alongside “buyer”
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CommentComplainants’ voices are as muted as ever
Little has changed for people with grievances against the NHS
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NewsHSCIC renamed NHS Digital and new chair hired
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has appointed a new chair and been renamed NHS Digital.
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HSJ LocalFirst NHS trust makes move into home care market
Northern Devon Healthcare Trust is to become the first health service organisation to enter the home care market.