All Social care articles – Page 43
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News
Exclusive: Social care will benefit from £8bn NHS boost, says Hunt
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ the better care fund should be ‘accelerated and extended’, helping the social care sector to benefit from increased spending promised for the NHS.
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Liberal Democrats commit to repeal competition elements of Health Act
The Liberal Democrats have criticised the role of competition in the health service, pledging to repeal parts of the Health Act 2012 and end the competition authority’s role in health.
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HSJ Local
Residents moved from care home by commissioners
QUALITY: Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Clinical Commissioning Group has moved some residents from Admiral Court Care Home in Hartlepool because their nursing needs were not being met there.
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News
Burnham: Social care will benefit from Labour's £2.5bn health cash boost
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham speaks to LGC following the launch of Labour’s manifesto
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Labour pledges to avoid 'extreme' cuts to social care
Labour has pledged to avoid ‘extreme’ cuts to social care in the next parliament in order to improve quality of care and prevent further pressure on the NHS.
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Exclusive: Care home closures blamed for Dorset delayed transfers
The closure of two care homes has been blamed for a high rate of delayed transfers of care in Dorset. The local mental health provider is the only foundation trust in breach of Monitor’s target for delays, HSJ can reveal.
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Supplements
Integration supplement: Seamless synergy takes the right skills
Assembling the skillset for integrated care
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Supplements
Supplement: Everybody’s talking about integration but can the NHS deliver?
An overview of integrated care
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News
City's social workers transfer to healthcare provider
All 172 of Plymouth City Council’s social workers are now employed by Plymouth Community Healthcare
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Supplements
Integration supplement: How the third sector helps discharged patients
The important role of British Red Cross volunteers
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Comment
We can't just 'do the same again' to make £22bn of NHS efficiencies
The stretching challenge
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Comment
Patients and service users must be part of the joint working jigsaw
From fragmented services to coordinated care
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News
Full HCA registration 'inevitable', says care review author
New training standards for healthcare assistants should be made mandatory as part of a journey towards ‘inevitable’ full registration of the care workforce, the author of the Cavendish review has said.
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HSJ Partners
Partnering with the voluntary sector gives patients more choice
Its role in integration
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Maude calls for more personal budgets and mutuals
Cabinet office minister Francis Maude has said there is ‘much more’ scope for the use of personal budgets in health and social care.
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Comment
HSJ commission: Social care and housing are important to put older people first
Issues facing older people
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Comment
To achieve devo Manc, we need trust between key stakeholders
Devolving Manchester’s health and social care budgets
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News
NHS England reveals new care model 'vanguard'
NHS England has selected 29 ‘vanguard’ areas to develop new models of integrated services which can be replicated across the country. The sites include some of the most challenged health economies in England and well established pioneers of joined up care.