All Social care articles – Page 53
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NewsCQC may 'outsource' market oversight analysis
The Care Quality Commission has said it currently lacks the skills to deliver a new duty of “market oversight” of the adult social care sector.
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HSJ KnowledgeA multitalented approach to delivering community care
All staff can become holistic practitioners
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NewsCouncils row with DH over deferred care bill
The Local Government Association has claimed a key part of the government’s social care reforms could cost councils five times more than estimated, triggering a row with the Department of Health.
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HSJ LocalCouncil takes back mental health service
Norfolk County Council is to take its social care service for working age adults with mental health problems back under its direct control after shortcomings emerged in the service which was run by a mental health trust.
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NewsSurge in over-90s needing ambulances
The number of very elderly people needing to go to hospital by ambulance has risen 81 per cent since 2009-10, according to new figures.
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Comment'Closing the Gap' is a crucial step to mental health parity
Closing the Gap can rectify the NHS’s institutional bias
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CommentHow we bridge the gap between community and acute care
Berkshire trust chief explains their new service model
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NewsMPs: CQC is 'being turned around'
The Care Quality Commission has gained a “renewed sense of purpose”, according to a Commons health committee report.
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NewsMinister backs commissioning-only care role for councils
Care services minister Norman Lamb has voiced his support for a proposal to prevent councils from directly providing adult care services.
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CommentPooling funding is the only way forward
We are at a critical time for health and social care
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HSJ PartnersInnovative use of data can improve end of life care
A shift in thinking can lead to a better patient experience
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LeaderIt is time to bring social care spending in from the cold
Remove the artificial barriers between health and social care
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CommentBetter housing will relieve winter pressures
Housing improvements are vital for reducing emergency hospital visits
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CommentWelfare advice is essential to mental health care
It makes services more efficient, effective and responsive
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NewsPerformance measures will impact on integration funding
NHS England has announced factors including delayed transfers of care and levels of emergency admissions will impact on how much money each area receives from the new £3.8bn integration fund.
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NewsDrug firm fined for care homes 'cartel'
A pharmaceuticals company is to be fined more than £380,000 over a cartel arrangement in which it carved up some of a multimillion-pound market in prescription drugs for care homes with a rival.
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NewsCQC launches dementia services review
The Care Quality Commission is to undertake unannounced inspections of 150 care homes and hospitals to review the care of people with dementia in England.
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NewsCare reforms 'to increase costs and legal challenges'
The government’s plans to create a national standard for social care eligibility could place unfunded new burdens on councils and lead to an increase in legal challenges, ministers have been warned.
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NewsElderly lack support after hospital
A lack of support for older people after they have been in hospital leaves them vulnerable to readmission, new research has found.
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HSJ Knowledge
How have intermediate care services performed in 2013?
CCGs were told they need to double capacity