All Social care articles – Page 57
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CommentMichael White: social care reform is a slow crawl
The government’s plans have finally reached another milestone
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HSJ KnowledgeLet's take integrated care from rhetoric to reality
Progress is being made to join up health and social care commissioning
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NewsCQC appoints social care chief inspector
The Care Quality Commission has announced the appointment of its first chief inspector for social care.
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NewsBaumann: NHS needs 'heroic' savings to pay for integration fund
Government plans to create a £3.8bn pooled fund for health and social care commissioning will take the level of savings needed by the health service in 2015-16 to at least 6 or 7 per cent, NHS England’s chief financial officer has warned.
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NewsCare cap 'to spark huge rise in demand'
More than 50,000 extra people could demand social care assessments from councils in 2016 when a £72,000 cap on care costs is introduced, according to Department of Health figures.
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NewsAverage CCG faces £10m topslice to pay for integration fund
The average clinical commissioning group will have more than £10m taken out of its budget in 2015-16 to pay for the government’s planned £3.8bn fund for the integration of health and social care, according to NHS England.
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NewsAgreement sought on integration fund rules
NHS England and the Local Government Association are jointly developing a set of criteria that councils must meet in order to receive a share of the new £3.8bn health and social care fund.
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BlogsWe're missing the signs of alcohol abuse among older people
The over 65 population is drinking in ever greater numbers, posing a new set of healthcare problems
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HSJ KnowledgeHow Liverpool is integrating health and social care
Changing the way health and adult services work together
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Comment'I'm not in favour of any radical new departures'
Stephen Dorrell assesses the NHS on its 65th anniversary
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NewsSecond wave of community budgets announced
A second wave of areas adopting community budgets, bringing together funding for local public services, has been announced by communities secretary Eric Pickles.
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NewsWork still to be done on health integration
Adult social care and health service leaders have highlighted issues that still need to be ironed out before NHS and social care services can be fully integrated, a new poll indicates.
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NewsCuts threaten councils' viability, says LGA chief
Some councils could cease to exist under the pressures of the latest round of spending cuts.
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CommentThe government double counts its chickens
There are two ways to see the coalition’s social care plan
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CommentMichael White: an end to health tourism?
The government is making hay from plans to charge foreign NHS visitors
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NewsDH sets out new social care entitlement rules
Councils will have to provide social care services to all residents whose needs meet a nationally-set threshold, under plans published by the Department of Health.
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NewsHunt dubs £3bn transfer to social care “huge moment in NHS history”
Health funding transfer to social care to treble in 2015-16
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Exclusive: £3.8bn integration fund tied to performance
A chunk of the planned £3.8bn pooled health and social care fund will be held back from local commissioners unless they can demonstrate their investments have brought improvements for patients, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHealth and wellbeing boards may control £1bn under integration plan
Health and wellbeing boards could be given control of more than £1bn funding from the Department of Health budget under plans being considered by ministers and local government leaders.