All Social care articles – Page 70
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NewsAbuse case care home closes today
The Bristol care home at the centre of allegations of routine abuse of vulnerable adults with learning difficulties will close today (24 June).
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CommentThe right-to-request primary care trust: one year on
A year ago, City Health Care Partnership became the first social enterprise to ‘go live’ through the right-to-request scheme. On its first anniversary, chief executive Andrew Burnell reports on how they are getting on.
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HSJ KnowledgeAll ears: have the public's preferences for Health Bill changes been heard?
The public made their health and social care wish-list known during the government’s listening exercise. Don Redding of National Voices discusses whether they have been heard.
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HSJ Local
Leeds service change group focusing on long term conditions and home care
FINANCE: Leeds Health and Social Care Transformation Board - bringing together the health and social care bodies in the city - has begun leading service change in several areas.
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NewsAbuse investigation care home to close
The care home at the centre of allegations of abuse of vulnerable adult patients revealed on television is to close on Friday, its owners have said.
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NewsGroups to commission for 'their whole population'
The Health Bill will make explicit that clinical commissioning groups must commission for “whole populations, not just registered patients”, the government has said.
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NewsCameron to embark on new reforms
David Cameron is set to embark on a fresh round of public service reforms, radically changing the way services are delivered.
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NewsBeefed up health and wellbeing boards extend council powers
Councils have been handed greater influence over healthcare commissioning following the government’s decision to bolster the power of health and wellbeing boards.
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NewsCare abuse investigation set for next month
A serious case review into allegations that carers routinely abused vulnerable adults with learning difficulties at a residential hospital in Gloucestershire has been set for July.
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NewsPublic health funding argument 'is over'
A senior Department of Health official has given a strong indication that councils have lost the argument over ringfenced public health budgets and that the government will not turn on the issue.
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Blogs
Can local authorities step up as good providers of care?
Change must come as the public sector’s dominance and budget cuts in local authorities mean there is no way for the majority of the population to get, or afford, quality care.
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NewsCancer treatment disadvantage for older patients
Older cancer patients are less likely to survive due to inadequate treatment, according to a review released today.
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HSJ KnowledgeContinuing the valuable work memory clinics provide for dementia patients
Memory clinics have produced proven results in early diagnosis and intervention for patients suffering memory loss symptoms - but many face a battle to continue improving quality without funding. Seraphim Patel and colleagues from Central and North West London Foundation Trust report.
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NewsIndependent inquiry into care home abuse possible
The abuse of residents at a care home for people with learning disabilities exposed on television may receive an independent inquiry, the government has admitted.
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NewsHealth secretary sets sights on improved dementia care
Improving care for older people and support for those with dementia is a “personal priority” for the Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon, she has told a conference.
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NewsNeurology care criticised by RCP
The standard of care for UK patients with conditions such as migraines, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease is inadequate to support patient needs, according to a new report.
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NewsCalls for government action over Southern Cross future
The government will be urged to show leadership to help secure the future of staff and residents at Southern Cross care homes as the company struggles under mounting debts.
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NewsNew adult care legislation to be pushed through
The introduction of legal protections for adults in care is to be brought forward following revelations of abuse at a Bristol residential hospital, the government has indicated.
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Blogs
The end of the start for personalisation in adult social care?
With social workers critical of the idea, it looks like the government is quietly moving away from the idea of personalisation in social care before it has even been implemented.
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HSJ Local
North Lincs health and social care centre set for October opening
STRUCTURE: A name has been chosen for North Lincolnshire PCT’s new health and social care centre, and it is due to open in October.