All Social care articles – Page 74
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NewsBed blocking 'on the increase'
The number of patients staying in hospital despite being well enough to leave has risen in the last year, according to a survey.
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NewsEfficiency drive redirects £162m to frontline services
The Department of Health is to make an extra £162m available for frontline services after a successful efficiency drive, the health secretary has announced.
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HSJ KnowledgeA model for the co-provision of home-based care
A co-provision approach to post acute re-enablement has reduced lengths of hospital stays in pilot areas, as Katie Donlevy and James Heffron explain
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NewsSocial care directors back statutory wellbeing boards
Social services directors have welcomed the government’s decision that there will be a statutory duty on local authorities to create health and wellbeing boards.
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NewsTrusts failing to review dementia readmissions
Trust boards are failing to review data on readmissions for patients with dementia, a major clinical audit has found.
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NewsHereford integrated care organisation approved
A new form of integrated care organisation has received approval from the cooperation and competition panel.
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NewsPCTs given average 3 per cent rise in funding
Primary care trusts will receive an extra £2.6bn next year to spend on commissioning, the government has announced.
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NewsBudget cuts make it 'impossible' to maintain social care standards
Social services directors have said the government’s local authority budget cuts will make it “impossible” to maintain current standards of social care without restricting the number of people who receive care.
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NewsElderly care service review launched
The future planning of elderly care services is “one of the greatest challenges” for society, according to the chairman of a new group set up to investigate reforms in Scotland.
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NewsDorrell's committee warns about impact of 'unprecedented' efficiency target
The Commons health committee has warned real terms cuts to adult social care will almost inevitably translate into unfunded extra demand on the NHS.
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NewsBritish public attitudes at ideological crossroads
The country is at a “political crossroads” but attitudes are now “far closer” to many of Margaret Thatcher’s core beliefs than when she left office, a report on social trends has claimed.
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Disability funding overhaul to improve patient choice
Disabled people will be able to use government money to buy their own support services or equipment under a “radical shake-up” of decision-making in parts of Britain.
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NewsDelayed hospital patient discharges double
Almost twice as many patients as last year are enduring delayed discharges while a place in a care home is found on their behalf, figures have shown.
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NewsCQC to scan Twitter for care complaints
The Care Quality Commission is working on an IT system to monitor social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter for complaints about care homes and healthcare providers.
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NewsSocial care cuts may raise hospital spend
Researchers have laid bare how cuts to adult social care could lead to significant extra demand for acute services.
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LeaderBattleship Lansley ploughs on through the fog of reform
HSJ readers will be familiar with the tensions inherent in the government’s reforms which are now beginning to leak into the public ken.
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Comment'Don't allow healthcare and public health improvement to be divided'
The raison d’être of local government is that elected councillors best represent residents’ concerns.
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NewsPublic-private partnerships market growing to £1.8 trillion
The UK market for public private partnerships will potentially be worth £1.8 trillion over the next decade, according to analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving quality and productivity in the NHS
Penelope Dash and Ben Richardson offer practical advice for how to use current policy thinking to boost care and cost-effectiveness