All Social care articles – Page 80
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LeaderWe need to face up to tough choices on social care – fast
The social care white paper unveiled on Tuesday is an important step on the way to getting politicians and voters to face difficult choices.
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NewsCare white paper opts for care free at the point of need
The government has staked its general election chances on the establishment of a national care service akin to the NHS.
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NewsCare bill funding drops 'death tax' plan
The government will rule out today what critics have branded a “death tax” to fund social care for the elderly.
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NewsGovernment to launch social care white paper on Tuesday
Number 10 and health secretary Andy Burnham are preparing to launch the long awaited social care white paper on Tuesday.
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CommentChris Ham on urgency for healthcare innovation
Labour’s tenure has seen massive progress in areas including access to services and cardiac and cancer care. But the greatest changes must now follow fast - things can only get different
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NewsNorfolk records major drop in bed blocking
There were up to 75 per cent fewer patients waiting for discharge on any one day across Norfolk this winter, following the introduction of a “capacity plan” to reduce bed blocking across the county.
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LeaderDH must help make integration seamless
Progress on Transforming Community Services indicates more integration is coming our way. “Vertical integration” is the method of the moment, and HSJ understands some primary care trusts feel under considerable pressure to head in that direction.
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NewsQuestions over national cold weather plan
Calls for the creation of a national “cold weather plan” have sparked concerns over who should deliver it among health and social care, and primary and acute care.
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NewsSocial care integration drive
Joint commissioning of social care by primary care trusts and local authorities is likely to be made mandatory.
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NewsDH advocacy of integration ‘not credible’
The Department of Health is rarely a “credible advocate” for the integration of health and social care services because its policies are often contradictory, say senior NHS managers with dual local authority roles.
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NewsKing's Fund sets out social care funding proposals
Elderly people who need social care should foot part of the bill so current standards can be maintained as costs soar over the next 15 years, according to a new study.
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NewsPCTs' spending on carers under scrutiny
Primary care trusts will have to prove they are spending enough on supporting carers, care services minister Phil Hope has said.
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NewsPoliticians to debate support for carers
Care services minister Phil Hope, shadow minister for health and social care Stephen O’Brien and Liberal Democrat spokesperson Paul Burstow are to meet to discuss government policy on carers.
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CommentJenny Owen on a new solution to health and social care funding
A solution to social care funding must be agreed to get the most benefit from joint working
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NewsAutism strategy aims to help more adults into work
Adults with autism who wish to live independently are set to benefit from the launch of the first national strategy to help them live fulfilling and rewarding lives.
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CommentMark Goldman on inspiring people
“We must reject the idea - well intentioned but dead wrong - that the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become ‘more like a business’.
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CommentSecrets, buckets and a princely opinion
After the very public spat between Andy Burnham, Andrew Lansley and Norman Lamb over the future of social care funding, and the will-they-won’t-they running commentary on which of them would attend a conference on the issue last Friday, the press were shut out of the event itself.
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NewsNick Clegg to promise respite breaks for carers
Voluntary carers who spend more than 50 hours a week looking after loved ones would be guaranteed a week’s break under plans announced by the Liberal Democrats.
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CommentMichael White: the personal care row
Seatbelts on please, crash helmets too. The pre-election row over personal care for the elderly shows alarming signs of blundering on to polling day.
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NewsBlackburn care trust plus given go ahead
The Department of Health has approved plans for NHS Blackburn with Darwen to become a care trust plus.