All Social care articles – Page 83
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NewsQuestions raised over Gordon Brown's free personal care plans
Questions have been raised over the details of the prime minister’s pledge yesterday to provide free personal care for those most in need.
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NewsAndy Burnham warns NHS managers not to conduct 'mini spending reviews'
NHS managers must not conduct their own “mini spending reviews” in advance of political decisions about NHS funding, the health secretary has warned.
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NewsGovernment set to issue a five year spending plan for NHS
November’s pre-budget report could spell out the government’s health spending plans not just for the next 18 months but for the next five years, HSJ has been told.
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Community
Goldie takes on social care
A campaign to promote social work careers has been wheeling out the great and good from celeb-land.
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NewsEssex Cares bids for PCT role
Essex County Council’s new social care trading company could earn upwards of £3m a year in dividends and may take over some local PCT services
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NewsMental health killings reports urge better information sharing
Reports into two killings by a man with schizophrenia have sparked calls for better sharing of information in management of mental health patients.
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CommentStephen Eames on dementia strategy
I was startled when our nursing director pointed out that at any one time there could be up to 400 patients with dementia occupying beds in our hospitals.
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CommentCally Bann on winter pressures
Good news: we’ve just managed to close the winter pressure beds. Even better: the summer theatre closure programme has kicked in.
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NewsVariation shows NHS community services ripe for efficiencies
Huge variations in the working practices of primary care trust provider arms are masking large potential efficiency savings.
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CommentJo Webber on NHS care scandals
At the heart of the care scandal in Mid Staffordshire foundation trust and the Baby Peter case is the need for a strong culture of questioning and scrutiny
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LeaderCommunity services: get off your bikes
Community services need to raise their sights if they are to be ready for the funding squeeze.
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NewsKieran Brett to be Andy Burnham's adviser
A former adviser to Tony Blair is expected to begin as health secretary Andy Burnham’s policy special adviser within the next two weeks, HSJ can reveal. Kieran Brett, who has recently been working as a consultant to the NHS, was Mr Blair’s special adviser on home affairs.
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Information
Swine flu: letter to Social Care Reference Group
I will be concentrating my efforts on supporting social care by working to: Build capacity and resilience across all sectors; Ensure we are working closely with health colleagues nationally, regionally and locally to increase readiness; Ensure leadership and direction is given to all those involved in the management and delivery ...
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CommentCally Bann on sporting achievement
OK, so the meeting to square off the ward upgrade plan, the summer theatre closure plan, the length of stay plan, the day case rate improvement plan, the 18-week plan, the demand management plan, the winter planning plan, the income plan and the 7.5 per cent cost improvement plan was ...
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NewsUnison to spend £1m promoting worth of public services
A £1m campaign to promote public services has been launched by Unison.
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NewsHospital downgrade plan chief quits Oxford Radcliffe
The man whose plan to downgrade Horton General Hospital was thrown out by the government is quitting as Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust’s chief executive.
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CommentMichael White on the future of healthcare funding
For a politician in his situation, care services minister Phil Hope was in a remarkably cheerful mood when I caught up with him to find out how well - or badly - his department’s latest green paper had been received.
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NewsWill the public back the national care service?
The long awaited social care green paper proposes reforms including a new ‘national care service’, but what are the implications and where will the money come from?
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NewsNICE issues guidance to help spot child abuse
Doctors and nurses will be given guidance to help them recognise children who are at risk of physical or sexual abuse, it has been announced.
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NewsNHS care indicators on new website
Two hundred care quality indicators are to be made available on a single NHS website with the enthusiastic backing of outgoing health minister Lord Darzi.