All Social care articles – Page 92
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HSJ Knowledge
Take part in an Information Centre survey
People involved in health and social care information - from managers and commissioners to public health researchers and academics - are invited to help shape a major new population-based survey as part of a wider survey programme being developed by the Information Centre for health and social care.
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HSJ Knowledge
The role of the Information Centre for health and social care
The need for high-quality, timely information is greater than ever in the health service, as Information Centre chief executive Tim Straughan explains
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Social care managers working longer hours
Eight out of 10 social care managers regularly work more than their contracted hours, a report by the Chartered Management Institute has found.
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Scotland's personal care policy questioned
Scotland's flagship free personal care policy needs to be better funded and managed if it is to work in the future, the public spending watchdog warned last week. A report from Audit Scotland reveals budget shortfalls and ambiguities in the way the policy was implemented.
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Michael White on social care's big year
This is a big year for social care, possibly the biggest for a generation, says minister Ivan Lewis whenever he gets the chance. 'We've got to get it right.'
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HSJ Knowledge
Value for many - improving learning difficulties services
A consultation on learning difficulties services seeks to help most service users to live in the community, while increasing monitoring and support. Mark Gould reports
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Hospitals are 'fast tracking' elderly into care, CSCI finds
A damning report by the Commission for Social Care Inspection has implicated NHS hospitals in an unfair tendency to 'fast track' elderly people into care homes.
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Patients denied admission as PCTs argue over who will pay
Patients deemed to be a threat to themselves or others are being denied hospital beds while commissioners squabble over money.
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Social care needs unmet, says watchdog
People who do not qualify for social care are struggling with a poor quality of life, according to a report published today by the Commission for Social Care Inspection.
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Family drug and alcohol court opens doors
The first specialist drug and alcohol court in Britain has begun a three-year pilot.
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Super-regulator could be threat to vulnerable
Plans for a new super-regulator have been attacked for cutting costs at the expense of vulnerable patients and social care users.
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HSJ Knowledge
Dementia care: in search of the person behind the condition
There will be a massive rise in the number of people with dementia in the next 15 years. They will all require a gold standard of person centred care, where they are kept occupied and their identity recognised
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health professions - whose job is it anyway?
New professional roles that have come with the Mental Health Act 2007 have been broadly welcomed, despite continuing debate about other opportunities that have been missed. Stuart Shepherd explains
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Maggie Rae on action for equality
Christmas came early for me insofar as all the objectives I wanted to deliver were prioritised in the NHS operating framework. I was delighted to see health inequalities in there.
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Social care users want free basic service but will pay top-up
Up to three quarters of social care service users support radical reform of the funding system, a multi-agency survey has revealed.
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Health and Social Care Bill under fire over safety
Regulators have issued a grave warning to the government that proposed reforms will 'fatally weaken' their independence and pose a significant risk to patient safety.
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Welsh social services improve
Care and social services in Wales improved during 2006-07 but the quality of some services remains inconsistent, according to a report published today.
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Report calls for long-term care reform
Payment for long-term care for older people should be universal but shared between the state and individual, according to a report by 15 organisations.
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Charity uncovers £66.4bn social care funding gap
The 'care gap' between the social care that councils and the NHS provide to elderly and disabled people and what they actually need has grown to £66.4bn a year, the charity Counsel and Care has said.The gap, equivalent to £25,000 for every disabled person over 65, is plugged through privately ...
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DoH responds to social care ethics review
The Department of Health has published a response to the recommendations of the Planning Group on Ethics Review in Social Care Research.