All Voluntary sector/third sector articles – Page 14
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CommentJeremy Taylor: the Future Forum's work is about changing culture
It’s not about the money; it’s not about the technology; it’s not about the data. It’s about the culture. That could be a summary of the NHS Future Forum’s work on information last autumn, writes information worksteam co-chair Jeremy Taylor.
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Comment'Integrated care should be this decade's number one priority'
Achieving proper integrated care must be taken as seriously in the next 10 years as waiting times have been in the last 10, say King’s Fund chief executive Chris Ham and Nuffield Trust director Jennifer Dixon.
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NewsCharity report paints 'bleak picture' of homeless health
Homeless people can expect to die 30 years before the average person, research for a charity has found.
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Comment'Delivering better community services requires equal relationships'
Delivering public services through equal and reciprocal relationships between providers and the communities they serve should be at the heart of commissioning community services, and achieving integrated care, says Victor Adebowale.
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Enuresis award for Surrey social enterprise
PERFORMANCE: Social Enterprise scheme Central Surrey Health has won a national award for best employee idea for service innovation.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow UK healthcare professionals can help countries needing international development
Healthcare workers are being challenged to take up their most demanding but rewarding career move yet as international development charity VSO urgently needs 100 healthcare professionals to volunteer in some of the world’s poorest countries next year.
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NHS Manchester plans cuts to voluntary sector
FINANCE: The primary care trust has proposed to cut its funding to at least 19 community and voluntary sector (CVS) organisations next year.
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Your Healthcare plans social care integration with council
STRUCTURE: A leading NHS social enterprise is set to enter into an agreement with its local council to draw up plans to redesign community nursing and social care services.
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NewsLabour Lords win concession on Health Bill
Opposition peers have defeated the government for the first time in the Health Bill’s passage, carrying an amendment which could lead to tax breaks for charities supplying NHS services.
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NewsWhistleblowers challenge government over protection
A group of NHS whistleblowers plans to challenge the government over the level of protection provided to staff who raise concerns.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook review - Spedan's partnership: the story of John Lewis and Waitrose
NHS Trafford service reform lead Hannah Lowry reviews Spedan’s partnership: The Story of John Lewis and Waitrose by Peter Cox, and whether the NHS can learn from employee-owned businesses in retail.
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Comment'After destructive debate, the case for reform needs to be rebuilt'
The government needs to find a way to make the ingredients of reform seem like opportunities for positive change rather than threats, writes Asthma UK chief executive Neil Churchill.
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Accolade for cancer nurses at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT
WORKFORCE: Four nurses who provide vital tailor-made packages of care for breast cancer patients have been “adopted” by Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Comment'Social enterprise is a real alternative to the big, bland offer'
City Health Care Partnership CIC chief executive Andrew Burnell reports from the social enterprise’s first AGM how it is aiming to utilise its flexibility to deliver quality local services by making its offering bigger, and more sustainable.
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Comment'Healthcare without competition is financially unsustainable'
Despite increased competition raising fears, in some quarters, for the future of the NHS, now is not the time to play it safe - but to harness its power to do great things, says Sir Stephen Bubb.
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Charities pledge £1m to Southport cancer centre
FINANCE: Two charities have pledged £1m towards refurbishing and extending a cancer treatment centre for patients in north Sefton and West Lancashire.
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New cancer nurse role at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
WORKFORCE: A charity has agreed to fund a new cancer nurse post at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy sharing information is central to preventing heart conditions
It was as late as the 1980s before “prevention” stopped being a dirty word at the British Heart Foundation. Importantly, however, times have changed, as the foundation’s health information manager Isobel Booth explains.
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Primary care guru joins Guy's charity
WORKFORCE: Professor David Colin-Thomé, who was national clinical director for primary care for nine years, has become a trustee of the south London foundation trust’s charity.
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NHS North East Essex invites bids for charity grants
FINANCE: The primary care trust is inviting voluntary organisations to bid for grants.