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At the same time as the government is setting out a vision for a reformed system, that system itself is on the edge The publication of the care and support white paper and draft bill in July provided a milestone in the journey to reform that the adult social care sector has been on for the past few years...
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Natasha Curry, of the Nuffield Trust, explores Japan's long-term care insurance system and the lessons we can learn about caring for an ageing population While changing demographics are putting considerable pressures on health and care systems in all Western countries, nowhere is it more acute than...
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A report reveals shortcomings in the use of a legal framework rushed through to protect the rights of mental health patients The Care Quality Commission last week published its second report on the deprivation of liberty safeguards. The safeguards are a legal framework that was introduced in response...
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Helping health and care workers understand one another's roles in a positive spirit has inspired more focus on patient outcomes New governments always believe that integration of health and social care will solve all the problems of underfunding of care for older people, continuing health care and...
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The government wants greater integration between health and social care, apparently, but little thought has been given as to how this will be achieved, says Bob Hudson Guardian readers woke up on Thursday to a remarkable headline – David Cameron orders merging of health and social care . Health secretary...
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*** Vinegar, the Patient from Hell, rejects patient choice in favour of a hospital which has treated him for years and doesn't trust paper records I have just started a series of four outpatients appointments with different specialists, to sort out some of the multiple aches and pains of old age...
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One lesson to emerge from Southern Cross is the need for better clarity in the roles of providers, commissioners, regulators and central government, argues Richard Humphries What happens if a big care provider fails? Reverberations from the demise of Southern Cross continue, with the latest report from...
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By accessing the same services as their GP, patients can participate more actively in the care they receive, argues Dr Amir Hannan The NHS needs to change. As the costs of healthcare escalate, huge efficiency savings need to be found through improvements in quality and productivity with the spotlight...
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Ali Parsa's Circle Health is taking over financially challenged Hinchingbrooke Hospital. Let's give him a chance, asks the Patient from hell Let's have the downside first. Ali Parsa used to work for Goldman Sachs. Most of his directors, executive and non-executive, are moneymen from the City...
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The biggest changes to the English health service are already underway within NHS hospital trusts, regardless of the fate of the health bill When Britons think of the NHS, they might consider the abstract idea of healthcare free at the point of delivery. But they are more likely to think about the place...
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The Patient from Hell dared to call some of doctors' leaders 'smug' – and got an earful in return I used to think the NHS was the wonder of the world. Then a few years ago, I was having lunch in Paris with an elderly Frenchman and an American lady, and both said that the worst country in...
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The experience of the Welsh NHS shows that a successful health service will need less hospital space For many people, the hospital building is the image that sums up everything the NHS does; there is a perception that hospitals are what the NHS is all about. People understandably feel an emotional attachment...
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Honesty with the public over the scope of the NHS efficiency challenge is a critical first step to building the case for change locally In September, Andrew Lansley accepted the Independent Reconfiguration Panel's recommendations to proceed with changes to services at Chase Farm hospital in north...
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The health service needs to learn lessons on locating its services from supermarkets The health and social care bill is an irrelevance to the real troubles facing the NHS in England. It is obliged to save £20bn by 2015, faces flat-line funding and is avalanched with demand. Fiddling at the margins of...
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Cuts aren't the only option: when faced with reduced funding, managers should explore all the options before wielding the axe Headlines about the NHS and local government cutting services to save money are becoming increasingly frequent. However, should these cuts be taking place and who should be...
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