Next April local authorities take charge of public health, but what partnerships will need to be established? Saba Salman reports on the third in a series of debates on the changeover With less than six months to go before councils adopt responsibility for public health from the NHS in April 2013, much...
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Countries are responding in different ways to the increasing number of older people, but should we be looking closer to home? There is widespread agreement that our systems of health and social care can no longer adequately meet the needs and expectations of the increasing number of people living into...
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Managing services under the same roof may not be new but budget cuts and an ageing population could mean its time has come Barrhead's Health and Care centre is relatively unusual. It is one of only a few partnerships in Scotland that manages local NHS and local authority social care services under...
NHS staff from Fife travelled to Alaska to learn about an innovative family wellness programme which has helped A&E admissions decrease by 40% The real challenge for the NHS today is to adapt to a radically different operating environment, where health needs are often chronic and complex, financial...
Audit Scotland says despite good progress of Scottish NHS, pressure of costs and demand is building All health bodies in Scotland met their financial targets, but 10 out of 14 NHS boards have reported underlying recurring deficits, Scotland's spending watchdog has said. In an overview of the NHS...
How do the two counties differ on health and social care, and what can they learn from each other? Join us on Wednesday 2 November from 1pm Scotland and England may both be part of the same country – for the time being – but they differ considerably in their approaches to health and social care, policy...
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Summit speakers call for a fundamental rethink of public services in Scotland in age of austerity but policies for free health and education to remain put There must be a fundamental rethink of public services in Scotland, according to discussions at the Guardian Public Services Summit in Edinburgh....
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