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An initiative to support old and vulnerable patients during and after hospital discharge is also reducing readmission rates In most cases patients look forward to being discharged from hospital, but for some old and vulnerable people, who lack the support network provided by close family and friends...
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Technology can help people to be responsible for their health from their own home rather than from hospital Arun Marsh
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Rather than comic book heroes, it is often local heroes and the efforts of individual staff that produce co-ordinated care You would be forgiven for thinking that integration is the new fresh-faced comic book hero fearlessly felling all foes. A&E crisis? "No problem ma'am, a bit of integration...
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News, comment, blogposts and tweets across the sector, including coverage of the Health + Care conference Clare Horton Claire Burke Sarah Johnson
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At a time of increasing need and decreasing revenues, a co-operative model could provide a solution Serving tea and cake might not seem particularly pioneering but the seven staff with learning difficulties who work at the Cafe in the Park in Herrington Country Park near Sunderland are all genuine pioneers...
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Families are the biggest providers of care, yet carers can find themselves cut out of decision-making and bounced between different bureaucracies Caring is a fact of life. Whether a partner falls ill, or a parent needs support as they grow older, or a child is born with a disability – it will affect...
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Cost-effective, person-centred, co-ordinated care requires support for local health systems so they can deliver the right care in the right settings, and develop new ways of working In recent years, the health and social care sectors have both faced a series of unprecedented challenges. These have included...
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Sponsored Q&A: how can higher education better prepare students for a patient-centered NHS? Join our panel of experts on Friday 17 May 12-2pm BST The inquiry into the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of patients at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust earlier this year, has left an unsettling nervousness...
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's director of health and social care discusses meetings, jargon and change Describe your role in one sentence: Over the years it's been one of a midwife – bringing new initiatives into the world of Nice . At the moment this includes establishing...
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Everything a social landlord does has the potential to improve local health and wellbeing. How can housing demonstrate its worth? The security afforded by a permanent, affordable and pleasant place to live is so fundamental to our health and wellbeing that most of the time we don't even acknowledge...
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Joseph Fox, who suffered a mini stroke when he was 17, took these photos to illustrate survivors' experiences.
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Supporters say it helps those with dementia, but the sight of an older person cuddling an 'empathy doll' can disturb relatives The image of an older person cuddling and singing to a child's doll can be strange and disturbing, yet doll therapy is being used by a growing number of care homes...
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People Powered Health is an approach that can improve quality of life and save the NHS money The health system is going through significant upheaval and crisis provoked by the combined impact of the NHS reforms and the Francis Inquiry. The result is a sense of unease and uncertainty despite the NHS ranking...