Change needed to realise the potential of community services, says new report by The King’s Fund Radical changes to community services are needed to realise the ambition of moving more care out of hospital and closer to people's homes, says a new report published by The King's Fund.
Thursday, 13 February 2014
'Cosmetic crisis' measures expected
'Cosmetic crisis' measures expected Tougher rules on dermal fillers, Botox injections and plastic surgery are set to be announced by the government. BBC News
GPs add to fears over NHS database
GPs add to fears over NHS database There is a crisis of confidence about a new NHS data-sharing scheme involving medical records, GP leaders are warning. BBC News
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- RCGP voices concerns about care.data Royal College of General Practitioners
- Survey shows readers wary on care.data E-Health Insider
- NHS database faces 'crisis of public confidence', GP body warns The Guardian
- 'Crisis of confidence' in NHS database, warn GPs The Daily Telegraph
Raising Concerns Newsletter Launch
Raising Concerns Newsletter Launch Read the first edition of the raising concerns newsletter for latest news on raising concerns NHS Employers
Public expenditure on health and social care: seventh report of session 2013-14
Public expenditure on health and social care: seventh report of session 2013-14 This report concludes that the health and care system needs fundamental change so that services are joined up and focussed on the needs of patients. It recommends that the current level of real terms funding for social care should be ring-fenced. It also recommends that the role of Health and Wellbeing Boards should be developed to allow them to become effective commissioners of joined-up health and care services. It also considers other issues such as competition, pay restraint and trusts and foundation trusts. House of Commons Health Select Committee
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NHS financial squeeze unsustainable in face of increasing demand
NHS financial squeeze unsustainable in face of increasing demand It's time the health service admits it is unlikely to meet future demand with ongoing funding crunch.
The NHS is now at a more pivotal stage than it has ever been since I became a GP more than 30 years ago. The financial squeeze on health services will get much tighter over the next five years, with spending per person on the NHS falling by 9%. The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that even if the NHS budget remained protected from cuts, the growth in population would lead to big real terms cuts. The truth is that the NHS protection myth is over. Even if health spending continued to rise with inflation, as it has since 2010, age-adjusted spending per person would be 9% lower in 2018 than in 2010.
The NHS is now at a more pivotal stage than it has ever been since I became a GP more than 30 years ago. The financial squeeze on health services will get much tighter over the next five years, with spending per person on the NHS falling by 9%. The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that even if the NHS budget remained protected from cuts, the growth in population would lead to big real terms cuts. The truth is that the NHS protection myth is over. Even if health spending continued to rise with inflation, as it has since 2010, age-adjusted spending per person would be 9% lower in 2018 than in 2010.
£1bn could be saved by NHS over next decade if doctors diagnosed chronic lung diseases earlier
£1bn could be saved by NHS over next decade if doctors diagnosed chronic lung diseases earlier
Doctors are failing to make an early diagnosis in 85 per cent of chronic lung diseases, which kill 25,000 people in the UK every year, researchers have found. The Independent
Doctors are failing to make an early diagnosis in 85 per cent of chronic lung diseases, which kill 25,000 people in the UK every year, researchers have found. The Independent
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