Barker report confronts injustices of long-term care
Commission on the future of health and social care has unveiled a radical but deliverable plan
Kate Barker: Health and social care must be radically reshaped around need
The commission on the future of health and social care in England, established by the Kings Fund under economist Kate Barker, has unveiled a radical but deliverable plan for extending free at the point of need care into social services.
The commissions final report shuns the usual obsession with how to fund hospitals, instead focusing on the needs of patients with long-term conditions. It was heavily influenced by the emotionally charged evidence from its panel of service users and carers. Their distress, despair, sense of injustice and incomprehension at the unfairness of the current system drove the commission to look for a new approach, built around patient needs rather than the current arbitrary and irrational distinctions between health and social care. Guardian
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Friday, 5 September 2014
Bad paperwork putting patients at risk when discharged from hospital
Bad paperwork putting patients at risk when discharged from hospital
NHS England issues patient safety alert to GPs after finding 10,000 cases of poor communication between hospitals and GPs about patient care after they are discharged. Telegraph
NHS England issues patient safety alert to GPs after finding 10,000 cases of poor communication between hospitals and GPs about patient care after they are discharged. Telegraph
Revalidation: a quality improvement or regulatory intervention?
Revalidation: a quality improvement or regulatory intervention?
Linking to his published research, Dr Julian Archer asks whether revalidation is about poor performance or the opportunity to drive up standards in all practitioners through quality improvement measures. Health Foundation
Linking to his published research, Dr Julian Archer asks whether revalidation is about poor performance or the opportunity to drive up standards in all practitioners through quality improvement measures. Health Foundation
E-cigarette criticisms 'alarmist'
E-cigarette criticisms 'alarmist'
Warnings about e-cigarettes are "alarmist" - and increasing their use could save thousands of lives a year in the UK, researchers say. BBC News
Warnings about e-cigarettes are "alarmist" - and increasing their use could save thousands of lives a year in the UK, researchers say. BBC News
NHS and social care bodies take next step towards integrated health and social care for individuals
NHS and social care bodies take next step towards integrated health and social care for individuals
Integrated Personal Commissioning is a new voluntary approach to joining up health and social care for people with complex needs. This proposal offers service users, local commissioners, and the voluntary sector the chance to bring health and social care spend together for individuals.
NHS England, LGA, TLAP and ADASS have published a joint prospectus inviting expressions of interest from the voluntary sector, providers and commissioners in the IPC programme. NHS Networks
Integrated Personal Commissioning is a new voluntary approach to joining up health and social care for people with complex needs. This proposal offers service users, local commissioners, and the voluntary sector the chance to bring health and social care spend together for individuals.
NHS England, LGA, TLAP and ADASS have published a joint prospectus inviting expressions of interest from the voluntary sector, providers and commissioners in the IPC programme. NHS Networks
NHS Networks smashes membership milestone
NHS Networks smashes membership milestone
Credited by an existing networks member as one of the most innovative ideas to come out of the NHS, demand for support is increasing every month and every week around 400 new members sign up to NHS Networks. More ... NHS Networks
Credited by an existing networks member as one of the most innovative ideas to come out of the NHS, demand for support is increasing every month and every week around 400 new members sign up to NHS Networks. More ... NHS Networks
Preventing suicide: a global imperative
Preventing suicide: a global imperative
This report aims to increase awareness of the public health significance of suicide and suicide attempts, to make suicide prevention a higher priority on the global public health agenda, and to encourage and support countries to develop or strengthen comprehensive suicide prevention strategies in a multisectoral public health approach. It provides a global knowledge base on suicide and suicide attempts as well as actionable steps for countries based on their current resources and context to move forward in suicide prevention. World Health Organization (WHO)
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WHO - press release
This report aims to increase awareness of the public health significance of suicide and suicide attempts, to make suicide prevention a higher priority on the global public health agenda, and to encourage and support countries to develop or strengthen comprehensive suicide prevention strategies in a multisectoral public health approach. It provides a global knowledge base on suicide and suicide attempts as well as actionable steps for countries based on their current resources and context to move forward in suicide prevention. World Health Organization (WHO)
Report
WHO - press release
- Suicide death 'every 40 seconds' BBC News
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