Dementia guidance goes online

Dementia guidance goes online The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP(UK)) has made its guidance on the practice of dentistry for patients with dementia available free of charge online. NHS Networks

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• Dementia-Friendly Dentistry : good practice guidelines Faculty of General Dental Practice UK

The Government’s mandate to NHS England for 2018-19

The Government’s mandate to NHS England for 2018-19 Department of Health and Social Care -The government’s mandate to NHS England sets its objectives and budget, and helps to ensure that the NHS is accountable to Parliament and the public. Building on the multi-year approach taken to setting the mandate since 2016, it continues to set objectives and goals to 2020, as well as some specific things that NHS England should be seeking to deliver in the financial year 2018 to 2019. King's Fund

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• NHS mandate for 2018 to 2019 Gov.uk

Adult social care funding: a local or national responsibility?

Adult social care funding: a local or national responsibility? Institute for Fiscal Studies -This report discusses government plans to abolish general grant funding for councils from 2020. It argues that ongoing reforms to local government finance risk a growing funding gap for adult social care and conflict with efforts to provide consistent and high-quality care services across the country. King's Fund

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• Adult social care funding: a local or national responsibility? report  Institute for Fiscal Studies

Emergency admissions at end of life set to sky rocket

Emergency admissions at end of life set to sky rocket Marie Curie says that the NHS is struggling to cope with A&E admissions of people who are in the last year of their lives. The terminal illness charity says the situation will hit crisis point if care provided in the community is not significantly improved. NHS Networks

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• Emergency hospital admissions at the end of life set to sky rocket Marie Curie

NHS England announces agreement on 2018/19 GP contract

NHS England announces agreement on 2018/19 GP contract A new GP contract, agreed by NHS England, the government and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee, will take effect from 1 April 2018. NHS Networks

Research and analysis: Water fluoridation: health monitoring report for England 2018

Research and analysis: Water fluoridation: health monitoring report for England 2018 This 2018 monitoring report compares data on the health of people living in areas of England with enhanced levels of fluoride in their drinking water supply.

Public Health England (PHE) has a legal duty to monitor the effects of water fluoridation schemes on dental health and report on it every 4 years. Gov.uk