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Tag Archives: Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary)
Care Funding Omitted From Autumn Statement (BBC News / NAO)
Summary The chancellor has offered no additional resources for the NHS or for social care in the Autumn Statement, much to the surprise of many commentators. Existing departmental spending plans announced last year hold firm, meaning now has to be … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary), Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Autumn Statement (2016), Chancellor’s Autumn Statement (2016), Delayed Transfers of Care, Ed Humpherson: UK Statistics Authority, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressure on Hospitals, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Financial Sustainability of NHS Bodies, Former Prime Minster: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Interdependencies, Jeremy Corbyn (Labour Party Leader), Lady Ros Altmann, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, Lord Lansley, Making Our Care and Health Systems Fit for An Ageing Population, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Expenditure, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Funding, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Overspends, NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Sustainability, Open Letter From Sarah Wollaston of Commons Health Select Committee to Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP (October 2016), Professor Jane Dacre: President of Royal College of Physicians, Rt. Hon. John McDonnell: Shadow Chancellor, Siva Anandaciva: Head of Analysis at NHS Providers, Submissions Ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement (2016) - Ignored, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Sustainable Social Care Programme, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Upward Spending Pressures
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Scheme to Support Healthcare Assistants Announced (Department of Health)
Summary A scheme to support the training standards of healthcare assistants was unveiled by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley on November 15th 2011. Speaking at the NHS Employers conference in Liverpool, Andrew Lansley described plans to develop a code of conduct and minimum training … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers, Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary), Former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, Healthcare Assistants, Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Health, Voluntary Register(s) for Healthcare Support Workers
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Care Quality Commission Raises Elderly Care Concerns (BBC News)
Summary Serious concerns have again come to light by about how well some hospitals in England look after elderly patients. The Care Quality Commission (the NHS care regulator) found that three hospitals – Alexandra Hospital (Redditch), the Royal Free (London) and Ipswich – had … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Patients Association, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary), Care Quality Commission, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley
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Survey of London Doctors: a Warning About NHS Dementia Demand (ippr)
Abstract Research by the think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) indicates that about one third of GPs are unable to diagnose dementia or to provide sufficient help for sufferers. Editor’s Note: Are GPs aware of the free online training available? Officially, … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, National Audit Office, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary), City of London Corporation, Department of Health, Former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), ippr: Institute for Public Policy Research, Liberal Democrat Former Health Minister Paul Burstow, National Audit Office (NAO), Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat, Former Health Minister)
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NHS Reform Under the Coalition Government (King’s Fund / BBC News)
Summary Chris Ham, Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, has released an authoritative and thorough review of major reform and re-organisation within the NHS during the first three years of the coalition government. “He was agin’ it”. Mark Twain. Full … Continue reading →