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Growing Consensus on NHS and Social Care Sustainability; and the Need for Tax Increases? (BBC News / Health Foundation / IFS / IPPR / King’s Fund)

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation estimate that the NHS needs an additional 4% funding, per year, over the next 15 years (as opposed to the currently projected 2%). These estimates are timed in anticipation of … Continue reading →

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On the Not Yet Fully Realised Potential of Integrated Care (NHS England)

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It has been said before probably, but perhaps by none so great? Full Text Link Reference Leading healthcare professor Don Berwick says NHS could be world number one if it integrates care. [Online]: NHS England, May 1st 2018.

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Ongoing Reflections on the State of the NHS (BBC News / NAO / NHS Providers / PAC / Health Foundation / NHS England)

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Prime Minister is in favour of another multi-year funding plan for the NHS in England, deigned to permit planned re-structuring, tackle long-term financial shortages, and avoid recurrent annual cash top-ups / the persistent need for unexpected bailouts. This … Continue reading →

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NHS England’s Pharmacy Integration Fund (NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care home residents often have multiple long-term conditions and are often prescribed several different medicines (polypharmacy). NHS England plans to fund recruitment of 180 pharmacists and 60 pharmacy technicians who will work with care homes to try to reduce … Continue reading →

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Examining Alternative Visions of Funding Social Care for Older People in England (King’s Fund / Health Foundation)

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

The Kings Fund and the Health Foundation have produced a report on “Approaches to social care funding”. It considers the various advantages and disadvantages of a variety of proposed approaches to funding social care for older people, which include (quotation): … Continue reading →

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An Innovative Approach Hospital Overcrowding / Inadequate Bed Availability, Worthy of More Serious Consideration? (BBC News / CareRooms)

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The narrative about various inter-related crises in health and social care typically concerns the problem of excess demand for, and limited supply of, places in the community providing support for persons needing to be discharged from hospitals. Commentators commonly … Continue reading →

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More Questions About NHS Sustainability and Service Quality: A Further Round in the Debate (BBC News / King’s Fund / BMA / RCEM / NHS Digital / Department of Health / NHS England / NHS Confederation)

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Professor Ted Baker, the new Chief Inspector of Hospitals for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has voiced concerns about unsuitable antiquated models of care in the NHS (due to a historic 15-20 year mis-direction of funding), growing pressures for … Continue reading →

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