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Tag Archives: Financial Planning
More Spent on the NHS Than Previously Thought (BMJ / BBC News)
Summary Previous estimates concerning the proportion of UK GDP spent on the NHS were probably on the low side: Full Text Link (Note: This article requires a suitable Athens password, a journal subscription or payment for access). Reference Appleby, J. … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, International, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability and Integration, Achieving Better Value, BBC Health News, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Closing the Finance and Efficiency Gap, Closing the Funding and Efficiency Gap, Commissioning for Value, Duty of Best Value, Economic Sustainability, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Efficiency Savings, Evidence Versus Mythology, Finance, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Financing of Health Care, Finland, France, Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Funding of Care and Support, Funding Reform, Germany, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future, Health Care Spending as a Percentage of GDP, Health Spending in EU (15 Countries), Italy, Myth-Busting, Mythology of the Times, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Funding, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Funding Gap, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Spain, Sustainability, Sweden, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Upward Spending Pressures
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Financial Sustainability in the NHS: Holding Up a Mirror? Reflection (BBC News / NHS Improvement / NHS England / BMJ / OECD / BJS)
Summary The authors of the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) report believe that the NHS may not actually need further money from the taxpayer, asserting that efficiency savings identified (in the field of general surgery alone, and without looking … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP), Anatomy of the Model Hospital, £22 Billion Efficiency Savings by 2020-21, BBC Health News, Bedford Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSK) Referral Management Centre, Bedford Referral Management Centre (RMC), Better Together Vanguard, Birmingham and Solihull United Maternity and Newborn Pathway (BUMP) Early Adopter, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Journal of Surgery, British Medical Journal (BMJ), BUMP: Birmingham and Solihull United Maternity and Newborn Pathway, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive of NHS Providers, Closing the Finance and Efficiency Gap, Closing the Funding and Efficiency Gap, Consumer Experiences of Health and Social Care, Continuous Learning Culture, Cumbria CCG’s Pain Management Service, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Diabetes and Obesity, Durham and Darlington Children’s and Young Person’s Mental Health Services Crisis and Liaison team (CYPMHS), Duty of Best Value, East and 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Unresolved Issues of Means-Testing in the Payment For Social Care: a Recent History of the Dementia Tax (House of Commons Library)
Summary A recent House of Commons Library briefing paper presents an overview of policy proposals and actual policies, from different Governments since 1997, concerning for how individuals with assets must pay for social care. Unlike health services provided by the NHS, social … Continue reading →
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Conservative Manifesto on Social Care: Wiggle Room Re-Discovered to Avoid Toxic Dementia Tax (BBC News)
Summary Call it a re-balancing of emphasis, or call it a U-turn, there has been a welcome decision to consider setting an absolute maximum limit on the amount that individuals may have to contribute to their social care needs. The … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, UK, Universal Interest
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Conservative Manifesto on Social Care: No Solution to Dementia Tax? (BBC News)
Summary The Dilnot Commission’s recommendation, for a “cap” on each individual’s total care cost liabilities, appears to have been thwarted again. The looming probability of “catastrophic” care costs seems set to remain for persons with various long-term neurodegenerative diseases, as … Continue reading →
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Dementia Awareness Week (2017): United Against Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary Dementia Awareness Week, this year, falls between May 14th – 20th 2016. Full Text Link Reference Dementia Awareness Week. [Online]: Alzheimer’s Society, May 2017.
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Mental Health, National, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alzheimer Scotland, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Leading Cause of Death in 2015, Dementia as Cause of Death, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Raising, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week (2017), Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Fair Access to Care Services, Financial Planning, Leading Causes of Death for Males (2015), Living Well with Dementia, Means Test, Meera Syal: Let's Unite Now Against Dementia (Dementia Awareness Week 2017), Modelling the Costs of Dementia, Myths and Misconceptions About Dementia, National Dementia Awareness Week, National Dementia Helpline, Paying for Care, Paying for Care and Support, Paying for Long-Term Care, Personal Finances, Reducing Stigma
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Experiences of the Challenges Faced by People Living With Dementia in the UK (Alzheimer’s Society / BBC News)
Summary The following report covers results from the latest Alzheimer’s Society’s survey of the views and experiences of 966 people with dementia, 500 unpaid carers and 2,356 adults aged 16-75 in the United Kingdom. The stark costs of the “dementia tax” are exposed. … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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NHS England’s Five Year Forward View: Next Steps On (NHS England)
Summary The latest official review of progress against the NHS Five Year Forward View, marking two and a half years since it was launched in October 2014, presents practical and realistic strategic steps intended to allow the NHS deliver better … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to GP Services, Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Accountable Care Systems, Acute GDEs, Ageing Population, Best Value for Taxpayers, Building Health Partnerships (BHP), Cally Palmer: NHS England’s NHS National Cancer Director, Cancer Care, Cancer Survival, Cancer Survival Rates in England, Cancer Waiting Times, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, Claire Murdoch: NHS England’s National Director for Mental Health, Closing the Cancer Survival Gap, Closing the Finance and Efficiency Gap, Closing the Funding and Efficiency Gap, Community Participation and Involvement, CVD: Cardiovascular Disease, David Behan: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Diabetes Prevention Programme, Digitising Hospitals, Dr Arvind Madan: Former NHS England Director of Primary Care, Dr Jonathan Leach: Chair of NHS England’s Armed Forces and their Families Clinical Reference Group, Duty of Best Value, Economic Sustainability, Education and Training, Efficiency Savings, Elective Waiting Times, eRedbook, Failure to Meet Patients’ Needs, Finance, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five Year Forward View (FYFV) for Mental Health, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Five Year Forward View - 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NHS Performance Targets: Something Had to Give? (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary NHS patients in England will experience longer waits for routine elective hospital operations, such as knee and hip replacements, as compliance with the 18-week performance target is “relaxed”, pragmatically, as a trade-off for achieving improved services in cancer care, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 62 Day Cancer Waiting Standard, 62 Day Cancer Waiting Standard: Breaches, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, Cancer Care Waits, Cancer Survival, Cancer Survival Rates in England, Cancer Waiting Times, Closing the Cancer Survival Gap, Closing the Finance and Efficiency Gap, Closing the Funding and Efficiency Gap, Duty of Best Value, Economic Sustainability, Efficiency Savings, Elective Waiting Times, Failure to Meet Patients’ Needs, Finance, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five Year Forward View (FYFV) for Mental Health, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Hospital Waiting Times, Long Waiting Times, Next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View (2017), NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Five Year Forward View: Two and a Half Years On, NHS Tracker Service (BBC), Patient Safety, Performance Targets, Planned Failure, Pragmatic Strategy (NHS England), Rationing, Rationing Care, Rationing: Limiting the NHS, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Sustainability, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), Upward Spending Pressures, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches
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More on NHS Funding and Expenditure: Questions of Balance Regarding Income Versus Outgoings (BBC News / King’s Fund / Health Foundation / BMJ)
Summary NHS England hopes to save between £100 – £400 million of spending annually, by no longer funding / prescribing products and services identified by NHS Clinical Commissioners as having little or no clinical value. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Department of Health, Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS England, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability and Integration, Achieving Better Value, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing Population, Anita Charlesworth: Director of Research and Economics at the Health Foundation, Anita Charlesworth: Health Foundation, Barriers and Enablers to Value in Healthcare, BBC Health News, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Closing the Finance and Efficiency Gap, Closing the Funding and Efficiency Gap, Commissioning for Value, Consultant Delivered Care, Consultant Input, Consultant Productivity, Consultant Productivity n Acute NHS Hospitals, Dr Clare Gerada, Dr Peter Carter OBE, Duty of Best Value, Economic Sustainability, Efficiency Savings, Finance, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Financing of Health Care, Forty Treatments With Little or No Benefit For Patients (Academy of Medical Royal Colleges), Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Funding of Care and Support, Funding Reform, Future Funding Models, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future Panel: Clare Gerada, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future Panel: Katherine Murphy, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future Panel: Peter Carter, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future Panel: Sir David Nicholson, Health: Financing, Hypothecated Tax for Health and Social Care, Hypothecated Taxes, Hypothecation, Independent Providers, Independent Sector, Integration of Health and Social Care, International Comparisons, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, Low Value Prescription Items, Low-Value Care, Mythology of the Times, NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC), NHS Expenditure, NHS Finances and Consultant Productivity, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Funding, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Myths (King’s Fund Debunker): The NHS Always Needs More Money, NHS Myths (King’s Fund Debunker): The NHS Been Given the Extra Funding it Demanded of Politicians, NHS Myths (King’s Fund Debunker): The NHS is Inefficient, NHS Myths (King’s Fund Debunker): The NHS is Too Bureaucratic, NHS Myths (King’s Fund Debunker): The NHS is Too Slow to Change, NHS Sustainability, Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR), Office for National Statistics (ONS), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Patients Association, Patients' Association / Liberal Democrats Panel on Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future, Private Health Insurance (PHI), Rationing, Rationing Care, Rationing: Limiting the NHS, Sir David Nicholson, Sir Derek Wanless: Wanless Challenge, Social Health Insurance (SHI), Sustainability, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Upward Spending Pressures, User Charges, Wanless Challenge (2002), Whole-System Approaches
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