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Tag Archives: Financial Resilience
More on the Tipping-Point for Sustainability of Adult Social Care: a Solution Expected This Autumn? (BBC News / Lancet Public Health)
Summary Estimates of the rising demand for round-the-clock home care, from Newcastle University / the London School of Economics and Political Science and published in Lancet Public Health, suggest that the number of people aged 85 and over requiring 24-hour … Continue reading →
Posted in Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Ageing Population, Ageing With Multimorbidity, BBC Health News, Burden of Dementia, Care Funding, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, CFAS II Study, Chronic and Severe Illness, Chronic Conditions, Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Collaboration, Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Project, Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II, Cognitive Functioning and Ageing Study (CFAS), Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Community Care, Comorbidity and Dementia, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Costs and Cost Pressures, Council Tax, Cross-Party and Public Consensus On Sustainable Funding, Delivering Home Care for Older People, Dementia and Homecare, Dementia and Multimorbidity, Dementia and the Management of Other Long-Term Conditions, Dementia Incidence, Domiciliary Care, English Local Authorities, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Forecasting The Care Needs Of Older Population In England, Funding of Adult Social Care, Future Financial Sustainability, Future of NHS and Social Care, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, High Dependency, Home Care, Home Care Needs of Older Population in England, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Independence at Home, Independent Living With Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Late-Life Dependency, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Authorities, Local Government Association: LGA, Long Grass: No More Long Grass Remaining For Social Care Funding Gap, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Funding of Adult Social Care, Medical Research Council's Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Project, Modelling the Outcome and Cost Impacts of Interventions for Dementia Project (MODEM), MODEM (Modelling the Outcome and Cost Impacts of Interventions for Dementia) Project, MODEM Project, MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS), Mutual Care Between Older Spouses With Physical Disabilities, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Nick Forbes: Senior Vice-Chair of Local Government Association, Older Adults Higher Levels of Dependency Dementia and Comorbidity, Older Adults With Medium or High Dependency and Dementia, Population Ageing and Care Simulation (PACSim) Modelling Study, Prevalence of Dementia, Professor Louise Robinson: Director Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Projections of Multi-Morbidity in Older Population in England to 2035, Social Care, Social Care Expenditure, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Shortfalls, Social Care Needs of Older Population in England, Social Epidemiology, Staying Independent, Sustainability, Sustainable Long-Term Funding of Adult Social Care, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Trends in Disability and Life Expectancy in England and Wales, Unpaid Care, Upward Spending Pressures
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Proposals for a Social Care Premium: Grasping the Nettle or Another Modest Proposal? (BBC News / House of Commons)
Summary If social care is to become free at the point of delivery, with a definite cap on the burden to be carried by individual families, the Government’s Green Paper planned for Autumn 2018 has to solve a funding gap … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, Care Funding, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Citizens’ Assembly, Citizens’ Assembly Consultation on Long-Term Funding of Adult Social Care, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Community Care, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Costs and Cost Pressures, Council Tax, Cross-Party and Public Consensus On Sustainable Funding, Delivering Home Care for Older People, Dementia and Homecare, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Domiciliary Care, English Local Authorities, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Future Financial Sustainability, Future of NHS and Social Care, Geographical Variations, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Home Care, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Hypothecated Tax for Social Care, Hypothecated Taxes, Hypothecation, Independence at Home, Independent Living With Care, Integrating and Devolving Health and Social Care, Integrating Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Involve, InvolveUK, Later Life, LGA's Adult Social Care Green Paper (July 2018), Local Authorities, Long Grass: No More Long Grass Remaining For Social Care Funding Gap, Long Grass; Ball Kicking Exercises, Long-Term Funding of Adult Social Care, Social Care, Social Care Expenditure, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Shortfalls, Social Care Precept, Social Care Premium, Social Care Premium: Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry into Long-Term Funding of Adult Social Care, Staying Independent, Sustainability, Sustainable Long-Term Funding of Adult Social Care, The Lives We Want to Lead: LGA Green Paper for Adult Social Care and Wellbeing (July 2018), Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Unacceptable Variations, Upward Spending Pressures, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Social Care in England, Variations in Social Care Quality and Spending in England
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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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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 →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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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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