Tag Archives: Health and Social Care Bill

NHS Reform Under the Coalition Government (King’s Fund / BBC News)

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care 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 →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accountability, Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary), BBC Health News, Big Issues Politicians Can’t Crack, Care Integration, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Choice, Chris Ham CBE, Chris Ham: The King’s Fund, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinical Integration, Clinically-Led Commissioning, Coalition Government, Competition and Choice, Creeping Privatisation in NHS (sic), Engagement, English Strategic Health Authorities, Former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, Governance and Accountability, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Bill, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Integration Pioneers, Health and Social Care: Integration Transformation Fund, House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC), Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Services, Integrated Teams, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration Transformation Fund (aka Better Care Fund), Integration Transformation Fund (ITF), Keogh Review, Mark Twain (Commenting on a Sermon About Sin), Monitor, NHS Governance and Accountability, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Privatisation Debate (sic), NHS Providers, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHS Reform Under the Coalition Government, NHS Trust Development Authority, Over-Complexity, Patient Choice, Patient Safety, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), Privatisation (Backdoor), Promise to Learn: Berwick Report, Regional Strategic Health Authorities, Regulation of Care Quality, Relationships Between Health Bodies in London, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Service Transformation, Strategic Clinical Networks, Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), Too Difficult Box, Transformational Leadership, Waste in the NHS (Attributed to Re-Organisation), Wasted Resources, Whole System Integration Pioneers | Leave a comment

Never Again? The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (The King’s Fund and the Institute for Government)

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This document, “Never again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012” has been published by the King’s Fund and the Institute for Government. It offers a thorough, yet surprisingly racy and entertaining, explanation of the thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary), Care Integration, Coalition Government, Former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Bill, Health and Social Care Integration, Institute for Government, Integration, Liberating the NHS, Never Again? The Health and Social Care Act 2012, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, Nicolas Timmins | Leave a comment

Long Term Conditions Compendium (Department of Health)

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 11, June 2012]. Summary The Department of Health has published the third edition of the “Long Term Conditions Compendium of Information”. This document should … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Quick Insights, Statistics, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 3millionlives, Adult Social Care, Benefits of Telehealth, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Combined Predictive Model, Community Virtual Ward, Emerging Technology, End of Life Care, Epidemiology, Expert Patients Programme, Expert Patients Programme Community Interest Company (EPP CIC), Greenwich Community Health Services Virtual Admissions Avoidance Team, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Bill, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Long Term Conditions Team (D of H), Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), LTC QIPP Workstream, Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), NHS Outcomes Framework, Patients at Risk of Re-hospitalisation (PARR), Personal Health Budgets, Personalised Care, Personalised Care Planning, Personalised Care Planning in Bradford West Yorkshire, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, QIPP Challenge, Quality and Productivity Challenge (QIPP), Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), Self Help Nottingham Supporting Self Care, Social Care, Social Epidemiology, Telecare Technology Personalised Reassurance & Reminder Calls, Telehealth and Self Care in Cornwall, Three Million Lives, Wandsworth Virtual Ward, Whole System Demonstrator Programmes, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust: Self Care Staff Course, Workforce Development, WSD: Whole System Demonstrator Programme | Leave a comment

Health and Social Care Bill Given Royal Assent (Department of Health)

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Health and Social Care Bill was given Royal Assent and became the Health and Social Care Act (2012) on March 27th. The Act enables doctors and nurses to tailor personalised services for their patients, and more choice (theoretically) should be given to … Continue reading →

Posted in Department of Health, In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Care Integration, Clinical Integration, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Bill, Healthwatch England, Integrated Commissioning, Local HealthWatch, NHS Health and Social Care Bill, Personalised Care | Leave a comment

Joint Discussion on the Future of Services for Older People (ADASS / Oxford Brookes University / IPC)

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 9, April 2012]. Summary This report from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Oxford Brookes University and the Institute of Public … Continue reading →

Posted in ADASS, Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Citizens, Advocacy and Advice Services, All Our Tomorrows, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Autonomy and Choice, Barriers to Integration, Case for Tomorrow, Demographic Time-Bomb, Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Expectations, Extra Care Housing, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Bill, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing, Housing for Older People, Information and Advice, Information Needs of Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Institute of Public Care, Integration, Inverting the Triangle of Care, IPC, Keeping Active, Local Markets, Market Facilitation, Oxford Brookes University, Personal Budgets, Personalisation of Social Care, Service Integration, Services and the Market, Social Care, Southern Cross, Ways Forward for Local Partners, Well-Being, Wellbeing Services | Leave a comment

Health and Social Care Bill: List of the Organisations For and Against? (Guardian.co.uk)

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Regarding the Health and Social Care Bill which was passed earlier this week, here is a complete list of those organisations which were for and against. Read more: Health and social care bill: who’s against (and for) it? Full list visualised (Guardian.co.uk).

Posted in Department of Health, In the News, National, NHS, NHS Alliance, Patients Association, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Allied Health Professions Federation, British Geriatrics Society, British Psychological Society, Health and Social Care Bill, NHS Health and Social Care Bill, Royal College of GPs, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, UK Faculty of Public Health, Unison, Unite | Leave a comment

Local Healthwatch Policy (Department of Health, Modernisation of Health and Care)

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The new patients’ rights group is called Healthwatch. The Department of Health has produced a document to explain the Government’s vision for local Healthwatch. This document is for everyone with an interest in local Healthwatch organisations across the NHS and social care system (which … Continue reading →

Posted in Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Community Care, David Behan (Director General for Social Care), Health and Social Care Bill, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Healthwatch, Local Government and Care Partnerships), Local HealthWatch, Social Care, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) | Leave a comment

Healthy Competition: Ten Case Studies for the UK NHS Debate (Reform)

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report looks at ten case studies of successful health reform. Each case study is taken to indicate how radical change to healthcare delivery can result in improved quality and productivity. These case studies are meant to inform the … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrated Care, International, National, NHS, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Beacon Health Strategies (Rhode Island), Benchmarking, Birmingham University Hospitals, Cleveland Clinic (Ohio), Community Services for Low Income Elderly Patients (Massachusetts), Competition, Coordinated Care, Coxa Hospital (Finland), Curon Community Health Centre, Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care (US), Health and Social Care Bill, Health Services Restructuring Commission (Ontario), Healthy Competition, Improving Outcomes by Working Together (King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust), Integrated Care Pathway, Integration, IT Infrastructure Tracking Medical Errors, LifeSprings (India), Medication Errors, MinuteClinic (United States), NHS Debate, NHS Health and Social Care Bill, Outcomes, Performance Management, Pirkanmaa (Finland), Reform, Reform Research Trust, Senior Care Options Programme, Service Integration, Stroke Care (NHS London) | Leave a comment

Health and Wellbeing Boards: Opportunities to Improve the Health and Well-Being of BAME Carers (Carers UK)

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This document presents Carers UK’s work on Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) carer health and wellbeing, including contributions from an expert seminar hosted by Carers UK in December 2011. It explains the structure of Health and Wellbeing Boards and … Continue reading →

Posted in Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BAME Carers, Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), Health and Social Care Bill, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Commissioners, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS), Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local Authorities, NHS Health and Social Care Bill | Leave a comment

Janus: Reflections on BMA’s Evolving Advice on NHS Reforms (BMA Guidance / The Guardian)

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It is not necessary to be an expert in modern history (or politics) to realise that advice from the BMA General Practitioners Committee (GPC) is in flux. GPC Advice Earlier The GPC has been prolific of late in issuing … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BMA General Practitioners Committee (GPC), BMA Guidance, BMA Letter Opposing NHS Reforms, Clinically-Led Commissioning, General Practitioners Committee (GPC), GPC: BMA General Practitioners Committee, Headless Chickens, Health and Social Care Bill, NHS Health and Social Care Bill, The Guardian | Leave a comment

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