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Brexit Dividend to Cover NHS Funding Settlement: Assisted by Undisclosed Tax Increases? (BBC News)

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The announcement of a 3.4% annual funding increase, over the next five years, represents a significant and politically astute compromise development, in advance of the NHS’s 70th birthday. Wise heads in the Treasury wanted to limit annual NHS budget … Continue reading →

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NHS Operational Productivity: GIRFT Meets Mental Health and Community Health Services (Lord Carter / DHSC)

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

Summary Lord Carter’s latest report in the NHS Operational Productivity series shifts the attention to unwarranted variations in mental health and community health services. Potential savings of around £1 billion in efficiencies could be made by 2020/21, allegedly, if the … Continue reading →

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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Lord Carter’s Report on NHS Efficiency Savings (BBC News / Department of Health)

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Proposed efficiency savings could help the NHS save £5 billion per year by 2020, according to the Labour peer Lord Carter’s report. Full Text Link Reference Hospital bed-blocking ‘costs’ NHS England £900m a year. London: BBC Health News, February … Continue reading →

Lord Carter’s Proposed Plans for NHS Efficiency Savings (BBC News / Department of Health)

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary In his latest report on the potential of good leadership for providing NHS cost savings, high-quality patient care and more efficient use of resources, Lord Patrick Carter has released further plans as to how hospitals might collectively save up … Continue reading →

How to Save the NHS Billions… Without Rocket Science (BBC News / Department of Health)

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Lord Carter Review, which looks into better procurement, better hiring and management of staff and better use of medicines, implies that the NHS might save around £5 billion per year. It is suggested that much waste of NHS … Continue reading →

High Intensity Training: Suitable for the Elderly? (BBC News / Journal of the American Geriatrics Society / FSEM)

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Short six-second bursts of vigorous exercise, known as High Intensity Training (HIT), could potentially transform the health of elderly people by helping to reduce blood pressure and improve general fitness. Researchers at Abertay University believe HIT could help reduce … Continue reading →

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