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An Emerging Consensus on the State of NHS and Social Care Funding? (BBC News / Health Foundation / King’s Fund)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

The Health Select Committee, chaired by Dr Sarah Wollaston, have addressed the much-debated question about whether the NHS has enough funding for sustainability. The main concern is about cuts to local authority budgets for social care (and public health). The … Continue reading →

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A Tipping Point in the Sustainability of Health and Care? (BBC News / King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust)

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust report identifies a 26% decline in the number of older people receiving social care, due largely to six years of cuts to local authority funding. Social care providers are found to be under pressure … Continue reading →

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NHS Reconfiguration + STPs = Cut-Backs?: Two Sides of Same Equation? (NHS England / King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust / BBC News)

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Keep calm and carry on”-style narrative from officialdom. Full Text Link Reference NHS England statement on Sustainability and Transformation Plans. [Online]: NHS England, August 26th 2016. Theoretical clarification concerning STPs, from the King’s Fund Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →

Record Levels of NHS Trust Deficits (BBC News / King’s Fund)

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Hospitals and other NHS trusts have announced record combined financial deficits, well in excess of £2 billion. A whistleblower has alleged dubious accounting procedures, in the form of unorthodox “financial alchemy”, to disguise the true level of deficits. Full … Continue reading →

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NHS England: Investment in Service Improvements and Financial Sustainability (NHS England / NHS Improvement / CQC / HEE / NICE / PHE / NHS Networks)

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has released an account of how the NHS budget for the next five years is to be allocated, including the additional £8.4 billion real terms NHS funding growth agreed by the Government. This is an account of … Continue reading →

Escalating NHS Trust Deficits: Not Unexpected (BBC News / Monitor)

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS Trusts in England have run-up a £930 million “worst for a generation” deficit in the first three months of this financial year. Regulators have also noted that performance measures on waiting times for access to hospital treatment and … Continue reading →

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Reviewing the Current – and Likely Future – State of the NHS (NAO / Dods)

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a “Short Guide to the Department of Health” as one of their collection of short guides about different government departments. This guide includes a wealth of statistical information in summary form, concerning … Continue reading →

Rising Deficits and the Search for Better Value in the NHS: New Approaches to Financial Sustainability? (King’s Fund / BBC News / Health Foundation / BMJ)

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Regulators have demanded that hospitals and NHS trusts in England review their financial plans, because rising deficits indicate that existing plans are increasingly unaffordable. Full Text Link Reference Health regulator tells NHS trusts to ‘look again’ at finances. London: … Continue reading →

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Time to Deliver on the Five Year Forward View (BBC News / NHS England / Department of Health)

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The seven main national health bodies (namely NHS England, Monitor, the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Public Health England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Health Education England) jointly published … Continue reading →

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NHS Model(s) of Care Essential for Ageing Population (NHS England / Guardian)

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s National Medical Director, has written about the NHS needing a revised model of care to meet rising demands for treatment from an ageing population. The existing model of delivery and service, involving an … Continue reading →

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