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New ADCS president wants more radical solutions to SEN
The new president of the Association of Director’s of Children’s Services has set out his ambition to help make the green paper on disabiilty and special educational needs "more radical".
05 April 2011
'Vulnerable people at risk unless council-GP links improved'
A King's Fund report published today raises significant questions about the Andrew Lansley's (pictured) Health and Social Care Bill and GPs’ readiness to take on a wider role, particularly in relation to vulnerable groups.
24 March 2011
'Integrate health and social care budgets to avoid conflicts'
Health and adult social care funding in England should be integrated nationally and locally to prevent bed blocking and conflicts over resources, a King's Fund report said today.
17 March 2011
Primary care trusts to be merged ahead of abolition
Primary care trusts will be merged into "clusters" next year ahead of their abolition in 2013, the government announced today.
15 December 2010
Spending review analysis – follow the money and it isn't there
"Some in local government have concerns about the financing of social care. I can announce that grant funding for social care will be increased by an additional £1bn by the fourth year of the spending review. And a further £1bn for social care will be provided through the NHS to support joint working with councils."
25 October 2010
Wide variation in end-of-life care investment
Investment in end-of-life care depends on the area where the service user lives, the latest Department of Health figures show.
26 August 2010
Social care staff to vote for new employer
Social care staff in North East Lincolnshire will be asked to vote to select their employer as part of a flagship ballot billed as part of David Cameron's Big Society.
09 August 2010
MPs look to save integrated care schemes from NHS overhaul
MPs will probe how existing integrated health and social care schemes can be protected during the government's radical overhaul of the NHS in the coming...
28 July 2010
Government remains committed to health integration
Local areas will gain increased flexibility over how to integrate health and social...
01 June 2010
Coalition plan to give GPs more power comes under fire
Council chiefs have raised concerns that coalition plans to transfer commissioning powers from primary care trusts to GPs could weaken accountability in...
01 June 2010
News round-up: Health warnings on drinks; BBC broadcaster.
Headlines in today's paper's include:- Men 'risking health by avoiding small condoms'; Teacher held over 'flings with three girls'; Unions warn against pay freezes; Government should pay for social care, LGA says
16 February 2010
Health warnings on drinks; BBC broadcaster; Pay freeze warning
Headlines in today's paper's include:- Men 'risking health by avoiding small condoms'; Teacher held over 'flings with three girls'; Government should pay for social care, LGA says
16 February 2010
DH-funded pilots launched to boost support for visually impaired
Department of Health-funded pilots have been launched to map and improve services for visually impaired people, as part of the UK Vision Strategy.
29 January 2010
News round-up: Ofsted failures and child death threats
Other headlines in today's papers:- Teenagers risk kidney failure in drug craze; Row over plans to provide free marriage guidance counselling on NHS and Assisted suicide proposals ‘unacceptable in a civilised society’ – Roman Catholic bishops
23 November 2009
News round-up: Ofsted failures and child death threats
Other headlines in today's papers:- Teenagers risk kidney failure in drug craze; Row over plans to provide free marriage guidance counselling on NHS and Assisted suicide proposals ‘unacceptable in a civilised society’ – Roman Catholic bishops
23 November 2009
Birmingham SCRs point to parental mental health failings
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board has highlighted major concerns over the treatment of mothers with mental health problems in three serious case reviews into child deaths and serious injuries.
05 August 2009
Care trusts
The care trust is an NHS organisation aimed at better integrating health and social care and to which local authorities can delegate health-related functions to provide integrated local health and social care.
According to government they are not a takeover of existing health and local authority functions but a “pragmatic way forward” to “broaden the range of possible options” for integrated care.
They are single-system agencies that, it is said, make it easier to build services around patients and users. Initially, they will focus on elderly people and those with a mental illness but the Health Act does not specify their introduction only for single groups of clients. It is also envisaged that they offer a range of models – integrated teams offering care management, assessment and services; strategic commissioning; multi-disciplinary teams with a single NHS and local government budget; integrated provision with sheltered housing.
Care trusts can cover a local authority
20 July 2009
Health: Declining stigma attached to mental illness
Stigma is no longer attached to certain conditions. But the urban poor are still its main victims says Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
09 February 2009
GPs prescribe fewer antidepressants to ethnic minorities
GPs are prescribing fewer antidepressants in communities with more black and South Asian people, suggesting possible disparities in the provision of care, a study has found.
01 September 2008
JRF study finds care home nursing teams cut hospital admissions
A Joseph Rowntree Foundation report this week has found introducing dedicated community nursing and physiotherapy teams into residential care homes for older people significantly reduces hospital admissions and produces large savings.
04 April 2008
