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Housing providers are helping the NHS save money by helping people out of hospital into homes faster with the right care and support, a new National Housing Federation report has found.
With over 30% of their residents living with a disability or aged 60 or over, and given the predicted surge in this demographic, housing associations have stepped in to ensure patients are not stuck in hospital longer than necessary.
We’ve just heard that SSOTP will not be renewing their agreement with SSSFT LKS for library services for this financial year. Because of this we will be reviewing our Be Aware bulletins. Sadly we won’t be accepting any new sign-ups from SSOTP staff and will be withdrawing some of the physical healthcare bulletins that we…
The Teaching Care Home, above all else, aimed to champion, empower and inspire the sector and create a legacy of learning for future care homes and nursing in the sector.
The pilot is a Department of Health funded programme of work, led by Care England (the leading representative body for independent care services in England). It was conceived after the Care Sector Nursing Taskforce called for a programme of work to respond to some of the most prescient challenges facing the sector. Namely, to empower and embolden the workforce in care home nursing, with a desire to harness and promote care, knowledge and skills development.
Public Accounts Committee publish report on integration of health and social care
Committee describe Better Care Fund as a “ruse” and say that it has made no progress in reducing emergency admissions or delayed transfers of care
We say long term solution to social care funding must bring together NHS trusts and local authorities
It reveals how integration of the fields of health and social care will require organisations to break down traditional barriers in how care is provided.
Public Accounts Committee examines the integration of health and social care programmes, including the Better Care Fund, which aim to improve the delivery of care needs.
A new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) says the integration of health and social care has been slower and less successful than envisaged.
The document says the Better Care Fund has improved joint working but has not achieved its potential. Demand for services rose in its first year and the fund did not achieve planned savings.
In the face of increased demand for care and constrained finances, while the Better Care Fund, the principal integration initiative, has improved joint working, it has not yet achieved its potential. The Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or reduced hospital activity, from the £5.3 billion spent through the Fund in 2015-16.
IPC is about making “five key shifts” in how health and social care systems and professionals deliver care, so that in addition to personal budgets, people also have access to more peer support and local community resources, with greater connections made between statutory services and the voluntary and community sector.
In Hampshire we are working to deliver IPC, locally known as “My Life, My Way”, for disabled children and adults, as well as young people who are in transition from children to adult services. We aim to ensure that over 1,000 people locally have a personal health budget or integrated personal budget by 2018.
We want our young people who are moving on to adulthood to be able to say “Transition, what transition?” and we believe that IPC offers a clear, innovative and comprehensive framework to deliver that ambition.
Dudley contract for multispecialty community provider includes mental health services as well as adult social care, LD and physical healthcare services. You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please be clear which article you are requesting.