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Articles tagged with: Health & Social Care
Cuts to social care workforce funding will devastate an already beleaguered sector
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By Baroness Altmann
Cuts to social care workforce funding will devastate an already beleaguered sector
The announcement that £500m of promised funding to develop the social care workforce has been halved, is deeply concerning. This risks worsening the NHS crisis as well as social care provision.
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Health
By Advinia Health Care
Advinia Health Care's Open Letter to Care Commissioners
A Minimum Tariff for Adult Social Care Will Reduce NHS Costs Partner content
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By Advinia Health Care
A Minimum Tariff for Adult Social Care Will Reduce NHS Costs
The adult social care sector in England is seeing fee increases of 9-10% for the next financial year, based on the current RPI and a "fair cost of care exercise." However, these increases are still below market costs by as much as 40%, which puts pressure on providers to fill beds with self-funded residents to compensate for the low prices paid by commissioners. A minimum national tariff for adult social care is urgently needed to avoid further bed blocking in the NHS and to reduce insolvencies, but without it, adult social care in the UK will be unviable.
I’m a junior doctor – going on strike is the only way to save our NHS
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By Silan Fidan
I’m a junior doctor – going on strike is the only way to save our NHS
I am a junior doctor in the NHS working in a large hospital in central London. The conditions I am forced to work in goes against everything I swore in my oath upon qualifying. I feel deceived.
Radical long-term NHS reform is needed to fix the health and social care crisis
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By Lord Crisp
Radical long-term NHS reform is needed to fix the health and social care crisis
There are no quick and easy solutions to the health and care crisis. Important short-term actions are being taken but strategic longer-term reforms are also needed as well as clarity about the vision for the future.
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By Policy@Manchester
With great power: Taking responsibility for integrated care
July 2022 sees the formal establishment of the Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) created by the Health and Care Act 2022. These bodies will integrate health and social care in England, with the aim of providing more joined-up services tailored to local needs. However, questions remain about how ICSs will function at place-level, particularly in terms of decision making and accountability at place level. Melissa Surgey from The University of Manchester outlines how ICSs will interact with pre-existing bodies, where the gaps are in the legislation, and how policymakers in Government and the NHS can start to fill them in.
Breaking the Stigma of menstrual health: We need to talk about periods Partner content
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By Hologic
Breaking the Stigma of menstrual health: We need to talk about periods
The long term impact of the Women’s Health Strategy, published earlier this year, will become apparent in time. But in the short term, it appears to have at least one achievement of note already – it’s got us talking more about periods.
Understanding the burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Partner content
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By Sanofi
Understanding the burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
General Manager at Sanofi Vaccines UK and Ireland, Rebecca Catterick, and Baroness Margaret Ritchie discuss the impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in our society, with ideas on how it can be mitigated through enhanced understanding and proactive approaches to treatment.
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: Rethinking health economics to tackle AMR Partner content
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By Pfizer UK
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: Rethinking health economics to tackle AMR
As ever, World Antimicrobial Awareness week is a good opportunity for us to reflect on the challenge posed by ‘superbugs’ and consider potential solutions. While a whole week might seem like a lot of time to allocate to one healthcare challenge, the scale of the threat posed by Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) merits it. As we move from pandemic response to pandemic recovery, there is arguably even greater need to consider how we’re tackling AMR and how we can work better together. Toby Cousens, Hospital and Internal Medicines Lead, Pfizer UK, considers the challenge ahead.
Now is the time to spark a new prevention revolution in healthcare Partner content
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By Pfizer UK
Now is the time to spark a new prevention revolution in healthcare
While the principle of prevention is universally accepted, shifting the dial more strongly towards it and away from reactive, emergency approaches has been an elusive challenge for governments around the world. Yet in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have an opportunity to use innovation in novel ways to drive a new revolution in prevention. Rhulani Nhlaniki, Pfizer’s UK Vaccines Lead discusses the challenge.
The UK's social care system is 'broken', the Prime Minister must fix it Partner content
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By Advinia Health Care
The UK's social care system is 'broken', the Prime Minister must fix it
With the onset of Winter, pressures on the NHS are, once again, a point of major political debate. There is no quick fix, but Rishi Sunak must recognise he cannot ease the burden on health care without fixing our broken social care system too.
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Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
Medicines Discovery Catapult and Xerion Healthcare Secure Funding for Innovative Brain Tumour Treatment
Innovate UK SMART Grant awarded to accelerate progress to clinical trials.
Government Confirms National Insurance Rise Will Be Reversed From November
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Government Confirms National Insurance Rise Will Be Reversed From November
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the recent rise to National Insurance Contributions is to be reversed from November.
The future of our health service is at stake
Health
By Hazel Blears
The future of our health service is at stake
From the outside looking in, the new Health Secretary Therese Coffey has drawn the short straw.
We must treat monkeypox as a public health emergency to avoid it becoming endemic in the UK
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By Angela Eagle MP
We must treat monkeypox as a public health emergency to avoid it becoming endemic in the UK
Many say that London is at its most beautiful in the summer. But over the last few weekends there’s been a new spectacle to behold in the city, with snaking queues of gay and bisexual men outside the capital’s sexual health clinics waiting for hours in the blazing sunshine to get vaccinated against a growing health threat – monkeypox.
Jeremy Hunt Says Brexit May Have Had 'Marginal Impact' On NHS Staffing
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Jeremy Hunt Says Brexit May Have Had "Marginal Impact" On NHS Staffing
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said Brexit may have had some impact on staffing following a new report exposing major shortages in the NHS.
Failure To Resolve PPE Supplier Disputes May Cost Taxpayers £2.7bn, Warn MPs
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Failure To Resolve PPE Supplier Disputes May Cost Taxpayers £2.7bn, Warn MPs
A cross-party committee of MPs has warned a failure to resolve disputes with suppliers of poor-quality PPE could cost the taxpayer £2.7bn.
Boosting funding to community pharmacies would help ease the NHS backlog
Health
By Lord Hunt
Boosting funding to community pharmacies would help ease the NHS backlog
A funding squeeze and workforce shortages are threatening to hold back community pharmacies from expanding.
We must act now to unlock the potential that gene therapies could offer people with rare diseases Partner content
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By Pfizer UK
We must act now to unlock the potential that gene therapies could offer people with rare diseases
The formation of a Gene Therapy Taskforce could help ensure people with genetic rare diseases can access the latest scientific advances.
Why malnutrition should be a priority for health care Partner content
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By British Specialist Nutrition Association (BSNA)
Why malnutrition should be a priority for health care
It often gets overlooked, but its importance is undeniable. This Nutrition and Hydration Week, BSNA reflects on the importance of addressing malnutrition in Integrated Care Systems.
The kind of death you experience has become a postcode lottery
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By John Johnston
The kind of death you experience has become a postcode lottery
The only guarantee in life, as the saying goes, is death. But how we die, and whether we enjoy the privilege of a “good death,” has no certainty at all. Across the UK, the experience of our final weeks has increasingly become a postcode lottery, influenced by location, condition, age, ethnicity and wealth.
A cross-government strategy is vital to tackle growing health inequalities and level up
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By Peter Dowd MP
A cross-government strategy is vital to tackle growing health inequalities and level up
The pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the inequalities that have existed in our society for far too long.
Coping With Care: The Hidden Crisis Facing Unpaid Carers
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By John Johnston
Coping With Care: The Hidden Crisis Facing Unpaid Carers
Millions of unpaid carers were left without respite or support during the pandemic – to the detriment of their health and wellbeing.
Landmark Social Care Proposals Criticised As 'Three Steps Forward And Two Steps Backwards'
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Landmark Social Care Proposals Criticised As "Three Steps Forward And Two Steps Backwards"
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has criticised the government over its ten year vision for social care announced today, claiming it fails to tackle issues with local authority funding and the workforce crisis.