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All I want for Christmas... is better care for the elderly

With the pressures on A&E, Richard Humphries explains that it's the frail elderly patients that remain in hospital beds that we should be more concerned about.
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By Richard Humphries - 31 December 2011
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Can we be aspirational about quality standards for mental health when resources are so tight?

Joanna Goodrich considers the impact of NICE's aspirational guidance on the delivery of adult mental health care on patient-centred care.
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By Joanna Goodrich - 22 December 2011
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We need to make our wards more friendly for people with dementia

The report of the National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2011 has put a sharp focus on the care of people with dementia in hospitals.
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By Sarah Waller CBE - 20 December 2011
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Three challenges facing clinical commissioning groups

Chris Ham asks what can clinical commissioning groups learn from medical practices in California.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 12 December 2011
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The growing complexity of NHS commissioning: a recipe for confusion and conflict?

As the NHS Commissioning Board commences a period of shadow running, Nick Goodwin asks whether changes to clinical commissioning are simply reinventing the wheel.
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By Nick Goodwin - 31 October 2011
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Lost and confused: improving hospital care for dementia patients

After the CQC report on quality of care, Anna Dixon asks if acute hospitals are providing the right care for people with dementia.
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By Anna Dixon - 18 October 2011
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The case for reconfiguration in emergency surgery

Using a personal experience of emergency surgery, Candace Imison makes the case for hospital reconfiguration in her blog.
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By Candace Imison - 6 October 2011
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From Dilnot to delivery: the politics of social care reform

Richard Humphries asks whether the political momentum can be found to carry through Dilnot's suggestions for social care funding in England.
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By Richard Humphries - 5 October 2011
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Who's paying for mental health services for young people?

Sarah Jonas asks what effect will large scale cuts to local authority social care budgets have on child and adolescent mental health services.
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By Sarah Jonas - 1 September 2011
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Health and social care reforms: what next for the NHS billions?

David Buck argues that the real question about NHS funding lies not in whether it increases, but in how it is allocated.
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By David Buck - 18 August 2011
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How different will life be under the NHS Commissioning Board?

Chris Naylor asks if the NHS Commissioning Board will succeed in liberating NHS workers or is it simply reinventing existing structures.
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By Chris Naylor - 11 July 2011
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Waiting for the Dilnot Commission: four challenges for change

Richard Humphries sets out four challenges for changing social care funding that the Dilnot Commission must address.
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By Richard Humphries - 28 June 2011
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Hospital doctors: the reformed NHS needs you!

With announced revisions of the NHS reforms, hospital doctors are being given an opportunity to become involved in clinical commissioning.
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By Catherine Foot - 23 June 2011
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Achieving high-quality care at manageable costs: a lesson for GP consortia

Paul Zollinger-Read considers the many similarities between American medical groups and the proposed GP consortia.
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By Paul Zollinger-Read - 15 April 2011
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Commissioning for the future: will fact follow fiction?

How similar is the Health Select Committee's report to a simulation exercise run by NHS Lincolnshire to illustrate commissioning NHS health services in 2013/14?
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By Natasha Curry - 8 April 2011
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Are we prepared for the £1-million GP?

There has been much debate over GPs potentially making a profit out of health care budgets as a result of GP commissioning. Are we ready to allow these profits?
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By Nick Goodwin - 28 March 2011
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Maternity wards need the right people in the right place at the right time

Could the situation in maternity care be improved if maternity services changed the way they use their current workforce? Natasha Curry explores in our blog.
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By Natasha Curry - 7 March 2011
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Breaking the mould: learning new ways to commission health care

One of the biggest challenges to GP consortia is breaking out of the mindset that all private sector initiatives are to be avoided, says Paul Zollinger-Read.
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By Paul Zollinger-Read - 2 March 2011
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Will the government's new mental health strategy succeed?

If the government’s new mental health strategy is to have any force behind it, mental health needs to be fully reflected in the outcomes framework.
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By Chris Naylor - 11 February 2011
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Providers need to get their act together while commissioners look the other way

The NHS is already implementing radical changes to commissioning, but GP consortia are not commissioning services yet: what should health care providers do in the meantime?
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By Anna Dixon - 31 January 2011
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