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Tackling global health care challenges

Nicola Walsh reflects on the first World Innovation Summit for Health which explored new and innovative ways to tackle a variety of global health care challenges.
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By Nicola Walsh - 19 December 2013
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The National Intermediate Care Audit: key to understanding integrated care for older people

We can’t deal with the emergency care crisis at the front door of the hospital without addressing the situation at the back door – there are still too many patients who could be sent home within 0 – 2 days but who would not be able to access community support in time, says David Oliver.
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By David Oliver - 3 December 2013
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The Integration Transformation Fund: the foundation of a genuinely integrated system or just another brick in the wall?

Expectations for the Integrated Transformation Fund are high, but will it actually help to deliver integrated care when the system is so under pressure?
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By Richard Humphries - 31 October 2013
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What are the real costs of falls and fractures?

David Oliver looks at the direct and indirect costs associated with falls and fractures, and how we can disentangle these from the costs of the multiple morbidities people who fall often live with.
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By David Oliver - 4 September 2013
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Ageing: opportunity or challenge?

To secure the opportunities of the ‘gift of longer life’ we have to think differently about how we organise and fund our health and care services for an ageing population.
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By Richard Humphries - 14 August 2013
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Named clinicians for vulnerable older people – how will it work in practice?

Jeremy Hunt recently announced that vulnerable older people in England are to have a named clinician responsible for their care when they leave hospital – but how will it work? And what are the caveats?
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By David Oliver - 9 July 2013
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We must end ageism and age discrimination in health and social care

David Oliver argues that, unless our society changes its attitudes to older people, it will be an uphill battle to deliver results.
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By David Oliver - 29 May 2013
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A new beginning for the care of older people in hospital?

Although the care of older people will be ‘core business’ for the foreseeable future, numerous reports have highlighted serious failings in that care. Does the government's response to the Francis Inquiry report mark a new beginning?
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By David Oliver - 11 April 2013
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Shifting care closer to home: slogan or solution?

Nigel Edwards concludes our look at the relocation of care, considering whether shifting care closer to home is always the best solution.
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By Nigel Edwards - 18 January 2013
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Provider and payment reform in the US: how do Accountable Care Organisations work?

Drawing on her work in the United States, Rachael Addicott looks at how Accountable Care Organisations work and what we can learn from them.
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By Rachael Smithson - 15 October 2012
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A mounting case for change, but will it drive change in a 'liberated NHS'?

In the light of two new reports, Candace Imison reflects on the impact of staff provision during out-of-hours on the quality of care.
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By Candace Imison - 19 September 2012
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Transforming health and social care: can the chrysalis become a butterfly?

Chris Ham argues that much bolder approach is needed to bring about innovative models of care that meet the population's needs.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 5 September 2012
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Why continuity of care is crucial for patients

Continuity and co-ordination is essential for safe, effective and high quality care, however for older patients it has fundamental importance.
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By Lara Sonola - 27 March 2012
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