Integrated Care & Social Care

RSPH want you to ‘look after your self-ie’ with launch of online resource

18.10.19: Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) had launched a free online e-learning resource called ‘Looking after your self-ie’ as a continuation of this year’s Scroll Free September campaign. The campaign encouraged an estimate...

The Health Foundation calls for government overhaul for a healthy society

16.10.19: The Health Foundation has today (Oct 16) urged government to consider policy changes to housing, transport and education after new report shows a risk to the future of young people. The report, A heathy foundation for the future, calls for...

NHS to provide mental health outreach for rough sleepers

14.10.19: Towns and areas with ‘homeless hotspots’ are set to receive NHS investment in specialist mental health care. The NHS will provide more care for rough sleepers across the country by giving specific support to their mental health....

‘We must level with public’ on scale of NHS challenges, warn NHS Providers

08.10.19: Ministers and health leaders must “level with the public” about the true scale of the severe challenges facing the health service or public commitment to the NHS “is on the line,” a stark new report from NHS Providers has...

NSPCC: Working together to improve the support available for children who have been sexually abused

08.10.19: Hayley Clark, the acting head of development and impact at the NSPCC, talks about the significant gap in support services for children who have been sexually abused and the Home Office’s new framework for commissioners. The complex an...

Government to invest £133m to tackle cancer, debilitating illnesses

10.09.19: The Government has announced £133m of investment into life-changing treatments for arthritis and cancer, as well as pioneering gene-based therapies for diseases including dementia and Parkinson’s. New research to improvement tre...

Charity-run hospice earns ‘Outstanding’ rating from CQC

28.08.19: Royal Trinity Hospice, a charity-run hospice in the London borough of Lambeth, has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following the inspection in May 2019, the hosp...

An ageing population means hand care and injury prevention is more important than ever

23.08.19: Grey Giddins, member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand, discusses how hand care and injury prevention have become increasingly important given the UK’s ageing population   It’s no secret that the UK’s ag...

Cross-sector partnership to boost Leeds health tech sector

12.08.19: Senior leaders from the health technology industry, the regional enterprise partnership, the NHS, local authorities, and five universities today announced a dynamic, new partnership to accelerate health technology innovation within the Leeds Cit...

The Power of Language in Childbirth and Parenting

06.08.19: While maternal and infant health in the UK is better than many parts of the world, one sector of our community is being left behind. Helena Nikiel talks to Sarah Todhunter about her work with Polish Antenatal Classes.   There are clearl...

Controversial new prevention green paper ‘a step in the right direction’

23.07.19: The long-awaited prevention green paper has been published by the government, including a host of policies targeting ill-health such as proposals tackling smoking, drinking and poor diets. The ‘Advancing our health: prevention in...

Pooled funding reaches £6.4bn as Better Care Fund renewed

22.07.19: Ministers have confirmed the renewal of the Better Care Fund for 2019 to 2020, bringing the available pooled funding to £6.4bn. The fund provides financial support for councils and NHS organisations to jointly plan and deliver local s...

Lyndon House respite service moving to new purpose-built complex

18.07.19: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is commissioning a new, purpose-built site to help support it’s children’s respite care service, currently based at Lyndon House in Solihull. The Lyndon House service caters f...

NHS trusts, councils and police to tackle serious crime under ‘public health duty’

15.07.19: NHS trusts, local authorities and police forces will all be required to work together to tackle serious violence under the new ‘public health duty’. Unveiled by home secretary Sajid Javid in response to a sharp spike in kni...

NHS Providers calls for talk around credible solutions to adult social care

05.07.19: NHS Providers deputy chief executive, Saffron Cordery, has used the release of a new House of Lords economic affairs committee report to call for further talks around credible solutions to address the current difficulties in adult social ca...