New NHS Digital deal set to improve data sharing between different organisations
Deal will help to support integrated health and care activities
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Tag: Social care
Gov’t to unveil £240m extra social care funding
The government reportedly intends to stream an extra £240 million into social care services this winter to help alleviate pressures on the NHS.
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NHS England appoints national clinical advisor for primary care
NHS England has appointed a specialist GP to encourage the spread of innovations that integrate health and social care throughout England.
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New funding to digitise info between health and social care
NHS Digital has announced new funding to facilitate digitising the flow of information between adult social care and health services.
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NHS should employ robots to save time and money, suggests finds
The NHS could free up frontline time worth up to £12.5 billion a year by fully embracing automation, such as employing robots at the bed side and care bots in the home, according to a new report led by former health minister Lord Darzi.
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Tax rises needed to boost health and social care funding
Tax rises will likely be needed to keep the quality of health and social care as it is now while the system contends with the growing demands of an ageing demographic, concludes a report by The Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation.
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May backs new funding plan for NHS
Prime Minister Theresa May has voiced support for a new long-term funding plan for the National Health Service, while the DH has unveiled a capital investment of £760 million to improve buildings and services.
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NHS England promotes joint working with local authorities
England’s top A&E doctor is calling for a closer working relationship between the NHS and local authorities to help improve the health of local communities.
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Experts call for ring-fenced health and social care tax
Health experts are calling for a ring-fenced tax to help plug the huge gaps in NHS and social care budgets.
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Future quality of NHS and social care is ‘precarious’, says CQC
The future of the health and social care system is in peril as it struggles to cope with the increasingly complex needs of a 21st century population, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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Lords request new body to lead NHS sustainability
The Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS has slammed successive governments’ ongoing attitude of “short-termism” and the failure to plan effectively for the long-term future of both the health service and adult social care.
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NHS books £886m year-to-date deficit
The NHS provider sector has generated a year-to-date deficit of £886 million, with the sector forecasting a year-end deficit of £873 million, show figures published by NHS Improvement.
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