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NHS will be encouraged to ‘buy more social care beds’ under Labour – Streeting

By Ella Pickover, Reporter18th June 202418th June 2024News England

The NHS will be encouraged to buy up social care beds in a bid to get medically-fit patients out of hospitals faster, Labour has said. Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes

Patient choice for care outside of hospitals to be expanded in new pilot scheme

By Ella Pickover, Reporter15th May 2024News England

Plans to expand the number of places that patients will be able to get care out of hospital have been hailed as the “largest expansion of choice in the NHS

Number of delayed discharge beds in Scotland at highest level for four months

By The Press Association8th May 2024News Scotland

The average number of beds occupied by patients delayed from leaving hospital reached its highest level in four months in March, according to latest figures. Public Health Scotland data showed

Long-term funding is needed to ensure family services are not cut, say watchdogs

By Aine Fox, Reporter7th May 2024News England

A support programme for babies and their families in England must have a guaranteed minimum level of long-term funding, a watchdogs’ review has said. The Start for Life programme offers

Care England warns of possible ‘serious consequences’ as Covid testing ends

By Aine Fox, Reporter25th March 2024News England

Covid testing in people being discharged from hospital to care homes should continue, a representative body has said as it warned of potentially “serious consequences” in ending the practice. The

Care of disabled teenager Kaylea Titford ‘not co-ordinated’ and suffering was ‘avoidable’

By Stephanie Wareham, Reporter14th March 2024News Wales

A morbidly obese teenager with disabilities who died after being severely neglected by her parents did not have a care plan and her suffering was “avoidable”, a safeguarding report has

Think tank urges action to stop ‘slow erosion’ of primary and community care

By Storm Newton, Reporter15th February 2024News England

Primary and community care should be prioritised to ensure England’s health system is effective and sustainable, a think tank has said. The King’s Fund also warned that the “answer to

Unsafe hospital discharge putting mental health patients at risk, ombudsman warns

By Storm Newton, Reporter1st February 2024News England

The unsafe transfer of mental health patients from hospital care back into the community is putting them at risk of readmission and suicide, the health ombudsman has warned. It also

Disabled man ‘prisoner at home for five years’ due to care failings by ‘every agency involved’

By The Press Association25th January 2024News Scotland

A disabled man was “trapped in his bedroom for five years” due to care failings, a report has revealed. The man, named in the report as Mr E and aged

Treating patients in ‘virtual wards’ costs twice as much as in hospitals – study finds

By Jane Kirby, Reporter25th January 20245th February 2024News England

Treating patients in “virtual wards” at home – a key NHS policy – costs twice as much as treating them in hospital, a study has found. The NHS is increasingly

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Number of delayed discharge beds in Scotland at highest level for four months

Long-term funding is needed to ensure family services are not cut, say watchdogs

Care England warns of possible ‘serious consequences’ as Covid testing ends

Care of disabled teenager Kaylea Titford ‘not co-ordinated’ and suffering was ‘avoidable’

Unsafe hospital discharge putting mental health patients at risk, ombudsman warns

Treating patients in ‘virtual wards’ costs twice as much as in hospitals – study finds

New record high number of children in poverty branded ‘source of national shame’

Welfare reform will push 250,000 into poverty, Government’s own assessment says

Peers demand tax hike safeguards as Government accused of ‘absence of humanity’

Councils being pushed to ‘financial brink’ amid £8bn funding gap, report warns

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NHS will be encouraged to ‘buy more social care beds’ under Labour – Streeting

Patient choice for care outside of hospitals to be expanded in new pilot scheme

Number of delayed discharge beds in Scotland at highest level for four months

Long-term funding is needed to ensure family services are not cut, say watchdogs

Care England warns of possible ‘serious consequences’ as Covid testing ends

Care of disabled teenager Kaylea Titford ‘not co-ordinated’ and suffering was ‘avoidable’

Think tank urges action to stop ‘slow erosion’ of primary and community care

Unsafe hospital discharge putting mental health patients at risk, ombudsman warns

Disabled man ‘prisoner at home for five years’ due to care failings by ‘every agency involved’

Treating patients in ‘virtual wards’ costs twice as much as in hospitals – study finds