The wrecking of fishing vessel Andrea Gail, immortalised in the film The Perfect Storm, was the result of ignorance of the nature and severity of the developing crisis, combined with
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have produced a new Appreciative Inquiry resource pack in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) as part of their work to support health
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Nicola Sturgeon has buried a charity time capsule to mark the opening of a new health and social care centre. Containing photos, jewellery, clothes and archived material from people who
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In response to the current policy emphasis on delivering more integrated health and social care, the University of Birmingham’s School of Social Policy has published five new practical guides to
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Soaring numbers of blocked beds continue to disrupt the NHS in England – despite figures suggesting it may be starting to recover after a challenging start to the year. Delayed
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The number of days patients remain in hospital because of bed blocking has risen by a third in recent years, highlighting the scale of the crisis, a report has revealed.
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Work by the fire and rescue services to help reduce demand for other services through prevention, including health and social care, is being showcased in a new document ‘Working Together’.
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The importance of teams to the successful delivery of health and care services is now well established. There is an overwhelming evidence base that teams of relevant professionals coming together
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Discharging older patients from hospital, the National Audit Office (NAO) report published today, focuses primarily on those patients deemed ‘medically fit for discharge’ but who are stranded in hospital. The
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A Hertfordshire scheme which helps keep people out of hospital by giving them the care they need in their own homes has won a prestigious award. HomeFirst scooped the Local
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