A seasonal, occasionally updated round-up from the depths of my Outlook read folder and my liked Twitter posts.
As ever, being included here doesn't necessarily mean I agree with it, just that it was sufficiently noteworthy to be recorded here.
NHS
A stark winter warning from NHS Providers
Labour call for £500 winter bailout
And Labour Conference sets out its stall on health reform - or at least what it's a'gin.
Labour call for £500 winter bailout
And Labour Conference sets out its stall on health reform - or at least what it's a'gin.
New National Voices report: Person-centred care in 2017 (with evidence from service users)
'We’ve assessed the extent to which services are or are not person-centred. We found that despite 20 years of policy promises, care coordination is still not prioritised, there is a lack of care planning, and involving people in decisions about their care is still poor in the NHS'
Research by Dr Rod Jones - same day stay admissions drive growth, but length of stay is increasing
Analysis of STP plans in London by the King's Fund and Nuffield Trust.
Benali Hamdache blogs on National Voices about the need for Parkinson's specialist nurses.
Healthwatch report about patient discharge from hospitals.
Ted Baker (the new CQC Chief Inspector, not the gent's outfitters) raises the alarm about hospitals.
Benali Hamdache blogs on National Voices about the need for Parkinson's specialist nurses.
Healthwatch report about patient discharge from hospitals.
Ted Baker (the new CQC Chief Inspector, not the gent's outfitters) raises the alarm about hospitals.
Social care
Latest Guardian article about social care in crisis but with a) useful opinion research cited and b) links to the work of Future Care Capital on a 'care covenant' for the future.
'Social care meltdown' - new survey of social workers by Community Care Magazine, supported by the Care and Support Alliance (plus blog by CSA Board member Robert Morritt on this at Conservative Home)
'Social care meltdown' - new survey of social workers by Community Care Magazine, supported by the Care and Support Alliance (plus blog by CSA Board member Robert Morritt on this at Conservative Home)
Interesting piece on using human rights law in social care work
And an article on personal budgets in the Guardian - whither the transformative potential?
Report from the Red Cross on the implementation of the 2015 Care Act: 'local authorities in England must do more in their areas to provide services that prevent, reduce or delay the need for care and support.'
Benefits
Disability Benefits Consortium report calls for an urgent review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
The problems with universal credit (Nicholas Timmins, Institute for Government)
The problems with universal credit (Nicholas Timmins, Institute for Government)
Care homes
New research from Healthwatch
Centre for the Modern Family research finds we underestimate the cost of residential care for the elderly significantly (link to FT article)
Brexit
Lancet article on possible impacts of Brexit on health and health services
Centre for the Modern Family research finds we underestimate the cost of residential care for the elderly significantly (link to FT article)
Brexit
Lancet article on possible impacts of Brexit on health and health services
Wales
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