Parties clash on NHS funding and reform
The health spokesmen of the three main political parties have clashed over the future funding and structure of the NHS at a King’s Fund debate ahead of the general election.
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Call for better community services data
The King’s Fund has urged the Department of Health to work with other national bodies to “develop a clear road map for radically improving quality measurement in community services.”
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Digital monitoring key to health future
Personal digital health technologies could replace the traditional healthcare systems in the way that electricity made candles obsolete, health entrepreneur Ali Parsa has claimed.
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Barker calls for joint NHS/care funding
The King’s Fund has called for an end to the split between health and social care in a report that calls for a joint, ring-fenced budget for both and a single commissioner for local services.
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King’s Fund warns of “cracks” in system
The King’s Fund has found further signs of financial stress on the health service – and warned that “cracks are starting to appear” in its performance against key targets.
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King’s Fund warns crisis “inevitable”
A financial crisis in the NHS is “inevitable” by 2015-16 or even sooner, the King’s Fund has warned in a report that says money must be found for transformation and for trusts in trouble.
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Specialist telehealth service a success
A specialist telehealth project run by Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust has increased capacity by ten patients per nurse.
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Nicholson says mind the £30 billion gap
NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has followed up on his call for a ‘big conversation’ on the future of the NHS by warning that it faces a £30 billion funding gap without radical change.
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Telehealth doesn’t improve self care
Telehealth does not improve patients’ self-care behaviour, an evaluation of the Whole System Demonstrator programme reveals.
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Revolutionary road
The government has promised a telehealth revolution; but there has been little sign of one at the events that Lis Evenstad has attended recently.
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