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The Care Act 2014 is designed to integrate health and social care services to provide more patient treatment at home and in the community, avoiding emergency care in hospital or care homes.

Bute nurses praised for discharge good practice

January 04, 2015

Gill Bennett

The way patients on Bute are discharged from hospital into nursing home care has been highlighted as an example of good practice in nursing in the Argyll and Bute area.

Kings Fund: Our response to the publication of NHS England’s review of urgent and emergency care

September 21, 2014

Gill Bennett

Commenting on the publication of NHS England’s review of urgent and emergency care, Nigel Edwards, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, said: ‘Today’s report provides a welcome dose of clarity in a debate that has become increasingly disjointed, and it...

How to reduce the pressure on A&E Departments

July 14, 2013

Gill Bennett

The combination of rising patient demand and tightening resources has put intense pressure on emergency care, and as winter approaches there will be further strain on already overstretched services.

‘National Audit Office’ emergency admissions to hospital: managing the demand

May 02, 2013

Gill Bennett

Many emergency admissions to hospital are avoidable and many patients stay in hospital longer than is necessary, according to a report today by the National Audit Office. Improving the flow of patients through the system will be critical to the NHS’s ability to cope with future...

NHS hospital wards on ‘brink of collapse’

December 13, 2012

Gill Bennett

NHS hospital wards on ‘brink of collapse’ as number of beds falls by a third and doctors struggle to cope with 37% rise in patients.

GPs are given cash ‘bribes’ not to send patients to hospital

September 15, 2012

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GPs are given cash ‘bribes’ not to send patients to hospital… Practices promised up to £26,000 if they cut referrals Doctors are to be offered cash ‘bribes’ to slash the number of patients they send to hospital.

ICT challenge of health and social care integration “not given priority”

Bute nurses praised for discharge good practice

Kings Fund: Our response to the publication of NHS England’s review of urgent and emergency care

How to reduce the pressure on A&E Departments

‘National Audit Office’ emergency admissions to hospital: managing the demand

NHS hospital wards on ‘brink of collapse’

GPs are given cash ‘bribes’ not to send patients to hospital

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