Health, Social Care and Homelessness (Archive)

NHS England:  Finding a hidden gem for mental health – (NHS England:  Spreading new care models ~ NHS England:  We should all support #EndPJparalysis – Professor Jane Cummings)

DfT:  New legal powers could send UK scientists into space to research vaccines and medicines

WAG:  £95m investment to train healthcare professionals in Wales – (WAG:  More GP surgeries in Wales are open for longer ~ Welsh Government funding helps children get a Flying Start)

Kings Fund:  Politicians must be prepared to back NHS plans ~ LGA responds to King's Fund report on STPs ~ NHS Confed.:  We need patience on STPs ~ The Patients Association responds to latest research on STPs)

Kings Fund:  Worrying figures highlight how serious NHS financial position is

NHS Confederation:  Deterioration shown in NHS performance report is 'a tragedy'

NIESR:  Staffing crisis pushes NHS staff into agency working, new report reveal

techUK:  LGA Local Investment Programme: Transforming Care and Health through Tech

Cancer Research UK:  One-off bowel scope cuts cancer risk for at least 17 years

Protests at NHS cuts in Yorkshire to be combated by ‘guerrilla marketing’, warns Unite – (Serious questions raised by Unite over awarding of NHS contract for community health services in Yorkshire ~ ‘No backsliding’ on number of visits to families by health visitors, says Unite ~ Privatisation engulfs London’s King’s College Hospital, says Unite)

Ofsted launches new social care common inspection framework

BIG:  Soil Association receives £1.25m National Lottery funding to improve food for older people

LGA responds to new analysis of excess deaths

Homeless Link:  FREE Housing & Dementia Training – Manchester, London, Birmingham and Bristol

NICE guidelines aim to improve how children at risk of abuse or neglect are helped and supported – (NICE:  Local authorities need to work together with nightclubs & gyms to prevent drug misuse ~ NICE recommends wider use of tests to detect cancer-causing genetic condition)

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