HealthOctober 13, 2021
Adult social care sector faces a 'perfect storm'
Staff vacancy rates have returned to pre-pandemic levels across the adult social care sector, according to the Skills for Care annual report.
By Niamh Macdonald
Accountable Care Journal
HealthOctober 12, 2021
Improving cancer care for LGBTQ+ patients in the UK
While gender and sexual identities continue to be decriminalised and more understood across the world, the health sector is taking a while to catch up. Dr Alison Berner is leading a coalition of clinicians and charities committed to improving the care needs of LGBTQ+ patients with cancer.
By Lottie Moore
Accountable Care Journal
HealthOctober 8, 2021
Combatting regional healthcare inequalities in the NHS backlog
As the government announces plans to invest £12 billion a year for the next three years across the NHS and social care sectors, significant action can be taken to confront the elective care crisis while addressing widening disparities in care outcomes across the country.
By Ruth Wozencroft
Accountable Care Journal
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    HealthOctober 13, 2021
    Adult social care sector faces a 'perfect storm'
    Staff vacancy rates have returned to pre-pandemic levels across the adult social care sector, according to the Skills for Care annual report.
    By Niamh Macdonald
    Accountable Care Journal
    HealthOctober 12, 2021
    Improving cancer care for LGBTQ+ patients in the UK
    While gender and sexual identities continue to be decriminalised and more understood across the world, the health sector is taking a while to catch up. Dr Alison Berner is leading a coalition of clinicians and charities committed to improving the care needs of LGBTQ+ patients with cancer.
    By Lottie Moore
    Accountable Care Journal
    HealthOctober 8, 2021
    Combatting regional healthcare inequalities in the NHS backlog
    As the government announces plans to invest £12 billion a year for the next three years across the NHS and social care sectors, significant action can be taken to confront the elective care crisis while addressing widening disparities in care outcomes across the country.
    By Ruth Wozencroft
    Accountable Care Journal
    HealthOctober 5, 2021
    "Level up" agenda undermined by public health cuts
    New analysis from the Health Foundation has revealed that sustained public health cuts from the government run counter to its own agenda to “level up” the country.
    By News Feature
    Accountable Care Journal
    HealthSeptember 28, 2021
    Beyond the buzzwords: Accelerating digital in hospitals
    With the government looking to progress health sector reform from multiple angles, the progression of digital healthcare within NHS hospitals becomes increasingly important.
    By Henry Asson
    Accountable Care Journal
    HealthSeptember 24, 2021
    Vaxi Taxi: the simple and innovative vaccination programme with equity at its core
    Ensuring everyone has equal access to good healthcare is fundamental to reducing health inequalities. Dr Sharon Raymond, GP and director of Covid Crisis Rescue Foundation, is making accessibility easier through her Vaxi Taxi project, which helps those in London’s most vulnerable communities' access
    By Lottie Moore
    Accountable Care Journal
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Social Care

HealthAugust 31, 2021
PPP calls for local government and social care to be placed on equal footing to NHS
With the first sitting of the Public Bill Committee for the government's Health and Care Bill scheduled on the 7 September, Public Policy Projects (PPP) has launched its State of the Nation Integrated Care report: Practical action for effective integrated care systems.
By Charley Hacquoil
Accountable Care Journal

Primary Care

HealthAugust 26, 2021
Restarting and rebuilding the NHS
Public Policy Projects has created a new coalition of experts and stakeholders from across the health and care spectrum, designed to create a health service that boasts truly world-beating patient outcomes. 
By Lloyd Tingley
Accountable Care Journal
Health PolicyJanuary 4, 2021
Primary care at scale
Primary care at scale (PCaS) entered the lexicon of healthcare in the NHS in England over 10 years ago. It should be regarded as a set of principles rather than an organisational form, albeit when these principles are applied, a larger provider organisation often results.
By Professor James Kingsland
Primary Care Journal

Acute Care

HealthOctober 12, 2021
Improving cancer care for LGBTQ+ patients in the UK
While gender and sexual identities continue to be decriminalised and more understood across the world, the health sector is taking a while to catch up. Dr Alison Berner is leading a coalition of clinicians and charities committed to improving the care needs of LGBTQ+ patients with cancer.
By Lottie Moore
Accountable Care Journal
HealthOctober 8, 2021
Combatting regional healthcare inequalities in the NHS backlog
As the government announces plans to invest £12 billion a year for the next three years across the NHS and social care sectors, significant action can be taken to confront the elective care crisis while addressing widening disparities in care outcomes across the country.
By Ruth Wozencroft
Accountable Care Journal
HealthSeptember 28, 2021
Beyond the buzzwords: Accelerating digital in hospitals
With the government looking to progress health sector reform from multiple angles, the progression of digital healthcare within NHS hospitals becomes increasingly important.
By Henry Asson
Accountable Care Journal

Local Government

HealthAugust 31, 2021
PPP calls for local government and social care to be placed on equal footing to NHS
With the first sitting of the Public Bill Committee for the government's Health and Care Bill scheduled on the 7 September, Public Policy Projects (PPP) has launched its State of the Nation Integrated Care report: Practical action for effective integrated care systems.
By Charley Hacquoil
Accountable Care Journal
Community healthJuly 8, 2020
Buckinghamshire launches survey on coronavirus impact
Buckinghamshire Council’s Public Health team has launched its new ‘Buckinghamshire Coronavirus Health & Wellbeing Survey’. The survey aims to understand how residents in Buckinghamshire have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, including how the lockdown has impacted health and wellbeing.
By News Feature
Accountable Care Journal

Covid-19

HealthSeptember 24, 2021
Vaxi Taxi: the simple and innovative vaccination programme with equity at its core
Ensuring everyone has equal access to good healthcare is fundamental to reducing health inequalities. Dr Sharon Raymond, GP and director of Covid Crisis Rescue Foundation, is making accessibility easier through her Vaxi Taxi project, which helps those in London’s most vulnerable communities' access
By Lottie Moore
Accountable Care Journal
HealthAugust 17, 2021
Can digital innovation reduce healthcare inequalities?
Covid-19 overshadows all our lives. But just because we are battling the same storm does not mean we are all in the same boat. The people likely to be most exposed to coronavirus, and to suffer most from the resulting interventions, are disproportionally those already disadvantaged in society.
By Ben Marshall
World Healthcare Journal

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HealthAugust 19, 2021
Time to think differently about boosting capacity
Flexible healthcare infrastructure offers a range of options for managing the healthcare estate effectively and increases the ability to adapt to sudden changes in demand or disruptions to service delivery, without lengthy lead-times and significant capital expenditure.
By David Cole
Accountable Care Journal
Community healthAugust 13, 2021
A journey of diagnostic transformation starts with community hubs
Integrated care systems and hospital groups across the country are currently establishing scalable, digitally enabled, community diagnostic hubs. Siemens Healthineers gathered the views of health system stakeholders planning local diagnostic provision on the objectives and challenges of this approac
By Peter Harrison
Accountable Care Journal
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