Keeping you up-to-date with the news and views that matter, this daily news digest is collated by Salix & Co, specialists in communications for the health, education and social sectors.
Keeping you up-to-date with the news and views that matter, this daily news digest is collated by Salix & Co, specialists in communications for the health, education and social sectors..
From the Bureau Editor
Thursday December 2
The government has launched its white paper which outlines plans for adult social care reform, GPs may stop monitoring vulnerable patients in a trade off to free them up for vaccinations and the Chancellor has given a warning that the NHS will need to justify the money its been given.
Angus Wrixon Editor
the briefing
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Headlining today
Social care
People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform white paper - the white paper sets out a 10-year vision for adult social care and provides information on funded proposals that we will implement over the next 3 years.The Government’s white paper DHSC
Jeremy Hunt and Labour attack ministers’ social care plan saying proposals will do nothing to stop hospital wards being full of people who should be discharged Guardian
Primary care, pharmacy, dentistry, optical, community
GPs in England may stop monitoring vulnerable patients - Sajid Javid locked in talks with BMA about relaxing rules in order to help deliver Covid booster programme
Community pharmacy-led sites providing Covid vaccinations are to receive an increased service payment of £15 for every jab until the end of January Pharmacy
Public health
Pregnant women fear losing jobs over Covid safety worries Maternity Action survey finds - they urge ministers to overhaul ‘not fit for purpose’ workplace health and safety rules Guardian
Trusts
Nottingham - is planning to move patients to chairs on wards to free up beds for people waiting in its emergency department, following one of its “most challenged” days HSJ
NHS Policy / Performance / Service redesign / £
NHS has to justify increase in its funding, Rishi Sunak says - the chancellor told the cabinet that people would expect to see significant improvements after the £5.9 billion extra funding put into the NHS this autumn to tackle backlogs. He and other senior ministers, including Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, Steve Barclay, the cabinet office minister and Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the Commons, said that the health service must perform Times
Clinical
Trigger of rare blood clots with AstraZeneca jab found BBC
what the bloggers are blogging
NEW! Can the NHS boost the booster programme? Nick Triggle for BBC
NEW! Four tests for the government's vision of adult social care - Kings Fund
NEW! Boris Johnson ‘ignored’ my plan to tackle deadly Covid variants – Clive Dix, former head of vaccine taskforce says No 10 has not acted on his blueprint to prepare UK for new strains Observer
NEW! Hugh Alderwick’s exploration of the future of health spending post-spending review Health Foundation
Is integration everyone’s problem but no one’s responsibility? HSJ
A radically realistic vision for adult social care - a view from the Kings Fund
Significant tweak to social care proposals will leave fewer protected from catastrophic costs Nuffield
what's on when
NEW! Tuesday Dec 14: 5-6.30pm: Healthchat with Jeremy Hunt, chair of the parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee – not to be missed! Details here
NEW! Tuesday January 11 5-6.30pm: Healthchat Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser at the DHSC TIckets and info here
Healthchats - ICYM...All HealthChats are available to watch again here
The full list of IHSCM's upcoming events can be found here
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