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The English national framework for NHS continuing healthcare came into force on 1 October 2007 as a development in the light of the case of Coughlan which established that where a person's need is primarily for health care then the health service must fund the whole cost of nursing home placement. [1]
Any Qualified Provider (AQP) is a contractual system within the NHS internal market of the English National Health Service.The system was introduced under the Labour administration in 2009/10 under the name "Any Willing Provider" and was accelerated under the coalition Government which formed in 2010.
Hospital care is largely provided by the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. In 2022 the integrated care partnership announced plans to develop virtual wards , supported by Spirit Health . Their remote monitoring platform, Clinitouch, will support health specialties including heart failure, frailty, and COVID-19.
In England, an integrated care system (ICS) is a statutory partnership of organisations who plan, buy, and provide health and care services in their geographical area. The organisations involved include the NHS , local authorities, voluntary and charity groups, and independent care providers.
PHBs have been mainly used for people with continuing health needs. The RCGP explained that "At the heart of a personal health budget is a care or support plan – an agreement between the local NHS and the individual that sets out the person’s health needs, the amount of money available to meet those needs and how this money will be spent."
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales. Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland was created separately and is often locally referred to as "the NHS". [ 2 ]
Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit was criticised by Liz Kendall MP who said it should no longer run NHS continuing healthcare services for patients with complex needs and that it only had one part-time person monitoring the quality of all its home care providers. [4] It announced plans for a merger with NHS Arden CSU in November ...
In November 2018 the CQC had rated 1% of adult social care providers as inadequate, 17% as requiring improvement, 79% as good and 3% as outstanding in that year. [83] A 2021 review of 20 care homes in England found that a good or outstanding CQC rating was associated with a better quality of life for residents. High staff wages were linked with ...