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Provider collaboratives Oli Hudson, content director at Wilmington Healthcare, takes a look at the new groups of providers that are expected to play a pivotal role in integrating care The NHS’ commitment to integrated, place-based care was reaffirmed in a recent white paper which positioned a new set of organisations, known as provider collaboratives, at the heart of delivering this change. According to the Integrating care: Next steps to building strong and effective integrated care systems...

On the verge of suicide Fellow NUA student Lois, 22, has made progress with their mental health over the last year - but its been an arduous process, and again involved doctors trying to issue antidepressants as the first port of call. NUA student Lois who is talking about their experience with depression and antidepressants - Credit: Danielle Booden They said: "About this time last year I was referred to a GP because I was showing depressive and psychotic tendencies. Straight away they offere...

People facing death or bereavement to be helped through new NHS website launched in Leicestershire The site aims to be a comprehansive guide with details about useful health and care services The last year of the coronavirus pandemic has shown the need for expert advice and support (Image: Getty Images) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information y...

Jolyon Maugham QC wants trans communities to know that people with power are out batting for you. (eff J Mitchell/Getty Images) There was a big legal win for trans kids a few weeks ago, but you would be forgiven for having missed it – unlike the gleeful media circus when trans rights are stripped away, the triumphs scarcely register. December’s cruel High Court ruling in the Keira Bell v Tavistock case effectively banned puberty blockers for trans under 16s in England and Wales, unless they...

Covid vaccines on the Isle of Wight have been given to nearly three quarters of the 16+ population. FEWER than 500 people were given the first dose of a Covid vaccine on the Isle of Wight last week. The emphasis, however, is shifting to inviting the next age group in for their first vaccinations — the over 45s. In the week between April 4 and 11, 498 first Covid vaccinations were given to Isle of Wight residents, bring the total number of people to have received at least their first dos...

Almost 400,000 people in our region have had a Covid jab The latest numbers are encouraging 16:15, 20 FEB 2021 Vaccinator Nicole Clark prepares a Covid-19 vaccination at the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow. Our Liverpool Echo newsletter is sent three times a day, PLUS breaking news updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordanc...

Continued strong performance throughout COVID-19 pandemic and successful management internalisation Primary Health Properties PLC ("PHP", the "Group" or the "Company"), a leading investor in modern primary health facilities, announces its audited preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2020. Harry Hyman , Chief Executive, commented: "We have continued to support the NHS in the UK, HSE in Ireland and our GP occupiers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic wh...

NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are refusing the right to free care for people with paralysis, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and dementia among other conditions – and campaigners claim they are acting unlawfully.  Philip Mathias, a retired rear admiral once in charge of the UK’s nuclear defences, heads the nhschcscandal.co.uk campaign after fighting his local CCG for a refund of £200,000 spent on his mother’s care in Wiltshire. He said: “The injustice suffered by tens of thousands...

Some elderly people in Lancashire face an 80-mile round trip if they want their Covid jab quickly.