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Care services: a cause for concern
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 9(1), March 2005, pp.31-33.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on initial findings from the King's Fund's enquiry into the provision of care services in London, revealing shortcomings resulting in worries for the future.
Care services inquiry interim report: concerns about care for older Londoners
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There is increasing public concern about the availability, quality and appropriateness of care services for London’s diverse older population. Is the ‘care market’ working for older people in London, and will there be enough care services of the right quality for them in the future? In February 2004, the King’s Fund launched its Care Services Inquiry to investigate these questions, led by an independent committee made up of people with experience and expertise in the health, housing and social care of older people. This interim report sets out early findings from the opinions expressed and information submitted to the inquiry between March and September 2004.
Unfinished business: is a crisis still looming?
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Much of the progress made in the care sector has been reactive to immediate problems in NHS hospitals with new funding made available to tackle delayed discharges by stabilising the care market and expanding community services. This is likely to only have a short term impact. Many years of underinvestment in social care has limited the availability of quality support for vulnerable people.
Building a better health and social care workforce: challenges in policy and practice
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(4), August 2002, pp.5-8.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article argues that shortcomings in the health and social care workforce threaten the achievement of the NHS Plan. The government's recognition of the need to build workforce capacity has led to new strategies for recruiting and retaining staff and for providing the education and training required by both professional and non-professional staff groups. The new focus on workforce issues has also opened up new opportunities to tackle inequalities regarding race, disability, gender and age. However employers face great challenges, requiring new ways of thinking and working in order to achieve change in the short and longer term.
Discharge of the late brigade
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 9.5.02, 2002, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The government has announced that local authorities would be made responsible for the costs of delayed discharges. Argues that the problems are long-standing and intractable.
Rehabilitation: an old concept in a new policy context
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 6(3), June 1998, pp.103-106.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Discusses how inadequate opportunities for rehabilitation have resulted in a distorted system of care and public disquiet about the impact on vulnerable older people and their families. Investment in rehabilitation offers a way out of a vicious circle of increasing demands for care and escalating expenditure. Argues that the system of health and social care needs to be re-shaped to enable older people to regain the independence so often impaired after illness or injury. Health and local authorities face a daunting challenge, but suggests they will make progress if they follow the five-point plan in this article.
Working on the boundaries of community care
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Journal article citation:
- King's Fund News, 21(3), Autumn 1998, p.2.
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
People with chronic illness and long-term disability need integrated care and support to enable them to live an independent life in the community. The author highlights a programme they are working on.
Continuing care: future perfect?
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.10.95, 1995, p.1.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Care providers are to decide in the next few months on whether continuing care options will measure up to the spirit of reforms. Looks at the issue of how the balance of responsibility for long-term care will be distributed.
The business of caring: King's Fund inquiry into care services for older people in London
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Janice, BANKS Penny
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 177p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Concerns about the care system for older people have been commonplace in recent years. Aware of these concerns, the King's Fund established an Inquiry into the way in which care services are provided for older people in London. Drawing on the experience of older people and their carers, care staff and managers, regulators, and commissioners, the year-long Inquiry concluded that there are major shortcomings in the current care system that disadvantage older people and their carers. This report of their findings calls for investment in market development, reform of social policies and mobilisation of more public and private resources.
The NHS plan: what does it mean for community care
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Janice, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 8(6), December 2000, pp.5-10.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The NHS plan promises improvements in the National Health Service that could benefit many people with long-term illness or disability. However, the authors argue that some long standing problems concerning the funding and provision of their care and support will remain unchanged. Moreover, there are dangers of new conflicts between the NHS and local government that may hinder the delivery of integrated services and health improvements strategies.