Monthly Archives: February 2014
£400,000 bedroom tax rebate in Liverpool
More than 700 people in Liverpool are to share in a £400,000 rebate because of a government gaffe over the bedroom tax.
The awards will largely be around the £560 mark, and should be given to tenants in the next couple of weeks.
The loophole in the coalition’s highly controversial “spare room subsidy” deduction meant that anyone who had been resident in the same house since 1996 and receiving housing benefit all that time should have been exempt from having to make up the difference in their rent.
The Liverpool news follows the recent discovery that up to 600 households in Wirral could be entitled to a rebate.
Integrated care toolkit will make joined-up services a reality
New resource will provide practical and user-friendly help to commissioners and providers
The Local Government Association (LGA) and the National Collaborative have developed a toolkit to answer some of the pressing, practical questions facing those trying to plan and deliver localised person-centred care.
The challenges of integration are well known. The joining up of services is common sense in principle, but its effective implementation is another matter. Commissioners and providers are struggling to understand exactly which models of integrated service delivery are relevant to their area, and which ones will help them achieve the care improvement and financial targets they are facing.
Norfolk mental health call centre set to hire extra staff to cope with demand
Mental health chiefs in Norfolk are set to begin a recruitment drive after being surprised by the volume of patient referrals to a new service.
Adam Gretton, Health correspondent Tuesday, February 11, 2014
6:30 AM
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) started its access and assessment service almost a year ago to create a singe point of contact for GPs across the county.
But the mental health trust is looking to boost staffing numbers at its call centre at Hellesdon Hospital after missing referral targets.
The organisation, which has been redesigning services over the last two years, is looking to hire two band 6 level staff and two band 5 level staff to extend the opening hours of the service from five days a week to six.
