Community Care

JANUARY 8, 2023

The government will give the NHS an extra £200m to buy short-term care placements to help relieve the pressures on its beleaguered emergency care system. Integrated care boards (ICBs) will be able to use the money to buy beds in care homes or other settings for up to four weeks in order to speed up hospital discharges, freeing up beds to admit people stuck in accident and emergency departments.

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Hospital Discharges Rehabilitation Hospitals Home Care 236

Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 8, 2023

Please realize, an affair is a traumatic experience for the one cheated on. Regardless the quality or issues in the relationship, fidelity remains an expectation. When broken, trust is difficult to repair. That repair requires unequivocal taking of responsibility by the one who had the affair. There is no wiggling around trying to blame it on a poor relationship, drugs, alcohol, whatever.

Private Practice 147

Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Social Worker 147

The Guardian

JANUARY 8, 2023

Care England says current funding is ‘inadequate’ if homes are to pay staff more and manage rehabilitation Care providers are demanding double the usual fees to look after thousands of people who need to be discharged from hospitals to ease the crisis in the NHS. Care England, which represents the largest private care home providers, said on Sunday it wanted the government to pay them £1,500 a week per person, citing the need to pay care workers more and hire rehabilitation specialists so people

Hospitals 117

Hospitals Rehabilitation Government 117

Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 8, 2023

For some, gender can be so confusing. Not fitting neatly into a checkbox can leave one feeling amiss. As humans we strive for and typically require certainty. Ambiguity is unsettling. Figuring out one’s gender may not be a destination, but a journey. Therein ambiguity continues. Then there are those around you. They seek to have a definitive understanding of who you are all while you remain uncertain.

Private Practice 113

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker 113

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The Guardian

JANUARY 8, 2023

Other countries are looking on appalled as the UK’s failure to reform social care has left its health service struggling to survive It is 6am and a dozen ambulances are waiting to offload their patients, but the local NHS hospital is already full. Every bed in the emergency department is occupied. As well as the patients in ambulances, others lie inside on trolleys in corridors, some even on trolleys in cleared-out cupboards.

Hospitals 101

Hospitals 101

Psychological Health Care

JANUARY 8, 2023

Make 2023 the year you focus on your mental health. Forget short-lived New Year’s resolutions and rigid goal setting, instead commit to adopting some simple habits to boost your mental fitness now and well into the future. You may already realise that your mental health forms the basis for everything you do, including shaping your social and emotional well-being.

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Adoption Mental Health Anxiety Self-harm 82

Psychological Health Care

JANUARY 8, 2023

Medicare subsidised visits to psychologists have been reduced from 1 January 2023. This means the number of Medicare subsidised psychology sessions you can claim has dropped from 20 to 10, per calendar year. The number of therapy sessions claimable was originally increased from 10 to 20 in October 2020, in response to the impact of Covid-19 under the Federal Government’s Better Access Pandemic Support measures.

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Medicare Psychology Treatment Planning Mental Health 75

The Guardian

JANUARY 8, 2023

Hospitals can’t discharge patients because councils don’t have the funds to facilitate care afterwards. It’s a perfect storm of neglect Last Thursday, I spoke to a hospital doctor based in north-east England working in acute medicine, a catch-all term that takes in most conditions that present as emergencies, from heart attacks to kidney failure. I was put in touch with her by EveryDoctor , the advocacy group for medical professionals set up just before the pandemic.

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Hospitals Advocacy 71

R.E.A.L. Social Workers

JANUARY 8, 2023

New year resolutions are interesting because many are focused on physical health. Examples of this include losing weight, exercising more, or eating healthier. Some resolutions revolve around financial health, with actions like saving more money or spending less. I have known some to include spiritual health resolutions. They attempt to attend church more often or set aside dedicated prayer and meditation time.

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Consultation Social Worker 52