Department of Health Personal Health Budgets
Subject to the passage of the Health and Social Care Bill, the Department (DH) will allocate funding for Local HealthWatch, NHS Complaints Advocacy and, potentially, PCT Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards from October 2012. This additional funding will be added to the current DH Learning Disabilities and Health Reform grant. This consultation is asking for your views on options for distributing the new funding for Local HealthWatch, NHS Complaints Advocacy and PCT Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS).
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NHS North of Tyne Press Release
Local people who have a minor injury are being reminded about a clinic in North Tyneside.
Instead of going to hospital, adults and children who have a minor injury can be treated in the community at Shiremoor Health Resource Centre.
The centre is based on Earsdon Road, Shiremoor, North Tyneside, is open from Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, not including bank holidays, and is run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
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Latest on the NHS changes
Following the Government’s listening exercise on the Health and Social Care Bill and the recommendations made by the NHS Future Forum, the Government has now set out the changes it intends to make in response to those recommendations.
The NHS Future Forum report and the Government response are available via the link below.