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Hunt offers £260m to help hospitals go digitalHospitals are to share £260m of additional funding to speed up the move to electronic patient records and prescriptions, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. 17 May 2013
Ministers, NHS and LGA sign pledge to integrate careThe Department of Health, the NHS, local authorities and regulators have today signed a landmark agreement to integrate health and social care services within five years. 14 May 2013
Adult care funding cut by a fifth, says AdassCouncils' adult care budgets have been slashed by £2.7bn a fifth of their funding over the past three years, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services said today. 08 May 2013
Labour commission to probe integrated care spendingThe Labour Party has set up an independent commission to examine how to integrate health and social care spending. 22 April 2013

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NHS reforms: starting the treatmentFrom April 1, the health service embarks on an uncertain journey as the biggest structural reforms for decades get under way. Richard Lewis considers the risks and opportunities ahead 01 April 2013
PF interview: Norman LambHealth minister Norman Lamb talks to Judy Hirst about the Francis report on Mid-Staffs, Dilnot's funding recommendations and joining up the dots on social care 01 April 2013
Age-old questionsThe Dilnot report is the latest attempt to find a solution to the social care funding crisis. To avoid the fate of its predecessors, it has erred on the side of compromise. But in doing so it has avoided tackling the prickly issues of varying quality of care and huge wealth disparities. Polly Toynbee and David Walker report 01 August 2011

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Joined-up care: the next step
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Social care funding: it's not over yet
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Queen's Speech: a missed opportunity
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From death tax to fair funding
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The formula for care success
Jude Ranasinghe

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