coordinated care can make. They showed that “individuals with the highest social care costs had relatively low average hospital costs [suggesting] that use of social care may prevent the need for hospital care”21 ... health and social care at the end of life, Nuffield Trust, 2012 5.2. In terms of cost saving, the mean hospital activity costs per patient who received home nursing care were £610, versus £1,750 for those
Every year, around one in three over-65s living in the community and one in two people aged over 85 will have a fall.
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drawing up a settlement agreement, e.g. putting the agreement in writing, and the employee receiving advice from an independent advisor? If not, should these be set out in accompanying guidance? Q3. Should ... to this being covered in non-statutory guidance? Q4. What sort of information and good practice advice would you like to see included in non-statutory guidance on settlement agreements? The template
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