This report from the Department of Health assesses the pilot projects of case
management for frail elderly patients in nine primary care trusts. The pilots
were modelled on the Evercare programme which operates in the United States.
The programme improves care for frail elderly people, most of whom have multiple
medical and social problems, receive fragmented, episodic care and are often
admitted to hospital for reasons that could be prevented with better care. This
group of people also generates large costs. Two-thirds of patients admitted to
hospital as medical emergencies have long-term conditions, and 70% of people
over 65 in the UK have more than one long-term condition. The programme aims to
match support with need, providing personalised, yet systematic health and
social care.

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Managers in local government are being urged to participate in Leaders UK, a new

cross-sector programme run by the Cabinet Office. The call has come from the
Leadership Centre for Local Government, which is offering to meet half the
12,000-pound cost of the programme for up to 20 participants.

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Head teachers are today outlining the changes they want to see in the system for
excluding pupils from school and they say current guidelines fail to address the
issue of serious misbehaviour by parents and what to do when the relationship
between school and home breaks down.

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