Support group for pregnant women and new parents shortlisted for two awards
An antenatal group for women and partners who need extra support with their experience of pregnancy and childbirth has been shortlisted for two national awards. The Chit Chat group was established by Northampton General Hospital's midwives as a way of tailoring antenatal education, parenting advice and peer support to women with additional needs, including learning disabilities or anxiety.
NGH News
Friday, 1 July 2016
Contracting for new care models
Contracting for new care models
Creative use of the contracting process is a critical factor in making new care models happen. Without bold, robust contracting the theoretical benefits of more efficient, better integrated and higher quality care systems will not be realised.
NHS Networking
Creative use of the contracting process is a critical factor in making new care models happen. Without bold, robust contracting the theoretical benefits of more efficient, better integrated and higher quality care systems will not be realised.
NHS Networking
Children and young people's mental health policy, services, funding and education
Children and young people's mental health policy, services, funding and education
This parliamentary briefing provides an overview of mental health service provision for children and young people in England.
NHS Networking
This parliamentary briefing provides an overview of mental health service provision for children and young people in England.
NHS Networking
NHS England to act on review of children’s heart surgery
NHS England to act on review of children’s heart surgery
NHS England has responded to the independent review into children’s heart surgery at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and pledged to take action to ensure a consistent level of care is available for every patient in every part of the country.
NHS Networking
NHS England has responded to the independent review into children’s heart surgery at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and pledged to take action to ensure a consistent level of care is available for every patient in every part of the country.
NHS Networking
Applications open for nursing associate role test sites
Applications open for nursing associate role test sites
Health Education England is inviting applications from health care settings interested in becoming test sites for the new nursing associate role.
Latest NHS Employers
Health Education England is inviting applications from health care settings interested in becoming test sites for the new nursing associate role.
Latest NHS Employers
Supporting integration through new roles and working across boundaries
Supporting integration through new roles and working across boundaries
This report looks at the evidence on new roles and ways of spanning organisational workforce boundaries to deliver integrated health and social care. Commissioned by NHS Employers and the Local Government Association, it finds increasing focus on roles which facilitate co-ordination and management of care, development of existing roles to increase the skill-mix and enable the provision of more holistic care, and a limited number of truly innovative roles, the most notable being care navigators and community facilitators, enablers or link workers. Given that many of the skills required for integrated care already exist within the workforce, it suggests the central question is how to use those skills more effectively to support boundary-spanning activities.
The King's Fund
Report
This report looks at the evidence on new roles and ways of spanning organisational workforce boundaries to deliver integrated health and social care. Commissioned by NHS Employers and the Local Government Association, it finds increasing focus on roles which facilitate co-ordination and management of care, development of existing roles to increase the skill-mix and enable the provision of more holistic care, and a limited number of truly innovative roles, the most notable being care navigators and community facilitators, enablers or link workers. Given that many of the skills required for integrated care already exist within the workforce, it suggests the central question is how to use those skills more effectively to support boundary-spanning activities.
The King's Fund
Report
British Social Attitudes survey 33
British Social Attitudes survey 33
This British Social Attitudes report aims to uncover the consequences of seven years of austerity for social and political attitudes in Britain. The chapter on the NHS explores levels of dissatisfaction with the NHS and how this has changed over time and in relation to trends in NHS funding. It examines new data identifying the reasons for NHS dissatisfaction and satisfaction.
This British Social Attitudes report aims to uncover the consequences of seven years of austerity for social and political attitudes in Britain. The chapter on the NHS explores levels of dissatisfaction with the NHS and how this has changed over time and in relation to trends in NHS funding. It examines new data identifying the reasons for NHS dissatisfaction and satisfaction.
National Centre for Social Research
Full report
NHS chapter
National Centre for Social Research - publications
Full report
NHS chapter
National Centre for Social Research - publications
Can qualitative research improve patient care?
Can qualitative research improve patient care?
Allied Health Professional and qualitative researcher Fran Toye looks at how qualitative research can allow hidden voices to emerge and improve patient care.
Evidently Cochrane
Allied Health Professional and qualitative researcher Fran Toye looks at how qualitative research can allow hidden voices to emerge and improve patient care.
Evidently Cochrane
More than a million alcohol-related hospital admissions in 2014-15
More than a million alcohol-related hospital admissions in 2014-15
There were an estimated 1.09 million hospital admissions2 3 for which an alcohol-related disease, injury or condition was the primary reason for admission or a secondary diagnosis, in 2014-15, compared to 1.06 million in 2013-14.
The figures, released today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre1, also show that men account for the majority of these admissions (65 per cent) compared to women (35 per cent).
There has been a rise in the number of drugs prescribed4 for the treatment of alcohol dependence. The number of prescription items dispensed in England in 2015 was 196,000which is nearly double the number ten years ago, when it was 109,000. The total Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) for items prescribed for alcohol dependence in 2015 was £3.93 million - more than double the level ten years ago when it was £1.52 million.
There were an estimated 1.09 million hospital admissions2 3 for which an alcohol-related disease, injury or condition was the primary reason for admission or a secondary diagnosis, in 2014-15, compared to 1.06 million in 2013-14.
The figures, released today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre1, also show that men account for the majority of these admissions (65 per cent) compared to women (35 per cent).
There has been a rise in the number of drugs prescribed4 for the treatment of alcohol dependence. The number of prescription items dispensed in England in 2015 was 196,000which is nearly double the number ten years ago, when it was 109,000. The total Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) for items prescribed for alcohol dependence in 2015 was £3.93 million - more than double the level ten years ago when it was £1.52 million.
IC QOF
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Dealing with NHS financial pressures – what do the public think?
Dealing with NHS financial pressures – what do the public think? Growing financial pressures in the NHS mean that commissioners and providers are faced with increasingly tough choices about how to prioritise their spending.
These ‘unpalatable decisions’ are clearly laid out in a recent blog by the chair of Vale Royal Clinical Commissioning Group, which is a compelling but depressing read. He is a natural optimist, but outlines the glass-half-empty feeling of trying to find savings in his primary, community and mental health budgets while knowing the extra pressure this will put on already overstretched GPs and on patients. The King's Fund
These ‘unpalatable decisions’ are clearly laid out in a recent blog by the chair of Vale Royal Clinical Commissioning Group, which is a compelling but depressing read. He is a natural optimist, but outlines the glass-half-empty feeling of trying to find savings in his primary, community and mental health budgets while knowing the extra pressure this will put on already overstretched GPs and on patients. The King's Fund
Evidence says don’t get distracted by creating new roles to deliver integrated care
Evidence says don’t get distracted by creating new roles to deliver integrated care There is limited evidence to support the creation of new roles to deliver integrated care. Indeed the available evidence suggests that working with the existing workforce to create more flexible and multi-skilled teams that can work across boundaries is as, if not more, effective, says a report published today by The King’s Fund
Waiting time policies in the health sector
Waiting time policies in the health sector The main purpose of this briefing is to discuss waiting time policies in the health sector from an international perspective and to highlight which policies have worked in the last decade in OECD countries. It also looks at how to compare waiting times internationally and where the UK stands in those international figures. Office of Health Economics
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust boss Katrina Percy keeps job
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust boss Katrina Percy keeps job The chief executive of the much-criticised Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust will keep her job, it has been announced.
The trust had been rapped over the way it investigated patient deaths with calls for Katrina Percy to resign.
An investigation commissioned by NHS England found only 272 of the 722 deaths in the trust over the previous four years were dealt with properly.
But Ms Percy will continue in her role, interim chair Tim Smart has said. BBC News
The trust had been rapped over the way it investigated patient deaths with calls for Katrina Percy to resign.
An investigation commissioned by NHS England found only 272 of the 722 deaths in the trust over the previous four years were dealt with properly.
But Ms Percy will continue in her role, interim chair Tim Smart has said. BBC News
Nearly one in four deaths 'avoidable'
Nearly one in four deaths 'avoidable' Almost a quarter of all deaths in England and Wales were potentially avoidable, figures for 2014, published by the Office for National Statistics, suggest. BBC News
Nine out of 10 patients say NHS is underfunded, major poll reveals
Nine out of 10 patients say NHS is underfunded, major poll reveals More than nine out of 10 people in the UK believe the NHS is underfunded and 42% would support paying more through taxation to support it, according to researchers. GP Online
What will scrapping bursaries mean for occupational therapy students?
What will scrapping bursaries mean for occupational therapy students? Bursaries for OT undergraduates are about to disappear, so university students will need to apply for loans
Student places on accredited occupational therapy degrees are currently commissioned by the NHS, which also pays tuition fees. The health service contributes to living expenses, and an additional means-tested amount – up to a maximum of £4,442 outside London – is available.
But it’s all change from September next year. The commissioning system in England is due to be abolished, and occupational therapy (OT) university students, along with other allied health profession undergraduates, will have to apply for a loan to cover their tuition fee costs and apply for a maintenance loan. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Student places on accredited occupational therapy degrees are currently commissioned by the NHS, which also pays tuition fees. The health service contributes to living expenses, and an additional means-tested amount – up to a maximum of £4,442 outside London – is available.
But it’s all change from September next year. The commissioning system in England is due to be abolished, and occupational therapy (OT) university students, along with other allied health profession undergraduates, will have to apply for a loan to cover their tuition fee costs and apply for a maintenance loan. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Staff and skills shortages at Bristol hospital 'put children at risk'
Staff and skills shortages at Bristol hospital 'put children at risk' Report says ward for children recovering from heart surgery was under strain, but parents say review did not go far enough
Young heart patients who were treated at a Bristol hospital were “put at risk of harm” because of staff shortages and a lack of skills, a major review has concluded.
More than 200 families contacted the review, which the NHS ordered after some parents expressed concern that their children may have died unnecessarily following treatment at the Bristol Royal hospital for children. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Young heart patients who were treated at a Bristol hospital were “put at risk of harm” because of staff shortages and a lack of skills, a major review has concluded.
More than 200 families contacted the review, which the NHS ordered after some parents expressed concern that their children may have died unnecessarily following treatment at the Bristol Royal hospital for children. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Referendum decision is a bitter pill for the NHS and social care
Referendum decision is a bitter pill for the NHS and social care The most insidious effect of the vote will be to discourage EU talent from working in the health service
The vote to leave the EU is likely to inflict significant damage on the health service.
In the next few months, the biggest threat to the NHS comes from a recession-driven round of additional spending cuts hitting non-ringfenced budgets such as social care. It would be political suicide for a government led by a pro-Brexit prime minister to cut NHS spending itself, since more funding for the NHS was at the centre of the Vote Leave campaign. That exploitation of the health service gives NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens a little leverage with the government – but not much.
The UK is part of a worldwide marketplace for talent. We have just made it more difficult to attract the best. Continue reading... The Guardian
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The vote to leave the EU is likely to inflict significant damage on the health service.
In the next few months, the biggest threat to the NHS comes from a recession-driven round of additional spending cuts hitting non-ringfenced budgets such as social care. It would be political suicide for a government led by a pro-Brexit prime minister to cut NHS spending itself, since more funding for the NHS was at the centre of the Vote Leave campaign. That exploitation of the health service gives NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens a little leverage with the government – but not much.
The UK is part of a worldwide marketplace for talent. We have just made it more difficult to attract the best. Continue reading... The Guardian
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- What now for the NHS? NHS Employers
- Brexit 'will make NHS staff shortages worse' BBC News
- NHS moves to reassure worried EU nurses OnMedica
- Brexit camp 'played up' £350m NHS windfall pledge, says RCGP GP Online
- I’m not UK born and bred – will my patients now care? The Guardian
Why asking your GP for antibiotics is IMMORAL, doctor claims: Millions set to die from 'man made disaster only patients and doctors can fix'
Why asking your GP for antibiotics is IMMORAL, doctor claims: Millions set to die from 'man made disaster only patients and doctors can fix' Medical ethics expert, Dr Alberto Giubilini, from Oxford University, says resistance of infections to survive antibiotics is a man made problem which patients, doctors and world governments must fix. The Daily Mail
Nurofen pills do NOT target joint or back pain, says watchdog
Nurofen pills do NOT target joint or back pain, says watchdog Nurofen has been banned from claiming its painkillers target specific problems - such as joint and back pain - after an advertising watchdog branded its TV advert 'misleading'. The Daily Mail
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