Interim report that outlines the progress with NHS England’s work with local commissioners and the development of their five year strategic and two year operational plans as well as updates on planning to develop demonstrator sites to trial new models, including the new NHS 111 service specification.
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Can we ignore NHS charges any longer? – King’s Fund Blog Post
Blog post by the Think Tank Reform’s Andrew Haldenby considering the role of charging in the NHS. Research by Reform, carried out last year, found that a £10 charge for GP consultations (with exemptions on the basis of age and income) could raise £1.2 billion each year for the NHS. Reforming prescription charges could raise an additional £1.4 billion each year. This would help plug the annual funding gap of £4 billion, estimated by NHS England. This blog posts identifies little appetite for charges.
Voluntary sector involvement in Better Care Fund planning – Care and Support Alliance
Briefing on the role of the third sector in implementation of Better Care Fund planning. This briefing is based on current government guidance.
Evidence For Success: The Guide To Getting Evidence And Using It – Knowledge Translation Network
This guide offers easy to follow, step-by-step guidance and resources to support organisations to use evidence to influence policy and practice. It also provides guidance on the use of evidence to influence funding and commissioning decisions and highlights other key resources.
100 Change and Transformation Tips – Change Factory
Slideshare presentation of the Change Factory’s top 100 change management and business transformation tips.
Choose Well: Reducing ‘inappropriate’ emergency department attendances – British Journal of Healthcare Management Article
Considers the implementation of a ‘Chose Well’ Campaign in North Wales and reports on an 11% reduction in ‘inappropriate’ emergency department attendances particularly significant in the 15-29 age range (a 13% reduction seen). However there was no statistical difference seen across the ‘Top 20’ postcodes.
Establishing food standards for NHS hospitals – DH
The report looks at standards relating to patient nutrition and hydration, healthier eating across hospitals and sutainable food and catering services.
NHS adoption of the recommended standards will be required through the NHS contract meaning that hospitals will have a legal duty to comply with the recommendations.
The panel, set up by Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter and led by Dianne Jeffrey from Age UK, examined existing food standards, advising on how they should be applied and monitored.
A National Review Of Choices In End Of Life Care – National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC)
This independent review seeks information which will outline the kinds of choices that people would like to be able to make at the end of life and information about the funding, systems and processes that would be needed to enable choices to be acted upon. The review focuses on end of life care for adults aged 18 and over, and within the current legal framework. Therefore, it does not focus on assisted dying or anything that would involve changes to mental capacity legislation.
Avoiding unplanned admissions enhanced service: Proactive case finding and care review for vulnerable people: Guidance and audit requirements: A programme of action for general practice and clinical commissioning groups – NHS England
Intended to help GPs, nurses and other health and care staff develop personalised care plans with those who are most vulnerable and have complex health and care needs.
The template includes lots of important questions from gathering information about allergies and current medication to also collecting people’s emergency contacts.
2012/13 Patient Level Cost Collection: Review And Lessons For The Future – Monitor
This report reviews the findings from the 2012/13 patient level information and costing systems (PLICS) pilot data collection for admitted patient care. It is intended to be used by all NHS staff who are responsible for, or contribute to, the production of cost information.