Knowledge @lert for Monday 7th October

October 7, 2019 CCG Daily News

Every Mind Matters
Public Health England has launched England’s first NHS campaign to improve mental health literacy. Every Mind Matters is designed to help people take simple steps to look after their mental health, improve their mental wellbeing and support others. The new platform will enable people to create a personalised action plan recommending a set of self-care actions to deal with stress, boost mood, improve sleep and feel in control. A film to promote Every Mind Matters showing how we can all look after our mental health will be aired at around 8:45pm tonight (7 October 2019) across ITV, Channel 4 and Sky channels.

‘Where to look’ packs
NHS RightCare has updated the ‘Where to look’ packs with 2017/18 data. The packs cover the main NHS programme budgeting categories including cardiovascular disease, respiratory, mental health and cancer and are personalised for each CCG and Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP). New pathways include those for heart failure, influenza and groin hernia.

Critical care: end of life care
The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine has published Care at the End of Life: a guide to best practice, discussion and decision-making in and around critical care. This document provides recommendations for effective decision-making and resources for clinical teams and the general public. It hopes to encourage open discussions with patients and families enabling improved advance care and empower patients, carers and clinical teams to better engage in shared decision-making.

NHS impact: health and wealth
NHS Providers has published an infographic The NHS driving the nation’s health and wealth. This infographic establishes why the NHS is important and shows how the NHS is an anchor institution in every local community, playing a fundamental role in health and supporting communities and the nation’s economic growth and productivity.

Women’s mental health
The House of Commons Library has published a debate pack on Women’s mental health. Although this is aimed at MPs, it contains background information, statistics, and parliamentary and press material, as well as suggested further reading which may be useful for anyone interested in this topic.

Health literacy survey
The Patient Information Forum has launched a health literacy survey which aims to explore how health literacy and digital literacy needs are being addressed and what is needed to provide equal access to information and support. The survey closes on 18 October 2019.

Pharmaceutical care delivery in acute care
The Specialist Pharmacy Service has published Prioritising pharmaceutical care delivery in the acute inpatient setting: Literature review summary. This literature review aims to help Pharmacy Managers who wish to develop tools and approaches to support the implementation of a clinical prioritisation strategy. It will also provide ideas for those who are exploring what a local strategy could include.

Patient safety review
NHS England and NHS Improvement have published Patient safety review and response report: October 2018 to March 2019. This explains how NHSE/NHSI reviewed and responded to patient safety issues reported to them and the action taken as a direct result.

Effective care indicators
The latest indicator update from QualityWatch looks at trends in the quality of elective care. It covers treatment waiting times, diagnostic test waiting times, cancer waiting time targets, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, cancelled operations, and deprivation and access to planned surgery.

Value of community services
The Healthcare Financial Management Association has published The value of community services: enabling system working. This briefing is the last in a series looking at how services delivered in the community add value to both the patient and the wider health and care economy. This report looks at how community health services can enable and support system wide working

NICE consultations