Month: June 2023

A review of the process of the transition of children and young people with complex and chronic health conditions into adult health services concludes there is no clear pathway for the transition to adult healthcare services. The report from the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership finds the process of transition and subsequent transfer is often fragmented, both within and across specialties and that adult services often sit only with primary care. The report’s recommendations highlight areas that are suitable for regular local clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives by those providing care to this group of patients.

It recommends involving young people and parent/carers in transition planning and transition to adult services, improving communication and coordination between all specialties and providing strong leadership at Board and specialty level at all stages of transition and transfer.

Ref.-417-Child-Health-The-Inbetweeners-transition-report-FINAL.pdf (hqip.org.uk)

The last Labour government proposed a plan for a National Care Service. This Fabian Society report aims to pick up on this work and makes some suggestions as to what this service might look like or how it should be implemented.

Fabians-Support-Guaranteed-Report-WEB.pdf

NHS staff face a triple threat of soaring demand, staff sickness and low pay undermining healthcare staff recruitment and retention, the final report of the IPPR health and care workforce assembly, has said. Any increase in NHS staff over the last decade has been far outstripped by a soaring rise in need, the report says.

It says there are up to 10,000 ‘missing managers’ in hospitals and community settings since 2010  and more and better managers as needed as part of a 10 point plan to solve the workforce crisis. 

The 10 point plan also includes creating a ‘return to health’ scheme that matches people with long-term health conditions, who would like to return to work, with suitable health and social care jobs and a ‘comply or explain’ right to flexible working to increase support for women returning to work after maternity leave. 

finding-hope-june23.pdf (ippr.org)

In this long read from the King’s Fund, ten clinicians share what helps and what hinders their efforts in improving the health of their local communities through adopting a population health approach.

Leading for population health: clinicians’ perspectives | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)

This report from the Department of Health and Social Care outlines government plans to support growth and prosperity in rural areas. It looks at investing in the rural economy and removing barriers to enterprise, delivering affordable housing and sustainable energy and access to health and care services.

Unleashing rural opportunity (publishing.service.gov.uk)

The NHS Confederation has published a report on supporting trans and non binary healthcare staff. Developed in partnership with the LGBT Foundation, the report includes new data from a survey and interviews with trans and non-binary people in the NHS. It finds that 55 per cent experienced transphobia in the workplace and 47 per cent experienced negative or stereotypical assumptions about their gender identity. It aims to support leaders to become effective, active allies to their health care staff; take action to ensure working environments are inclusive and guide decision-making when developing policies for trans and non-binary staff.

Leading-for-all-supporting-trans-non-binary-healthcare-staff_2023.pdf (nhsconfed.org)