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Consultation on the rehabilitation of adults with complex psychosis and related mental health
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new draft guideline for consultation on the rehabilitation of adults with complex psychosis and related mental health conditions. The consultation closes on 5 February 2020.
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Systematic Review
The never-ending story: the problematic relationship between youth anxiety and later alcohol use
This post from the Mental Elf provides a summary of a systematic review that explores the associations of child and adolescent anxiety with later alcohol use and disorders
Get a move on: Steps to increase activity levels in the UK
British Medical Association, October 2019
British Medical Association briefing that examines the wide range of benefits of physical activity, the current low levels of physical activity in the UK and the significant inequalities that exist in levels of physical activity within the population. Policy recommendations across four core parts of people’s lives
• travel,
• leisure,
• school
• work
It sets out the steps government and policy-makers should take to increase physical activity levels across the UK.
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Resource Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals in England: For World Antibiotic Awareness Week & European Antibiotic Awareness
Public Health England, October 2019
Guidance to help the NHS, local authorities and others support European Antibiotic Awareness Day and the Antibiotic Guardian campaign, to encourage responsible use of antibiotics. This guide is aimed at healthcare professionals.
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Will population ageing spell the end of the welfare state? A review of evidence and policy options
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, September 2019
This brief serves as an overview and introduction to the Economics of Healthy and Active Ageing series. It reviews the main evidence on the health and long-term care costs associated with ageing populations to better understand the expected cost pressures due to changing demographics. At the same time, the brief explores how older populations can and do contribute meaningfully both in economic and societal terms, particularly if they are able to remain healthy and active into later life. The brief concludes by reviewing selected policy areas that have been shown to either support the health and activity of older people or which otherwise reinforce sustainable care systems more broadly in the context of population ageing.
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Consultation
Green Paper: Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’
The Government has published a Prevention Green Paper setting out how it plans to embed the principle ‘prevention is better than cure’ across wider society
Health, care and the 100-year life
Social Market Foundation, July 2019
A child born today has a one in three chance of living to 100. Increased longevity should be celebrated. However, it will bring a range of challenges for society. This is the first in a series of reports focusing on how the 100-year life may affect Britain’s society, economy and public services. This report focuses on health, care and medicine.
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Three new integrated care systems announced
HSJ, June 2019
Three further areas have been designated as integrated care systems by NHS England, meaning more than a third of the country’s population is covered…
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Designing integrated care systems (ICSs) in England: An overview on the arrangements needed to build strong health and care systems across the country
NHS England, June 2019
This guide sets out the different levels of management that make up an integrated care system, describing their core functions, the rationale behind them and how they will work together.
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