By Groundswell Partnership (2012)
This paper describes the working together for change process in detail and places an emphasis on generating solutions, developing robust plans to make them happen and identifying and measuring outcomes. The step by step method has been designed for use by local authorities, social care providers and individual services and can be used to improve commissioning and service provision.
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By Department of Health (September 2012)
The factsheets set out the health intelligence requirements for local authorities and the actions local areas may wish to take to support their new public health duties from an information and intelligence perspective, including addressing IT and information governance architecture issues.
By Department of Health (2012)
This page provides a brief introduction to the statutory bodies making up the new health and care system, explaining how they will work together in the interests of patients and communities.
Athey, VL. et al. Thorax, 2012; 67(5): 412-417
Poor UK lung cancer survival rates may, in part, be due to late
diagnosis. The objectives of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of a mixed-method community-based social marketing intervention on lung cancer diagnoses.
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By The Royal College of Nursing (2012)
This publication examines the background and development of the assistant practitioner role in children and young people’s services and looks at key policy issues as well as detailing recommendations for future development and implementation.
By Care Quality Commission (2012)
This survey of over 15,000 people on their experiences of community mental health services found that they are treated with dignity and respect by the health or social care worker they had seen most recently. However, some would have liked more support in getting help with aspects of day-to-day living.
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By London and South East Regional Medicines Information Service (August 2012)
This annotated bibliography with 194 references is based on searches of the National Electronic Library for Medicines (NeLM), Medline, Google Scholar and publishers’ websites. The use of inhaled therapy is of great importance in the treatment of asthma, COPD and other respiratory conditions. However, a substantial percentage of users of inhaler devices worldwide have been found to have inadequate technique or to make critical errors, which means that they do not obtain full benefit from their medication. Despite attention by researchers and the introduction of new types of device, real life use of inhalers seems to have made little progress over the past thirty years.
By National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) (August 2012)
This guide focuses on black and minority ethnic (BME) voluntary and community organisations (VCOs), which are designed and delivered by and for the users and communities they aim to serve, and often have to address complex needs. This guide outlines how specialist services can offer a means through which to deliver the holistic approach required to meet the multiple needs of a group of individuals.
Lomundal B.K. et al. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2012; 7: 87-93
This article investigates the long-term effects 4 years after the end of a 1-year self-management program (SMP) with 30 hours of education and 16 hours of physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Glaab T. et al. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2012; 7: 101-108
Little is known about the role of guidelines for the practical management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by office-based pulmonary specialists. The aim of this study was to assess their outpatient management in relation to current guideline recommendations for COPD.