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Flu immunisation for pregnant women

By NHS Eastern & Costal Kent (August 2012)

The South East region of the Health Protection Agency funded a short term project during February and March 2012 to investigate the attitudes of pregnant women and healthcare professionals with regard to influenza immunisations and to explore models of good practice. The project group was tasked with producing this resource pack for NHS organisations to use in both primary and secondary care settings to assist them to increase their influenza immunisation uptake rates in pregnant women.

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CCGs Commissioning General Practice Library

Primary care: today tomorrow – improving general practice by working differently

By Deloitte (May 2012)

Primary Care: Today and Tomorrow’, examines the capacity and capability of general practice now and in the future, with a focus on GPs and general practice nurses. The report highlights the need for general practice to work differently to cope effectively with the increasing demands it faces.  This will be especially pertinent as GPs take on the role of commissioners of local healthcare services.

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General Practice Library

General Practice 2022 – a call to action

By The Royal College of General Practitioners (September 2012)

The RCGP is encouraging as many people as possible to contribute to its vision for the future of general practice – with GPs at the heart of a transformation of health services to deliver the best possible patient care over the next ten years.

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Library Local Government Minority Groups Third Sector

Working with older lesbian, gay and bisexual people: a guide for care and support services

By Stonewall ( September 2012)

The CQC are working with Stonewall as part of their Health Champions Scheme (which supports NHS organisations to improve services for LGB people) to develop the way services’ compliance with equality standards are monitored. This guide provides information on: the law, supporting older LGB people, tips and case studies for care homes, domiciliary services, health care services, housing providers and councils, and involving LGB people in service provision.

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CCGs General Practice Library Secondary Care Third Sector

Impact assessment: the new NHS provider licence

By Monitor ( September 2012)

This independent report analyses the costs and benefits of each of the proposed licence conditions which set out various obligations on providers of NHS services. The conditions fall into six broad groups: general, pricing, choice and competition, integrated care, continuity of services, and NHS foundation trusts.

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Library Value

Transforming the delivery of health and social care: the case for fundamental change

By The King’s Fund (September 2012)

The UK has the second highest rate of mortality amenable to health care among 16 high-income countries, and evidence shows that variations in health outcomes between social groups are widening. This paper (the first in a series on the future of health and social care in England) explores how the current health and social care delivery system has failed to keep pace with the population’s needs and expectations. It argues that incremental changes to existing models of care will not be sufficient in addressing these challenges and that a much bolder approach is needed to bring about innovative models that are appropriate to the needs of the population and are high quality, sustainable and offer value for money.

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Double checking the administration of medicines: what is the evidence? A systematic review

Alsulami Z. et al. Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 2012; 97: 833-837

The objective of this article is to evaluate the evidence for double checking the administration of medicines. There is insufficient evidence to either support or refute the practice of double checking the administration of medicines. Clinical trials are needed to establish whether double checking medicines are effective in reducing medication errors.

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Library Public Mental Health Well-Being

Out of sight: stopping the neglect and abuse of people with a learning difficulty

By Mencap  (2012)

This report calls for action to prevent people with a learning disability being sent to institutions where they are at risk of abuse and neglect. It suggests measures such as the development of local services by commissioners that specifically meet the needs of children and adults with learning disabilities, the integration of local assessment and treatment units with local services, and frequent, rigorous inspections by the Care Quality Commission.

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CCGs Commissioning Library Value

Looking for value in hard times: How a new approach to priority setting can help improve patient care while making savings

By The Health Foundation (August 2012)

This report describes a new approach to priority setting called Star (socio-technical allocation of resources) designed to help commissioners and others pinpoint where they may be able to get additional value from their resources by using them more effectively. It works by producing simple visual models, developed interactively with stakeholders, so that everyone involved can understand the nature of the choices to be made, and the disadvantages of not changing current practices. The approach combines value for money analysis with stakeholder engagement. This allows those planning services to determine how resources can be most effectively invested, while the engagement of stakeholders means the decisions are understood and supported by those most affected.

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CCGs Commissioning Library

A framework for collaborative commissioning between clinical commissioning groups

By NHS Commissioning Board (August 2012)

The NHS Commissioning Board has published ‘A framework for collaborative commissioning between CCGs’. The framework draws together relevant information that proposed CCGs might consider and sets out steps that many will want to take in their preparation for authorisation and the 2013/14 contracting round. In some cases, a large number of CCGs might commission a single service that is organised across a large geographical area (such as ambulance services) or in other cases, a group of CCGs who are geographical neighbours may wish to work together on a contract with a single provider to which the majority of their patients flow.

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