By The Department of Health (2012)
A series of “How to” guides to assist current NHS organisations, and their supervisory and regulatory bodies, to respond to quality risks and failures within a simple and single framework during this transition year has been produced.
By The King’s Fund (2012)
This paper examines how the system of quality assurance, including regulation, needs to evolve, the principles on which it should be built and how it should operate. The authors argue that the system of quality assurance must support the actions and effectiveness of those working at the front line and of those who manage and lead organisations that deliver care. It is intended to help to shape the debate about how quality can be assured in future and inform how organisations at every level of the system including government, professional and other regulators, local providers and individual professionals will respond to the challenges that the events at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust have highlighted.
By NHS Confederation (2012)
This framework has three central aims. Firstly, it sets out how progress will be monitored through outcomes, and how the range of outcome measures currently available will be built upon in future. Secondly, and most importantly, it makes a series of recommendations for local and regional organisations to take forward. Thirdly, it details a series of national commitments to support
implementation. This Briefing provides an overview of the framework, focusing on those areas that are most relevant to providers of NHS mental health services.
By Quality Intelligence East
Quality Profiles are a summary of Indicators, benchmarked so that organisations can compare their performance against the national and regional averages. These profiles are used by both commissioners and providers in helping them identify and understand where improvements need to be made.
The three key areas of quality – patient safety, clinical effectiveness, and patient experience. There are many indicators and the profiles do not include everything. We are working hard to refine and improve the profiles both in terms of presentation and what is included.
By University of Manchester’s National Confidential Inquiry into Homicide and Suicide by People with Mental Illness (NCI) (2012)
This annual report examined homicide and suicide figures for all four countries of the United Kingdom among mental health patients and found in-patient suicides have shown a sustained fall across all countries. In contrast, the number of suicides by patients receiving home treatment services (also known as crisis-resolution services) has increased. The report shows that in 2009 there were 195 suicides by patients treated at home in England, compared to 84 in-patient suicide deaths. Overall, the number of people under home treatment services has increased over recent years and the number of people admitted to in-patient care has decreased. The NCI report recommends mental health services make home-treatment teams a priority for suicide prevention.
By the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health
This report is the result of a year long inquiry and expresses concerns about the future of mental health services in the reformed NHS. It highlights four key areas of concern in commissioning; local decision making; integrated care; and personalisation and patient choice. It makes recommendations to CCGs, health and wellbeing boards, government and MPs in order to overcome any challenges which the reforms might present.
By London Mental Health and Employment Partnership (2012)
This report, from the London Mental Health and Employment Partnership, summarises the case for coordinated action to support healthy workplaces, provide support for individuals with mental illness to retain employment, and to develop routes into work for those already excluded because of mental health problems.
It identifies opportunities for action and highlights those in the best position to lead or contribute to positive change. It is intentionally high-level, but detail is available from the references and resources appended, which include extensive evidence, information about specific interventions, tools and advice for employers and health professionals, and case studies from a wide range of employers.
By The Centre for Economic Performance’s Mental Health Policy Group (2012)
This report reveals the scandal of insufficient mental health treatment provision in Britain – and how little the NHS does about it. Mental illness is now nearly a half of all ill health suffered by people under 65 – and it is more disabling than most chronic physical disease. Yet only a quarter of those involved are receiving any form of treatment.
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By The Mental Health Foundation (2012)
It’s often said that it’s better to give than receive but did you know that this is actually backed up by research? The UK faces challenging and unstable times with volatile economic markets and job uncertainty. Many people say they feel too stressed and busy to worry about helping others or say they will focus on doing good deeds when they have more ‘spare time’ but the evidence shows that helping others is beneficial forpeople’s mental health and wellbeing. It can help:
To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2012, we have produced a report highlighting the impact that helping others has on people’s mental health and wellbeing, following a public survey which showed that people believe society has become more selfish.
By UCL School of Pharmacy (2012)
The Evaluation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in Primary Care is is an evaluation of a system being introduced by the NHS and primary care computer system suppliers into all primary care community pharmacies and GP practices in England.
The system aims to allow electronic transmission of prescriptions from GP practices to community pharmacies, and also to enable community pharmacies to submit electronic claims for prescription items dispensed to patients to the remuneration agency, NHS Prescription Services.
The report covers the very early stages of the roll-out of the EPS programme. Researchers from the UCL School of Pharmacy, the University of Nottingham and LSE worked with seven pairs of community pharmacies and GP practices that were participating in the testing of the system, out of a population of around 10,000 community pharmacies and 8,000 GP practices.