Month: October 2013

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Accident Prevention Care of the Elderly Community Safety Health Protection (Emergency planning Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO Healthy Settings Licensing Local Government Planning Public Health Advice to NHS Commissioners Public Mental Health seasonal mortality) Secondary Care Social Care Well-Being

Is the quality of care in England getting better?

By the Nuffield Trust (October 2013)

This report, in partnership with the Health Foundation, provides an overview of initial research into the quality of health and social care services in England. The assessment draws on analysis of nearly 150 quality indicators spanning primary care and community services, hospital care, mental health services and social care. These have been evaluated in relation to six domains of care quality: access; safety; effectiveness; person-centred care and experience; capacity; and equity. A longer version of this report will be published later this autumn.

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Alcohol Illegal Drugs Substance Misuse Tobacco & Drugs Well-Being

Alcohol and drugs: JSNA support pack

By Public Health England (2013)

In April 2013, local authorities became responsible for commissioning drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery services for adults and young people. For those people that have become dependent on drugs and alcohol, the aim is for them to recover from their dependency, to be in employment, have stable accommodation, look after their families, and cease committing crime. Effective approaches to tackling substance misuse requires partnership working across local authorities, health bodies, criminal justice agencies, housing and employment services. The Alcohol and drugs: JSNA support pack has been developed to support the joint strategic needs assessment process and local joint health and wellbeing strategies.

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Children Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO Nutrition Obesity Oral Health Physical Activity Well-Being

Differences between 9-11 year old British Pakistani and white British girls in physical activity and behavior during school recess

Pollard, T. et al. BMC Public Health, 2012; 12: 1087

School recess provides an important opportunity for children to engage in physical activity. Previous studies indicate that children and adults of South Asian origin are less active than other ethnic groups in the United Kingdom, but have not investigated whether activity differs within the shared school environment. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that British Pakistani girls aged 9–11 years are less active during recess than White British girls.

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Public Mental Health

Barriers to employment: what works for people with mental health problems

By Centre for Mental Health (2013)

This briefing finds that for many people who require some support to get into work, especially those with mental health problems, the right to employment support is not being upheld and numerous barriers remain. It urges commissioners and providers of both employment services and health and social care to make support into employment a priority.

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Children Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO Infant Feeding Oral Health Physical Activity

Dental health: results of five year old children survey, 2011/12

By Public Health England (2013)

This summary report and associated tables present the results of standardised dental examinations of five year old children from across England during the 2011/12 school year. The tables provide details of total five year old population, sample size, number of children examined, along with weighted values for a number of dental and oral health indicators. Data and associated confidence intervals are presented at upper and lower tier local authority level.

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Alcohol Children Health Promotion Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO Tobacco & Drugs

Effectiveness of school-based life-skills and alcohol education programmes: a review of the literature

By NFER (2013)

This summary presents the findings of a review of UK and international academic literature published since 2008, undertaken by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) on behalf of Alcohol Research UK, between February and April 2013.

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COPD CVD Good Practice Liver Disease including NHS Health Checks Respiratory Disease Safeguarding

Delivering better services for people with long term conditions

By The King’s Fund (October 2013)

This paper focuses on a co-ordinated service delivery model – the ‘house of care’ – that aims to deliver proactive, holistic and patient-centred care for people with long-term conditions.

The house of care model differs from others by encompassing all people with long-term conditions and assuming an active role for patients. This paper calls on the Department of Health and NHS England to collaborate on a coherent approach to care planning for people with long-term conditions.

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Public Mental Health

Lethal discrimination

By Rethink Mental Illness (September 2013)

This report finds that people with serious mental illness die an average of 20 years earlier than the rest of the population, the majority from preventable causes. It calls on the Government to take immediate action.

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CCGs Commissioning Public Health Advice to NHS Commissioners

Transforming participation in health and care

By NHS England (September 2013)

This guidance aims to support commissioners to improve individual and public participation and to better understand and respond to the needs of the communities they serve. It highlights a range of ways in which NHS commissioners can fulfil their statutory responsibilities and seize the opportunity to deliver personalised and responsive care to all. It includes a range of tools, resources and case studies that commissioners will find useful when developing their own responses.

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CVD Liver Disease including NHS Health Checks Long-Term Conditions Respiratory Disease Self-Management

Sustaining and spreading self-management support

By The Health Foundation (2013)

This report contains the independent evaluation of the second phase of our Co-creating Health improvement programme. The evaluation, conducted by Firefly, provides valuable insight into how to sustain changes in clinical practice to more effectively support people with long-term conditions.

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