By The Royal College of Midwives (2012)
This study looks at examples of innovative practice across England and shows how midwives are leading on improving services for women and families and generating savings. It concludes that it is possible to deliver high quality, safe and effective care when midwives are engaged and lead on innovation and emphasises the important role that clinical leadership plays in enabling innovation and improvement to take place.
By NHS Commissioning Board
The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has set out its plan for a small number of national networks to improve health services for specific patient groups or conditions. Called strategic clinical networks, these organisations will build on the success of network activity in the NHS which, over the last 10 years, has led to significant improvements in the delivery of patient care.
Strategic clinical networks, hosted and funded by the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB), will cover conditions or patient groups where improvements can be made through an integrated, whole system approach. These networks will help local commissioners of NHS care to reduce unwarranted variation in services and encourage innovation.
By The Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum (2012)
The independent Forum, which was asked by the Secretary of State to help develop a new strategy for improving care for children and young people, identified several themes that it says are key to making the improvements needed:
By Hallum Centre for Community Justice (2012)
A study mapped the health needs and healthcare of childbearing women in prison. Childbearing women in prison and their babies were more likely than the general population to experience perinatal and maternal mortality and morbidity, and might also suffer separation and distress that could be alleviated.
By The General Medical Council (2012)
The guidance, Protecting children and young people: the responsibilities of all doctors, is aimed at supporting doctors who have to deal with a wide range of complex child protection issues. It makes clear the responsibilities of doctors in this area and advises where they can turn for support. The guidance comes into effect on the 3rd September.
By History and Policy Online (2012)
Laura King demolishes the myth that ‘modern fathers’, actively involved with their children, are a recent phenomenon. She warns that outdated stereotypes of fathers in the past as distant, tyrannical patriarchs continue to influence policy making and the application of legislation today.
Lipsky, L.M. et al. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 2012; 166(5): pp 465-472
This article examine associations of television viewing with eating behaviors in a representative sample of US adolescents. It found television viewing was associated with a cluster of unhealthy eating behaviors in US adolescents after adjustment for socioeconomic and behavioral covariates.
By Action for Children (2012)
The Impact Report 2012 sets out the impact that Action for Children services across the UK have had on children and young people’s outcomes over the past year. The report focuses on four key areas that improve children and young people’s lives: safety, health, relationships and achievement. We also evidence the cost-effectiveness of our services and highlight our innovative approach that is delivered alongside evidence-based programmes.
By The National Children’s Bureau (2012)
This timely report from the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) adds to our understanding of the current state of the children and young people’s charity sector and what lies ahead. Addressing the lack of detailed information about what and how governments spend on children’s charities, this report gives us a best estimate of what is to come. This report also takes the debate beyond the cuts, reflecting the views and experiences of children’s charities that are working hard to thrive in a challenging economic context. It gives us a flavour of the range of measures charities working with vulnerable children and young people are taking to manage the cuts, as well as the barriers they face to doing so.
By The National Children’s Bureau (2012)
The review provides a synthesis of up-to-date evidence on children and young people’s views and experiences of health provision. At the time when the Government is taking forward a major programme of reform of the NHS and public health service, this review can provide valuable learning on how health services can improve to better meet the needs of its younger users.