Category: Good Practice

Cancer's unequal burden

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date May 12, 2014

By Macmillan Cancer Support (2014)

This report finds that there is a large variation in survival and the long-term impact on survivors’ health for breast, prostate, lung and brain cancers. It urges NHS leaders and GPs to adopt the solutions in the report and use the research to better plan cancer services. These include improving early diagnosis; providing equal access to the best available treatment; implementing the ‘cancer recovery package’; and encouraging people with cancer to be physically active.

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Quality standards for effective alcohol and drug education

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date April 24, 2014

ADEPIS (Alcohol & Drug Education & Prevention Information Service) (2014)

The standards – comprising statements explaining the criteria for meeting each requirement – are coupled with the following supporting tools: further reading and resources; examples of how standards might be evidenced; self assessment forms. These standards have drawn on existing national and international guidance as well as examples of good practice in alcohol and drug education and prevention. The set of standards include: delivering effective alcohol and drug education in the classroom as part of a planned PSHE programme; school context for effective alcohol and drug education; staff policies and safeguarding.

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Children and young people with cancer

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date April 23, 2014

By NICE (February 2014)

This quality standard covers the provision of all aspects of cancer services for children and young people with cancer. For this quality standard, children are defined as aged 0–15 years and young people as 16–24 years, though this is not a formal upper age limit because the needs and circumstances of individuals will vary, including their need to access age-specific services.

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Good Practice Public Mental Health

Mental health crisis care concordat: improving outcomes for people experiencing mental health crisis

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date March 26, 2014

By Department of Health (2014)

The document sets out the principles and good practice that should be followed by health staff, police officers and approved mental health professionals when working together to help people in a mental health crisis. It follows the refreshed Mandate for NHS England, which includes a new requirement for the NHS that “every community has plans to ensure no one in mental health crisis will be turned away from health services”.

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Good Practice Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO

Information sharing in the foundation years

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date March 3, 2014

By Foundation Years Task & Finish Group (2013)

The Government commissioned Jean Gross to lead a group of early years and health professionals to explore on-going barriers to information sharing in the foundation years and to identify examples of good practice. The report emphasizes that effective and appropriate information sharing is vital to support successful integrated working across health and local authority services. Local commissioners and practitioners are urged to consider the examples of good practice highlighted in the annex to the report.

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Good Practice Health Promotion Nutrition Obesity

Public Health England and Association of Directors of Public Health survey findings: tackling obesity

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date February 12, 2014

By Public Health England (2014)

In September 2013 Public Health England (PHE) surveyed 136 local authorities and Directors of Public Health on their obesity priorities. The following report gives an overview of the survey, findings and recommendations for reducing obesity in local communities.

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Dementia friendly Yorkshire: first steps on the journey

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date February 5, 2014

By Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2014)

This collection contains 20 examples of inspiring grassroots dementia-friendly projects transforming communities across Yorkshire. These projects are taking place in shops, churches, mosques, gurdwaras, legal services and cafes, and in public services such as transport, museums, hospitals, trading standards, schools, libraries, and sports centres. Local ‘champions’ are behind most of this work, and show how we can each play our role in making our own community or organisation a welcoming and supportive place for people with dementia.

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Good Practice Health Inequalities Healthy Settings Public Health Advice to NHS Commissioners

Improving the public's health: a resource for local authorities

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date January 13, 2014

By The King’s Fund (2013)

This report brings together a wide range of evidence-based interventions about ‘what works’ in improving public health and reducing health inequalities. It presents the business case for different interventions and signposts the reader to further resources and case studies.

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COPD pathway

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date December 11, 2013

By British Lung Foundation (2013)

This patient pathway aims to help people living with COPD, their carers and healthcare professionals identify the type of care COPD patients should be receiving, from diagnosis onwards. It also includes NICE Quality Standards and real-life best practice case studies from around the UK.

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