Month: November 2012

Protecting people promoting health: a public health approach to violence prevention for England

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 22, 2012

By Department of Health (2012)

This report presents new figures on the cost of violence, estimating national costs to the NHS and a wider cost to society, in order to provide information and evidence for policy makers and commissioners to use in developing preventative approaches with strategic partners. It aims to increase awareness and strengthen commitment to prevention across government, NHS, local authorities, private and voluntary sectors as well as education, employers and other agencies.

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Library Payment by Results

Payment by results: how can payment systems help to deliver better care?

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 22, 2012

By The King’s Fund (2012)

This report reviews the role and objectives of payment systems in the English NHS, focusing on Payment by Results (PbR), which accounts for around 30 per cent of the total English NHS budget. It also considers the experiences of other countries using similar payment systems. It explores whether such systems are still fit for purpose, given changing policies and priorities, such as the need for disease prevention, the prevalence of long-term conditions, the changing economic environment. It argues that more flexibility should be encouraged in payment systems to accommodate change and offer the right incentives for cost-effective, high-quality care, and considers the policy implications of this.

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Children General Practice Public Mental Health Young People

Talking self-harm

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 20, 2012

By Young Minds (2012)

This report argues that there is a need for more awareness about self-harm amongst young people, parents and professionals. It makes recommendations for more training for healthcare professionals and places emphasis on the need for guidance for GPs on how assessment tools such as NICE guidelines can support the consultation and referral process.

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Library

A stronger collective voice for people with dementia

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 20, 2012

By The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (October 2012)

A growing number of people with dementia in the UK are becoming actively involved in groups to try to influence services and policies affecting people with dementia. The Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP) was a one-year investigation aiming to highlight groups and projects involving people with dementia. This report offers specific ways forward for organisations wishing to engage with people with dementia.

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Alcohol Health Promotion Smoking Tobacco & Drugs

NHS stop smoking services: England, April 2012 – June 2012

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 20, 2012

By The Information Centre (October 2012)

This report includes information on the number of people setting a quit date and the number who successfully quit at the 4 week follow-up. It also presents in depth analyses of the key measures of the service including pregnant women, breakdowns by ethnic group, socio-economic classification as well as by intervention type and setting and type of pharmacotherapy received and regional analyses at SHA and PCT levels.

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Commissioning Good Practice Library

Diabetes transition: assessment of current best practice and development of future work programme to improve transition processes for young people

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 20, 2012

By NHS Diabetes (2012)

NHS Diabetes has published the above report, which summarises the work by a number of small groups looking at transition in diabetes care and includes examples of good practice as well as principles for future consideration.

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Commissioning Community Integrated Care Library Local Government Secondary Care Third Sector

Open public services: experiences from the voluntary sector

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 20, 2012

By The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (2012)

This report published by NCVO and 14 partner organisations, highlights examples of innovation in practice where the voluntary sector has worked in new ways with statutory authorities to develop specialist services. It argues that there needs to be greater openness and flexibility in commissioning services to capitalise on the contribution from charities. It also highlights new opportunities emerging from social investment and open data which could ease contract risks and make services more accountable to their users if adopted. It is aimed at those involved in improving services: government; local authorities; voluntary organisations; and social investors.

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Asthma CVD Liver Disease including NHS Health Checks Respiratory Disease

Improving adult asthma care: testing the case for change

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 20, 2012

By NHS Improvment Lung (2012)

This publication is aimed at healthcare professionals, commissioners, patients and other key stakeholders involved in asthma services. It draws together the evidence and learning from the work undertaken by the national asthma improvement projects over a 12 month period in 2011/12 as part of the asthma workstream within the NHS Improvement – Lung programme.

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Health Promotion Library

Shared decision making resource centre

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 20, 2012

By The Health Foundation (2012)

The Centre is aimed at healthcare professionals and managers and pulls together practical tools, best practice strategies, personal accounts and evidence in one place. The information it contains is open to everyone to explore and adapt, and it’s completely free to use.

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COPD CVD Liver Disease including NHS Health Checks Respiratory Disease

First steps to improve chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 20, 2012

By NHS Improvment Lung (2012)

This is a basic guide to the key principles every area should be adopting to provide good COPD care; if you do nothing else, start with these ten things and make sure they are in place for all your patients. It is also a helpful starting point for those new to commissioning for COPD services or for a stocktake for a local respiratory team.

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