By Think Local Act Personal (May 2013)
The Making it Real programme encourages organisations that pay for or provide social care services to get real about improving people’s lives. These tools have been produced in order to support this programme and include practical examples of what organisations are doing to transform their services, in partnership with the people who use them and will help people to understand and engage in the personalisation of the care and support agenda.
By The King’s Fund (2013)
This paper explores how the health resource allocation process and the formula on which it is based have changed over time, and how it will work from April 2013. It suggests practical improvements to the current system, and explores the ways in which different models of resource allocation can be used to support alternative visions of the NHS including: more clinically led; driven by outcomes; more integrated and provider led; or more integrated with other services through a ‘single budget’.
By CIPD (2013)
This report looks at the nature of employee voice and the impact of social media. It also considers some of the barriers to using social media to improving employee voice within organisations.
By Centre for Mental Health (2013)
This briefing examines what the NHS Mandate means for mental health services and the people who use them. It identifies areas for improvements in mental health services and argues that a stronger focus on mental health support can improve people’s physical health. It also outlines key actions for NHS England and CCGs, including expanding IAPT services, addressing access and waiting times for mental health care and commissioning integrated support for people with co-existing physical and mental health conditions.
By Rand (2013)
This evaluation of 16 varied pilot projects was initiated by the Department of Health as a means to explore new ways of integrating patient care from different local providers. It concludes that local decision-makers should not underestimate the challenges involved in coordinating care across boundaries, nor lose sight of the needs and preferences of service users.
By Department of Health (2013)
These factsheets have been produced to accompany the Care Bill which was introduced into Parliament on the 9th May 2013, and published on 10th May 2013.
By Good Governance Institute (May 2013)
This report develops an approach to engaging healthcare boards in the meaningful use of risk management to effectively govern complex organisations such as hospitals and other healthcare bodies. It provides a conceptual framework for the governance of risk, and poses a series of key questions for boards to ask of themselves.
By The NHS Constitution (2013)
This guide explains organisations in the healthcare system and how they work together. The accountability statement explains how decision making works in the NHS and fulfills the commitment set out in principle 7 of the NHS constitution.
By Department of Health (2013)
This document provides an overview of the performance to date of the drugs and alcohol recovery PbR pilots. It covers 11 months from the start of the PbR pilots in April 2012 to the latest data available at the end of February 2013.
By Royal Pharmaceutical Society (May 2013)
This guidance calls on all care professionals to provide more help for patients with their medicines to improve outcomes and avoid medicines waste. It provides four guiding principles to help front-line professionals in England support patients to improve their quality of life and outcomes from better use of medicines.