Hardelid P, et al. PLoS ONE, 2013; 8(7)
Injuries are an increasingly important cause of death in children worldwide, yet injury mortality is highly preventable. Determining patterns and trends in child injury mortality can identify groups at particularly high risk. This study compares trends in child deaths due to injury in four UK countries, between 1980 and 2010.
By Henry Dimbleby & John Vincent (July 2013)
Almost a fifth of UK children are obese by the time they leave primary school. Good food provision in schools has been shown to lead not only to healthier children, but to improved attainment. This report sets out a plan to transform what children eat at school, and how they learn about food. It includes clear actions for government and for head teachers. The independent school food plan website provides information and resources to support these actions.
By CLIC Sargent for Children With Cancer (July 2013)
This report found that not providing young people with the extra support they need after treatment for cancer could jeopardise their education and prevent them from fulfilling their potential. And nearly four out of 10 (38%) secondary school teachers say there is not enough information or guidance to support a pupil with cancer.
By Department of Health (2013)
These guidelines aim to improve the communication between health visitors and local authority children’s social care teams using the SAFER process. It covers what should be considered before referral, and provides support for efficient and appropriate telephone referrals of children who may be suffering, or are likely to suffer significant harm.
By NICE (June 2013)
This guide encourages commissioners to work with clinicians and managers to commission high-quality evidence-based care for people who self-harm.
By Public Health England (2013)
This guidance sets out PHE’s expectation that support should be available in every area for people with a dependency on prescription or over-the-counter medicines, based on a full assessment of local need. It has been produced with input from experts on addiction to medicines, and outlines a number of sources that commissioners can use to identify the scale of misuse or dependence, and in relation to what medicines in their area.
By WHO (2013)
This publication makes the case for policy action to strengthen health literacy. Evidence, including the results of the European Health Literacy
Survey, is presented that supports a wider and relational whole-of-society approach to health literacy that considers both an individual’s level of health literacy and the complexities of the contexts within which people act. The data from the European Health Literacy Survey show
that nearly half the Europeans surveyed have inadequate or problematic health literacy. Weak health literacy skills are associated with riskier
behaviour, poorer health, less self-management and more hospitalization and costs. Strengthening health literacy has been shown to build individual and community resilience, help address health inequities and improve health and well-being. Practical and effective ways public health and other sectoral authorities and advocates can take action to strengthen health literacy in a variety of settings are identified. Specific evidence is presented for educational settings, workplaces, marketplaces, health systems, new and traditional media and political arenas.
By KPMG International (2013)
This report argues that ring-fencing budgets may not be enough to help the NHS deliver the support required by an ageing population, as unhealthy lifestyles and the number of patients suffering from multiple long-term conditions continue to take their toll on the UK’s healthcare services. It states that a complete overhaul of the healthcare operating model is needed if the NHS is to deliver better patient outcomes and care at lower costs. Key to this transformation, as pressure also increases to deliver higher quality care for less, will be the life sciences sector aligning its interests by partnering to share costs, data and risk to improve the value and effectiveness of the therapies offered to patients.
By Public Health England (2013)
This online tool that presents data on populations in England, has been updated with new indicators and an improved interface. It enables users to see how the indicators vary across England at the level of upper or lower tier local authorities, as well as by wards using maps, summary charts and more detailed reports to show how local results compare with the national average for each indicator.
By Local Government Association (June 2013)
This publication outlines case studies showing how councils up and down the country are using children’s centres to help deliver early intervention through integrated health provision.