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.
By Camden Health (2013)
This survey of GPs, practice managers and nurses reveals a lack of support for the recent NHS reforms. As well as polling participants on attitudes towards the changes and the impact of these changes, the survey also asked NHS staff about their opinions on the quality of care and alternative therapies.
By Department of Health (2013)
This strategy sets out actions for various partners in the new public health system to support and develop the public health workforce. It will help embed public health capacity within the wider workforce to support delivery of the public health outcomes framework.
By Local Government Association (April 2013)
This briefing for councillors and officers explains the challenges facing councils and the opportunities they have to tackle teenage pregnancy and reduce health inequalities in local communities.
By Royal College of General Practitioners (2013)
This guidance aims to highlight key areas for commissioners to address as local strategies are developed and services commissioned, including: inappropriate A&E attendances; prenatal and adolescent mental health issues; neonatal feeding problems; children with chronic and long term illness; school issues; and safeguarding and the needs of looked after children. It also places strong emphasis on accountability, encouraging all stakeholders to take responsibility for local care through an agreed annual delivery plan within key delivery areas.
By Carers UK (2013)
This report details the results of a survey of over 3,000 carers across the UK and shows that many are struggling alone without advice or support and are seeing caring taking a toll on their health, family finances and careers as a result. It also highlights five challenges to improve carers’ lives.
By National Institute for Health Research (2013)
The principal aims of this research are to describe the engagement of doctors in management and leadership roles in the English NHS, to analyse the interaction and functioning of the triumvirate and the effectiveness of team working in clinical directorates and related structures, and to explore the relationship between effectiveness and performance.
By Department of Health (2013)
This strategy sets out our shared purpose as nurses, midwives and care
staff to deliver high quality, compassionate care, and to achieve
excellent health and wellbeing outcomes. It builds on the proposals set
out in the engagement strategy.
By the Royal College of Physicians (2013)
This report argues that smoking in people with mental health conditions is neglected by the NHS. It reveals that much of the substantially lower life expectancy of people with mental disorders relates to smoking, which is often overlooked during the management and treatment of their mental health condition. It makes recommendations for all mental health services to become smoke-free areas and for increased smoking cessation support for people with mental disorders.