By Stonewall ( September 2012)
The CQC are working with Stonewall as part of their Health Champions Scheme (which supports NHS organisations to improve services for LGB people) to develop the way services’ compliance with equality standards are monitored. This guide provides information on: the law, supporting older LGB people, tips and case studies for care homes, domiciliary services, health care services, housing providers and councils, and involving LGB people in service provision.
By The Institute for Government (August 2012)
This publication is based on sessions reviewing attempts to create markets in public services in four key areas: welfare-to-work, social care, health care and local government. It highlights high level lessons aimed at those either currently operating public service markets, or those seeking to extend them. It forms part of the broader work on political transitions, policy successes and recent work with The King’s Fund on the lessons of the coalition’s legislative process to reform the NHS.
By NHS Confederation (2012)
These briefings aim to help both GP commissioners and local authorities understand some of the structural and cultural differences between the NHS and local government.