By NHS Confederation (2012)
This briefing introduces the concept of joint personal budgets for health and social care and gives the context behind their development. It explains how they might work and lists some of the issues that need to be considered before they could be used at scale to assist in the delivery of integrated care. It also outlines the use of a new tool which gives individual service users control of a single joint budget.
By the Housing Learning & Improvement Network (September 2012)
This publication assesses the progress of health and wellbeing boards in adopting telecare and telehealth. It also lays out opportunities that these innovations represent to local boards as they develop their role as strategic enablers and system leaders across health, care and wellbeing.
by The International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health (2012)
This paper examined the relationship between health behaviours and young people’s well-being. Health-protective behaviours were associated with high well-being, and health-risk behaviours were associated with low well-being. Interventions to encourage healthy lifestyles among adolescents might not only benefit their future physical health but also their existing well-being. A gendered approach to targeting interventions was also recommended.
By The Young Foundation (2012)
This report looks at participation in sport and physical activity among young people in England. It sets out the reasons why participation rates are low and provides a four-point plan to get more people active.
By the Patients Association (September 2012)
Patients want to be more involved in their care but feel GPs are currently not delivering good communication or shared decision making, according to a snapshot of opinion published by The Patients Association today.
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By the GMC (2012)
Dixon-Woods, M. et al. BMJ Quality & Safety, 2012;21:876-884
Formal evaluations of programmes are an important source of learning about the challenges faced in improving quality in healthcare and how they can be addressed. The authors aimed to integrate lessons from evaluations of the Health Foundation’s improvement programmes with relevant literature.
Best, A. et al. The Millbank Quarterly, 2012; 90 (3): 421-456
Realist review methodology can be applied in combination with a complex system lens on published literature to produce a knowledge synthesis
that informs a prospective change effort in large-system transformation.
A collaborative process engaging both research producers and research users
contributes to local applications of universal principles and mid-range theories,
as well as to a more robust knowledge base for applied research. We conclude
with suggestions for the future development of synthesis and evaluation
methods.
By Right Care (September 2012)
This case study from West Cheshire PCT and CCGs demonstrates the use of Right Care principles to identify service improvements that can generate savings for re-investment, service quality, and outcomes improvements. It combines the use of spend and outcome tools, analysis of variation, and programme budgeting with service reviews and business process engineering techniques to deliver reform, innovation and efficiency proposals. £7 million was generated across three service areas in one wave of service reviews, as part of a successful £15m QIPP programme. The approach has already been replicated in other CCGs in the region and has contributed to successful CCG authorisation panel reviews.
By NHS Alliance (October 2012)
This report is designed to help commissioners implement effective integrated urgent care strategies in their local areas.
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