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Quality profiles

By Quality Intelligence East

Quality Profiles are a summary of Indicators, benchmarked so that organisations can compare their performance against the national and regional averages. These profiles are used by both commissioners and providers in helping them identify and understand where improvements need to be made.

The three key areas of quality – patient safety, clinical effectiveness, and patient experience. There are many indicators and the profiles do not include everything. We are working hard to refine and improve the profiles both in terms of presentation and what is included.

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Public Mental Health

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness: annual report England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

By University of Manchester’s National Confidential Inquiry into Homicide and Suicide by People with Mental Illness (NCI) (2012)

This annual report examined homicide and suicide figures for all four countries of the United Kingdom among mental health patients and found in-patient suicides have shown a sustained fall across all countries. In contrast, the number of suicides by patients receiving home treatment services (also known as crisis-resolution services) has increased. The report shows that in 2009 there were 195 suicides by patients treated at home in England, compared to 84 in-patient suicide deaths. Overall, the number of people under home treatment services has increased over recent years and the number of people admitted to in-patient care has decreased. The NCI report recommends mental health services make home-treatment teams a priority for suicide prevention.

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CCGs Commissioning Public Mental Health Well-Being

Health and social care reform: making it work for mental health

By the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health

This report is the result of a year long inquiry and expresses concerns about the future of mental health services in the reformed NHS. It highlights four key areas of concern in commissioning; local decision making; integrated care; and personalisation and patient choice. It makes recommendations to CCGs, health and wellbeing boards, government and MPs in order to overcome any challenges which the reforms might present.

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Public Mental Health Well-Being

Work, mental health and welfare: the case for coordinated action to achieve shared benefits

By London Mental Health and Employment Partnership (2012)

This report, from the London Mental Health and Employment Partnership, summarises the case for coordinated action to support healthy workplaces, provide support for individuals with mental illness to retain employment, and to develop routes into work for those already excluded because of mental health problems.

It identifies opportunities for action and highlights those in the best position to lead or contribute to positive change. It is intentionally high-level, but detail is available from the references and resources appended, which include extensive evidence, information about specific interventions, tools and advice for employers and health professionals, and case studies from a wide range of employers.

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Public Mental Health

How mental health loses out in the NHS

By The Centre for Economic Performance’s Mental Health Policy Group (2012)

This report reveals the scandal of insufficient mental health treatment provision in Britain – and how little the NHS does about it. Mental illness is now nearly a half of all ill health suffered by people under 65 – and it is more disabling than most chronic physical disease. Yet only a quarter of those involved are receiving any form of treatment.

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Public Mental Health Well-Being

Doing good? altruism and well-being in an age of austerity

By The Mental Health Foundation (2012)

It’s often said that it’s better to give than receive but did you know that this is actually backed up by research? The UK faces challenging and unstable times with volatile economic markets and job uncertainty. Many people say they feel too stressed and busy to worry about helping others or say they will focus on doing good deeds when they have more ‘spare time’ but the evidence shows that helping others is beneficial forpeople’s mental health and wellbeing. It can help:

  • reduce stress
  • improve emotional wellbeing
  • benefit physical health
  • bring a sense of belonging and reduce isolation
  • get rid of negative feelings

To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2012, we have produced a report highlighting the impact that helping others has on people’s mental health and wellbeing, following a public survey which showed that people believe society has become more selfish.

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General Practice Library

The evaluation of the electronic prescription service in primary care

By UCL School of Pharmacy (2012)

The Evaluation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in Primary Care is is an evaluation of a system being introduced by the NHS and primary care computer system suppliers into all primary care community pharmacies and GP practices in England.

The system aims to allow electronic transmission of prescriptions from GP practices to community pharmacies, and also to enable community pharmacies to submit electronic claims for prescription items dispensed to patients to the remuneration agency, NHS Prescription Services.

The report covers the very early stages of the roll-out of the EPS programme. Researchers from the UCL School of Pharmacy, the University of Nottingham and LSE worked with seven pairs of community pharmacies and GP practices that were participating in the testing of the system, out of a population of around 10,000 community pharmacies and 8,000 GP practices.

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Guidance Library

Keeping patients safe when they transfer between care providers: getting the medicines right

By The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2011)

Taking a medicine is the most frequent intervention that patients will use to improve their health. In particular, older people and those with long term conditions rely heavily on medicines as a way of managing their illnesses.  These patients, often taking multiple and complex regimens are some of the most vulnerable to problems with their medicines when they transfer care settings. Whether it’s from care homes or primary care to hospitals, or mental health hospitals to the community, or from hospitals back to primary care, these are times when the risk of things going wrong with medicines tends to increase.

It is the responsibility of all the professionals involved in the care of a patient to ensure the safe transfer of information about medicines. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society, in collaboration with other royal colleges, patients, health and social care professionals has developed professional guidance that is closely mapped to a range of related national initiatives and guidance.

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Children Crime Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO

Tackling health inequalities through developing evidence-based policy and practice with childbearing women in prison: A consultation

By Hallum Centre for Community Justice (2012)

A study mapped the health needs and healthcare of childbearing women in prison. Childbearing women in prison and their babies were more likely than the general population to experience perinatal and maternal mortality and morbidity, and might also suffer separation and distress that could be alleviated.

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Community Library

The impact of the economic downturn and policy changes on health inequalities in London

By UCL Institute of Health Equity

The UCL Institute of Health Equity was commissioned by the London Health Inequalities Network to look at the impact of the economic downturn and the government’s welfare reforms on health inequalities in London to 2016, with a particular focus on the employment, income and housing impacts of the changes. A report containing a literature review of the potential impacts of the changes along with a set of recommendations of what local authorities and other actors can do to mitigate any negative impacts was published on 19 June 2012. A set of indicators for local authorities to use to measure the impacts of the changes in their area is currently in development and will undergo local testing before being published early in 2013.

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