Health Management and Policy Alert

Rising living costs: the impact on NHS, staff and patients

NHS Providers - 

This survey of NHS trusts leaders looks at the impact rising living costs are having on the health service, staff and patients.

• Briefing
• Press release

Interoperability is more than technology: the role of culture and leadership in joined-up care

The King's Fund -
Digital technologies can enable better collaboration between health and care partners, but what's needed to progress interoperability in an integrated care system? Our new report looks at the role of relationships and technology, and considers the widers enablers needed to truly join up services.

• Report
• The King's Fund - publications

Framework agreement between Department of Health and Social Care and Health Education England 2022 to 2025

Department of Health and Social Care -
This framework agreement defines how the Department of Health and Social Care and Health Education England will work together to serve patients, the public and the taxpayer. It sets out roles, responsibilities, governance and accountability arrangements.

• Framework
• Department of Health and Social Care - publications

Framework agreement between the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS Counter Fraud Authority

Department of Health and Social Care -
This framework describes the working relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA). The framework agreement is focused on how: DHSC and NHSCFA will work in partnership to serve patients, the public and the taxpayer; and how both NHSCFA and DHSC discharge their accountability.

• Framework
• Department of Health and Social Care - publications

Framework agreement between the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS Business Services Authority

Department of Health and Social Care -
This framework describes the working relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS Business Services Authority. It sets out: roles; responsibilities; governance; and accountability arrangements.

• Framework
• Department of Health and Social Care - publications

Health and care LGBTQ+ inclusion framework

NHS Confederation -
The LGBTQ+ population in the UK experiences significant physical and mental health inequalities compared to the general population. These inequalities extend from increased risk factors for ill health and barriers to accessing health care and support, to discrimination against LGBTQ+ staff within the workplace. This framework comprises six key pillars of inclusivity that organisations should aim to build to create and maintain inclusive cultures: visible leadership and confident staff; a strong knowledge base; being non-heteronormative and non-cisnormative; collecting and reporting data; listening to service users; and proactively seeking out partners to co-deliver services.

• Framework
• NHS Confederation - publications

Employing workers overseas: key employment related considerations

NHS Employers - 
As the working landscape has altered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, more employees are now requesting to work flexibly and from agile locations. This may extend to employees choosing to move overseas and work remotely if their role permits this. This briefing was commissioned in response to questions raised from NHS workforce leaders about the legalities and practicalities of overseas remote working arrangements.

• Briefing
• NHS Employers - news

Housing our ageing population

Local Government Association -
This report makes a number of recommendations to government on how we can best meet the needs of people in later life with case studies demonstrating how councils are addressing the housing needs of an ageing population. It highlights how the suitability of the housing stock is of critical importance to the health of individuals and impacts on public spending, particularly adult social care, and the NHS.

• Local Government Association - publications

Digital transformation in the NHS

NHS Confederation -
This document contains views from across the NHS about progress on digital innovation and what more is needed to facilitate full digital transformation.

• Briefing
• NHS Confederation - publications

Whistleblowing disclosures report 2022: healthcare professional regulators

Nursing & Midwifery Council -
This report is part of a coordinated effort with seven other regulators to address serious issues that health and care professionals in the UK have raised. The most common themes of the disclosures this year related to patient safety and care; leadership and management; health and safety; and behaviour.

• Report
• Nursing & Midwifery Council - press release

Ipsos Global Health Service Monitor 2022

Ipsos - 

This annual study explores the biggest health challenges facing people today and how well-equipped people think their country’s healthcare services are to tackle them. The survey was run in 34 countries between 22nd July and 5th August 2022. Key findings include: for a third year, Coronavirus remains the biggest health problem facing people around the world (47 per cent globally, down from 70 per cent in 2021); and mental health (36 per cent) has experienced a five-point increase from 2021, making it the second biggest concern — for the first time, it is ahead of cancer (34 per cent) which is now third.

• Report
• More detail

Autistic people’s healthcare information strategy for England

NHS England - 

This document sets out an initial strategy for the development of information about the health of, and healthcare received by autistic people in England, from sources already collected or in the process of being established.

• Strategy
• More detail

Always there for us: evaluating Project Future's work at Bruce Grove youth club

Centre for Mental Health - 

This report finds that reaching out to youth clubs can enable mental health services to support young people who they might otherwise not reach. It evaluates Project Future’s work at Bruce Grove Youth Club in Haringey, North London where psychologists worked for two days a week. They supported young men who went to the club with their mental health and wellbeing and provided training, advice and support to the youth workers there.

• Report
• More detail

Reimagining health: a framing paper

Reform - 

In its early years, the National Health Service proved visionary. It provided high-quality care to meet the dominant needs of the population it served: timely, universal access to episodic, acute treatment. However, the structures and institutions designed to meet the challenges of the post-war world are not equipped to deal with current and future health challenges. Reform's new programme of work on 'Reimagining health' seeks to explore how to transform our approach to health. This framing paper sets out the case for change and identifies areas Reform wishes to explore in its research programme.

• Paper
• More detail

People first: a response from health and care leaders to the urgent and emergency care system crisis

Care Quality Commission (CQC) -
This resource was designed and developed: using outcomes from CQC's urgent and emergency care workshop, held in May 2022; and by members of the CQC National Emergency Medicine Specialist Advisor Forum. It recognises the unscheduled care pathway as a continuum, with solutions required across the artificial divides between primary, secondary, community and social care. It aims to: support the design of person-centred urgent and emergency care services; and encourage innovation across integrated care systems.

• Report
• Care Quality Commission - publications