Health Management and Policy Alert

Healthy Child Programme: from 5 to 19 years old

The Healthy Child Programme (HCP) from 5 to 19 year olds sets out the recommended framework of universal and progressive services for children and young people to promote optimal health and wellbeing. This document outlines suggested roles and responsibilities for commissioners, health, education, local authority and other partners to encourage the development of high-quality services. (Department of Health - publications)

Healthy Child Programme: pregnancy and the first five years of life

This document outlines the Healthy Child Programme for the early life stages and focuses on a universal preventative service, providing families with a programme of screening, immunisation, health and development reviews, supplemented by advice around health, wellbeing and parenting. (Department of Health - publications)

Healthy Child Programme: the two year review

The two year review aims to optimise child development and emotional wellbeing, and to reduce inequalities. It provides practitioners, particularly health visitors, with information and tools to use with parents. (Department of Health - publications)

Stock Management System training manuals

The Stock Management System (SMS) provides users with an effective tool to manage the distribution of antivirals to PCTs and collection points in the event of a pandemic. It will provide stock level information, reports and the ability to record issuance from GP prescribed antiviral information. These training manuals are to provide guidance to users of the SMS for antivirals. (Department of Health - publications)

At your service: navigating the future market in health and social care

This report looks at how personal budgets will impact the health and social care market, what prospective budget holders know and think about personal budgets, how they would spend it and what difficulties they envisage. It sets out the likely challenges facing local authorities and service providers in delivering the personalisation agenda and contains recommendations about how to make the transition successfully. (Demos - publications)

Delivering same-sex accommodation (DSSA) principles

This document outlines 17 principles that have been developed to ensure delivery of the highest standards of privacy and dignity within all areas of hospital services. The principles support existing DSSA policy and guidance and aim to further clarify DSSA clinical definitions amongst leaders and staff within the NHS. (Department of Health - publications)

Response to the consultation on draft regulations for the framework for the registration of health and adult social care providers

In spring 2009, the Department of Health consulted on a set of draft regulations, which set out the detail of a new registration system to be operated by the new Commission. This document provides the response to the consultation. (Department of Health - publications)

Medical Training Initiative (MTI) guide

This guidance is designed to allow overseas doctors to undertake up to two years of training and experience in the UK. It explains the benefits of the MTI and signposts additional information. (Healthcare Workforce Portal - publications)

The Max4Health hand hygiene campaign

This report sets out the results of an evaluation of the Max4Health hand hygiene campaign undertaken at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust over a nine week period between February and April 2009. (Department of Health - publications)

Means to an end: joint financing across health and social care

This report reviews the joint financing and integrated care arrangements between NHS bodies and councils with adult social care responsibilities. The report's recommendations and examples of notable practice aim to help national and local bodies better understand the options available, how to use them and to achieve better outcomes for service users. (Audit Commission - publications)