Health Management and Policy Alert

A matter of emergency

This report by the College of Emergency Medicine calls on the next Government to address extreme understaffing of emergency departments and ensure a high quality, guaranteed 24/7 point of access for patients. (The College of Emergency Medicine - current issues & statements)

Emergency medicine consultants - workforce recommendations

These recommendations, produced by the College of Emergency Medicine, provide evidence and advice for Acute Trusts, SHAs and commissioners on the urgent need to expand emergency medicine consultant numbers. (The College of Emergency Medicine - current issues & statements)

Changing cultures, relationships and performance in local health care economies

The findings of this research study on changing management cultures and organisational performance in the NHS have now been published. The study was commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research and involved the collection of data from all acute and PCTs in England. The aims of the study were to understand the nature and dynamics of culture change in the NHS, with a particular emphasis on how organisational culture links to health care performance. (NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme - SDO research projects)

Medical chief executives in the NHS: facilitators and barriers to their career progress

This study analyses the issues faced by medical chief executives and reports on the experiences of 22 medical chief executives in England. The findings suggest that there should be a more structured and systematic approach to developing medical leadership in the NHS. (Health Services Management Centre - news)

Implementing recovery: a methodology for organisational change

This paper helps mental health services to measure how well placed they are to support the people who use them. It sets out the three stages a service needs to reach on ten key challenges to become fully focused on recovery. It allows mental health services, their users and their commissioners to judge how well they are doing in meeting each of the ten challenges. (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health - news)

Formulas at war over two sorts of inequality in health funding

This report from Civitas examines and evaluates the validity of the current PCT-funding formula. This paper utilises the evidence presented at a hearing of the Rural Services All-Party Parliamentary Group in February 2010. (Civitas - press releases)

Detailed guidance for the dry-run of external assurance on the quality reports

This document sets out detailed guidance for NHS foundation trusts and their auditors to enable them to carry out the dry run of the external assurance proposals on the 2009/10 quality reports. (Monitor - publications)

Developing tariffs for integrated sexual health services

This briefing document outlines the development of the London Sexual Health Programme tariff which is an agreed set of currencies for integrated sexual health services to be paid by PCTs to providers of sexual health services. (British Association for Sexual Health and HIV - News)

Monitor business plan 2010-2011

This business plan for 2010-11 builds on Monitor’s corporate plan for 2009-2012. It refines Monitor’s overall goals and sets out a detailed agenda for the coming year. (Monitor - Publications)

New foundations: the future of NHS Trust providers

This briefing compiles the results of a snapshot survey carried out by the Royal College of Nursing which aimed to evaluate the performance, engagement and quality of care in NHS Foundation Trusts in England. (Royal College of Nursing - publications)