Health Management and Policy Alert: August 2013

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August 2013

21/08/2013

Quack policy: abusing science in the cause of paternalism

Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) -
This report highlights concerns around evidence-based policy arguing that those promoting these policies often make errors or have little or no grasp of economics. The paper uses four policies as case studies - minimum alcohol pricing, passive smoking, global warming and happiness.

Posted at 10:27 AM in Public health and health inequalities | Permalink

20/08/2013

IHI global trigger tool for measuring adverse events

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) -
This tool provides an easy-to-use method for accurately identifying adverse events and measuring the rate of adverse events over time. It includes a retrospective review of a random sample of patient records using “triggers” (or clues) to identify possible adverse events. This paper provides comprehensive information on the development and methodology of the tool, with step-by-step instructions for using the tool to accurately identify adverse events and measure the rate of adverse events over time.

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IHI tool

Posted at 11:00 AM in NHS performance and productivity, Patient safety | Permalink

Making recovery a reality in your community: a briefing for commissioners of mental health, drug and alcohol services

Centre for Mental Health -
This briefing urges commissioners to tackle the poorly integrated support received by those with overlapping needs. It identifies new commissioning arrangements in public health and the NHS as an opportunity to put recovery at the heart of commissioning to build better lives for people with multiple needs. It argues that by focusing on what matters most to people's lives – a home, a job, family and friends – services can enable people with multiple needs to build better lives on their own terms.

Posted at 10:48 AM in Commissioning, Integrated care, collaboration and partnership, Mental health, Public health and health inequalities, Social care | Permalink

19/08/2013

Annual report 2012: national neonatal audit programme

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) -
This audit measures neonatal units against a series of standards in order to assess if babies receive the right level and consistency of care across England and Wales. This year's report finds that more than three quarters (79%) of the parents of babies in neonatal units are seen by senior healthcare professionals within 24 hours of admission and the majority of parents report positive experiences, but there is room for improvement in areas such as breastfeeding rates and levels of hypothermia in newborns.

Posted at 02:04 PM in Patient involvement, experience and feedback , Public health and health inequalities, Quality of care and clinical outcomes | Permalink

Professional standards for public health practice for pharmacy consultation

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) -
Views are being sought on these draft standards which are based on the nine core competency areas of public health practice as defined by the Faculty of Public Health.They provide a framework to help pharmacy teams, and those who contract or commission services, to design, implement, deliver and monitor high quality public health practice through pharmacy. They should help ensure patients receive a consistently high quality of service across all pharmacy settings. The consultation closes on 11th October 2013.

Posted at 01:59 PM in Consultations, Public health and health inequalities | Permalink

Local cancer statistics

Cancer Research UK -
This website provides a breakdown of cancer statistics, which provides access to the latest figures for different areas. It can be searched by postcode, constituency, local authority or healthcare area and contains information on cancer incidence, survival and mortality, early diagnosis, screening and smoking statistics for individual areas. The local figures are compared to the national average and two locations can also be compared directly with each other.

Posted at 10:48 AM in Public health and health inequalities | Permalink

16/08/2013

Fundamental review of allocations policy

NHS England - NHS England is currently reviewing the local allocation of resources across the full range of its responsibilities, covering both allocations to CCGs and the budgets available for direct commissioning functions in area teams. These resources gather together information on allocation policy in preparation for a series of workshops to discuss current thinking with stakeholders. NHS England - resources and further information

Posted at 01:57 PM in Commissioning, Consultations | Permalink

Extension of the seasonal flu vaccination programme to include children (2 to under 17 years) phase 1: 2013 to 2014

Public Health England -

This slide pack has been developed for trainers and leaders of the childhood flu programme and can be adapted to suit training needs.

Posted at 01:48 PM in Public health and health inequalities | Permalink

Letter from Dr Dan Poulter to NHS Payment Review Body

Department of Health -

This letter covers the remit from the Department of Health to the NHS Pay Review Body for NHS staff on the Agenda for Change pay system.

Posted at 01:46 PM in Workforce and employment | Permalink

15/08/2013

Survey: changes to foundation programme numbers

NHS Employers -

This survey asks employers to determine how any changes in foundation programme post numbers have been managed in the short term and what plans are in place to ensure these changes are sustainable in the longer term. Responses are invited until the 30th August 2013 and will inform future plans for the Broadening the Foundation Programme.

Posted at 03:38 PM in Consultations, Workforce and employment | Permalink

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