Health Management and Policy Alert

Intermediate care including reablement

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - 
This guideline sets out how health and social care staff can support people to be independent following a hospital stay or when daily life at home becomes too difficult. It covers how to assess intermediate care needs, including setting goals with the person so that they can overcome the problems they are experiencing.

• Guidance
• Press release

Summary outcome report for the Pharmacy Access Scheme National Review Panel

NHS England - 
The Pharmacy Access Scheme was introduced in 2016 with the aim of ensuring that patient access to NHS community pharmacy services is protected. This document sets out the background and context of the scheme and review process; the process for undertaking reviews; the success criteria and the number, locations and outcomes of applications.

• Report
• NHS England publications

Developing support and services for children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both

NHS England - 
This document provides guidance for Transforming Care Partnerships (and their local CCG or local authority partners) in commissioning support and services for children and young people with learning disability, autism or both.

• Guidance
• NHS England publications

Action plan on hearing loss: what works guides

NHS England - 
The Action plan on hearing loss, produced in 2015, identified ways that services for people with hearing loss could be improved. This series of guides aims to support employers and service providers in delivering on the recommendations outlined in the plan.

• Guides
• Action plan

Practical guidance on sharing of information and information governance for all NHS organisations specifically for Prevent and the Channel process

NHS England - 
This guidance is intended to assist those involved in information sharing and information governance for the purpose of Prevent, a counter-terrorism safeguarding programme. It is designed to assist in the decision making process about the appropriateness of sharing information (particularly sensitive health information) such as the decisions made by Caldicott Guardians.

• Guidance
• NHS England publications

Making the economic case for investing in actions to prevent and/or tackle loneliness: a systematic review: a briefing paper

Campaign to End Loneliness - 
This research, carried out by the London School of Economics, reviews the evidence on the economic impact of loneliness interventions. It finds that up to £3 of health care costs can be saved for every £1 spent on an effective intervention on loneliness.

• Report
• Press release

The state of pre and post-graduate medical recruitment in England, September 2017

British Medical Association -
This briefing examines the current state of medical recruitment in England, with additional UK-wide data for the foundation programme. Looking at data from 2013 onward, it identifies some of the ongoing issues facing medical recruitment, and recommends how some of these key concerns can be addressed.

• Briefing
• British Medical Association - news

Public sector pay: still time for restraint?

Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) -
The government is considering easing the current restraint on the pay of public sector workers. It had previously announced in 2015 that public sector pay scales would only increase by an average of one per cent per year up to and including 2019–20. This briefing note describes the trade-offs faced by the government when deciding how to set public sector pay.

• Briefing
• Institute for Fiscal Studies - publications

One year on: the Government response to the review of choice in end of life care

Department of Health -
This report sets out how the National End of Life Care Programme Board is delivering personalisation and choice in care for people at or near the end of life.

• Report
• Department of Health - publications

Social workers speak out about the state of care today

Care & Support Alliance -
This report contains the findings of a survey by Community Care Magazine, supported by the Care and Support Alliance. The survey was aimed at social workers and other professionals who undertake care assessments. It asked a series of questions about what it is like for them doing their jobs today, particularly asking about any reductions they have had to make to people’s care provision over the last year.

• Report
• Care & Support Alliance - news