Health Management and Policy Alert

NHS staff survey 2018: national results briefing

NHS Survey Coordination Centre -
The latest NHS staff survey shows a decline in overall levels of wellbeing and an increase in the numbers of staff reporting discrimination.

• Survey results
• NHS Survey Coordination Centre - related documents

Department of Health and Social Care mandate to Health Education England: April 2018 to March 2019

Department of Health and Social Care -
The Health Education England mandate for 2018 to 2019 covers strategic objectives around: workforce planning; health education; and training and development. The mandate looks at how to develop the healthcare workforce to improve care for patients through education and training.

• Report
• Department of Health and Social Care - publications

Framework agreement between the Department of Health and Social Care and Health Education England: 2018 to 2021

Department of Health and Social Care -
The 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.

• Report
• Department of Health and Social Care - publications

The UK strategy for rare diseases: 2019 update to the implementation plan for England

Department of Health and Social Care -
This update on the strategy’s progress covers five main areas: empowering those affected by rare diseases; identifying and preventing rare diseases; diagnosis and early intervention; coordination of care; and the role of research. It also sets out the actions that Department of Health and Social Care and partner organisations will take over the next year to implement the commitments of the strategy.

• Reports
• Department of Health and Social Care - publications

Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2017/18

Care Quality Commission -

The Care Quality Commission's (CQC) annual report on the use of the Mental Health Act (MHA) looks at how providers are caring for patients, and whether patient’s rights are being protected. The CQC has seen some improvement in the quality of care planning for patients who are subject to the MHA but continues to be concerned about the quality and safety of mental health wards.

• Report
• Press release

Paying to breathe: why unfair asthma prescription charges must be stopped

Asthma UK - 

Asthma UK has conducted the largest ever survey carried out on prescription charges, engaging over 9,000 people. The results reveal many people with asthma are cutting back on their medication for financial reasons with a dramatic impact on their health. In light of this evidence, Asthma UK is campaigning to stop asthma prescription charges.

• Report
• Press release

 

Waiting times and attendance durations at English accident and emergency departments.

The Strategy Unit - 

This report presents a detailed review of the demand-side, supply-side, practice and emergent factors that lead to four-hour breaches in accident and emergency departments, with a particular focus on changes that have taken place since 2010.

• Report
• More detail

 

First 1000 days of life

Health and Social Care Committee - 

This report asks the government to  produce a long-term, cross-government strategy for the first 1000 days of life, setting demanding goals to reduce adverse childhood experiences, improve school readiness and reduce infant mortality and child poverty.

• Report
• Press release

Sugar reduction in post-Brexit UK: a supply-side policy agenda

Food Research Collaboration - 

The withdrawal of the UK from the EU means that new regulations must be put in place to govern the supply of sugar and other agricultural commodities. In light of this, this briefing sets out five policy options that could help reduce sugar consumption in the UK.

• Briefing
• More detail

Relationships and sexuality in adult social care services

Care Quality Commission - 

This guidance  sets out how care providers should consider people's relationship and sexuality needs.

• Guidance
• Press release