Health Management and Policy Alert

NHS Long Term Plan implementation framework

NHS -
Following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England and NHS Improvement committed to publishing an implementation framework, setting out further detail on how it would be delivered. Local systems are developing their five-year strategic plans which will describe the population needs and case for change in each area, then propose practical actions that the system will take to deliver the commitments set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. The framework summarises these commitments alongside further information to help local system leaders refine their planning and prioritisation. This includes detail about where additional funding will be made available to support specific commitments and where activity will be paid for or commissioned nationally.

• Implementation framework
• NHS Long Term Plan - publications

Openness by design 2019-2022

Information Commissioner’s Office - 

This new access to information strategy sets out five goals relating to the suite of access to information legislation regulated by the ICO: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004, and the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.

• Strategy
• Press release

Reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention

Department of Health and Social Care - 

This guidance from the DHSC and Department of Education is for health services, social care services and special education settings. It sets out how to support children and young people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions and mental health difficulties who are at risk of restrictive intervention.

• Guidance
• More detail

ADASS budget survey 2019

Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) -

This annual budget survey of ADASS members reveals how the failure of successive governments to address long-term funding for adult social care is negatively affecting the people who rely on these essential services, their families and those who work in the arranging and delivery of care.

• Budget survey
• More detail

RCPCH prevention vision for child health

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) - 

In advance of the Department of Health and Social Care's prevention green paper, this strategy paper from the RCPCH sets out their proposals for how to transform the health and wellbeing of children and young people in the UK. It states that he amount of free sugar in baby food should be reduced and the government should place a “moratorium” on public health funding cuts.

• Strategy paper
• Press release

The real story of winter

NHS Providers - 

What was the real story of winter for trusts, their patients, and hard pressed frontline staff? This briefing examines winter 2018/19 for the provider sector. It urges health leaders not to draw false comfort from the noticeable absence of stories about ‘winter pressures’ in the media earlier this year. 

• Briefing
• Press release

A citizen-led approach to health and care: lessons from the Wigan Deal

The King's Fund -
In 2011, Wigan Council had to make unprecedented savings after significant cuts in funding from central government. Drastic measures were needed, including a radical reshaping of the relationship between the council and residents. This became known as the Wigan Deal. This report provides an independent critique of the Wigan Deal drawing on in-depth research, including interviews with key stakeholders, focus groups with members of the public and evidence from data analysis. It explores what local authorities, NHS organisations and others can learn from Wigan’s journey of transformation.

• Report
• The King's Fund - publications

Consultation on the data and analytics statement of intent

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - 

NICE is proposing to extend its use of data, from sources including: hospital records of operations; registries which collect data on how particular treatments are used; surveys of people using services; and data collected on national trends, such as how many people have a condition. NICE believes this will help us to further improve their guidance, update it more quickly, and have a better understanding of the impact it has for people accessing health and social care services. The proposals are open to consultation and the deadline for comments is Friday 13 September 2019

• Consultation
• More detail

Investigation into NHS Property Services Limited

National Audit Office - 

NHS Property Services Limited (the Service) is a company wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, established in December 2011 to manage NHS property. This report finds that, to a large extent, the Service has succeeded in improving the professional support required, collecting data, streamlining contracts and identifying market rental rates. However it lacks the powers it needs to make its tenants sign lease agreements and pay their rent, which has contributed to increasing levels of outstanding debt.

• Report
• Press release

 

 

Fair to refer?: reducing disproportionality in fitness to practise concerns reported to the GMC

General Medical Council -
Employers and health care providers refer black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) doctors to the GMC at more than double the rate of their white counterparts. This means they have more chance of being investigated and, in turn, receiving a warning or sanction. This research finds that disproportionate referrals of BAME doctors to fitness to practise processes could be driven by poor induction and support, working patterns which leave them isolated and poor feedback by managers.

• Report
• General Medical Council - press release