Health Management and Policy Alert

What should be done to fix the crisis in social care?

The Health Foundation -
This report says the new government must urgently act to stabilise and reform adult social care in England if it is to avoid growing numbers of older and disabled people being unable to access the care they need. This analysis sets out the priorities for reform and what it would cost to establish a fairer, more comprehensive system.

• Report
• The Health Foundation - press release

Drivers of health care expenditure: final report

Centre for Health Economics -
Since the NHS was established growth in health care expenditure (HCE) has outpaced the rise in both GDP and in total public expenditure. Known drivers of HCE growth include demographic factors, income and wealth effects, technology and cost pressures. To identify the challenges and opportunities for developing a model of health care demand, this report looks at drivers of past trends in health care expenditure and how much each of the drivers has contributed to past increases in expenditure. It also investigates how much each type of service contributed to past trends in health care expenditure and why there have been different trends for different types of care.

• Report
• Centre for Health Economics - publications

Healthy Living Pharmacy: holding a health promotion event/campaign

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee -
To achieve and to maintain Healthy Living Pharmacy Level 1 status, pharmacy teams are required to meet 27 quality criteria. Holding health promotion events/campaigns and documenting details of these are a way for pharmacy teams to demonstrate that they meet several of these criteria. This briefing provides guidance for community pharmacy contractors and their teams on holding a health promotion event/campaign.

• Briefing
• Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee - news

How to become a Healthy Living Pharmacy Level 1

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee -
This briefing provides an overview of how to become a Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) Level 1 via the self-assessment route. The briefing gives details of the HLP framework, describes the role of HLP's in the health and care system, and outlines the ways in which contractors can achieve HLP Level 1 status.

• Briefing
• Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee - news

How does UK healthcare spending compare with other countries?

Office for National Statistics (ONS) - 
This briefing provides an analysis of UK health care spending relative to comparable countries, such as the G7 group of large developed economies or member nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It finds that the UK spends an average of £2,989 per person on health care which is the median for OECD countries.

• Briefing

Primary medical care commissioning internal audit ratings for delegated clinical commissioning groups as of 31 June 2019

NHS England - 
This document is the first cohort of new ratings on delegated CCGs, highlighting where internal audits are finding CCGs are performing delegated primary medical care commissioning really well, but also helping to identify where improvements can be made.

• Report

Healthcare after Brexit: updated guidance

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - 
The guidance accessing health care after Brexit has been updated. It covers access to health care for UK residents visiting or living in the EU and Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland after Brexit.

• Visitor guidance
• Emigrant guidance

Generation genome and the opportunities for screening programmes

Public Health England (PHE) - 
The report briefly defines genome sequencing and how, by improving our understanding of genetic activity, we can determine how best to use genetics in screening.

• Report

CCG 360 stakeholder survey 2018/19

NHS England - 
A central part of the CCG assessment process is the CCG 360 Stakeholder Survey, the findings of which are presented in this report. A key aim of the survey is to enable NHS England to assess whether CCGs are operating effectively in partnership with key organisations in the local health system to commission safe, high quality and sustainable services.

• Report

NHS oversight framework 2019/20

NHS England and NHS Improvement - 
This guidance outlines the joint approach NHS England and NHS Improvement will take to oversee organisational performance and identify where commissioners and providers may need support. It replaces the provider Single Oversight Framework and the clinical commissioning group Improvement and Assessment Framework (IAF) and will inform assessment of providers in 2019/20. It is intended as a focal point for joint work, support and dialogue between NHS England and NHS Improvement, CCGs, providers and sustainability and transformation partnerships, and integrated care systems.

• Guidance
• Summary