Health Management and Policy Alert

Leading for integrated care: 'If you think competition is hard, you should try collaboration'

The King's Fund -
This report explores the progress, challenges and opportunities the move towards greater integration presents, through interviews with 16 people leading or chairing an integrated care system or sustainability and transformation partnership.

• Report
• The King's Fund - publications

Falling short: the NHS workforce challenge

The Health Foundation -
This report analyses the changes in the size and composition of the NHS workforce in England in the context of long-term trends, policy priorities and future projected need. It builds on previous reports to provide analysis of longer-term trends and insights into the changing NHS staff profile. It focuses specifically on the NHS workforce issues that have been identified in recent years: nursing shortages, and shortages of staff in general practice and primary care.

• Report
• The Health Foundation - publications

Estimating need in older people: findings for England

Age UK -
This report outlines how ill health, poverty, unmet needs for care and support, poor housing, loneliness and social isolation are profound challenges for many older people. It estimates the numbers and percentages of people aged 65 and over in England with these disadvantages, and collates insights from older people’s own voices about the experience of living with them.

• Report
• Age UK - publications

General election manifesto 2019

Age UK -
This manifesto reveals new research showing that the number of older people in England with some level of unmet need now stands at 1.5 million. It calls on the next Government to secure the immediate future of care through investing at least £8 billion over the next two years.

• Manifesto
• Age UK - press release

Early learnings and tips for contractors

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee -
This briefing contains guidance for pharmacy contractors on some elements of providing the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service. It contains suggestions on how to better manage service provision based on reports from the first few weeks of the service going live.

• Briefing
• Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee - publications

Early learnings and tips for LPCs

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee -
This briefing contains guidance for Local Pharmaceutical Committees (LPCs) on providing support to community pharmacies on the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS). It covers issues such as access to data and highlighting good practice.

• Briefing
• Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee - publications

Conservative manifesto 2019

Conservatives - 
This manifesto outlines the Conservative Party pledges for the upcoming general election. The key NHS and social care pledges centre on workforce, funding and capital investment. 

• Manifesto
• The King's Fund response

UK healthcare property market overview: autumn/winter 2019

Knight Frank - 
This report provides market intelligence that gives a snapshot of trends in health and care property markets. It contains data on the market performance of care homes market performance. 

• Report

Type 2 diabetes peer mentor programme: midterm evaluation

Brigstowe - 
This report outlines the findings so far from an interim evaluation of a peer mentoring service for people living with type 2 diabetes. The programme builds on Brigstowe's model of peer mentoring for people diagnosed with HIV and aimed to see if similar wellbeing and health outcomes could be achieved when transferring the model to other long-term health conditions.

• Report
• Further information

NHS performance and waiting times: priorities for the next government

Health Foundation - 
This long read explores how the NHS in England is performing and sets out priorities for the next government. It calls for sustained investment in the NHS and social care to reverse lengthening waits. This will include filling existing staff vacancies and growing the workforce, investment in buildings and equipment, and stabilising the social care sector.

• Report