Health Management and Policy Alert

Achieving integrated care: 15 best practice actions

Local Government Association (LGA) - 
This resource, produced in partnership with the Social Care Institute for Excellence, aims to support local systems in fulfilling their ambition of integration. The 15 actions prioritised in this resource draw on evidence about what works from international research, emerging best practices and engagement with our own stakeholders and partners. The actions are deliberately aligned with national policy, legal frameworks and regulatory guidance, but most important, they allow for local variety in system design and service delivery to flourish.

• Guidance

Will I care? : the likelihood of being a carer in adult life

Carers UK -
Figures contained in this report show that two thirds of UK adults can expect to care unpaid for a loved one in their lifetime. The research also reveals that the average person has a 50:50 chance of caring by the age of 50. It finds that, on average, women can expect to take on caring responsibilities over a decade earlier than men. Half of women will care by the age of 46, compared to half of men who can expect to care at 57.

• Report
• Carers UK - news

District nursing today: the view of district nurse team leaders in the UK

Queen's Nursing Institute -
This report warns that the UK’s district nurse workforce is under threat due to long-term underinvestment in training, education and skills, which could pose a threat to patient safety. It reveals an evolving healthcare workforce crisis, set against rising demand for district nursing services across all UK regions.

• Report
• Queen's Nursing Institute - news

A manifesto for a 21st century health service

Royal College of Anaesthetists -
This manifesto calls on the next government to address the issues preventing the delivery of a 21st century national health service. It argues that focusing on staff wellbeing and integrated care is what’s needed to create a sustainable NHS, not a total restructure.

• Manifesto
• Royal College of Anaesthetists - press release

Manifesto 2019

Labour -
The manifesto includes Labour's plans for health and social care, including policies on funding, integrated care, mental health, health inequalities, NHS workforce, medicine and social care.

• Manifesto
• Labour - more detail

Manifesto 2019

Liberal Democrats -
The manifesto includes the Liberal Democrats' plans for health and social care, including policies on funding, mental health services, access to care and helping people to stay healthy.

• Manifesto
• Liberal Democrats - more detail

Fit for the future: how should the incoming Government help the NHS in England?

NHS Confederation -
NHS Confederation has surveyed its members in England to gauge what they feel are their most critical priorities for an incoming Government. This report summarises their most pressing issues: workforce, social care and capital investment.

• Report
• NHS Confederation - publications

The political division index: pathfinding for British democracy

Demos -
This report looks to test the idea of a divided nation in order to find a path to a better public debate after Brexit. It maps the quality of the political debate as perceived by British voters on ten current political issues, including the NHS and climate change.

• Report
• Demos - projects

The nation's health: priorities for the next government

The Health Foundation -
This report looks at how long-term improvements in life expectancy and mortality in the UK have stalled and are falling behind other high-income countries. At the same time the difference between the health of people living in the best- and worst-off communities is widening. It calls for action across the whole of government to address these trends. It asks that investment be directed towards areas of public spending that create the right conditions for people to lead healthy lives.

• Report
• The Health Foundation - blog

The surgeon as an expert witness: a guide to good practice

Royal College of Surgeons -
This guidance sets out the role a surgeon should play when acting as an expert witness in civil, criminal and coroners’ cases. The guidance comes after two independent reviews highlighted a need to improve the quality and consistency of expert witnesses in gross negligence manslaughter cases.

• Guidance
• Royal College of Surgeons - press release