Health Management and Policy Alert

Civil Service People Survey 2019: results for Public Health England

Public Health England - 

This annual survey looks at civil servants’ attitudes to, and experience of working in government departments.

• Survey results
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Covid-19: additional funding allocations

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government - 

This guidance lists the allocations across local authorities of £1.6 billion additional funding from central government to help them respond to other coronavirus (Covid-19) pressures across all the services they deliver. This includes increasing support for the adult social care workforce and for services helping the most vulnerable, including homeless people.

• Guidance
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Technical specifications for personal protective equipment (PPE)

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - 

These documents provide the technical and regulatory standards for examination gloves, gowns, surgical face masks, respirator masks and eye protection. They have been published so that new suppliers and manufacturers understand DHSC requirements.

• Guidance

Local authorities

National Audit Office - 

This overview summarises the work of local authorities including what they do, the system of accountability, where they get their funding and spend their money, recent and planned changes, and what to look out for across their main business areas and services.

• Overview
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Dentistry in England

National Audit Office - 

This memorandum was to support the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee's Dentistry Services inquiry in 2019. Due to the general election on 12 December 2019 the Committee has now closed this inquiry.

• Memorandum
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Specialised Services Quality Dashboards: mental health restrictive practice metric definitions for 2020/21

NHS England - 

These Specialised Services Quality Dashboards (SSQD) are designed to provide assurance on the quality of care by collecting information about outcomes from healthcare providers. SSQDs are a key tool in monitoring the quality of services, enabling comparison between service providers and supporting improvements over time in the outcomes of services commissioned by NHS England.

• Dashboards

Using machine learning in diagnostic services: a report with recommendations from CQC’s regulatory sandbox

Care Quality Commission - 

This sandbox round focused on the use of machine learning applications for diagnostic purposes in healthcare services. The findings were used to identify and consider where the CQC needs to update their current regulatory methods, and the work required to get this right in order to regulate these services better. A regulatory sandbox is a way of testing how best to regulate new types of services by working collaboratively to find out about them. 

• Report
• Press release

 

Mental health and psychosocial considerations during Covid-19 outbreak

World Health Organization - 

These guidelines were developed as messages targeting different groups to support mental and psychosocial well-being during the Covid-19 outbreak.

• Guidelines
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Mental wellbeing while staying at home

NHS - 

The NHS website has also put tips and advice together to help keep on top of your mental wellbeing and cope with how you may feel while staying at home.

• Guidance

 

Guidance on social distancing for everyone in the UK

Public Health England - 

This guidance is for everyone, including children. It advises on social distancing measures we should all be taking to reduce social interaction between people in order to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (Covid-19). It is intended for use in situations where people are living in their own homes, with or without additional support from friends, family and carers.

• Guidance
• More detail