Health Management and Policy Alert

Addressing the leading risk factors for ill health: a review of government policies tackling smoking, poor diet, physical inactivity and harmful alcohol use in England

The Health Foundation -
This review assesses government policies tackling each of the leading risk factors driving ill health and early death in England, including smoking, poor diet, physical inactivity, and harmful alcohol use. The report concludes that the government’s current approach – including policies that promote individual behaviour change – is insufficient to deliver on its key targets and achieve its ‘levelling up’ mission to improve healthy life expectancy. It finds that trends are going in the wrong direction for many of the major health risk factors and calls for the government to take stronger action to tackle the leading risk factors for ill health.

• Report
• The Health Foundation - publications

Tickboxes and tokenism?: service user involvement report 2022

Shaping Our Lives -
This report is the result of a survey which explored people’s experiences of service user involvement. This user-led research shows the current picture of involvement and explores the barriers that deaf and Disabled people face when wanting to share their lived experience. The report contains recommendations for those who want to run inclusive, meaningful involvement to shape their services and make them better for everyone.

• Report
• Shaping Our Lives - publications

Mental health clinically-led review of standards: models of care and measurement — consultation response

NHS England and NHS Improvement - 

This report sets out the wide-ranging support received through the national consultation on the proposed new standards for mental health care, and highlights some of the key considerations to support their successful implementation.

• Report
• Press release

Beyond recovery: the case for transforming UK clinical cancer research

Cancer Research UK - 

This position paper finds that Covid-19 has worsened pre-existing barriers to clinical cancer research and recovering to a pre-pandemic ‘normal’ for research won’t be enough to deliver world-class cancer outcomes. Instead, the UK government must choose to go beyond recovery by expanding clinical research capacity, transforming how research is delivered, and supporting innovative cancer research.

• Position paper
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Social care reform: independent report by Baroness Cavendish

Department of Health and Social Care - 

This internal review was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in June 2020. The aim was to make recommendations for social care reform and integration with health in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which could fit alongside the funding reforms planned by the Department in the context of the NHS Long Term Plan. The government have since taken forward a number of the recommendations in the white paper, People at the heart of care and published the integration white paper, Joining up care for people, places and populations.

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Government response to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee's report on social care funding: time to end a national scandal

Department of Health and Social Care - 

This command paper sets out the government’s response to the recommendations made by the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee in their 2019  report Social care funding: time to end a national scandal. The response explains how reforms to the adult social care charging system will ensure people find adult social care fair and accessible and are protected from unpredictable and unlimited costs. It also sets out how the government plans to improve the quality of care provision by increasing local authority support and investing in housing, technology and the adult social care workforce, among other measures.

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Provider Selection Regime: supplementary consultation on the detail of proposals for regulations

Department of Health and Social Care - 

The proposed Provider Selection Regime will be a new set of rules replacing the existing procurement rules for arranging health care services in England. The proposed rules will be introduced by regulations made under the Health and Care Bill. This consultation builds on the engagement and consultation activity which NHS England has undertaken over the past three years. It aims to build on the consensus achieved from NHS England’s consultation on proposals previously set out for the Provider Selection Regime, and does not repeat or reopen that consultation. This supplementary consultation seeks views from respondents to help develop the regulations for the Provider Selection Regime. This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 28 March 2022.

• Consultation details

What is compassionate leadership?

The King's Fund - 

Research shows that compassionate leadership has wide-ranging benefits for both staff and organisations. Learn more in this explainer.

• Explainer

 

Workforce standards for the district nursing service

Queen’s Nursing Institute - 

This document sets safety standards for the district nursing workforce in the UK, setting out areas of risk and giving examples of major ‘red flags’ that require escalation.

• Standards
• Press release

Supporting male victims/survivors accessing a sexual assault referral centre: good practice guide

NHS England and NHS Improvement - 

The purpose of this guide is to educate and guide staff working in sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) to better enable males, including those from diverse communities, to access the support of a SARC following sexual assault and abuse. Where males do access support from a SARC, this guide will support SARC staff to deliver high-quality care that is responsive and understanding of the diverse needs of male victims/survivors of sexual assault and abuse.

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