Health Management and Policy Alert

Rough Sleeping Strategy: delivery plan

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government - 

In the Rough Sleeping Strategy, the government committed to publish a delivery plan setting out how they intended to deliver the 61 commitments made. This document provides an update on progress so far, further information including key milestones on all 61 commitments, and information on next steps.

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The government response to the Science and Technology Committee’s seventh report of the session 2017-19 on e-cigarettes

Department of Health and Social Care - 

This command paper sets out the government’s response to the Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry report into e-cigarettes, published by the House of Commons in July 2018.

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Children’s and young people’s experiences of loneliness: 2018

Office of National Statistics - 

Analysis of children's and young people’s views, experiences and suggestions to overcome loneliness, using in-depth interviews, the Community Life Survey 2016 to 2017 and Good Childhood Index Survey, 2018.

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National measurement of loneliness: 2018

Office for National Statistics - 

This compendium provides comprehensive information on the loneliness measurement landscape, the recommended national indicators of loneliness and the question testing underpinning our recommendations.

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Under pressure: the impact of the changing environment on local government complaints

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman -
This report challenges local authorities not to “throw out the rule book” when redesigning services in the face of budget and resource pressures. It is based on nearly 40 case studies in which the Ombudsman has identified systemic problems stemming from councils changing the way they provided services. The report also recognises that although the Ombudsman receives relatively few complaints compared to the scale of local government services, sharing the learning from these cases can help councils avoid unforeseen negative consequences when undergoing change programmes.

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Health Survey for England 2017: summary of key findings

National Statistics - 

The Health Survey for England (HSE) monitors trends in the nation’s health and care. It provides information about adults aged 16 and over, and children aged 0 to 15, living in private households in England. The survey is used to monitor overweight and obesity and to estimate the proportion of people in England who have certain health conditions and the prevalence of risk factors and health related behaviours, such as smoking and drinking alcohol.

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Sustainability in Public Health England 2018

Public Health England -
This report outlines the sustainable development activities in Public Health England, regarding its carbon footprint and its impact on the environment.

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Health visitor service delivery metrics and outcomes: metric and outcome definitions

Public Health England -
These documents present metadata including the definitions of health visitor service delivery metrics and associated outcomes as calculated from the Community Services Dataset. They also include responses to an online survey about working definitions for these metrics. These initial definitions will form the basis for ongoing refinement, allowing for improvement over time.

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A vision for population health: towards a healthier future

The King's Fund - 

We need to move away from a system just focused on diagnosing and treating illness towards one that is based on promoting wellbeing and preventing ill health. Our report sets out a new vision for population health.

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Children's mental health briefing

Children’s Commissioner for England - 

This briefing finds that child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are improving in most areas in the country, yet with the exception of eating disorder services, the provision of services in the youth justice system and in perinatal mental health care, the rate of progress is slow. A vast gap remains between what is provided and what children need. As a result, the current rate of progress is still not good enough for the majority of children who require help but are not receiving it.

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