Health Management and Policy Alert

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
• More detail

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
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Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak

Public Health England - 

This advice is to help adults with caring responsibilities look after the mental health and wellbeing of children or young people, including those with additional needs and disabilities, during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

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Guidance for the public on the mental health and wellbeing aspects of coronavirus (Covid-19)

Public Health England - 

This guide provides advice on how we can all look after our mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. 

• Guidance
• Press release

Covid-19: tips for housing sector on end of life care

Housing Learning and Improvement Network (Housing LIN) - 

With the further escalation of coronavirus (Covid-19) in the UK, the lives of residents are at risk and those who are vulnerable may die of their current long-term condition. This briefing set out a number of tips for the housing sector on end of life care and signposts to a selection of useful links and further practical advice.

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Covid-19 response: PSNC negotiations action list

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee - 

This briefing outlines the scope of the urgent discussions that are ongoing between PSNC, the Department of Health and Social Care, and NHS England & NHS Improvement to ensure that community pharmacy teams have the support they need to play their role in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Briefing
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Covid-19: return to practice learning plan

MIMS Learning - 

This free learning plan covers key recent developments in primary care, for GPs and nurses returning to practice during the coronavirus pandemic. As well as advice on Covid-19, the plan provides information on latest NICE guidance and recent changes to prescribing recommendations and clinical practice in key topic areas.

• Learning plan