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Getting it right: the case for urgent investment in safe, modern technology and data sharing in the UK ’s health services
This report sets out they key areas where more needs to be done to ensure the recovery and resilience of UK health services and the safe delivery of care: infrastructure – hardware, software and connectivity; interoperability – standards and security; involvement – digital leadership, user involvement and skills development; inclusion - digital access and literacy for patients; and investment - prioritise existing funding, protect against budget cuts, increase funding.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 15, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Source Type: blogs

Brick by brick: the case for urgent investment in safe, modern, and sustainable healthcare estates
This report examines the condition of the NHS estate across the UK and its impact on both the wellbeing of doctors and patient care, with a focus on: the maintenance and modernisation of healthcare estates; the need to design healthcare environments with capacity, safety and wellbeing in mind; the impact healthcare estates have on climate and the environment; and the need for steeper increases in capital funding.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 15, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs

Valuing health: why prioritising population health is essential to prosperity
This report calls on the government to consider the health of the population as crucial to sustainable economic growth, rather than being dependent on a prosperous economy. Raising alarm about rapidly declining population health and widening health inequalities, the report identifies that the nation is facing a ‘ticking time-bomb’ of ill health with current government policies insufficient to meet the scale of the challenge. To-date, principal discourse centres upon healthcare and treatments, rather than developing and sustaining trajectories that preserve health.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 11, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs

BMA-DAUK RMO survey 2022: results summary
British Medical Association (BMA) - This survey of the experiences of resident medical officers (RMOs) in the UK, conducted by the BMA and Doctors Association UK (DAUK), finds widespread poor conditions, low pay and excessive working hours. RMOs — doctors who provide resident services largely in the independent health sector and are most frequently recruited abroad as international medical graduates — describe pay deductions, bullying, and multiple instances of racism.Survey resultsPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 11, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Healthtech Startup Doccla Raises £15 Million to Scale up Adoption of its Virtual Ward Technology
Doccla delivers remote patient monitoring solutions to free up hospital beds and help alleviate pressures on the NHS Sweden-founded and London-headquartered, Doccla, the leading provider to the NHS of virtual ward and patient monitoring technology, has today announced it has closed a £15 million Series A funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by International venture capital firm General Catalyst, with participation from funds managed by healthcare investors KHP Ventures – a collaboration between King’s College London, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Guy’s and St Thomas’...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 4, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Cambridgeshire Community Services Chris Bischoff Dag Larsson Doccla General Catalyst Giant Ventures Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Health IT Funding Health Source Type: blogs

Bureaucracy busting concordat: principles to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and administrative burdens on general practice
Department of Health and Social Care - The government made a public commitment as part of the2020 to 2021 GP contract update to jointly review bureaucracy in general practice with NHS England. The intention of the review was to reduce the burden on general practitioners and primary care teams, releasing more time to focus on patient care. The concordat is a complementary piece of work to the review and outlines seven principles to help reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and administrative burdens in general practice. It was developed with the input of stakeholders including the British Medical Association (BMA) and Royal...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 24, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Primary and community care Source Type: blogs

The public health response by UK governments to Covid-19
This report examines the approaches and key decisions taken by UK governments during the pandemic and the public health measures they introduced. It assesses whether these choices were timely, appropriate, and proportionate to deal with the threat and impact of Covid-19.ReportBMA - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 28, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs

The impact of the pandemic on population health and health inequalities
This report looks at the impact of the pandemic on population health and health inequalities in the UK. It discusses how the pandemic has affected the nation ’s physical and mental health, as well as social determinants of health such as education and employment. The report aims to pay particular attention to inequalities and how these pandemic effects were distributed. It also looks at the positive lessons that can be learned from the vaccine rollout and efforts to tackle homelessness.ReportBMA - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 28, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs

Delivering racial equality in medicine
This report reveals the possibility of a major exodus of doctors of ethnic minority backgrounds, due to persistent and intolerable levels of racism faced at a personal and institutional level. Nearly one third of doctors surveyed have considered leaving the NHS or have already left within the past two years due to race discrimination, with 42 per cent of Black and 41 per cent Asian doctors in particular having considered leaving or having left.ReportBMA - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 15, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

British Medical Association Covid review
British Medical Association (BMA) -The BMA have undertaken a review into the UK Government ’s handling of the pandemic and its impact on the NHS, the health of the population, and doctors. These reports conclude that the UK Government failed in its duty of care to protect doctors and the wider healthcare workforce from avoidable harm and suffering in its management of the Covid-19 pande mic.Report 1: protectionReport 2: impactBMA - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 19, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Sexism in medicine
This report summarises the results of a BMA survey of the medical profession. It found finds antiquated attitudes prevail towards women, who reportedly lack the support needed to establish themselves in leadership positions. The questions in the survey covered various areas including conduct of colleagues and patients, impact of gender on career progression, the impact of having children, and reporting on sexism.ReportBMA - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 26, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Medical staffing in England: a defining moment for doctors and patients
This study of the number of doctors per 1,000 people revealed that England averaged 2.8 doctors across primary and secondary care, while the average ratio in comparable EU countries is 3.7. The BMA predicts almost 50,000 more doctors are required to make up for the shortfall and that it could take until 2046 for health services in England to catch up to the average of comparable European nations.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 12, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

A missed opportunity: BMA response to the Race Report
British Medical Association (BMA) - In its response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities ’ (CRED race) report, the BMA refutes the report’s overall findings. The BMA's report highlights structural race inequality as a major factor affecting the outcomes and life chances of many ethnic minority health care workers.ReportBMA - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 2, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Moral distress and moral injury: recognising and tackling it for UK doctors
British Medical Association -This pan-profession survey of UK doctors survey found that 78 per cent of respondents said they could identify with the term ‘moral distress’. This can be understood as occurring when ‘institutional and resource constraints create a sense of unease among doctors from being conflicted about the quality of care they can give’.ReportBritish Medical Association - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 17, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Rest, recover, restore: getting UK health services back on track
This report states that the Covid-19 pandemic has left the health service running on empty, with staff burnt out, disillusioned, and even considering leaving the NHS as a result of the intense pressures and stress of the past year. It sets out a series of recommendations to UK governments to ensure that services resume safely for both staff and patients.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 24, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs