Assessing the well-led key question for NHS trusts
Care Quality Commission -This guidance outlines how the Care Quality Commission will assess the well-led key question to support NHS trusts to understand what good leadership looks like.GuidanceCare Quality Commission - news (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 24, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Leadership and leadership development Source Type: news

Balancing the risks and benefits of AI in the production of health information
Patient Information Forum -Developed in collaboration with PIF ’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) working group, this position statement aims to help people understand the AI landscape and how to manage it. It defines what AI is, the risks and benefits of AI, a glossary of terms and makes a case for developing AI use policies.Position statementPatient Information Forum - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 24, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Source Type: news

Statistical analysis of recorded deaths in custody between 2017 and 2021
Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) - This statistical analysis of deaths in custody which finds that people in state detention are at a significantly increased risk of death compared with the general population, with the rates of deaths in prisons and Mental Health Act (MHA) detention particularly high. The analysis assesses and presents deaths in custody through the calculation of population rates. The report looks at deaths from all causes, including self-inflicted deaths, which took place in prisons, police custody, immigration detention, and under the MHA between 2017 and 2021.ReportPress rel...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Mental health Source Type: news

Are UK health systems dementia ready? Comparing dementia policy across the four nations of the UK
This report highlights the growing challenge of diagnosing people with dementia in the UK. By 2040 the number of dementia cases is set to rise to 1.5 million as the population ages. The research, sponsored by Lilly, finds that if there is no progress in improving diagnosis rates then over half a million people with dementia will be undiagnosed by 2040, nearly a quarter of a million more than today. Currently an estimated 850,000 people have dementia in the UK, with 315,000 people undiagnosed. The report finds that current dementia diagnosis rates across the UK vary significantly. Without a diagnosis, dementia patients are ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Psychological therapies for severe mental health problems: implementation guidance 2024
NHS England - This guidance is for NHS-commissioned mental health provider organisations, integrated care boards (ICBs), regional NHS England offices and chief psychological professions officers in mental health trusts. It aims to support mental health providers to deliver the NHS long term plan objective to increase access to psychological therapies for people with severe mental health problems, as part of a wider transformation of adult and older adult community mental health services.GuidanceMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

Professional nurse educator toolkit for mental health services
NHS England - This toolkit offers advice on how providers of mental health services can effectively implement the professional nurse educator (PNE) role within their mental health services. The PNE is an innovative clinical mental health nursing role which supports the facilitation of a learning environment, embedding a learning culture and works as an addition to and not instead of other roles.ToolkitMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Culture of care standards for mental health inpatient services
NHS England - This co-produced guidance sets out the culture of care everyone, including people who use services, families, carers and staff, want to experience in mental health inpatient settings, and supports providers to realise this. The standards apply to all NHS-funded mental health inpatient service types, including those for people with a learning disability and autistic people, as well as specialised mental health inpatient services such as mother and baby units, secure services, and children and young people ’s mental health inpatient services.GuidanceMore detail  (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Ma...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

When a doctor leaves: tackling the cost of attrition in the UK ’s health services
This report sets out the reasons why retaining doctors needs to be an urgent priority for UK governments, health services and employers. Drawing on new analysis, the report sets out the high cost of medical attrition in the UK ’s health services and a series of urgent measures to better retain the workforce.ReportPress release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Collaborate to innovate: learning from NHS, charity and life sciences industry experience to build a culture of research and innovation in the UK
This report, based on a roundtable discussion between the NHS Confederation, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (APBI) and health charity leaders, explores practical ways to boost UK research and engender a culture of innovation.ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 22, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news

The role of integrated care systems in improving dementia diagnosis
The King's Fund -Find out more about the role of integrated care systems in improving dementia diagnosis and read our findings from research in case study sites.The King's Fund - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 19, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Source Type: news

The future for health after Brexit
Nuffield Trust -The Health and International Relations Monitor project, supported by the Health Foundation, tracks issues that are important for the delivery of health and care in the UK to understand how the changing relationship with Europe is changing the picture for the NHS and health more generally, and what the prospects are for the future. This latest report shows that global medicine shortages are being felt particularly acutely in the UK, and the country's reliance on migration as a source of health and social care staff is intensifying.ReportNuffield Trust - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Manag...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 18, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Brexit Workforce and employment Source Type: news

The King ’s Fund submission to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry on NHS leadership, performance and patient safety
The King's Fund -This submission focuses on: how leadership intersects with the NHS ’s productivity challenge; the evidence for associations between leadership and productivity; and what national leaders and politicians should do with this insight.ReportThe King's Fund - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 17, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Leadership and leadership development NHS performance and productivity Patient safety Source Type: news

Health inequalities in 2040: current and projected patterns of illness by deprivation in England
This report focuses on inequalities in major illness in England, notably among working-age people. It reveals that growing ill-health will continue to significantly impact people's lives and the economy. On current trends, 3.7 million working-age adults will be living with major illness by 2040 —up from 3 million in 2019. It warns that 80% (540,000) of this increase will be in the more deprived 50% of areas, further entrenching health inequalities and having considerable implications for local and regional economies.ReportThe Health Foundation - press release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 17, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Duty of candour review
Department of Health and Social Care - This call for evidence forms part of a review by the Department of Health and Social Care to consider the operation (including compliance and enforcement) of the statutory duty of candour ( ‘the duty’) for health and social care providers in England. The call for evidence will be particularly relevant to those who are, or have been, engaged in the duty: patients and service users; families and caregivers; registered providers; health and care professionals; registered managers (kno wn as ‘registered persons’); and health and social care regulators. This call for evidence...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 16, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: news

Building a mental health workforce for the future
Centre for Mental Health - Drawing from a roundtable on the mental health workforce, co-hosted by Centre for Mental Health, Mind and the NHS Confederation ’s Mental Health Network, this briefing highlights the challenges facing the NHS as it seeks to implement itsLong Term Workforce Plan. By bringing together people from across the health and care system, representing different professions and organisations, as well as lived experience, the briefing looks at how transforming the workforce can be achieved in practice.BriefingMore detail  (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 15, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Workforce and employment Source Type: news