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FRAIL strategy: a strategy for the development and/or improvement of acute frailty same day emergency care services
NHS England - The FRAIL strategy supports wider healthcare systems to deliver and improve acute frailty services across England by setting out a practical approach. This will mean more older people living with frailty can be safely discharged on the same day they arrive, avoiding admission overnight.Access the strategyMore detail  (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 19, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news

Culture review of ambulance trusts
NHS England -This independent review (commissioned by NHS England and chaired by Siobhan Melia, CEO, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust) considers the prevailing culture within ambulance trusts in England. It discusses the core factors impacting cultural norms and offers actionable recommendations for improvement.ReviewMore detail  (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 19, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Source Type: news

Open consultation: information standards for health and adult social care
Department of Health and Social Care -Information standards in relation to the health and adult social care sector are standards relating to the processing of information, prepared and published under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 as amended by the Health and Care Act (HCA) 2022. It is proposed they will be amended by the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, which is currently before Parliament. Changes made by the HCA 2022 will: make information standards binding; and extend information standards so that they may also apply to private health and adult social care providers. The closing date for comments is ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 15, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Consultations Source Type: news

Roadmap for meeting the PrEP needs of those at significant risk of HIV
Department of Health and Social Care -The HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group (ISG) has agreed this PrEP roadmap as part of the group ’s work to drive forward the implementation of the HIV Action Plan. This includes a commitment to support the system to continue to improve access, uptake and use of HIV PrEP for key population groups, including in settings outside specialist sexual health services. The roadmap will help guide the ISG’s efforts to improve equitable access, uptake and use of PrEP, reflecting evolving priorities, funding availability and policy changes.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care -...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 15, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Broken hearted: a spotlight paper on cardiovascular disease
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) - Progress on cardiovascular disease was a significant driver of better health and prosperity in the latter half of the 20th century, however progress has recently stalled – with indications it may be in reverse. While NHS waiting lists have been steadily growing over recent years, exacerbated by the pandemic, cardiology waiting lists have tripled since 2012, higher than the growth in the overall NHS waiting lists. IPPR is calling on the government to implement a re covery plan for treating cardiovascular disease, helping both the NHS and the economy.ReportPress release (...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 14, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Making care closer to home a reality: refocusing the system to primary and community care
This report explores the factors that have prevented successive governments from achieving this vision so far and proposes several steps to begin this shift.ReportPress release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 14, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Primary and community care Source Type: news

Patient experience of diagnostics report
This report analyses the opinions and experiences of more than 1,000 NHS patients who had received diagnostic support from the NHS in the preceding six months. The survey (undertaken in partnership with Roche Diagnostics UK and Ireland) found that patients want better access to early and accurate diagnosis of health problems. Many patients would consider paying to get tests done privately if they faced a long wait for NHS tests. Nine out of ten (90%) of the people who completed the survey said it should be easier to obtain access to the diagnostic tests they need.ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Managemen...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 14, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: news

Commissioning framework for mental health inpatient services
NHS England - This framework summarises the commissioning guidance relating to mental health inpatient provision. It aims to: provide guidance for those responsible for the commissioning of mental health inpatient services and, within this, advance the system-wide requirement to ensure that services are local, inclusive and deliver safe, personalised, and therapeutic care; and support systems to develop local plans for change, so that inpatient provision better fits the needs of the population, makes more effective use of the funds available, and protects and improves the lives of citizens in the locality.FrameworkMo...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 13, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

Evaluation of Carers Matter Norfolk
Institute of Public Care- This is the report of an of evaluation of Norfolk County Council ’s model of support for unpaid carers. It found many positive aspects of the support that were highly valued by carers and enhanced their wellbeing, and makes recommendations on scope for further improvements. It did not find evidence that the service can offer substantial savings by preventing ca rer breakdown, and challenges the assumptions that underpinned these expectations.ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 12, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Social care Source Type: news

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health: annual report 2024
This report is based on people aged ten and above who died by suicide between 2011 and 2021 across all of the UK. In addition to findings in relation to this general population data, it also contains key messages relating to: mental health patient suicides and acute mental health care; suicide by patients following one-off assessment; suicide by autistic people and/or patients with ADHD; suicide by in-patients aged under 25; suicide by students in England and Wales; and patients who died by suicide in public locations. It also shares findings on social and clinical characteristics.ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 12, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Mental health Source Type: news

National Bowel Cancer Audit (NBoCA): state of the nation report
This report is an audit of the care received by people with bowel cancer in England and Wales, focusing on the 35,779 patients diagnosed between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022. It found that there was an increase in the proportion of patients presenting with stage I or II disease (from 35 per cent in 2017/18 to 42 per cent in 2021/22), while the number of patients presenting with colorectal cancer returned to pre-pandemic levels.ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 12, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news

The Hughes report: options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh
This report finds that thousands of women, children, and families have been harmed by these two medical interventions — valproate and pelvic mesh — and that there is a compelling case for the government to award them redress. The report recommends the government creates a two-stage financial redress scheme — an interim scheme to enable the identification of all those harmed ensuring patients receive financial redress quickly and a main scheme.ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 12, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: news

Understanding differences in infant mortality rates across local areas
Nuffield Trust - Improvements in infant mortality rates in England have stalled since 2014, but the understanding of what's driving these trends and the part environmental factors might play remains limited. The health of children is determined by more than health care – so understanding the broader determinants of infant mortality is crucial to reducing it. This analysis assesses how local authority characteristics were associated with different rates of infant mortality in England in 2017.ReportNuffield Trust - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 9, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

NHS public health functions agreement 2023 to 2024
Department of Health and Social Care -This guidance contains information about NHS England's objectives and funding arrangements as it commissions public health services. The NHS public health functions agreement sets out the arrangements under which the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care delegates responsibility to NHS England for certain public health services. The services currently commissioned in this way are: national immunisation programmes; national population screening programmes; child health information services; public health services for adults and children in secure and detained settings in Eng...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 9, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Commissioning Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news