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Social care - charging for care and support: local authority circular
Department of Health and Social Care -This document contains information for local authorities about the social care charging arrangements for 2024 to 2025. It includes details about: capital limits; personal expenses allowance; minimum income guarantee; and Savings Credit.CircularDepartment of Health and Social Care - 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: Social care Source Type: news

Consultation: changes to DHSC group accounting manual 2024 to 2025
Department of Health and Social Care -The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and its bodies within the DHSC accounting boundary are required by law to produce an annual report and accounts. This consultation seeks views on the DHSC group accounting manual that applies to DHSC bodies for their annual reports and accounts. The closing date for comments is 9 March 2024.ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social Care - consultations (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: Consultations Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: news

National learning report: positive patient identification
This report finds that the misidentification of patients remains a persistent safety risk across the NHS but is one that is under-recognised and under-researched. It draws together evidence from six completed Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch investigations and wider intelligence, such as the research literature and national policy documents. The aim of the report is to support national learning and influence national action to reduce the risk of patient misidentification.ReportHealth Services Safety Investigations Body - news (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: Patient safety Source Type: news

Integrated Care Systems and the health needs of babies, children and young people
This report finds inconsistency in addressing the needs of babies, children and young people in local health plans highlights the need for stronger guidance from national government. It analysed strategies and plans produced by integrated care systems (ICSs), and how well they reflected different aspects of children ’s health. It sheds light on the first year of the new ICSs and also acknowledges the work being developed in the challenging context of increased demand and stretched budgets. It finds that few ICSs consider integration with other key services in children’s lives - such as education settings an d childrenâ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 7, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Source Type: news

Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry
Department of Health and Social Care - This plan sets out a national programme of actions for the recovery and reform of NHS dentistry services in England. It aims to prevent poor oral health, boost access to services and activity, and support and develop the whole dental workforce.Policy paperDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 7, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Primary and community care Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Review of midwifery education and training and newly qualified experience: thematic analysis
This report contains a thematic analysis of data collected through a review of midwifery training and newly qualified experience. It was undertaken by the Health and Society Knowledge Exchange (HASKE) in March 2023, and was commissioned by NHS England.ReportNHS England - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 7, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Too hot to handle? Why concerns about racism are not heard … or acted on
This report from brap (an equalities and human rights charity) shows the health service is still falling short in tackling race discrimination. The report argues there is a culture of avoidance, defensiveness, and minimisation of racism within NHS trusts. The report brings together key learning from a number of significant tribunal cases and survey responses from over 1,300 NHS staff to explore how healthcare organisations respond to allegations of racism.ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 6, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Assessing the impact and success of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme
This report reflects on the success of the ARRS against the original aims and its progress towards overcoming existing challenges in primary care. It provides a set of recommendations for how the scheme can develop beyond 2025.ReportMore detail  (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 6, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Primary and community care Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Pursuing racial justice in mental health: how the voluntary sector can help meet the needs of racialised communities
This report shares insights from people living and working in Bradford District and Craven about how racism causes poor mental health, stops people from accessing services, affects people ’s experiences of treatment, and hinders their recovery. The report explores how health and care services across the country can build stronger partnerships with community organisations to design and deliver mental health support that overcomes the harms and barriers caused by racism.ReportMore detail  (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 5, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Mental health Source Type: news

Prioritising early childhood to promote the nation ’s health, wellbeing and prosperity
This report highlights wide-ranging evidence of declining health among children under five in the UK and calls on policymakers to take urgent action to This report highlights wide-ranging evidence of declining health among children under five in the UK and calls on policymakers to take urgent action to address the situation. It warns government that major health issues like infant mortality, obesity and tooth decay are not only damaging the nation ’s youngest citizens and their future, but also its economic prosperity, with the cost of inaction estimated to be at least £16 billion a year.ReportPress release (Source: The...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 5, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Results of a survey of pharmacists practicing in England about their experience of prescription charges
Pharmacists ’ Defence Association - Pharmacists have warned they are increasingly seeing patients in England declining to take vital medicines due to the cost of prescription charges. Responding to a joint survey by the Pharmacists ’ Defence Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, more than a third of pharmacists (35%) said they have seen an increase in patients declining prescriptions in the last 12 months.Survey resultsMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 5, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: news

Discharge from mental health care: making it safe and patient-centred
This report finds that the safety of mental health patients is being put at risk when they leave inpatient services, leading to a continuous revolving door of care and discharge. The Ombudsman has called on the government to take urgent action, including strengthening and bringing forward reforms to the Mental Health Act.ReportPress release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 5, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

A report into the state of health and social care in Britain today
Times Health Commission - The Times Health Commission was given the task of suggesting reforms to improve the NHS. Three core principles became clear and underpin this report, backed up by detailed research, case studies and recommendations. The core principles are: the system must be rebalanced away from hospitals and a greater emphasis put on prevention and community care; health is an intricate ecosystem so there is no solution that does not involve reform of social care; and technology has the power to transform healthcare.ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 5, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news

Six simple ways to retain doctors in training in the health service: the ATDC REFORM principles
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges - The Academy Trainee Doctors' Committee (ATDC) represents trainees in postgraduate training. The ATDC's REFORM principles focus on six challenges experienced throughout training and the working environment in the health service, and across the devolved nations. Recognising their importance and taking active steps to address them will, the ATDC believes, improve the recruitment and retention of current and future doctors in training.REFORM principlesMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 5, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Health Services Safety Investigations Body: Mental Health Investigations Directions 2024
Department of Health and Social Care -This guidance outlines how the Secretary of State directs the Health Services Safety Investigations Body to conduct investigations into the deaths of patients and/or potential mistreatment of patients during periods of inpatient care in mental health care settings, during transition to or from other health care services, or immediately following the discharge from such inpatient mental health care services.GuidanceDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 31, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: news