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Inclusive digital healthcare: what you need to know
NHS Confederation - This briefing provides a summary and analysis of recent policy on inclusive digital healthcare — Inclusive digital healthcare: a framework for NHS Action on digital inclusion.Briefing  (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 30, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Source Type: news

Quick guide: code of practice for international recruitment
NHS Employers - This resource is designed to quickly outline the code of practice for international recruitment, highlight important definitions, list the countries the UK cannot currently actively target, and explain the guiding principles which health and social care employers, contracting bodies, recruitment organisations, agencies, and collaborations should follow when sourcing candidates from overseas.Guide (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 30, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news

NHS England nnual report and accounts 2022-23 for the year ended 31 March 2023
NHS England - This annual report contains information on: NHS England ’s work this year and their achievements and challenges; how they have performed against their priorities; board members and governance; and financial statements for 2022 to 2023.Annual reportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 29, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news

Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness
Department of Health and Social Care - This guidance (produced together with the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) is for staff in care transfer hubs and others involved in planning discharge of patients (including NHS, local authority, housing and other partners). It includes examples of best practice, including step by step guides and example pathways, which can be adapted to suit local practices, for discharging patients: at risk of or experiencing homelessness; with safeguarding concerns; and with no recourse to public funds (NRPF).GuidanceMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 29, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: news

Discharge from mental health inpatient settings
Department of Health and Social Care - This guidance sets out how health and care systems should work together to support discharge from all mental health and learning disability and autism inpatient settings for children, young people and adults. It sets out best practice on: how NHS bodies and local authorities should work closely together to support the discharge process and ensure the right support in the community, and provides clarity in relation to responsibilities; and patient and carer involvement in discharge planning.GuidanceMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 29, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

The state of thestate 2024
This report, produced in partnership with Deloitte, explores key issues facing the UK government and public services. The report is based on an exclusive Ipsos public poll, and more than 100 interviews with public sector leaders. It identifies NHS waiting lists as a key public priority for improvement (72% respondents) along with the cost of living (77%), but also found pessimism that it will probably get worse (59%) over the next few years.ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 29, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news

Patient-initiated follow-up: does it work, why it matters, and can it help the NHS recover?
Nuffield Trust - The NHS ’s elective recovery strategy includes a target of moving 5% of outpatient attendances to patient-initiated follow-up (PIFU) pathways by March next year. But what exactly is PIFU? As the NHS prepares to scale it up nationally, this explainer details what it is, the problems it could solve, and wha t is known so far about how well it works.Explainer (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 26, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: news

Framework agreement between DHSC and the Health Services Safety Investigations Body
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) -This document outlines how the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Health Services Safety Investigations Body will work together. It sets out: roles; responsibilities; governance; and accountability arrangements.Policy paperDHSC - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 26, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: news

A new lease of life: three steps to success for the NHS
Social Market Foundation - This briefing argues that the current model of care is failing to meet modern health care needs. It proposes a new model to increase efficiency, shifting care away from the district general hospital towards fewer, specialist teams, more neighbourhood care and greater transparency.BriefingSocial Market Foundation - press release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 26, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news

Community pharmacy: delivering substance misuse services
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) -This guidance is for community pharmacies in England that deliver services to people who use drugs and alcohol. It aims to assist the commissioning and delivery of high quality, safe and effective care that can engage more people in drug and alcohol treatment. It also aims to reduce harms associated with the use of drugs and alcohol, including deaths from accidental overdose.GuidanceOHID - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 24, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Primary and community care Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Blocked ears - blocked access: the crisis of NHS ear wax removal in England
This report analyses Freedom of Information requests sent to all 42 integrated care boards (ICBs), the commissioners of most NHS services, in England. Results show that less than half of ICBs are commissioning wax removal services in line with NICE guidelines. Findings also show that most ICBs commission some services but people can only access them if they live in certain parts of the ICB area and at least seven ICBs commission no wax removal services at all.ReportRNID - press release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 24, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: news

Social care funding reform in England: choices for the next government
Health Foundation -As we head towards the next general election, political parties are developing manifestos for government. Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have yet set out detailed plans on social care. This long read sets out the main options for reforming the funding system for social care in England – including those often proposed by political parties – outline the basic features of each policy approach and estimate their potential costs. It starts with a summary of the rationale for funding reform.Long read (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Social care Source Type: news

Using financial incentives to tackle health inequalities
 Finance staff have a key role in ensuring financial incentives are designed effectively and form part of a wider financial strategy to reduce health inequalities. Financial incentives should be considered as one tool of many, not to be used in isolation but as part of a wider change programme. They work best when they are simple, predictable, use a clear evidence base and are designed to avoid the pitfalls. This briefing summarises the financial incentives which are already built in at a national level, and looks at opportunities for individual systems to use financial incentives at a local level.BriefingCase study ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

We have to take it one day at a time: results of Age UK ’s research into the health and care of people aged 50 and over
This report contains the results of Age Concern's polling and survey work on the following topics: caring for others; physical and mental health; access to NHS and social care services; community life and social contact; cost of living increases; and concern about winter. For each of these topics, the report includes data from both Age Concern's national polling and their internally managed survey of people across the UK aged 50 years and over. These data paint a worrying picture for many older people, underlining the case for urgent investment and reform of the services and support people rely on as they age to su...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Social care Source Type: news