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The rise of the machines: AI, digital and data in healthcare
This report looks at how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact healthcare. It builds on Healthcare Leader's roundtableHealthcare data: how ICBs can encourage patient trust with data experts and integrated care board (ICB) leaders and is informed by a survey on attitudes to AI among Healthcare Leader's audience. The findings highlight the tension between the positive attitudes to AI among leading clinicians set against the concerns around data sharing. It also outlines the potential and pitfalls of AI in healthcare where leaders in the field discuss current successes and concerns.ReportMore detail (Source: The Ki...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Source Type: news

The Medical Examiners (England) Regulations 2024 (draft)
Department of Health and Social Care - Medical examiners will be appointed by NHS bodies to provide independent scrutiny of causes of death and will be a contact for bereaved people who want to ask questions or raise concerns. The draft regulations set out: medical examiners ’ terms of appointment, training and payment; the procedure for independence; and additional functions. The draft regulations may be amended before coming into force in April 2024.Draft regulationsMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Dealing with requests for assessments of previously unassessed periods of care from 1 April 2012
Department of Health and Social Care - This guidance (published with NHS England) sets out how integrated care boards (ICBs) should approach and address a request from an individual or third party, for an assessment of a previously unassessed period of care, from 1 April 2012 onwards. It also provides information on how to request an assessment and how that assessment should be carried out. Previously unassessed periods of care refer to specific requests to consider eligibility for a past period of care where the individual funded the care themselves, either in full or in part.GuidanceMore detail  (Source: The ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: news

Competition in public procurement
House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts -The government spent £259bn procuring goods and services in 2021-22, but this report finds that it is unable to demonstrate that it is achieving value for money in public procurement, due to significant issues with the quality and completeness of data on contracts.ReportHouse of Commons Committee of Public Accounts - news (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 15, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Commissioning Source Type: news

Review of risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in the NHS supply chain
Department of Health and Social Care -This review considered over 1,300 suppliers, representing 600,000 NHS products, to identify modern slavery risks and build a more ethical and reliable UK health system. In delivering the recommendations of the review, DHSC will work in partnership with NHS England and NHS Supply Chain to: lay new regulations; develop a cross-government response to map supply chains to improve knowledge and identify where action must be taken; and enable NHS staff to better understand and address modern slavery risks.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Hea...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 15, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news

2024 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing, access and growth
Department of Health and Social Care -The scheme is a voluntary agreement between the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. The voluntary scheme aims to: promote better patient outcomes and a healthier population; support UK economic growth; and contribute to a financially sustainable NHS.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 15, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: news

Understanding the rise in 0-4-year-old Emergency Department (ED) attendances and changing health visiting practice
This report finds that the under ones are the largest group of people by far who attend A&E across the country. It reveals that a large proportion of these attendances are for non-urgent conditions and suggests that they could be managed and supported by other means, including health visitors in the community.ReportInstitute of Health Visiting - news (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 15, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news

NHS vaccination strategy
NHS England -This NHS strategy brings together all vaccination programmes. It is for people and organisations involved in the commissioning, planning and delivery of NHS vaccination services in England. It aims to help shape the future delivery of NHS vaccination and immunisation services.StrategyNHS England - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 15, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Health effects of climate change (HECC) in the UK: state of the evidence 2023
This report outlines the threats posed by climate change to health and how these issues will inform further research and public health practice and policy decisions going forwar d.ReportUK Health Security Agency - press release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 15, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Meeting the needs of autistic adults in mental health services
NHS England - This guidance is for integrated care boards, health organisations and wider system partners and provides advice on how to improve the quality, accessibility and acceptability of care and support for autistic adults to meet their mental health needs, both in the community and in inpatient settings. It outlines ten principles for implementation and provides practical examples of how these principles may be appliedGuidanceMore detail   (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

Smarter data, better care: empowering care homes to use data to transform quality of care
This report report makes key recommendations for the effective use of a national minimum dataset to deliver the best possible care in UK care homes and domiciliary care. The report sets out the barriers to and opportunities for collecting standardised care data. It contains insights from the National Institute of Health Research DACHA study and from interRAI as well as from other national and international studies using social care data. It summarises the accumulated experience of several research and data teams and reflects on the “state of the art” in minimum datasets.ReportPress release (Source: The Kings Fund - Hea...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Social care Source Type: news

Maternity triage
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - This document highlights the challenges in maternity triage departments and defines their role as emergency portals into maternity units for unscheduled attendances. The paper is directed at stakeholders responsible for developing and improving maternity services. It presents the recommendations for the operational structure and pathways within maternity triage to improve safety and experience for both women and staff, through prompt standardised initial assessment and the use of symptom-specific algorithms to determine urgency, and outlines the key requirements for...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news

The Care Act 2014 and unpaid carers: a handy summary
Local Government Association - This summary is designed to support councils to prepare forCare Quality Commission (CQC) assessment as it relates to unpaid carers. CQC assessments will focus on how well councils are carrying out their statutory duties under the act, in line with new powers set out inHealth and Care Act 2022 regulations.Summary (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Social care Source Type: news

Rapid evaluation of the 2022 to 2023 discharge funds
Department of Health and Social Care - During 2022, there was a rising number of patients who were still in hospital when they did not clinically meet the criteria to reside. To improve flow through hospitals and free up hospital beds over the winter, the government announced two additional funding streams: the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund, in September 2022, for 2022 to 2023 (‘£500 million discharge fund’); and the £200 million step down fund for integrated care boards in January 2023 (‘£200 million discharge fund’). This rapid evaluation of the discharge funding explores how much of the...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news

Doing more for less? A mixed-methods analysis of the experience of primary care networks in socioeconomically deprived areas
Health Foundation - Primary care networks (PCNs) are a major vehicle for government investment in general practice, worth £2.4bn in 2023/24. However this research shows that poorer areas in England are missing out on funding and additional primary care staff because the greater health needs of their populations are not adequately taken into account by current funding arrangements.ReportPress release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Primary and community care Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news