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Health and social care statistical outputs
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - The DHSC, together with NHS England, Office for National Statistics, UK Health Security Agency, and NHS Business Services Authority, are seeking views on possible changes to the health and social care statistical products published by the: DHSC, including the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID); NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA); UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA); Office for National Statistics (ONS); and NHS England (NHSE). They are also seeking an understanding of how clear and valuable users find the current statistical system. This consultation...
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 Source Type: news

All ’s well that ends well? Reflections on the consultant pay offer
Nuffield Trust - With ministers and unions having reached a deal on pay, consultant doctor strikes look to have ended, but the details of the agreement are complex. This long read breaks down the key elements of the consultant pay offer and discusses the potential ramifications for NHS staff and the pay review process.Long read (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance Workforce and employment Source Type: news

NHS Winter Watch 2023/24: week 1
NHS Providers - This is the first of NHS Providers weekly NHS Winter Watch 2023/24 analyses of the latest weekly situation report data from NHS England.Briefing (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news

UK Covid-19 Inquiry public hearings: module 2, week 7 (27 November - 1 December)
NHS Providers - This briefing summarises the proceedings most relevant to NHS trusts and is the seventh in the series of weekly briefings on the Inquiry ’s public hearings on module 2.BriefingMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Source Type: news

Children and young people's mental health services: targets, progress and barriers to improvement
This report assesses the progress that has been made against government targets to improve children and young people ’s mental health services since 2015. Whilst some progress has been made in improving service provision, EPI finds that this has been outpaced by rising demand for services, with concerning levels of variation in the services available across England and a need for better data and greater transpar ency regarding service availability, quality and outcomes. Informed by these findings and advice from advisory groups, EPI makes a range of policy recommendations, providing a blueprint for a future government’...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news

Wall to wall support: joining up public services and housing for vulnerable children, young people and families
This report argues that public services need to be more effectively joined up. It finds that a lack of joined-up public services is costing government up to £4.3 billion every year. These costs are a direct result of additional use of government services, such as housing or health, by young people and families who did not access adequate support or early help when they needed it.ReportDemos - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 8, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Pharmacy supervision consultation
Department of Health and Social Care -This consultation seeks views on proposals to modernise legislation governing the supervision of activities by a pharmacist in a pharmacy. The closing date for comments is 29 February 2024.ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social Care - consultations (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 7, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Consultations Primary and community care Source Type: news

Government response to the consultation on visiting in care homes, hospitals, and hospices
Department of Health and Social Care - This is a response to the government consultation on introducing ‘visiting’ as a new Care Quality Commission fundamental standard for care homes, hospitals and hospices. The consultation ran from June to August 2023.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 7, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Regulation, governance and accountability Social care Source Type: news

Valuing care: using data to improve children and young people ’s lives
This report calls for data-driven approaches focused on the needs of young people in England to be embedded into the forthcoming children ’s social care reforms to improve commissioning, practice, and outcomes. It analyses data on needs and cost for 3,500 young people. It finds a limited correlation between the needs of young people, the costs of their care, and the type of care they receive.ReportCounty Councils Network - news (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 7, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Social care Source Type: news

Recruiting people with experience of homelessness toolkit
NHS Employers -This toolkit contains advice, tools and resources to support health and social care organisations to recruit people who have experienced homelessness into the workforce and to support them to stay in their roles. It was developed with people who have experienced homelessness, and NHS trusts that have employed people who have experienced homelessness.ToolkitNHS Employers - news (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 6, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news

One hundred not out: a route map for long lives
This report sets out the challenges facing communities in an ageing world and includes a mix of next-step solutions, bolder ideas, and international examples that ILC UK believe could work to tackle them. The report is broken down into eleven chapters (including health and social care), each of which relates to a certain challenge our increasing life span will pose for government, industries, society and individuals.ReportMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 5, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Where are our nation ’s donors?
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion - The report says that the UK ’s mixed heritage and ethnic minority population face a double whammy of inequity as they are more likely to need donors due to conditions which disproportionately affect them, such as sickle cell and kidney disease, but less likely to find well-matched donors on the blood, stem cell and organ don or registers. This is particularly true for patients in need of stem cell transplants for the treatment of blood cancer, where matched tissue type (most often found in donors from a similar ethnic background) is criti...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 5, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Your anchor network journey: a practical guide to getting started
Health Anchors Learning Network - Anchor networks bring together a range of anchor organisations either at a place based level, or across a sector in order to learn from each other and take action to further their anchor mission. There are a growing number of anchor networks in the UK, across many cities and regions, and within sectors as diverse as health and higher education. This five  page guide covers: why anchor networks are established; options to consider; critical success factors; first steps; and three case studies.GuideMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 5, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: news

Review of the scheme to control the cost of branded health service medicines : consultation response
Department of Health and Social Care - Having considered the consultation responses and wider engagement with key stakeholders, the UK government has decided to: continue to operate the statutory scheme in a way that is broadly commercially equivalent to the voluntary scheme; set amended payment percentages for 2024 to 2026 based on an allowed growth rate that has been increased to 2%; implement an exemption from payment for medicines containing a new active substance; and include exemptions from payment for exceptional central procurements and centrally procured vaccines.Consultation responseMore detail (Source: The...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 5, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance Source Type: news

Recovery through reform: launch paper of the Future Public Services Taskforce
Demos - TheFuture Public Services Taskforce, led and delivered by Demos, will produce a cross-cutting public service reform strategy for central government. This could become the first cross-cutting public service reform white paper since 2011. This launch paper describes the context facing public services today and how the Taskforce will respond to that context. This paper argues that additional funding alone will not deliver a public services recovery; there must also be reform. Additionaly these reforms require a coherent vision from the centre of government to galvanise the system, allocate resources and push thr...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 4, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Legislation and reform Source Type: news