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DHSC's written evidence to the Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration Body (DDRB) for the pay round 2024 to 2025
This report contains evidence submitted to the DDRB by the Department of Health and Social Care for the 2024 to 2025 pay round. The DDRB has been asked to make pay recommendations on: uplifts for consultants, doctors and dentists in training, and specialist, associate specialist and specialty doctors; uplifts for contractor general medical practitioners and the minimum and maximum pay ranges for salaried general medical practitioners; and the pay element of remuneration for dentists employed by or providing services to the NHS.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Manage...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 1, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Supplementary evidence to pay review bodies: hospital and community health sector, 2024
This report and associated data tables give granular estimates of basic pay, total earnings and paybill for the hospital and community health sector workforce in England in 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 1, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news

The Department of Health and Social Care's written evidence to the Senior Salaries Pay Review Body (SSRB) for the 2024 to 2025 pay round
Department of Health and Social Care -The Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) has been asked to make a pay recommendation on the current levels of pay for very senior managers (VSMs) in the NHS and executive and senior managers (ESMs) in DHSC ’s arm’s length bodies. The written evidence seeks to enable the SSRB to make independent observations on the levels of pay of VSMs and ESMs to form part of the wider SSRB report, which will include observations on the levels of pay for other senior public sector workers.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 1, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Government response to the House of Lords committee report on integrating primary and community care
This report provides a response to the House of Lords committee report,Patients at the centre: integrating primary and community care, published on 15 December 2023. This is the government ’s response to the committee’s recommendations contained in the report which explored how integrating services could address the challenges facing primary and community care.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 1, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Primary and community care Source Type: news

The state of local government finance in England 2024
Local Government Information Unit -This annual survey finds that the local government sector in England is increasingly in a state of financial crisis. Over half of respondents to the survey said they were likely to declare effective bankruptcy in the next five years, 9% said they were likely to in the next financial year. Respondents from councils with responsibility for social care say that children ’s social care is by far the most urgent short-term pressure, and adults and children’s social care together make up the most serious long-term pressure.ReportLocal Government Information Unit - publications (Source: The ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 1, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Social care Source Type: news

The past and future of NHS waiting lists in England
This report discusses the past and future of NHS waiting lists. It outlines five key facts about past NHS waiting list performance, including pre-pandemic trends, changes during the pandemic and regional variation. It also describes a range of scenarios for what could happen to NHS waiting lists over the next four years under different assumptions.ReportInstitute for Fiscal Studies - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 1, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: news

England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024: main report
This report details progress against 29 existing actions as well as introducing 7 new actions.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 29, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news

Assisted dying/assisted suicide
This report covers Parliament and the current law, the Government's role in the debate, international examples of jurisdictions where assisted dying/assisted suicide is available in some form, the involvement of physicians and assessments of eligibility and capacity to give informed consent, and palliative and end-of-life care. It identifies the pursuit of high-quality compassionate end-of-life care as a common theme in the evidence received, as well agency and control for the person dying.ReportHealth and Social Care Select Committee - news (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 29, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: news

Manifesto for a mentally healthier nation: policies for the 2024 UK general election
Centre for Mental Health - A coalition of over 60 charities (including Centre for Mental Health, Mind, the NSPCC and Marie Curie) is calling on political parties to make a major commitment to mental health ahead of the forthcoming general election. This manifesto sets out the key actions political parties can commit to take to make that vision a reality from the start of the next Parliament.ManifestoPress release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 27, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

What do virtual wards look like in England?
Health Foundation - This working paper analyses aggregate national data on virtual wards to describe what virtual wards currently look like across England and discuss the effects of virtual wards on patients, staff and hospital capacity, as well as the gaps in the evidence.Working paperMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 27, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news

Children and young people ’s health equity: collaborative framework for the drivers of health inequalities
Barnardo ’s - The Children and Young People ’s Health Equity Collaborative (CHEC) is a partnership between the UCL Institute of Health Equity, Barnardo’s and three integrated care systems (ICS) — Birmingham and Solihull, Cheshire and Merseyside, and South Yorkshire. The CHEC sees action on the social determinants of health as essential in improving health outcomes among children and young people and reducing inequalities in health. The framework’s main purpose is to underpin action for achieving greater equity in children and young people’s health and wellbeing and will be used to support the development ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 27, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Global trends in R & D 2024: activity, productivity, and enablers
This report assesses the trends in new drug launches and the overall number of initiated clinical trials. It also profiles the state of R&D funding and the activity of companies of different types. The results of research are compared to the input effort in a Clinical Development Productivity Index. The notable acceleration and adaptability of the innovation ecosystem is examined in terms of several enablers of R&D productivity, including the relationship between shortening trial durations and the ‘white space’ within clinical development timelines that have been reducing for some diseases and increasing for ot...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 26, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news

We've only just begun: action to improve young people ’s mental health, education and employment
Resolution Foundation - This publication – the final report of a three-year research programme funded by the Health Foundation – explores the relationship between young people’s mental health and work outcomes, and how policy-makers should respond. It finds that young people are now more likely to experience a common mental disorder (CMD) than any other age group – a complete reversal compared with two decades ago, when they were least likely to. Also, the economic consequences are greatest for those whose poor mental health outcomes combine with poor educational outcomes, with 1 in 3 young non-graduates with...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 26, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

Building the health of the nation: priorities for a new government
This report outlines how underinvestment, compounded by the impact of an unprecedented pandemic, rising demand and an ageing population, has left NHS and social care services under extreme pressure. This manifesto draws on the views of members – health and care leaders across England, Wales and Northern Ireland – and sets out the changes that whoever is elected at the next election will need to make if the health and care system is to be placed on a sustainable footing.ReportNHS Confederation - press release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news

Creating a Britain that works and cares
This report proposes several key policies to facilita te carers’ participation in the labour market, including: delivering ten hours of free home care to those they are looking after; providing £2000 for home adaptations; raising the Carer’s Allowance earnings threshold; and mandating five days of paid leave for carers in the workplace.PublishReportThe Centre for Social Justice - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Social care Source Type: news