Key Points - 24th october 2008
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Department of Health
the week: issue 68, 17 - 23 October 2008
Provides need-to-know news, consultations and events for chief executives and their teams. It provides links to more information and resources, highlighting areas for action
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Bulletins/theweek/DH_089533
Chief Nursing Officer bulletin, issue 72, October 2008
This bulletin provides up-to-date information about NHS news and developments of specific interest to nurses, midwives and health visitors.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Bulletins/Chiefnursingofficerbulletin/index.htm
Children, Families and Maternity e-bulletin, issue 43, October 2008
This monthly bulletin is designed to provide updates on activities that support the delivery of the Be Healthy outcome for children, young people and families through the Every Child Matters 'Change for Children' agenda.
NHS Workforce bulletin, issue 135, 20 October 2008
NHS Workforce bulletin is your weekly update on HR and workforce issues in the NHS.
http://www.nhsemployers.org/files/workforce_bulletin.html
Pandemic flu:
This strategy document sets out a cross-government approach to improving international preparedness over the next three to five years and presents the Government's aims, objectives and actions for playing its part to improve global pandemic preparedness.
About flu jabs - who should get a flu jab this autumn?
Easy-read booklet for the flu immunisation campaign 2008.
Government response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Intergovernmental Organisations report - Diseases know no frontiers: how effective are intergovernmental organisations in controlling their spread?
This is the Government's response to a report on infectious diseases. It sets out a number of areas where the Government might contribute more effectively to global efforts to control these diseases.
Treatment of heart attack national guidance: final report of the National Infarct Angioplasty Project (NIAP)
This is the final report of a feasibility study looking at how far primary angioplasty can be rolled out as the main treatment for heart attack in place of clot-busting drugs.
Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 2009: Products which have lost exclusivity [Letter]
This letter sent to all members and prospective members of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme describes the position under a future scheme regarding products that have lost exclusivity.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Dearcolleagueletters/DH_089536
Framing the contribution of allied health professionals: delivering high-quality healthcare
This report sets out three key aspects for improving the services that allied health professionals deliver.
Occupational therapy in adult social care in
This report reflects the recognised need to build an occupational therapy social care workforce for the future by improving opportunities for student placements and supporting newly qualified staff.
Self-referral pilots to musculoskeletal physiotherapy and the implications for improving access to other AHP services
This report describes work to explore the impact of opening up access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy through self-referral.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (Constitution) Order 2008: consultation report
This is the final report on a consultation on the draft regulations setting out proposals for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Constitution) Order 2008.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Responsestoconsultations/DH_089502
Evaluation of the Individual Budgets pilot programme: final report
The Individual Budgets pilot programme was a cross-government initiative led by the Department of Health working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, and Communities and Local Government. The pilot was conducted over two years 2006-2007 involving 13 local authorities.
Government response to Cutting the cake fairly: CSCI review of eligibility criteria for social care
This is the Government's response to a review of the fair access to care services framework, which addresses inconsistencies in who gets support and sets out how to create a more transparent system.
NHS
This is a transcript of the speech by Secretary of State for Health Alan Johnson to the NHS Alliance on 16 October 2008. He talks about the Government's progress in creating a better public health service.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/News/Speeches/DH_089497
Department of Health resource accounts 2007-08
These accounts consolidate the financial information within the Departmental Accounting Boundary which includes the parent Department of Health (DH), Purchasing and Supply Agency, and other NHS bodies funded directly by the Department.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/DH_089421
DH news releases 13-24 October 2008
http://nds.coi.gov.uk/environment/dh/
NHS meets key commitments on waiting and progress on tackling infections
- 18 Weeks commitment met five months early
Statistical press notice - NHS Referral To Treatment (RTT) times data August 2008
Main Points
100th hospital scheme opens doors to patients
The 100th hospital scheme to be built under the biggest
hospital building programme in the history of the NHS -
Older people's quality of life improved through National scheme
Almost 100,000 older people have benefitted so far from a £60 million scheme to keep them in their homes and out of hospital and residential care, according to a report published by Care Services Minister Phil Hope.
Patients to refer themselves for NHS treatment
Health Secretary gives go ahead to roll out of self-referral schemes for allied health services
Individual Budgets can Provide better Care, says New Report
Individual budgets can give people more choice, flexibility and control over their personal care, as well as a better quality of life, according to a pilot scheme evaluation report launched by Care Services Minister Phil Hope.
New line of defence for heart attacks
Primary angioplasty is set to become the nation's first line of treatment for heart attacks, saving hundreds of lives each year, according to the National Infarct Angioplasty Project (NIAP) final report launched by the Department of Health.
Health Minister to lead development of NHS constitution
Health Minister Ann Keen has been confirmed as the new ministerial lead for the NHS Constitution, the Department of Health has announced. She will oversee the development of the Constitution which will empower both patients and staff by clearly setting out their rights and responsibilities in one place for the first time.
Government consults on safeguarding vulnerable adults
Views sought on action needed
Annual health check shows significant improvements across NHS
The Healthcare Commission (HC), England's healthcare watchdog, has published its Annual Health Check - the toughest and most comprehensive assessment of the NHS. The report shows significant improvements across the health service with 42 trusts rated as 'excellent', over twice as many as last year.
Seal of approval to improve health and social care information
The Department of Health has gone out to tender to find an independent operator for its new scheme to provide a seal of approval ensuring health and social care information is reliable.
Chair of International Academic Health Science Centre Designation Panel announced
Health Minister, Ben Bradshaw, today announced the appointment of Sir Alan Langlands as Chair of the international panel that is being established to designate Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs) in England. The international panel will make a recommendation to the Secretary of State for Health about the partnerships that should be awarded AHSC status. The panel will offer a form of "peer review" and will identify the organisations best placed to compete internationally alongside leading AHSCs elsewhere in the world, such as Harvard, Johns Hopkins and the Karolinska Institute.
National Clinical Directors appointed for Hospital and Community Pharmacy
The appointment of two National Clinical Directors for Pharmacy was announced by the Department of Health. Their appointment fulfils the commitment made in the Pharmacy White Paper to ensure that the proposed initiatives are supported by strong, authoritative, clinical leadership at local and national levels.
Over half of GP surgeries now offer extended opening hours
Over 50 percent of GP surgeries are now offering patients extended opening hours, the Department of Health announced.
Government action to fund gaps in health research
A new £5 million research programme which is intended to lead to an increase in service quality and patient safety through better ways of planning and providing health services was announced today by Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo, during a visit to Southampton.
Statistical press notice: GP extended opening hours - monthly update
Statistics were released by the Department of Health:
Junk food Ads - fewer on TV but more in print media
Fewer children are being exposed to junk food advertising on TV and child-themed advertising spend has decreased by 41 per cent since the beginning of 2003, according to a new report published by the Department of Health.
Minister of State for Care Service announces 3,000 dignity champions
3,000th DIGNITY CHAMPION IS FROM WESTON-SUPER-MARE
National Patient Choice Survey latest results
Statistics were released by the Department of Health: Report on the National Patient Choice Survey, May 2008, England, and provisional headline results of the July 2008 survey Main findings of the May survey:
Statistics
18 Weeks Referral to Treatment statistics
Referral to treatment statistics (admitted patients, non-admitted patients and incomplete RTT times), August 2008
http://www.performance.doh.gov.uk/rtt/
Information Centre
Hospital Prescribing, 2007: England
National Statistics Office
Three years on: Survey of the emotional development and well-being of children and young people.
This 2007 survey follows-up the second national survey of children's mental health and well-being in the UK, carried out in 2004. The follow-up survey aims to identify the persistence, onset, risk factors and outcomes of childhood mental disorders. And further, to examine resilience and protective factors and the medium term effect of special education needs on subsequent psychological health, absenteeism and exclusions.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?id=2063
NICE
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published new public health guidance on occupational therapy interventions and physical activity interventions to promote the mental wellbeing of older people in primary care and residential care.
The guidance focuses on the role of occupational therapy interventions and physical activity interventions in the promotion of mental wellbeing for older people. It is for NHS primary care and other professionals who have a direct or indirect role in, and responsibility for, promoting older people's mental wellbeing.
http://www.nice.org.uk/media/1EC/2B/2008062MentalWellbeingAndOlderPeople.pdf
TA159 NICE issues guidance on treating chronic pain
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published final guidance on the use of spinal cord stimulation to treat chronic pain. The guidance relates specifically to long term pain which is caused by problems with the body’s nerves (neuropathic origin) or a lack of oxygen to parts of the body (ischaemic origin).
http://www.nice.org.uk/media/1EE/58/2008063ChronicPain.pdf
CG74 Launch of SSI Guidance - Prevention and treatment of surgical site infection
http://www.nice.org.uk/media/1F8/C9/2008061SSIGuidance.pdf
Government Office for the North East
Focus newsletter, October 2008
http://www.gos.gov.uk/nestore/docs/corporate/focus/081020.pdf
Healthcare Commission
Newsletter October 2008
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Cutting the cake fairly: CSCI review of eligibility criteria for social care
This report reviews how people are assessed for publicly funded social care.
http://www.csci.gov.uk/about_us/publications/cutting_the_cake_fairly.aspx
Department for Work and Pensions
The Challenges Presented by an Ageing Population: Speech by Rosie Winterton
This is a transcript of the speech by Pensions Minister Rosie Winterton at the National Council on Ageing Conference on 9 October 2008. She talks about what the Government is doing to explore the problems and possible solutions for an ageing society.
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/aboutus/2008/09-10-08b.asp
Health and Safety Executive
National Stress Awareness Day
HSE is supporting National Stress Awareness Day on 5th November 2008.
'Don’t Worry Take Action'
http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/events/awareness051108.htm
European campaign 2008 – 09, resources
These documents provide useful resources for employers for the European Week campaign, which aims to raise awareness of workplace health and safety, provide information and practical advice, encourage activities that have a positive impact in the workplace and identify and recognise good practice.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/campaigns/euroweek/resources.htm
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Developing our brains from cradle to grave
Proposals aimed at helping society realise its mental potential at every stage of peoples' lives are contained in a major new report published today by Foresight, the Government's futures think tank.
This report includes, wellbeing at work and the input of primary care and occupational services.
http://nds.coi.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=381970&NewsAreaID=2
Read the Executive summary at:
http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Mental%20Capital/Mental_capital_&_wellbeing_Exec_Sum.pdf
Health Protection Agency
Quarterly figures for April to June 2008 published by Health Protection Agency
Latest C. difficile figures show that between April and June 2008 there were 8,683 cases recorded in patients aged 65 years and over. This represents a fall of 18% in this age group from the previous quarter, January to March 2008, when the total was 10,608.
http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1224745719153?p=1204186170287
BBC Health
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