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Better Health Programme Newsletter
The Better Health Programme has published the first edition of a newsletter to keep staff and stakeholders up to date on the Better Health Programme.
The Better Health Programme is about how NHS clinical commissioning groups and foundation trusts improve services in the Tees Valley, Durham and North Yorkshire. It is a major workstream of the draft Sustainability and Transformation Plan which has been developed by NHS organisations in the area.
You can read a summary here, and the technical summary here.
You can learn more about the Better Health Programme from their website here.
Strategic Partner Programme seeking your views
The Accessible Information Standard sets out requirements for NHS and social care providers to identify, record, flag, share and meet the information and communication support needs of people with a disability, impairment or sensory loss.
NHS England is reviewing the Standard to assess impact and ensure it is ‘fit for purpose’ and is inviting views form various stakeholders and organisations which you can view here.
The deadline for feedback is 10th March 2017.
Support from Strategic Partners is sought in promoting participation in the review by service users, as well as submitting views directly.
You can contact NHS England with any queries at england.participation@nhs.net or patients/members of the public can call 0300 311 22 33.
Draft Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) – Public engagement events
Healthwatch Northumberland is holding four public engagement events across the county in January, (with representatives from the NHS) for residents of Northumberland to have their say and find out what the STP means for them and the county. There will also be the opportunity to find out about the new integrated accountable care organisation model for Northumberland and how this fits with draft STP.
You can email healthwatch at info@healthwatchnorthumberland.co.uk (or call 03332 408468) if you plan to attend, so they have an idea of numbers. If you are unable to attend, more information on the STP and a chance to leave feedback can be found here.
NHS England publishes statutory guidance for CCG’s (Clinical Commissioning Groups)
NHS England is in the process of refreshing its statutory guidance for CCGs on how they can meet their legal duty to involve the public in commissioning and their duty to promote the involvement of each patient in their own care.
You can read more here.
National Bowel Cancer Annual Report
The annual report from the National Bowel Cancer Audit is the most up to date information from England and Wales regarding the care and outcomes of bowel cancer patients.
Bowel cancer is a major cause of illness, disability and death in the United Kingdom (UK). The National Bowel Cancer Audit (NBOCA) describes and compares the care and outcomes of patients diagnosed with bowel cancer in England and Wales. The audit is now well established and has collected data in its professional form since 2005. The NBOCA is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and funded by NHS England and Welsh Government. The audit is carried out by the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in partnership with the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI), and NHS Digital.
You can read more here.
NHS England Announces £101 Million New Vanguard Funding
NHS England has announced £101 million of new funding to support and spread the work of the new care model vanguards. The vanguards are partnerships of NHS, local government, voluntary, community and other organisations that are implementing plans to improve the healthcare people receive, prevent ill health and save funds. In addition to the funding, the vanguards will continue to receive support from NHD England and other national bodies to implement their plans, including how they harness new technology apps and shared computer systems. They are also receiving help to develop their workforce so that is organised around patients and their local populations.
You can read more here.
Transformation Funding for Services for People with a Learning Disability or Autism
NHS England is giving local areas the means to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and/or autism, including developing ways of keeping children closer to their home and families.
Local partnerships – made up of NHS organisations, local authorities and NHS England commissioners, working closely with people who use services, their families and providers can apply for transformation funding as they look to bring in new, high-quality community services. You can learn more here.
Funding is also available to help children and young people live in the comfort and security of more familiar surroundings, instead of being admitted to specialist units or residential schools often a long way from home.
You can read more here.
Latest annual Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) report reveals need for further improvement in stroke care
The third annual SSNAP report reveals today that despite stroke care continuing to improve year on year, much more work is still required to ensure that all patients have access to high quality care regardless of where they live or when they are admitted to hospital.
SSNAP measures both the processes of care (clinical audit) provided to stroke patients, as well as the structure of stroke services (organisational audit), including staffing levels against evidence based standards. The overall aim of SSNAP is to provide timely information to clinicians, commissioners, patients, and the public on how well stroke care is being delivered so it can be used as a tool to improve the quality of care that is provided to patients. Latest results are available here.
IPC Programme Expands to Improve Services for People with Complex Needs
An NHS England scheme to transform care for millions of disabled people and those with long term conditions is being rolled out to six new areas across England.
Birmingham and Solihull, Nottingham City, Hertfordshire, Islington, Sheffield and Nottinghamshire have become early adopters in NHS England’s plans to improve care for people with complex needs.
The Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC) programme is aimed at joining up health, social care and other services, including the voluntary and charity sectors, to help people, carers and families have more control over their care needs. You can read about the IPC here.
It will help ensure that, as health services move towards more local commissioning, those with the most serious needs can still access the best care for their circumstances.
You can read more here.
NHS England has launched a consultation on five service specifications for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHs) tier 4.
NHS England has launched a consultation on five service specifications for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHs) tier 4. These specifications have been developed with the support of lead clinicians and patient and public representatives, ensuring the views of stakeholders have informed development which you care read about here.
NHS England is undertaking a formal 90 day public consultation, with plans to host a series of webinars and face to face events in early 2017. The closing date for responses is 28 February 2017.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Launches Consultation on Next Phase of Regulation
CQC has launched a formal consultation on its next phase of regulation.
The consultation document, ‘Our next phase of regulation: A more targeted, responsive and collaborative approach’, follows the CQC strategy for 2016 to 2021, published in May 2016, which sets out an ambitious vision for a more targeted, responsive and collaborative approach to regulation, so that more people get high-quality care.
You can read more here.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) want your views on a number of proposals for implementing the five-year strategy.
These proposals are aimed at achieving:
1. A more integrated approach that enables us to be flexible and responsive to changes in care provision
2. A more targeted approach that focuses on areas of greatest concern, such as safety, and where there have been improvements in quality
3. A greater emphasis on leadership, including at the level of overall accountability for quality of care
4. Closer working and alignment with NHS Improvement and other partners so that providers experience less duplication.
You can respond to the consultation here which closes on Tuesday 14th February 2017:
CQC sets out updated registration guidance for providers of learning disability services
As part of the consultation for the next phase of regulation, CQC is seeking views on draft updated guidance for providers registering to care for people with learning disabilities.
You can read more here.
Film highlights learning from care home vanguards
NHS England has released a video about progress of the six enhanced health in care home vanguards launched as part of the Five Year Forward View. Since March 2015, the vanguards have been redesigning the way care is delivered for older people by making better use of technology, improving staff support and training, and working closely with voluntary and community groups. The care home vanguards have also improved their connections with local NHS and care partners and increased the amount of time GPs and other primary care partners spend with residents.
You can read more here from NHS England.
Combating loneliness: a guide for local authorities
This report warns that the impact of loneliness and isolation on health and social care means that it must be recognised as a major public health issue. The Local Government Association, which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, says that the impact of loneliness and isolation on health and social care means that it must be recognised as a major public health issue.
There are thought to be more than one million people aged over 65 who are lonely – around 10-13 per cent of older people. But this is likely to only increase as people live for longer, councils are warning.
You can read more here.
Understanding value in healthcare – the key to successful new care models
Organisations are starting to work together in new ways to transform health and social care through the adoption of new care models. This workshop is aimed at those involved in the development of integrated services that deliver the best possible value in terms of the needs of the individual, the impact on overall population health and use of resources.
You can learn more here.
NHS England review 2016
NHS England has published highlights of its work over the last 12 months and you can read more about the review for 2015 here.
Launch of personal maternity care budgets
NHS England is working with seven pilot sites to develop and test ways of improving patient choice in maternity services. NHS England is working with seven pilot sites to develop and test ways of improving patient choice in maternity services.
All Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) will eventually adopt these new approaches to improving patient choice. Cheshire and Merseyside is the first site to launch personal maternity care budgets to empower women to decide who provides their maternity care.
You can read more here.
NHS Right Care long term conditions pack
NHS Right Care has published a CCG data pack focused on long term conditions, which contains data on a number of disease areas and elements of care.
The pack is split by stages along a long-term conditions pathway and enables a local health economy to look at an element, for example disease detection or prescribing, across multiple disease areas. The pack contains a number of new indicators not included in previous packs. It also includes case studies, tools and guidance to support CCGs to make improvements to long term conditions care in their local health economy.
You can view the packs for your area here.
Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care Website
The national End of Life Care (EoLC) Knowledge Hub will provide you with a ‘one stop shop’ of palliative and EoLC information.
In order to provide easier access to EoLC resources, a comprehensive library of material, previously located across a multitude of sites, has been brought together into one central library and hosted on the Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care website.
This hub provides anyone involved in the commissioning or provision of palliative and end of life care with a quick and easy way to source information, including helpful tools and resources to drive delivery of the Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care – a national framework for local action.
You can learn more about the hub here.
You can visit the Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care website here.
Community services offer best hope of stemming rising tide of hospital demand
A new analysis from the King’s Fund finds that the number of admissions to hospital are rising steeply and are outstripping increases in the NHS budget. It highlights the potential for rising hospital admissions to jeopardise the plans set out in the NHS five-year forward view, which is based on an assumption that growth in hospital activity would be reduced to 1.3% a year rather than the current rate of increase of 3.6% a year. The paper argues that finding ways of moderating demand for hospital care should be prioritised and that the best hope for this lies in strengthening community services.
You can read more here.
Penny Mordaunt (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work) put out a call for Disability Sector Champions
The Office for Disability Issues are seeking business people to champion accessibility of products and services for disabled people. They are seeking business people to champion accessibility of products and services for disabled people. Champions must be ambitious, passionate and dynamic, with strong networks and the ability to reach out to a wide range of organisations and create momentum for change. As part of this important role champions will have an opportunity to discuss key issues with the Minister.
You can learn more about expressions of interest here.
Life Chances Fund
An £80 million fund to provide payment-by-results contracts for locally developed projects by socially minded investors. The Life Chances Fund is now openthe Life Chances Fund is now open for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for Social Impact Bonds in the themes of early years and young people.
The Fund is inviting applications from local commissioners, service providers and intermediaries who seek to develop Social Impact Bonds to tackle complex social problems that affect children and young people. The £80m Life Chances Fund was launched in July 2016 with the objective of helping those people in society who face the most significant barriers to leading happy and productive lives. The fund contributes to outcome payments for Social Impact Bonds.
We had an incredibly positive response to the first two themes of the Life Chances Fund, drug and alcohol dependence and children’s service, with over 40 applications from across the country.
EOIs for the early years and young people’s themes are due by noon on 31st March 2017. The early years theme aims to support children from pre-birth to age 5, who are at risk of poor attainment, behaviour and health outcomes. The young people theme focuses on reducing the risk of negative social, economic and health outcomes amongst disadvantaged young people from ages 11-24. Two additional themes, healthy lives and older people’s services, will be open to applications in June 2017.
You can learn more here about how to apply here.
Alternatively, if you would like to discuss further questions with the LCF team you can e-mail them at: lifechancesfund@biglotteryfund.org.uk.
For further information on Outcomes Based Commissioning and Social Impact Bonds, you can learn more here.
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