Are we choosing health? The impact of policy on the delivery of health improvement programmes and services (15th July 2008)
Two independent watchdogs are today (Wednesday) calling for a renewed drive to improve public health services after analysing the success of policies over the past decade. A new report by the Healthcare Commission and Audit Commission assesses the impact government policy has had on: narrowing health inequalities; improving sexual and mental health; and reducing smoking, alcohol misuse and obesity. It finds the government’s ambitious public health programme has helped significantly improve overall life expectancy and reduce mortality from the big killers. Between 1996 and 2006, premature deaths in under-75s from circulatory diseases fell 45 percent and those from cancer dropped 15 percent.
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The pathway to recovery. A review of NHS acute inpatient mental health services (23rd July 2008)
The Healthcare Commission today (Wednesday) said the quality of the services varied widely across the country as it published the most comprehensive assessment of NHS acute inpatient mental health services ever undertaken. The Commission assessed all 69 NHS trusts providing acute inpatient mental health services in England. This covered 554 wards providing almost 10,000 beds for patients between the ages of 18 and 65. Overall, eight trusts were rated as “excellent” (accounting for 843 beds – 9%), 20 as “good” (2,808 beds – 28%), 30 as “fair” (3,985 beds – 40%) and 11 as “weak” (2,249 beds – 23%).
Click here for the Report
Two independent watchdogs are today (Wednesday) calling for a renewed drive to improve public health services after analysing the success of policies over the past decade. A new report by the Healthcare Commission and Audit Commission assesses the impact government policy has had on: narrowing health inequalities; improving sexual and mental health; and reducing smoking, alcohol misuse and obesity. It finds the government’s ambitious public health programme has helped significantly improve overall life expectancy and reduce mortality from the big killers. Between 1996 and 2006, premature deaths in under-75s from circulatory diseases fell 45 percent and those from cancer dropped 15 percent.
Click here for the Report
The pathway to recovery. A review of NHS acute inpatient mental health services (23rd July 2008)
The Healthcare Commission today (Wednesday) said the quality of the services varied widely across the country as it published the most comprehensive assessment of NHS acute inpatient mental health services ever undertaken. The Commission assessed all 69 NHS trusts providing acute inpatient mental health services in England. This covered 554 wards providing almost 10,000 beds for patients between the ages of 18 and 65. Overall, eight trusts were rated as “excellent” (accounting for 843 beds – 9%), 20 as “good” (2,808 beds – 28%), 30 as “fair” (3,985 beds – 40%) and 11 as “weak” (2,249 beds – 23%).
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