Preston Nightsafe Conditional Caution Alcohol Awareness Pilot Project - Process Evaluation Final Report (30th June 2008)
Alcohol misuse has been identified as a prominent cause of health inequalities, crime and social disorder in Preston. To address these harms, to reduce future re-offending and to reduce health and criminal justice costs there have been strong recommendations for the wider availability of alcohol brief interventions. The Conditional Cautioning scheme utilises a rehabilitative condition that seeks to divert alcohol‐related offenders from ‘more serious alcohol related crime’ and Preston is one of a small number of chosen pilot areas around the country where alcohol conditional cautioning has been implemented. This report is the external evaluation of the process of alcohol conditional cautioning as determined through in depth interviews with key staff and stakeholders associated with the scheme. The main objectives of the process evaluation are to determine perceptions of success related to staff attitudes, public and victim satisfaction and re‐offending, to examine the effectiveness of interagency working relationships and communication, to identify barriers to implementation and delivery and to pinpoint areas for future development or improvement. Empirical data will be reported as outcomes which will be given in the final outcome evaluation report in July 2008.
Report
The impact of alcohol in Liverpool: quarterly report July 2008 (1st July 2008)
This is the fifth quarterly report for the Liverpool Alcohol Strategy Group and relates to data published between January and March 2008.
Report
Under the influence (1st July 2008)
These are the presentations from the ChaMPs event that was held at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington on 26th June 2008.
Programme
Alcohol - A regional Perspective
The Toxicology of Alcohol
Tackling Alcohol Related Crime & Disorder
The effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems
Under the Influence: Regulation and Enforcement
Local alcohol strategies: progress and sharing good practice
Using data and insight to improve health and well-being
Pathways - Referral Treatment
On the State of Public Health: Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2007 (14th July 2008)
The Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2007 draws attention to major health challenges requiring immediate action and details progress made in key areas identified in previous annual reports.
Report
Technical note on drinking and driving for 17 to 20 year olds
Individual chapters
Healthcare Commission Annual Report 2007-08: Making healthcare safer for patients (10th July 2008)
This annual report covers the work of the Healthcare Commission between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008.
Annual Report
National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP): Detailed Analysis of the 2006/07 National Dataset (June 2008)
This report highlights the usefulness of the NCMP for advancing our understanding of underweight, overweight and obesity in children. The report looks at the effects of socio-demographic and other factors on the reported prevalence of childhood obesity. It also identifies areas where improvements can be made, and where further analysis and investigation are required.
Report
The Bercow Review - final report (8th July 2008)
The final report of the independent review, led by John Bercow, of services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs. This report sets out the Review's findings and recommendations to Government, providing an excellent opportunity to bolster support for vulnerable children and young people.
Report
Executive Summary
Summary of Researchers Report
Delivering care closer to home: meeting the challenge (8th July 2008)
The document is a resource for commissioners and others interested in shifting care closer to home. It aims to share local emerging practice, how national enablers can support shifting care, and highlights new products developed to support local commissioners and providers.
Document
Teenage Parents: Who cares? A guide to commissioning and delivering maternity services for young parents (July 2008)
This revised edition of the 2004 guide explains how improving maternity services for pregnant teenagers and young fathers can help PCTs and local authorities to meet a range of targets and policy goals.
Guide
Creating Strong, Safe and Prosperous Communities: Statutory Guidance (9th July 2008)
This document provides statutory guidance to local authorities and their partners on creating strong, safe and prosperous communities. It covers the duty to involve and duties around Local Area Agreements in the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.
Document
Communities in Control: Real people, real power (9th July 2008)
Communities in control tells the story of power, influence and control and how people can use existing and new tools to access it. The White Paper looks at who has power, on whose behalf is it exercised, how is it held to account, and how can it be accessed by everyone in local communities.
White Paper
Evidence Annex
Summary
Impact Assessments
Creating Strong, Safe and Prosperous Communities Statutory Guidance: Summary of Responses to Consultation (9th July 2008)
This document provides a summary of responses received as part of the consultation process for the draft statutory guidance Creating Strong, Safe and Prosperous Communities.
Responses
NHS Identity Scheme for Dental Practices (3rd July 2008)
This document summarises responses to the consultation on NHS identity scheme for dental practices: "Providing NHS dentistry".
Responses
Annex C - Examples of how the NHS Identity could be used by dentists
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Constitution) Order 2008: a paper for consultation (7th July 2008)
This draft order sets out a proposed constitution for the NMC. It provides details of the composition of the council, the terms of office of council members, and criteria for the disqualification, suspension or removal of members from office. The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2008 was made on 11 June. It makes a number of changes to the constitutional arrangements for the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Instead of the constitutional details of the NMC being set out the in the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, these details must now be set out in a separate Constitution Order made by the Privy Council. This paper considers the proposed constitution of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Closing date for comments is 21st August 2008.
Consultation
Draft Order
Draft Directions to the Appointments Commission
Consultation Questionnaire
The General Chiropractic Council (Constitution) Order 2008: a paper for consultation (14th July 2008)
This draft order sets out a proposed constitution for the GCC. It provides details of the composition of the council, the terms of office of council members, and criteria for the disqualification, suspension or removal of members from office. The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 was made on 9 July. It makes a number of changes to the constitutional arrangements for the General Chiropractic Council. Instead of the constitutional details of the GCC being set out in the Chiropractors Act 1994, these details must now be set out in a separate Constitution Order made by the Privy Council. This paper considers the proposed constitution of the General Chiropractic Council. Closing date for comments is 3rd October 2008.
Consultation
Draft order
Appointment Directions
Response form
Data Sharing Review (11th July 2008)
The review was set up to: consider whether there should be any changes to the way the Data Protection Act 1998 operates in the UK and the options for implementing any such changes; provide recommendations on the powers and sanctions available to the regulator and courts in the legislation governing data sharing and data protection; provide recommendations on how data-sharing policy should be developed in a way that ensures proper transparency, scrutiny and accountability. The review's final report concludes that: there is a lack of transparency and accountability in the way organisations deal with personal information; there is confusion surrounding the Data Protection Act, particularly the way it interacts with other strands of law; greater use could be made of the ability to share personal data safely, particularly in the field of research and statistical analysis; and the Information Commissioner needs more effective powers, and the resources to allow him to use them properly.
Report
Annexes
Safer Nightlife - best practice for those concerned about drug use and the night time economy (11th July 2008)
Produced by the London Drug Policy Forum and the Home Office, Safer Nightlife promotes best practice for all those working in the night-time economy. Its purpose is to help ensure the health and safety of everyone involved in, and going out to, events in pubs and clubs with particular emphasis on those who also take drugs. The document provides dedicated advice on a range of key issues including: creating a safe physical environment, tackling drug dealing, reducing harm from drug use, promoting sexual health and developing a drug policy.
Document
Family Intervention Projects: An evaluation of their design, set-up and early outcomes (10th July 2008)
This report assesses the development and early outcomes of the network of family intervention projects. These projects aimed to reduce anti-social behaviour perpetrated by the most anti-social and challenging families, prevent cycles of homelessness due to this behaviour and achieve the five Every Child Matters outcomes for children and young people.
Report
Summary
Parenting in ordinary families: Diversity, complexity and change (11th July 2008)
Health and social service workers often have to decide whether parenting is appropriate. Similarly, policy-makers planning services for families need information about parenting norms and detrimental parenting. This report is intended to provide support for such decision-making, so as both to reduce the risks to children and avoid inappropriate censuring of parents. It examines parenting in Britain during early and middle childhood within different social and cultural groups. It also looks at how parenting develops and changes over time.
Report
Findings
Making the difference: The Pacesetters beginner’s guide to service improvement for equality and diversity in the NHS (7th July 2008)
This guide is intended to raise awareness of service improvement approaches for those working within the Pacesetters programme. Service improvement is concerned with testing ideas, sustaining and sharing best practice to make a tangible difference in outcomes and experience for staff and service users. It is primarily intended for NHS organisations who are part of the Pacesetters programme; however, will also be useful for other organisations.
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Guidance on redemption of NHS optical vouchers (4th July 2008)
This guidance describes the arrangements for requesting information about optical vouchers and redemption of optical vouchers following the introduction of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2008 and the issue of the NHS (Redemption of Optical Vouchers) Determination 2008. This note is not a substitute for reading the Regulations and Determination.
Guidance
Determination 2008
Regulations 2008
Charging for residential accommodation guide (CRAG) 2008 - draft (4th July 2008)
The Department of Health (DH) are in the last stages of updating CRAG, however to assist people in the meantime they are publishing the latest draft of it. A fully revised 2008 CRAG will be published as soon as possible.
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Ambitions for health - a strategic framework for maximising the potential of social marketing and health-related behaviour (9th July 2008)
This strategic framework sets out how the DH plan to work together with key leaders in the public health community to embed social marketing principles into health improvement programmes. Its also illustrates the practical tools they are developing to build social marketing competencies and capacity in England. It sets out how they will make sure that all of their policy development and public health interventions are informed by their understanding of what motivates people. In turn, this will enable them to build on our successes and ensure that they become a world leader in promoting health.
Ambitions for Health
Action Plan
Healthy Foundations - a Segmentation Model
What is social marketing?
Health and Intergovernmental Relations in the Devolved United Kingdom (14th July 2008)
Knowing how devolution in health really works – who can do what – matters much more now that all four UK governments are different political colours, increasingly disagree about major issues, and are more likely to be in conflict. In this report, authors: explain the legal and administrative underpinnings of devolution and how they shape the policies pursued in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; identify the various kinds of tension building up along administrative and physical borders, and the likelihood of major intergovernmental conflict; and explain the administrative and political dispute resolution mechanisms, which the authors find disturbingly weak.
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Health Informatics Review Report (10th July 2008)
This report builds on the Next Stage Review by describing how informatics is supporting the delivery of better, safer care of patients, improving the NHS through better research, planning and management, and empowering patients to make more informed choices about health and care.
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Frequently asked questions
Equality impact assessment
NHS 60 - Health Protection Timeline (2nd July 2008)
This timeline, from the Health Protection Agency, was produced to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the NHS.
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Safeguarding children. The third joint chief inspectors’ report on arrangements to safeguard children (8th July 2008)
The report, ‘Safeguarding Children’ is published every three years. It assesses how well agencies are working at both national and local levels to safeguard children and young people. Much has changed in the landscape of children’s services since the previous Safeguarding Children report in 2005. As a result of improved safeguarding arrangements, most children now feel safe in their homes and communities, and are receiving the quality of care and support that they need. But some children and young people are still not well enough served by public services. This is particularly the case for those who are looked after by their local authority, who are in secure settings or are asylum-seeking children, according to the third joint Chief Inspectors’ review of arrangements to safeguard children.
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Towards better births. A review of maternity services in England (10th July 2008)
The Healthcare Commission today urged the NHS to redouble efforts to improve maternity services by enhancing the quality of clinical care and the experiences of women. This national report on maternity services, contains conclusions and recommendations from a major review involving 150 NHS trusts in England. The Commission has for the first time thrown a spotlight on services from the start of pregnancy, through labour and birth, to postnatal care. The report contains seven recommendations with a checklist for implementation. The recommendations relate to: monitoring standards of care; ensuring that there is sufficient staff; gathering and acting on the views of those using services; encouraging team working; training staff and keeping skills up to date; collecting information on outcomes; meeting the requirements of women from higher-risk groups.
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Making a difference? An evaluation of the performance of the Healthcare Commission 2004-2008 (14th July 2008)
This report presents the findings of a programme of independent research to assess the Healthcare Commission’s overall impact between 2004 and 2008.
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Mobility and Social Housing (2nd July 2008)
This third paper in the Planning for the Future series looks at mobility and social housing – who moves between houses within the sector, who moves out of social housing completely, and what the different motives of each group are. As the first paper in the series pointed out, mobility within social housing and moves to other tenures are not as significant as they are for other sectors. While from a housing management viewpoint such stability has advantages, it also carries a warning: social tenants might not be as mobile as they need to be if they are to improve their economic circumstances and get jobs (or get better jobs).
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National Housing and Planning Advice Unit Research Findings Number Two: Impact of worsening affordability on demand for social and affordable housing - tenure choice and household formation (2nd July 2008)
This paper examines how the worsening affordability of owner occupation affects tenure choice and the ability of households to form.
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Training video - an introduction to hand hygiene (July 2008)
Aimed at front line staff, this training video addresses when, where, how and why healthcare workers should clean their hands.
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Healthcare associated infections (7th July 2008)
Healthcare-associated infections are a major concern to patients and the public as a result of both high rates of infection across the NHS, and media coverage of outbreaks at individual hospitals. The government has put in place a range of policies designed to reduce healthcare-associated infections in NHS organisations in England (with a similar priority being given in Scotland and Wales). This briefing provides some background on the infections that give most concern, their causes, prevalence and impact. It also summarises the policies and strategies being deployed in England to reduce infections, and offers some analysis of their likely effectiveness.
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