This bulletin highlights recently produced documents that have appeared on websites. The aim is to trawl the web and produce a fortnightly review of what is found (coverage may not be comprehensive). If you have any comments or suggestions regarding this Bulletin, please send an email to library.pct@sthk.nhs.uk. All links are correct at time of publishing. Some documents are large and may take time to open so please be patient when waiting for links to open. If a link is incorrect please email me and I will correct the link and send you the document.For those that are receiving this through an email or through a third party you can view the original Bulletin at http://www.newdocumentsbulletin.blogspot.com/ and also sign up to receive the Bulletin by RSS.
There will be an extra issue of the Bulletin next week as I am on annual leave for 2 weeks w/c 17/08/09.
Young People and Alcohol: Meanings, practices and contexts (30th July 2009)This report aims to develop new understandings of the role of alcohol in young people’s lives. It examines how young people (particularly those at risk) view the use and misuse of alcohol and how its use relates to personal, social, familial and cultural factors.
Report
The Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG) Annual Report 2007-2008 (3rd August 2009)This is the sixth annual report of the Patient Information Advisory Group.
Report National Clinical Audit Advisory Group annual report 2008-09 (28th July 2009)The report summarises the National Clinical Audit Advisory Group's (NCAAG's) key achievements over the last year and outlines its forward plan for 2009/10. It is a succinct and straightforward report about the practical action NCAAG has taken to improve and reinvigorate clinical audit.
Report National Oversight Group annual report 2008-09 (27th July 2009)First annual report of the National Oversight Group for High Secure Services, which brings together significant stakeholders to provide oversight for the high secure services on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health.
Report Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) Annual Report 2008-09 (28th July 2009)The increasing availability and potential harm of 'legal highs' are one of the key priorities of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).
The ACMD annual report also looks at the work of the council between April 2008 and March 2009. During this time the ACMD carried out many reviews and gave advice on classification of cannabis, MDMA (ecstasy), GBL, BZP and 24 various steroids.
Report NICE Annual Report 2008/09 (July 2009)The publication of the NICE 2008/09 Annual Report and annual accounts marks the Institute’s 10th anniversary year.
The report includes sections on NICE’s clinical guidelines, technology appraisals, interventional procedures and public health guidance. Each is illustrated with case studies highlighting the key issues tackled or how the guidance will be put into practice.
Report
Annual Reports and Accounts 2008-09 (20th July 2009)The Care Quality Commission (CQC) was formed following the merger of three previous health and social care commissions:
- The Commission for Social Care Inspection
- The Healthcare Commission
- The Mental Health Act Commission
These reports show the work of the organisations to improve health and social care over their final year in operation. Also published is the CQC six month report and accounts.
Reports
The national framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS funded nursing care - July 2009 (revised) (22nd July 2009)The revised framework has been produced as a result of a commitment to review the national framework within 12 months of its publication. It clarifies and supports consistency in the determination of eligibility for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS funded nursing care. NHS bodies and local authorities are encouraged to work together to prepare for implementation in October 2009.
Guidance
Safeguarding the Young and Vulnerable: The joint chief inspectors' recommendations and the government's responses one year on (31st July 2009)This report sets out the Government’s annual update on progress against the specific recommendations in the joint chief inspectors’ report on safeguarding children.
Report North West Children and Young People's Health Indicators 2009 Summary Report (24th July 2009)This summary report marks the last update of the North West Children and Young People's Health Indicators online tool. It builds upon the summary found in the North West Children and Young People's Health Indicators report (published in April 2008) and summarises 50 measures relating to the health and wellbeing of children and young people. A total of 37 out of the 50 indicators have been updated since the report and online tool were first published. This summary report is to be used in conjunction with the July 2009 update of the Children and Young People's Healthy Weight Indicators tool, which is available at www.nwph.net/cayphi.
Report
The evidence base to guide development of Tier 4 CAMHS (29th July 2009)Until recently the idea of Tier 4 specialist CAMHS was synonymous with psychiatric inpatient provision, sometimes with day hospitals attached. Tier 4 has more recently come to be understood as multi-faceted with multi-agency services that can include inreach, outreach, intensive and crisis community initiatives, day provision, therapeutic fostering and other services that may be described as 'wrap around'. What has been seen over the past few years are innovative approaches in assessment and treatment of this most complex group of young people and the development of new intensive community focused services.
The purpose of this paper is to present the latest information on these new developments and share with commissioners and providers the evidence base for development of effective services in this area.
Paper Pharmacy-based stop smoking services: optimising commissioning (July 2009)Stop smoking services are one of the most cost effective of all health interventions in the NHS. This guidance covers the key areas for primary care trusts (PCTs) when commissioning 'world class' pharmacy-based stop smoking services.
Guidance
Reaching out - Community engagement and health (July 2009)This is the third in a series of publications from the IDeA’s Healthy Communities programme, this time written in conjunction with NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence). The document explores the importance of engaging communities in health promotion and health services, and the health benefits that this can bring.
Publication
Governance arrangements to support PCT provider committees (30th July 2009)This governance guidance is intended to help support PCT provider committees implement strong robust governance arrangements in order to deliver the transformation of community services.
Guidance
Reference guide to consent for examination or treatment, second edition 2009 (4th August 2009)This document updates that issued in 2001 and provides a guide to the legal framework that all health professionals need to take account of in obtaining valid consent for any examination, treatment or care that they propose to undertake.
Document
Young People and Alcohol Guidance (23rd July 2009)This is a summary of responses to a consultation on alcohol guidance, advice and information for parents, children and young people.
Responses
PbR data assurance framework 2010/11 onwards - consultation (3rd August 2009)The Audit Commission have launched this consultation to review the programme that has been running for three years. Some of the things that are being proposed are:
- Primary care trusts should be more integral in determining risks and the local audit programme
- Greater appreciation of local knowledge, information and management arrangements should be built into future processes
- The programme should enable the Audit Commission to discharge their responsibility to provide national assurance of the quality of data underpinning PbR and other key systems.
Closing date for comments is 2nd October 2009.
Consultation A joint consultation on the Report to Ministers from the DH Steering Group on the Statutory Regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine and Other Traditional Medicine Systems Practised in the UK (3rd August 2009)This consultation is launched jointly by the four health departments in the UK.
The consultation seeks respondents’ views on whether, and if so how, to regulate acupuncturists, herbal medicine practitioners and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners. It focuses on the purpose of regulation – public protection - explains the difference between professional regulation (whether statutory or voluntary) and system regulation, and explores the links between the work of the DH Steering Group on the statutory regulation of acupuncture, herbal medicine and TCM and the Regulation White Paper Working Group on Extending Professional Regulation. Closing date for comments is 2nd November 2009.
ConsultationConsultation on the de-authorisation of NHS foundation trusts (27th July 2009)The overwhelming majority of foundation trust hospitals are high performing, providing patients with the highest quality of care. But their status must always be seen as a privilege and not a one-way ticket. Foundation trusts should not retain their freedoms where they are clearly failing their patients and where a loss of public confidence has occurred. The failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust exposed a need for changes to the current regulations and the Government is therefore consulting on changes to:
- enable Monitor, in certain circumstances, to de-authorise a foundation trust and remove its foundation status, subject to agreement of the Secretary of State; and
- enable the Secretary of State, in certain circumstances, to request formally that Monitor takes specific action to intervene in or de-authorise a foundation trust. If Monitor decides not to de-authorise, or take the other action requested by the Secretary of State, then the regulator would be required to fully justify this in a written public report and set out the alternative steps it will take.
Closing date for comments is 18th September 2009.Consultation
New Horizons: towards a shared vision for mental health - consultation (23rd July 2009)Good mental health is fundamental to the well-being and prosperity of England. In the last decade, greater investment and reforms have transformed mental health care, but now we need to go further.
We need to target the root causes of mental illness and support the local development of higher quality, more personalised services.
New Horizons sets out ideas for achieving this. It explores the prevention of mental illness and earlier intervention when things go wrong. It also looks at how services can become more innovative and work more effectively together. Closing date for comments is 15th October 2009.
Consultation Front-of-pack nutrition labelling for pre-packed foods sold through retail outlets in the UK (30th July 2009)This consultation seeks views on practical issues that need to be resolved for an integrated front-of-pack nutrition labelling approach to work in real-life settings and help consumers to make healthier choices. Closing date for comments is 5th November 2009.
Consultation
Spreading the healthy eating message in Northumberland (22nd July 2009)To really understand the importance of healthy eating, it helps to appreciate where food comes from. And that is just what school children in Northumberland have been learning about through the ‘Roots and Shoots’ project.
Information Footballers help children shoot for healthy lifestyles (22nd July 2009)Footballers can often find themselves in the headlines for the wrong reasons. But Newcastle United’s stars are showing they can be positive role models by encouraging children to adopt healthier lifestyles. The club has teamed up with the local city council and primary care trust (PCT) to run activities in schools. They focus on the importance of healthy eating and staying active.
Information
Directions to the National Patient Safety Agency (24th July 2009)These directions are given to the National Patient Safety Agency. They deal with implementing a number of measures to improve the safety of NHS patients.
Directions
Independent validation of QRISK on the THIN database (24th July 2009)QRISK is a new cardiovascular disease risk prediction algorithm published in 2007. This document is looking at an independent validation of the QRISK algorithm on the The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database. THIN has created a medical research database of anonymised patient records from information entered by general practices.
Document
Prevention package for older people (22nd July 2009)The prevention package raises the focus on prevention as a means of ensuring good health, well-being and independence in later life, by promoting and encouraging uptake of comprehensive health and social care services for older people.
As health and well-being are major concerns for people in later years the health prevention package forms the Department of Health’s main contribution to the government’s ageing strategy Building a Society for All Ages which was launched on 13 July 2009 by Phil Hope, Minister of State for Care Services and Angela Eagle, Minister of State for Pensions and an Ageing Society.
Publication
2007-08 National Survey of Investment in Adult Mental Health services (23rd July 2009)This is the seventh annual report presenting the results of the finance mapping exercise carried out as part of the autumn review process. It provides details of the level of investment in adult mental health services in England for 2007/08 and compares it with the reported results in the five previous years.
Report
Good Medical Practice in Action (27th July 2009)The General Medical Council (GMC) has launched a series of challenging online tutorials that tackle tricky ethical scenarios.
The tutorials which include child protection, whistle-blowing and addiction will be added to existing scenarios.
Tutorials
News story
The Point of Care. Measures of patients' experience in hospital: purpose, methods and uses (3rd August 2009)Ensuring that you are measuring the things that matter most to patients is an essential component of a successful strategy for improving patients’ experience. It is important to choose methods that are fit for purpose. This paper provides a brief guide to these to help trust boards and other interested parties decide which measurement and feedback tools are appropriate for their requirements.
Document
