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.
Autism Act 2009 (12th November 2009)An Act to make provision about meeting the needs of adults with autistic spectrum conditions; and for connected purposes.
Act Health Act 2009 (12th November 2009)Primary care trusts are already able to offer personal health budgets that do not involve giving money directly to individuals. The Health Act - which received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009 - will extend these options by allowing selected primary care trust sites to test direct payments as part of a pilot. The aim is to give patients more choice and control over the care they receive.
Information
Identifying effective interventions for preventing underage alcohol consumption (24th November 2009)A report identifying a range of effective interventions aimed at preventing/reducing alcohol use in young people, and particularly underage drinkers.
Report
2009 Annual Evidence Update on Lung Cancer (16th November 2009)This is the fourth Annual Evidence Update (AEU) on Lung Cancer prepared by NHS Evidence - cancer. It includes the systematic reviews and guidance that have been published since November 2008.
Update CAM National Baseline Report (18th November 2009)A baseline population-based survey using the CRUK Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM) developed by the University College London was undertaken in September and October 2008 and included a general sample of 2,216 members of the public. A separate study focused on ethnic minority communities recruited 1,500 respondents from six ethnic groups.
The results showed that with the exception of “a lump or swelling”, less than 30% of the public surveyed were able to recall common cancer symptoms. Awareness of cancer symptoms was lower in men, younger people, those from a lower socioeconomic status group and ethnic minorities. On average, people were only able to recall 2 cancer signs or symptoms.
Report Children's cancer measures for the Manual for Cancer Services (17th November 2009)Following a three month consultation period , this is the final version of the children's measures for inclusion in the Manual of Cancer Services 2008.
Manual and covering letter
Dignity in care: input assessment - DH Interventions (10th November 2009)In May 2009, Opinion Leader were commissioned to undertake an independent review of the Dignity in Care Campaign.
This report sets out the range of interventions employed by Department of Health (DH) in taking forward the Dignity in Care Campaign to support Opinion Leader’s analysis of interventions at a national level.
Report Older people's vision for long term care (18th November 2009)How can we ensure a 'better life' for older people in residential and nursing care homes when their voices are rarely heard?
This study examined the experiences and aspirations of these older people and highlights their ambition to increasingly influence decisions about care, support and wider issues such as:
- Whether or not to move to a care home
- What helps to enhance their quality of life
- What is needed to promote their inclusion in care home, family and wider community life
Report With Respect - Dignity in Homecare and Residential Care (19th November 2009)This training pack will help residential care home owners and domiciliary care providers 'dignity-proof' the care their staff offer, and to raise awareness of the importance of providing services that respect people's privacy, confidentiality and dignity.
Training Pack Walk a mile in my shoes. Scrutiny of dignity and respect for individuals in health and social care services: a guide (12th November 2009)This guide, from the Centre for Public Scrutiny, will assist Overview and Scrutiny Committees (OSCs) to raise awareness and understanding of dignity and respect for individuals who are receiving health and social care services. Using the guide, OSCs should be in a position to:
- review local leadership and partnerships to judge whether services respect the dignity of service users
- promote dignity and respect for individuals and the role of the OSC
- help ensure local health and care services are commissioned and delivered with dignity as a central aspect of care
- gather local intelligence and provide evidence which can be reflected in local reviews of services.
Guide
Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Looked After Children - revised statutory guidance (16th November 2009)Revised Guidance on Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Looked After Children has been published jointly by the Department of Health and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. It replaces the guidance, Promoting the Health of Looked After Children, published by the Department of Health in 2002, which was statutory on local authorities. The revised guidance is statutory on local authorities and also on Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities.
Guidance Evaluation of Wirral Life Education Centre on the health and wellbeing of primary school children (12th November 2009)An evaluation of a national charity working locally with primary schools, parents and carers, and others in the community to help children make healthy choices.
Report
Commercial and procurement skills (November 2009)It is vital that commissioners of children's services have access to the commercial and procurement skills needed to develop markets and procure services effectively. Every Child Matters have collated resources which signposts commissioners to online commercial and procurement tools, case studies, guidance and sources of information for skill development that have been used or recommended by other professionals working in this field.
Resources Service for people at risk of developing glaucoma (November 2009)NICE have added this commissioning guide to their other commissioning guides. The guide focuses on the referral and monitoring of people who have ocular hypertension or suspected chronic open angle glaucoma and should be read with NICE clinical guideline CG85.
Guide Beyond Practice-based Commissioning: the local clinical partnership (24th November 2009)Practice-based commissioning (PBC) has been a cornerstone of the government’s health service reforms in England since it was introduced in 2005, but it has so far had limited success. With the NHS about to enter a period in which growth in its budget will be severely constrained, it is vital that clinicians, especially doctors, are engaged in decisions about how patient services are designed and delivered and how NHS money is spent.
With the future of PbC in the balance, this joint paper by the Nuffield Trust and the NHS Alliance examines how PBC can be developed. While there may be many ways this could happen, this paper considers one broad model – that of multi-specialty groups of clinicians – for example GPs as well as hospital-based specialists – taking responsibility for the provision and commissioning of local healthcare.
Paper User and carer involvement in Commissioning - an opportunity for PCTs to be world class (November 2009)The Mental Health Improvement Programme (MHIP) and the National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU) are about to launch a project of work targeting PCTs to develop and refine methods and processes for increasing engagement and involvement of service users, carers and the public in key areas of the commissioning cycle for mental health and related services.
In the coming weeks PCTs will be invited to collaborate in this initiative as contribution to World Class Commissioning Competency.
Information
Age equality in health and social care: a consultation on preparing the NHS and social care in England for the age requirements in the Equality Bill that affect the provision of services and exercise of public functions (23rd November 2009)In April 2009, the then Secretary of State for Health asked Sir Ian Carruthers OBE, Chief Executive of NHS South West, and Jan Ormondroyd, Chief Executive of Bristol City Council, to undertake a review of age discrimination and age equality in the health and social care sector.The review was set up to help health and social care meet the ban on age discrimination and the new public sector equality duty in the Equality Bill.
The review published its report to the Secretary of State, Achieving age equality in health and social care, on 22 October 2009 and the consultation paper now invites views on the recommendations and conclusions made that are not directly tied to the legislation.
Closing date for comments is 15th February 2010.
Consultation Drugs: Guidance for Schools (13th November 2009)The purpose of this consultation is to gather views on the draft document, Drugs: Guidance for Schools. This document provides guidance to maintained primary, secondary, special schools and pupil referral units (PRUs) in England on all matter relating to drug education and the management of drugs within the school community. It is relevant to all staff, particularly senior managers and those responsible for co-ordinating, teaching and supporting the delivery of drug education. Headteachers and governing bodies are required by law to have regard to the guidance.
Closing date for comments is 15th February 2010.
Consultation
Pacesetters equality impact assessment consultation response (23rd November 2009)The Pacesetters Equality Impact Assessment Consultation response provides feedback on the outcome of the Pacesetters Equality Impact Assessment consultation. The responses from the consultation will be used to inform the future direction of the Pacesetters Programme. The responses will also be fed into a Department of Health/Strategic Health Authority action plan to support the dissemination and sustaining of learning and good practice within the Department and the NHS.
Consultation response Fees for the registration of pharmacy premises: consultation report (20th November 2009)Report on a consultation about the level of the fees to be charged by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain for the registration of pharmacy premises, from 1 January 2010.
Consultation response
Department of Health identity guidelines (19th November 2009)This publication contains identity guidelines on the Department of Health, including layout, logo, colour palette, choice of typefaces, images, incorrect usages, communication with disability groups,different audiences, policy, consultation and delivery, the brand, layouts and templates.
Guidance
Directions about reports on consultation with regard to commissioning decisions and relevant decisions 2009 (13th November 2009)These Directions are issued under sections 17A and 24A, and section 8, of the NHS Act 2006, and trigger the duty on primary care trusts and strategic health authorities to produce reports each year on consultation in relation to commissioning decisions, with effect from April 2010. The first reports will cover the period April 2009 to March 2010 and will be produced before the end of September 2010.
Directions
Improving safety, Reducing harm: Children, young people and domestic violence (18th November 2009)This toolkit provides specific information about children, domestic violence and related issues; an overview of Every Child Matters and the tiers of intervention; principles of commissioning services; risk assessment and safety planning information; guidance for schools; clear explanations of key standards and policies; sample forms and key fact sheets.
Toolkit
The characteristics of bullying victims in schools (12th November 2009)This study represents the first in-depth investigation of pupil and school characteristics in relation to bullying of secondary school pupils aged 14 to 16 in England. This summary presents the topline findings from the full report which is due to be published in January 2010.
Summary
More for less: Are productivity and efficiency improving in the NHS? (12th November 2009)This analytical briefing looks at how NHS money has been spent, whether primary care trusts have been successful in keeping more patients out of hospital, and whether hospitals have become more efficient. It highlights that the NHS is treating more patients at lower cost and trusts are starting to meet the challenges of the future. It suggests NHS trusts are increasing productivity and reducing unit costs. But overall, there is no sign yet that primary care trusts have been successful in moving care from hospitals closer to patients' homes.
Summary
Full Report Auditors' Local Evaluation (ALE) 2009/10 (11th November 2009)The supporting documentation for the Auditors' Local Evaluation (ALE) 2009/10 is now available from the Audit Commission website. This includes the overview and the key lines of enquiry (KLOE) and guidance.
Documents
Improving health, supporting justice: the national delivery plan of the Health and Criminal Justice Programme Board (17th November 2009)The Government's national delivery plan for health and criminal justice as developed by the Health and Criminal Justice Programme Board, building on Lord Bradley's 2009 review of mental health and learning disability in the criminal justice system. This delivery plan contributes to key Government initiatives around protecting the public, reducing health inequalities, reducing reoffending and health improvement and protection.
Guidance Tackling Health Related Worklessness (13th November 2009)The health of the working age population who are out of work forms for focus of this synthesis report. Relevant policy, evidence and intelligence are brought together to highlight to scale of ill health preventing people from working, including policy and examples of best practice interventions for preparing the out of work for employment. A second report focusing on the health and wellbeing of the working age population who are in work will follow in spring 2010.
Report
Achieving better value for money in health care (9th November 2009)Rising public health care spending remains a problem in virtually all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and European Union (EU) member countries. As a consequence, there is growing interest in policies that will ease this pressure through improved health system performance. This report report examines selected policies that may help countries better achieve the goal of improved health system efficiency and thus better value for money.
The report is only available to buy, however the introduction and the table of contents are available to view.
Introduction
2009 AIDS epidemic update (24th November 2009)According to new data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17% over the past eight years. Since 2001, when the United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS was signed, the number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa is approximately 15% lower, which is about 400,000 fewer infections in 2008. In East Asia new HIV infections declined by nearly 25% and in South and South East Asia by 10% in the same time period. In Eastern Europe, after a dramatic increase in new infections among injecting drug users, the epidemic has leveled off considerably. However, in some countries there are signs that new HIV infections are rising again.
Report
The development of social well-being in new extra care housing schemes (19th November 2009)Extra care schemes help older people remain independent. But they also aim to provide social opportunities that prevent residents feeling isolated.
This research, which examined how social well-being developed in 15 new-build housing schemes, revealed the following:
- Communal facilities and a diverse range of organised activities need to be available when schemes open as they help residents interact
- Residents involved in running social activities found it gave them ownership of their social lives, supported their independence and encouraged others to join in
- Adequate staff time and resources to support social activities are crucial at the start of a scheme but also over time as some residents become frailer
Report KeyRing: Living Support Networks (LSN) (18th November 2009)LSNs are networks of people who provide support to each other, aided by a volunteer who helps ensure network members realise their full potential and talents.
Care Services Efficiency Delivery's (CSED's) case study looks at three different schemes in separate locations and reviews the potential cost effective nature of LSNs. Each of the schemes helps network members to build their own skills with the support of a volunteer rather than being overly reliant on expensive professional staff and assisting access to universal services rather than costly specialist day services. As well as demonstrating average annual net savings of approximately £1,500 per person, the experience of those using the service underlines the successful nature of this approach.
Information
Case Study
Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA): 18 weeks referral to treatment standard (13th November 2009)This Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) provides an assessment of the impact of the 18 weeks referral to treatment standard on the six key equality dimensions of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief.
Impact Assessment
