Friday 29 April 2016

The journey to integration: Learning from seven leading localities

"The LGA has long advocated the benefits of integrated, person-centred care as a key vehicle to improve people’s health and wellbeing and experience of care, alongside bringing financial sustainability to the health and care system. The findings in this report highlight how through determined collective and collaborative leadership which engages and empowers everyone in their locality, it is possible to make great strides towards these outcomes. I hope this report informs and inspires us all to achieve the step change our communities deserve."

The journey to integration: Learning from seven leading localities
B Richardson - Carnall Farrar
Local Government Association
April 2016

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Focus on: Public health and prevention

"This QualityWatch report provides an overview of public health outcomes in recent years, examining  trends in 20 indicators across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV, substance misuse, smoking, childhood obesity and immunisations."

QualityWatch: Focus on: Public health and prevention: Has the quality of services changed over recent years?
A Davies, E Keeble, T Bhatia, E Fisher
The Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
April 2016

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Thursday 28 April 2016

Key principles of effective prevention education

"This report summarises research into effective pedagogical principles in the field of school-based preventative education (across a range of behaviours including drug and alcohol use, healthy eating, physical activity and sexual activity) as well as school-based programmes to build skills and attributes associated with reduced risk-taking behaviour (including social and emotional skills, and resilience)."

Key principles of effective prevention education
Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Association, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
April 2016

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Opportunity costs and local health service spending decisions

"The additional cost pressure represented by a new NICE Technology Appraisals is likely to be accommodated at least partly by greater efficiency and increased expenditure rather than displacement of services."

Opportunity costs and local health service spending decisions: a qualitative study from Wales
S Karlsberg Schaffer, J Sussex, D Hughes, N Devlin
BMC Health Services Research, 2016, 16:103

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Tuesday 26 April 2016

The evolution of devolution in the English NHS

"This report considers the potential implications for health and care outcomes of health care devolution in England and how policy could best evolve. While the wider devolution agenda includes many public services, which could all have an impact on health outcomes, the focus of this report is primarily on devolution in the NHS."

Catalyst or distraction? The evolution of devolution in the English NHS
F Dormon, H Butcher, R Taunt
The Health Foundation
April 2016

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Digital requirements for new primary care models

"This briefing sets out some emerging trends in primary care and describes how technology can be employed to support them."

Digital requirements for new primary care models: A briefing for clinicians and managers
S Castle-Clarke, S Kumpunen, S Machaqueiro, N Curry, C Imison
Nuffield Trust
April 2016

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How do junior medical officers use online information resources?

"Junior medical officers strongly rely upon online clinical information in their everyday practice. Importantly, provision of these resources assists JMOs in their education and clinical performance."

How do junior medical officers use online information resources? A survey
HT Chong, MJ Weightman, P Sirichai, A Jones
BMC Medical Education, 2016, 16:120

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Privatisation and independent sector provision of NHS healthcare

"The British Medical Association’s first report on privatisation in the health service is published today and calls for Government and health bosses to implement a series of recommendations aimed at protecting the NHS from being destabilised."

Privatisation and independent sector provision of NHS healthcare
British Medical Association
April 2016

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Sustainability of knowledge translation interventions in healthcare decision-making

"We found few studies focusing on the sustainability of KT interventions. Most of the included studies focused on patient-level outcomes and patient-level KT interventions. A future systematic review can be conducted of the RCTs to examine the impact of sustainable KT interventions on health outcomes."

Sustainability of knowledge translation interventions in healthcare decision-making: a scoping review
AC Tricco, et al.
Implementation Science, 2016, 11:55

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Features of computer-based decision aids

"The systematic review and thematic synthesis identified features that have been integrated into available computer-based decision aids, in an effort to facilitate reporting of these features and to promote integration of such features into decision aids."

Features of computer-based decision aids: Systematic review, thematic synthesis, and meta-analyses
A Syrowatka, D Kromker, AN Meguerditchian, R Tamblyn
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2016, 18(1):20

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Emergency general surgery: Challenges and opportunities

"The Nuffield Trust was commissioned by The Royal College of Surgeons of England to explore the challenges facing emergency general surgery (EGS) and to identify opportunities to overcome those challenges."

Emergency general surgery: Challenges and opportunities
R Watson, H Crump, C Imison, C Currie, M Gaskins
Nuffield Trust
April 2016

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Commissioning person centred care for people affected by cancer

"This guidance is intended to support commissioners and strategic clinical networks to take the actions necessary to drive improved outcomes for person centred care through cancer commissioning. It describes tested interventions that NHS England expects to be in place to meet the needs of people affected by cancer."

Commissioning person centred care for people affected by cancer
NHS England
April 2016

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Prescribing safety in UK general practice

"A cross-sectional study of patients from more than 500 UK general practices found high variation in potentially high-risk prescribing and provision of monitoring tests."

Prescribing safety in UK general practice
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
April 2016

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The “Handling” of power in the physician-patient encounter

"Based on the insights, the authors suggest that physicians learn to enact ethical patient-centered therapeutic communication through reflective, effective, and professional use of power in clinical encounters."

The “Handling” of power in the physician-patient encounter: perceptions from experienced physicians
L Nimmon, T Stenfors-Hayes
BMC Medical Education, 2016, 16:114

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Healthy lives, healthy people: A public health workforce strategy

"The strategy sets out actions for various partners in the new public health system to support and develop the public health workforce. It will help embed public health capacity within the wider workforce to support delivery of the public health outcomes framework."

Healthy lives, healthy people: A public health workforce strategy
Department of Health, Health Education England and Public Health England
April 2016

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