Volunteering in health and care Securing a sustainable future

A report has been published that considers the role and value of volunteers in health and social care. It looks at the important part that volunteers play in improving patient experience, addressing health inequalities, and building a closer relationship between services and communities. It also outlines the changing nature of volunteering, why this can cause tensions, and why volunteering does not always reach its full potential. Examples of good practice in the NHS and voluntary sector illustrate how these barriers can be overcome.

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This was originally shared by the hardworking staff at East Midlands SHA

The King’s Fund response to the Health Select Committee’s report on public expenditure on health and social care services | The King’s Fund

Responding to the publication of the Health Select Committee’s report on public expenditure on health and social care services, John Appleby, Chief Economist at The King’s Fund said:

‘Today’s report from the Health Select Committee hits the nail on the head by calling for fundamental change in health and social care.

via The King’s Fund response to the Health Select Committee’s report on public expenditure on health and social care services | The King’s Fund.

BBC News – Care costs cap ‘will cause disputes’

Introducing a cap on elderly care costs could leave councils open to a “deluge of disputes and legal challenges”, MPs and peers are warning.

via BBC News – Care costs cap ‘will cause disputes’.

Cardiovascular Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 2

Cardiovascular Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the CVD Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

Stroke Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 2

Stroke Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the X Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

BBC News – Social care cost cap and flat-tier pension brought forward

The government will bring forward its overhaul of the pension system and social care funding by a year, the chancellor has announced.

via BBC News – Social care cost cap and flat-tier pension brought forward.

A day in the life of … a principal child and family social worker

Marion Russell has been a social worker for 27 years but still learns something new about her job every day

via A day in the life of … a principal child and family social worker | Social Care Network | Guardian Professional.

Total economic value of the adult social care sector in England estimated at 43 billion

Research commissioned by Skills for Care has found the total economic value of the English adult social care sector is an estimated £43 billion – including all direct, indirect and induced effects.

via Total economic value of the adult social care sector in England estimated at 43 billion‬.

Orthopaedics Horizon Scanning Volume 4 Issue 3

Orthopaedics Horizon Scanning | Just another WordPress.com site.

The latest edition of the Orthopaedics Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

COPD Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 2

COPD Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the COPD Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

End of Life Care Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 3

End of Life Care Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the End of Life Care Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

Bolton’s Health Matters Presents: Health, Care & Wellbeing News & Evidence for the week ending 3rd March 2013

Top Stories

• Liverpool Care Pathway independent review: sessions with families and carers | Department of Health
• Community services to be focus of extended competition | Health Service Journal
• DH opens door to NHS pension for private sector | Health Service Journal
• Risk of narcolepsy in children and young people receiving AS03 adjuvanted pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza vaccine: retrospective analysis | BMJ

Commissioning/Primary Care

• Care commissioning process is too laborious, study concludes | BMJ
• CCGs warn they risk being ‘saddled with inherited debt’ | Health Service Journal
• Survival from breast cancer is lower in UK than in other developed countries | BMJ
• Direct payments for healthcare consultation | Department of Health

Public Health 

• Guidance for local authority charging on public health activity | Department of Health
• Influence of initial severity of depression on effectiveness of low intensity interventions: meta-analysis of individual patient data | BMJ
• Tougher action is needed on alcohol pricing, labelling, and advertisements, say experts | BMJ
• Invasive pneumococcal disease and socioeconomic deprivation: a population study from the North East of England

Social Care

 

• Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five major psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis : The Lancet
• BBC News – Dementia ‘affects 80% of care home residents’

 

 

Child Health Horizon Scanning Volume 2 Issue 3

Child Health Horizon Scanning | from Library and Information Health Network North West (LIHNN).

The latest edition of the Child Health Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

Children and Families Bill 2012-13 — UK Parliament

To make provision about children, families, and people with special educational needs; to make provision about the right to request flexible working; and for connected purposes

via Children and Families Bill 2012-13 — UK Parliament.

Effect of telehealth on quality of life and psychological outcomes over 12 months (Whole Systems Demonstrator telehealth questionnaire study): nested study of patient reported outcomes in a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial | BMJ

Effect of telehealth on quality of life and psychological outcomes over 12 months (Whole Systems Demonstrator telehealth questionnaire study): nested study of patient reported outcomes in a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial | BMJ.

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Abstract
Objective To assess the effect of second generation, home based telehealth on health related quality of life, anxiety, and depressive symptoms over 12 months in patients with long term conditions.

Patient Safety Horizon Scanning Volume 4 Issue 2

Patient Safety Horizon Scanning | From the North West Health Libraries.

The latest edition of the X Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

The Needs and Provision Complexity Scale: a multicentre prospective cohort analysis of met and unmet needs and their cost implications for patients with complex neurological disability – BMJ Open

The Needs and Provision Complexity Scale: a multicentre prospective cohort analysis of met and unmet needs and their cost implications for patients with complex neurological disability — Turner-Stokes et al. 3 (2) — BMJ Open.

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Abstract

Objective To provide a brief overview of the Needs and Provision Complexity Scale (NPCS) and report its first application to describe the level of ‘met’ and ‘unmet’ health/social care needs, and to estimate their costs in community-based patients with complex neurological disability.

Half of disability assessment bodies will be from the NHS | BMJ

Half of the 14 partner bodies that have been subcontracted to carry out new disability assessment work led by a private company are NHS organisations.

via Half of disability assessment bodies will be from the NHS | BMJ.

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Bolton’s Health Matters Presents: Health, Care & Wellbeing News & Evidence for the week ending 17th February 2013

Top Stories

• Seeing the wood and the trees: using outcomes frameworks to inform planning, monitoring and evaluation in public health
• The ‘silent’ wine drinkers unaware of future trouble (From The Bolton News)
• Government sets £75 000 cap on social care in England | BMJ

Public Health

• Industry has no role in public health policies, concludes analysis | BMJ
• The impact of smoke-free legislation on fetal, infant and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol – BMJ Open
• Change4Life alcohol campaign urges us to check our drinking | Department of Health
• The impact of smoke-free legislation on fetal, infant and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol – BMJ Open
• Housing and respiratory health at older ages

Primary Care/Commissioning

• New resources for managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma
• Response to consultation on proposals for commissioners to deliver best value published | Department of Health
• Cuts are putting quality of care at risk, say NHS managers | BMJ

Social Care

• Lack of knowledge about dementia mars home care services, says regulator | BMJ
• BBC News – Thousands of carers set to lose benefits

 

BBC News – Thousands of carers set to lose benefits

Thousands of carers in England, Wales and Scotland are set to lose benefits when new disability-claim rules start.

via BBC News – Thousands of carers set to lose benefits.

Government sets £75 000 cap on social care in England | BMJ

The government has agreed to cap the lifetime costs that anyone would have to pay for social care in England at £75 000 (€87 000; $117 000), more than double the £35 000 recommended by Andrew Dilnot’s review of social care

via Government sets £75 000 cap on social care in England | BMJ.

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BBC News – Social care: Jeremy Hunt hails ‘fully-funded solution’

The government is due to announce its “fully-funded solution” to the problem of elderly people in England who cannot afford social care.

via BBC News – Social care: Jeremy Hunt hails ‘fully-funded solution’.

Department seeks views on NICE standards to improve quality of social care | Department of Health

The Department is seeking ideas from care users, their families and carers, service commissioners, care providers and front line staff to help decide on future topics for NICE guidance and standards.

via Department seeks views on NICE standards to improve quality of social care | Department of Health.

The benefits framework and eligibility

Emerald | Social Care and Neurodisability | The benefits framework and eligibility.

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Abstract:

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the main elements of the existing framework of the UK welfare benefit system and the key changes that will be implemented under the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and its socio-economic effects.

Labour proposes scheme to merge health and social care | BMJ

The UK Labour Party has proposed merging the budgets for health and social care and mental health services in England to dissolve the current boundaries and stop patients “falling into the cracks” in the current system.

via Labour proposes scheme to merge health and social care | BMJ.

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Labour warns David Cameron against ‘foolish’ cap on long-term care costs | guardian.co.uk

Prime minister reported to be considering a higher figure than one proposed by the Dilnot review in a bid to save money

via Labour warns David Cameron against 'foolish' cap on long-term care costs | Society | guardian.co.uk.

The opportunity to give social work a strong voice is being lost

The College of Social Work has backtracked on commitments to give members a vote on key posts

via The opportunity to give social work a strong voice is being lost | Social Care Network | Guardian Professional.

£5.45 billion budget for local public health services announced

A £5.45 billion two-year ring-fenced public health budget for local authorities has been announced today. From April 2013, public health budgets will be protected for the first time, with local authorities taking the lead for improving the health of their local communities. This will help drive local efforts to improve health and wellbeing by tackling the wider determinants of poor health.

via £5.45 billion budget for local public health services announced | Department of Health.

Bolton’s Health Matters Evidence Summary- The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children: An Evidence Snapshot

Bolton’s Health Matters Evidence Summary The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children An Evidence Snapshot

An evidence summary produced by NHS Bolton Library. Please click on the link to view. This is an original piece of work. Please contact the library if you wish to re-use in any format.

Patient Safety Horizon Scanning Volume 3 Issue 8

Patient Safety Horizon Scanning.

The latest edition of the Patient Safety Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.