Source: The King’s Fund
The government is committed to improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes, particularly for people who experience worse outcomes than the general population. To support this objective, it has committed to develop a new cross-government, 10-year plan for mental health and wellbeing for England. This discussion paper and call for evidence seek views on what can be done to improve everyone’s mental health and wellbeing.
WHO European regional obesity report 2022
(Overweight and obesity affect almost 60 per cent of adults and nearly one in three children in the WHO European Region. Recent estimates suggest that overweight and obesity is the fourth most common risk factor for noncommunicable diseases in the Region, after high blood pressure, dietary risks and tobacco. This report examines the growing challenge and impact of obesity in the Region and focuses on managing obesity throughout the life course and tackling obesogenic environments. It also considers more recent challenges, including problematic digital marketing to children and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on obesity prevalence.)
Doctor’s orders: Why adherence is critical to improving health outcomes across the life course
(Nearly half of all adults and approximately 8% of children worldwide have a chronic condition. Yet, studies have shown that adherence to medication is poor. This is expensive for governments, requiring three extra medical visits per year. This article from the ILC suggests some key recommendations to support adherence.)
(More than 250,000 people living with type 1 diabetes are set to be offered new technology to help them manage their condition and at the same time reduce the need for finger prick testing by up to 50%, following new advice from NICE.)
Link workers for population health: it’s time to get with the (social prescribing) programme
(Embedding a population health approach into health care at the local, regional and national level in England will require slow, incremental cultural shifts over the space of years, as suggested in their report; A vision for population health.)
With thanks to our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust the April bulletin for serious mental illness is now available to view and download.
The links to abstracts have been activated in this bulletin and if you click on the title, it will lead you to the abstract.
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Young Changemakers tackling mental health inequalities in racialised communities.
Centre for Mental Health; 2022.
https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/voice-change
[It is well documented that people from racialised communities face inequalities in mental health. Young Changemakers is a programme created by UK Youth, The Diana Award and Centre for Mental Health to equip young people with the tools to produce youth-led social action projects aimed at tackling these mental health inequalities. This is a three-year programme funded by the People’s Postcode Lottery and Comic Relief to support mental health in young people from racialised communities.]
Evaluating a community programme to promote young Black men’s mental health.
Centre for Mental Health; 2022.
https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/shifting-dial
[Young Black men are overrepresented in restrictive mental health settings, but are less likely to get early community-based mental health support. Shifting the Dial shares learning from a three-year project to promote the mental health and wellbeing of young Black men in Birmingham. The project built upon the findings from an earlier pilot, Up My Street. Shifting the Dial has worked with over 500 young Black men, offering peer support, mentoring, skills development and community events.]
The People and Nature Survey.
Natural England; 2022.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/people-and-nature-survey-for-england#full-publication-update-history
[The People and Nature Survey for England gathers evidence and trend data through an online survey relating to people’s enjoyment, access, understanding of and attitudes to the natural environment, and its contributions to wellbeing. 13 April 2022: New data for February 2022 added to monthly interim indicators data section. Also new data for year 2 quarter 2 (1st April 2020 – 30th September 2021) added to Adult Survey section.]
Daily Insight: Infection control calls heeded.
HSJ: Health Service Journal (Daily Insight) 2022;:7032315.
[NHS England has relaxed the isolation period for inpatients with covid-19 after the UK Health Security Agency changed its recommendations. Also: Although describing integrated care system ratings as a “bit of a distraction” in an interview with HSJ the CQC chief executive Ian Trenholm set out what systems could soon expect to see over the coming months. 20 April.]
The public’s experience of monitoring their blood pressure at home.
Healthwatch; 2022.
https://www.healthwatch.co.uk/report/2022-04-26/publics-experience-monitoring-their-blood-pressure-home
[People with high blood pressure are increasingly being asked to monitor their condition at home. The NHS programme ‘Blood Pressure @Home’ (BP@Home) enables people with high blood pressure to measure and share their blood pressure readings with their GP from home. This report evaluates that programme to see how it is working for patients and how GPs use their readings, and suggests steps the NHS can take to improve support and outcomes for people who monitor their blood pressure from home.]
Adult tier 2 weight management services provisional data for quarters 1 to 3, 2021 to 2022 (experimental statistics).
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID); 2022.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/adult-tier-2-weight-management-services-provisional-data-for-quarters-1-to-3-2021-to-2022-experimental-statistics
[Provisional data from the adult tier 2 behavioural weight management services data collection from quarter 1 and 3 of the 2021 to 2022 financial year.]
With thanks to our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust the April bulletin for physical health and mental illness is now available to view and download.
The links to abstracts have been activated in this bulletin and if you click on the title, it will lead you to the abstract.
Some of the references contained in the bulletin may be an Open Access reference, which will be available for you download and some may be available to download via a LSCFT Athens Account login. Some of the references may be an abstract only, and the full text will have to be requested directly from the library- please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk with your request. .
Smaller hospitals are urged to increase collaborative working to meet the needs of an ageing population.
NIHR Evidence; 2022.
[Collaborative working among staff is likely to be the best way to improve performance in smaller hospitals, a new study concluded. It explored the approaches smaller hospitals take to organising emergency care for people admitted to hospital. There were huge variations, but no single way of working (‘model of care’) was more effective than others.]
Eating Disorders.
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN); 2022.
https://www.sign.ac.uk/our-guidelines/eating-disorders/
[This guideline provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in the management of people with eating disorders of all ages and gender groups, in any health or social care setting. Eating disorders covered are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and eating-disordered psychopathology occurring in the context of type 1 diabetes mellitus.]
HPV vaccination brings the WHO European Region closer to a cervical cancer-free future.
World Health Organization (WHO); 2022.
https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/pages/news/news/2022/4/hpv-vaccination-brings-the-who-european-region-closer-to-a-cervical-cancer-free-future
[New data from one of the first countries in the Region to introduce HPV vaccination reveal just how well the vaccines work to prevent invasive cervical cancer. In England researchers found that the HPV immunization programme has almost eliminated cervical cancer in women born since 1 September 1995 (who were vaccinated at age 12−13). Incidence among these women of late-stage (grade 3) CIN that could later develop into cancer has also been significantly reduced.]
Community Network: ‘Hidden waits: The lasting impact of the pandemic on children’s services in the community’.
NHS Providers; 2022.
[The Community Network, which is hosted by the NHS Confederation and NHS Providers, has today published a new briefing which brings together new evidence about backlogs and increasing demand for children and young people’s services. It also demonstrates what community providers are currently doing to meet demand, including how they are innovating, and makes a series of recommendations on the national support needed, both now and in the longer term.]
This review aims to explore the prevalence and incidence rates of mental health conditions in healthcare workers during and after a pandemic outbreak and which factors influence rates.
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Office for Health Improvement and Disparities; April 7 2022
This report examines geographical variation in premature mortality (deaths under the age of 75 years) in people with severe mental illness (SMI) by upper tier local authority (UTLA) in England. It also considers the complex relationship between premature mortality in people with SMI and those without SMI at a local level.
Reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace UK Health Security Agency; April 14 2022
(Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.)
Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services, January 2022 NHS Digital; April 14 2022
(Publication of adult acute mental health patients being treated outside their provider of usual treatment in January 2022. Statistics are presented nationally and at regional, sustainability and transformation partnership (STP) footprint, clinical commissioning group (CCG) and provider level.)
Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics , Performance January, Provisional February 2022 NHS Digital; April 14 2022
(This publication provides the most timely statistics available relating to NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England. This information will be of use to people needing access to information quickly for operational decision making and other purposes. These statistics are derived from submissions made using version 4.1 of the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS))
Thunderstorm asthma and public health – looking back to move forward UK Health Security Agency; March 18 2022
(In June 2021, the UK Health Security Agency detected a potential episode of
thunderstorm asthma; an increase in people reporting asthma symptoms linked to thunderstorm activity. In this blog post they look at the interplay between the weather and our health and how they can use their scientific surveillance systems to inform future public health responses.)
Integrated health and care services for people experiencing homelessness NICE Talks
(In this episode of NICE Talks they discuss NICE’s recently published guideline on integrated health and social care services for people experiencing homelessness.
The guideline was developed in partnership with the Centre for Homelessness Impact and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. The guideline outlines how people experiencing homelessness can access services tailored for their needs. It highlights that more effort and targeted approaches are often needed to ensure that people experiencing homelessness have access to the same standard of health and social care as the general population.)
The current bulletin for Occupational Therapy and Mental Health, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download here
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