Support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in England

National Audit Office, September 2019

This report assesses how well children with special education needs and disabilities are being supported in schools in England.  The report finds that the system for supporting children with SENDS is not financially sustainable and calls for the government to secure improvements in quality and sustainability which are needed to ensure value for money.

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Health profile for England: 2019

Department of Health and Social Care, September 2019

This report combines data and knowledge with information from other sources to give a broad picture of the health of people in England in 2019. It includes life expectancy, trends in mortality and morbidity, and inequalities in health.

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The Autism Act, 10 years on: a report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism on understanding, services and support for autistic people and their families in England

All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism, September 2019

 This report on an inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism (APPGA) and the National Autistic Society looks at the results of a survey of around 11,000 autistic adults and their families in England and evidence sessions in Parliament.  The report finds that not enough has been done locally and nationally to make sure that the Autism Act makes a difference to all autistic people in the country.  The report calls on the government to introduce specialist autism support in every council in England, invest in social care services and secure long term sustainable funding.

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The ‘make do and mend’ health service: Solving the NHS’ capital crisis

IPPR, September 2019

 This report finds that in comparison to similarly advanced economies, the UK’s capital investment in the NHS has been very low. On average, a person living in the UK has missed out on almost £2,000 since 1975 – the equivalent of over £100 billion overall.   The report recommends a new settlement to fund capital and support transformation totalling £5.6 billion per year – an 80 per cent uplift. The PFI legacy must also be urgently addressed, through a ‘right to enfranchisement’ for the NHS, which would bring those that represent bad deals back into public ownership.

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Journal of Psychiatric Research, November 2019

The November issue of Journal of Psychiatric Research has been published.  This issue includes a meta-analysis of comparative efficacy and acceptability of first-line drugs for the acute treatment of generalized anxiety disorder in adults and the association between polygenic score for body mass index and depressive symptoms via early life stress.

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Outstanding models of district nursing: a joint project identifying what makes an outstanding district nursing service

Queen’s Nursing Institute, September 2019

This report urgently calls for investment in district nursing, as new figures show the number of district nurses working in the NHS has dropped by almost 43 per cent in England in the past 10 years. The report also analyses the support needed to make an outstanding district nursing service.

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BJPsych Bulletin – October 2019

The October edition of BJPsych Bulletin has been published.  This issue includes articles on personal resilience in psychiatrists, patient-reported outcome measures in community mental health teams, and factors influencing use of community treatment orders and quality of care that people receive.

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Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust – CQC Report

Care Quality Commission, September 2019

This is the Care Quality Commission inspection report for Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, released on 10th September 2019.  The Trust has been awarded an overall rating of ‘Requires Improvement’.  However, 10 of the 14 core services have been rated ‘Good’ and the Trust was rated good overall for Caring and Responsive. 

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