Department of Health and Social Care, January 2019
Professor Dame Sally Davies’s tenth report as Chief Medical Officer considers what the state of the public’s health in England in 2040 could look like.
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Working Together
Royal College of Nursing, January 2019
This document has been created by RCN reps and staff, working together to share their experience and expertise for the benefit of the wider rep community.
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Clean Air Strategy 2019
Gov.uk, January 2019
This strategy sets out our plans for dealing with all sources of air pollution, making our air healthier to breathe, protecting nature and boosting the economy.
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Click here to view the executive summary.
Excellence in psychiatry: High-quality, person-centred care
Royal College of Psychiatrists, January 2019
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has published its strategic plan for 2019-20.
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The UK nursing labour market review 2018
Royal College of Nursing, January 2019
This is the 2018 report providing a review of the UK nursing labour market, looking at recent data and trends for nursing staff working in the health sector across the UK.
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NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard: 2018 data analysis report for NHS trusts
NHS England, January 2018
This report aims to enable organisations to compare their performance with similar organisations in their region, with the aim of encouraging improvement by learning and sharing good practice. The report also provides an overview of how the Workforce Race Equality Standard is being applied and developments in race equality in the NHS workforce.
Library Mental Health Bulletins – Jan 2019
This week’s Library bulletins are on Suicide Prevention, Depression and Recovery.
The NHS long-term plan
NHS England, January 2019
The NHS Long Term Plan is a new plan for the NHS to improve the quality of patient care and health outcomes. It sets out how the £20.5 billion budget settlement for the NHS, announced by the Prime Minister in summer 2018, will be spent over the next 5 years. The plan focuses on improving services outside hospitals and moving towards more joined-up, preventive and personalised care for patients by improving out-of-hospital care, supporting primary medical and community health services, improving maternity safety and making digital health services a mainstream part of the NHS.
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Involving Patients and Carers in Quality Improvement Projects: A Practical Guide
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, January 2019
This guide explains how to involve patients and carers in Quality Improvement (QI) projects. The toolkit covers topics such as:
- How to pay service users and carers
- How to recruit service users and carers
- How to run effective and inclusive meetings
- How to induct service users and carers into a QI project meeting
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Overview of the 6 early years and school aged years high impact areas: Health visitors and school nurses leading the Healthy Child Programme
Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England, December 2018
The purpose of this report is to illustrate the contribution of health visitors to the Healthy Child Programme (0-5) and school nurses to the Healthy Child Programme (5-19) and to describe areas where health visitors and school nurses have a significant impact on health and wellbeing and improving outcomes for children, young people, families and communities.
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