Think tank the King’s Fund has collated reflections on how the health and care system has changed over the past 75 years and the contributions made – and challenges faced – by the Windrush generation and their descendants working in the NHS and social care.
The project includes oral histories, videos, podcasts, blogs and interviews.
Reflecting on 75 years since the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)
The current bulletin for Depression, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download.
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletins please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
The current bulletin for Learning Disabilities, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download.
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletins please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Today is the 75th Anniversary of the Empire Windrush’s arrival in Britain. Nurses and other care staff were invited by the British government of the time to come and help staff the newly formed NHS. Do you have family who answered that call?
A review of the process of the transition of children and young people with complex and chronic health conditions into adult health services concludes there is no clear pathway for the transition to adult healthcare services. The report from the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership finds the process of transition and subsequent transfer is often fragmented, both within and across specialties and that adult services often sit only with primary care. The report’s recommendations highlight areas that are suitable for regular local clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives by those providing care to this group of patients.
It recommends involving young people and parent/carers in transition planning and transition to adult services, improving communication and coordination between all specialties and providing strong leadership at Board and specialty level at all stages of transition and transfer.
Ref.-417-Child-Health-The-Inbetweeners-transition-report-FINAL.pdf (hqip.org.uk)
The last Labour government proposed a plan for a National Care Service. This Fabian Society report aims to pick up on this work and makes some suggestions as to what this service might look like or how it should be implemented.
Fabians-Support-Guaranteed-Report-WEB.pdf
NHS staff face a triple threat of soaring demand, staff sickness and low pay undermining healthcare staff recruitment and retention, the final report of the IPPR health and care workforce assembly, has said. Any increase in NHS staff over the last decade has been far outstripped by a soaring rise in need, the report says.
It says there are up to 10,000 ‘missing managers’ in hospitals and community settings since 2010 and more and better managers as needed as part of a 10 point plan to solve the workforce crisis.
The 10 point plan also includes creating a ‘return to health’ scheme that matches people with long-term health conditions, who would like to return to work, with suitable health and social care jobs and a ‘comply or explain’ right to flexible working to increase support for women returning to work after maternity leave.
Please find attached the latest Eating Disorders bulletin, which is now produced by the library service of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. If you need help accessing any of the articles included in this, please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
In this long read from the King’s Fund, ten clinicians share what helps and what hinders their efforts in improving the health of their local communities through adopting a population health approach.
Leading for population health: clinicians’ perspectives | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)
This report from the Department of Health and Social Care outlines government plans to support growth and prosperity in rural areas. It looks at investing in the rural economy and removing barriers to enterprise, delivering affordable housing and sustainable energy and access to health and care services.
