Current Awareness Updates
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.)