Suicide Prevention
The November edition of the suicide prevention bulletin is now available to view and download.
Tag: Report
Out of sight – who cares?
A review of restraint, seclusion and segregation for autistic people, and people with a learning disability and/or mental health condition
Source – Kings Fund Health Management and Policy Alert
This report tells the story of restrictive practices from the perspective of people who have experienced it first-hand and looks at how long-term segregation was used. The review finds that the environment of mental health hospitals was often not therapeutic. It also finds that some people were admitted without proper assessment and did not have an assessment of their needs while in hospital, resulting in the lack of a clear care and treatment plan.
NHS England
Delivering a ‘net zero’ NHS
This report provides an account of the NHS’s modelling and analytics underpinning the latest NHS carbon footprint, trajectories to net zero, and the interventions required to achieve that ambition. It lays out the direction, scale and pace of change. It describes an iterative and adaptive approach, which will periodically review progress and aims to increase the level of ambition over time. A greener NHS is on the way.
To find out more click here.
Psychological Therapies
Annual report on the use of IAPT services 2019-2020
The publication contains analyses on activity, waiting times and outcomes such as recovery in 2019-20. In addition, the report covers a range of demographic analyses including outcomes for patients of different ages, ethnic group and separately for ex-British Armed Forces personnel.
Key facts include;
- 1.69 million referrals to talking therapies
- 87.4% started treatment within 6 weeks
- 1.17 million referrals started treatment
- 6.9 sessions of treatment on average
- 606,192 referrals completed course of treatment
- 51.1% referrals moved to recovery
To read the full report or find out more information click here.
Mental Health
Mental health and primary care networks: understanding the opportunities
The establishment of primary care networks (PCNs) is one of the most important reforms to primary care in England in recent years. This report, published jointly by The King’s Fund and the Centre for Mental Health, explores the opportunities the emergence of these new networks creates for improving the support and treatment provided to people with mental health needs in primary care, and describes why such improvement is badly needed.
Nutrition
Calls to ensure a healthy, sustainable diet is accessible to everyone
A report from the committee on Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment sets out its recommendations to fix the food system and ensure that a healthy, sustainable diet is accessible to all.
Loneliness
How can psychological approaches help tackle loneliness?
A new policy report from the Campaign to End Loneliness looks at evidence for using psychological approaches, such as mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), to tackle loneliness for older adults.
Royal College of Nursing
Speaking up: how UK nursing staff expect to be valued
In mid-May 2020, 42,000 RCN members responded to a survey on their experience of nursing during Covid-19. This report is a first look at their experiences of feeling valued, and how in their own view, their value is expressed in relation to pay.
NHS Confederation
New report on ‘health as the new wealth’
Health should be the new wealth, says a joint report from Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), the NHS Confederation and Yorkshire Universities.
Read more here
Local Government Association
Public health transformation seven years on: prevention in neighbourhood, place and system
The LGA’s 2020 public health annual report showcases examples from 10 areas that demonstrate what can be achieved by public health operating across local government and working closely with the NHS and a wide range of local and system partners.
Read the report here