Health, Social Care and Homelessness (Archive)

DH:  Opportunity to propose new screening topics – (DH:  Launch of the Children’s Oral Health Improvement Programme Board ~ DH:  New TB report shows continuing decline in cases in England ~ DH:  Plan to reduce health & care red tape burden ~ DH:  PHE to unveil latest plans for £400m science hub at Harlow ~ DH:  Industry attends PHE briefing on reduction and reformulation ~ DH:  Increase in the number of people dying with dementia)

NHS England prepare to invest in 3 new units for mums with mental ill health – (NHS England:  Managing conflicts of interest in the NHS ~ Extra £25m for NHS organisations in England to improve mental health services for children & young people ~ NHS England:  Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) ~ NHS England:  Joining up ‘co-production’ & ‘patient leadership’ for a new relationship with people who use services ~ NHS England:  6 mental health pilot sites to redesign services & prevent patients being admitted to hospital miles away from home go live on 1 October 2016 ~ NHS England launches frameworks to increase integration of health & care services and improve the lives of care home residents)

NHS Confederation:   The planning guidance for 2017-19 is useful and needs to see ongoing alignment

CQC:  ‘Time to listen’ - A joined up approach to child sexual exploitation & missing children ~ CQC:  Guidance: Needs assessments on hospital discharge)

MHRA:  Freshers warned to be smart and avoid Modafinil

WAG:  Universal child health programme launched – (WAG:  Vaughan Gething: over £11m to improve cyber security in the NHS ~ WAG:  Health Secretary announces IPFR Review Panel ~ WAG:  Ambulance target met for almost a year ~ WAG:  Deadline approaching for people to claim for their care)

LGA responds to latest dental statistics – (LGA responds to PACAC report on unsafe discharge from hospital)

Crown Commercial Service:  Free workshops to help NHS trusts manage their workforce needs

STFC Computers get to the heart of the matter

Cancer Research UK:  Precision medicine trial first of its kind to show benefit to patients – (CRUK launches online course to help people talk about cancer ~ CRUK:  Low cancer symptom awareness linked to lower chance of survival ~ CRUK:  1 in 5 emergency bowel cancer patients had symptoms before diagnosis)

BHF:  Common prescription painkillers linked to increased risk of heart failure

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust takes top prize at the 2016 CIPD People Management Awards

BCS:  Is it OK for someone to give my Health Data to Google?

ScotGov:  1,000 Voices

Children’s Commissioner appoints leading figures from the Government, local authorities and the media as advisors – (Children’s Commissioners call on French government to urgently provide protection for children before Calais camp is cleared)

LGA:  Councils respond to latest homelessness figures

NICE says yes to another hepatitis C drug

Public Service Insights: Effectively Onboarding New Employees With An Intranet