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NHS England believes an enhanced use of digital technologies can deliver significant efficiency and quality of care improvements across health and care services. Towards this goal, national health bodies require that providers complete a digital maturity assessment by January 2016, and that CCGs complete a digital roadmap by April 2016 This survey has been designed to evaluate the readiness of organisations to complete these objectives, and identify key success factors for the stepwise digital transformation programme outlined in the “Five Year Forward View” The survey should take less than 2 minutes to complete and closes at 5pm, Friday, 18th December 2015 Click here to take part in the survey and enter the prize draw! |
| ‘After Care’ is as important as treatment in hospital |
| Cllr Izzi Seccombe, the LGA’s Spokesperson for Community Wellbeing, responded to a study from the Royal Voluntary Service which shows that family networks struggle to support older people leaving hospital; "With increasing demand and continued funding pressures, elderly & vulnerable people face an uncertain future where the dignified care & support they deserve, such as getting back to independence, help getting dressed or getting out and about, is at risk”. |
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LGA responds to royal voluntary service report of families supporting older people RVS: Let's end going home alone Something for IPSIS to start with! EHRC: Britain must do more to tackle ‘virus of social isolation’ A matter of concern for most people (eventually) We won’t be able to afford the NHS unless we ‘solve’ this problem Make a single person responsible for discharging patients to avoid delays Cutting reliance on paper will make patients safer, says NHS England Getting hospital discharge right would stop suffering and save £ms |
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| A growing problem with another ‘immigrant’ |
| Boaters, anglers & others who visit the River Ouse around Bedford are being asked to report any sightings of floating pennywort to the Environment Agency. The plant can quickly establish dense mats of vegetation, out-competing native species & dominating watercourses. The plant chokes waterways making it difficult for boats to navigate and increases the risk of flooding by clogging channels. It can also pose a threat to fish & other aquatic life by starving the water of light, oxygen & nutrients. |
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| Make children exercise at school? |
| Health Committee publishes report saying the scale & consequences of childhood obesity demand bold & urgent action from Government. Treating obesity and its consequences is currently estimated to cost the NHS £5.1bn every year. By contrast, the UK spends only around £638m on obesity prevention programmes. |
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PC&PE: Childhood obesity demands bold Government action committee report finds LGA: Obesity crisis - Councils respond to HoC Health Committee report on obesity BBC: Stirling school kids run or walk a mile a day to keep fit Adam Smith Inst: Sugar taxes will further distort the cost of living IEA: A sugary drinks tax will hit the poorest the hardest CMO: Prevention pays - our children deserve better New Change4Life campaign encourages families to make sugar swaps NICE issues standard on improving maternal & child nutrition Helping children & adults manage diabetes: NICE publishes updated suite of guidelines |
| The potential benefits are ‘dodgy’ and now it appears the human cost is rising unnecessarily as well |
| A small, tight-knit community was denied the chance to stay together due to a catalogue of errors by HS2 Ltd, an investigation by the Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman has found. A group of 6 families, from Staffordshire, fell victim of a number of failings by HS2 Ltd over 2 years, placing them under severe stress & worry, hugely impacting their home lives, jobs, careers & health. |
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Editor’s Commentary: The devil is in the detail with consultations Poor Government case for a £50bn investment in HS2 Lessons learned from major rail infrastructure programmes report published PM and Chancellor give green light to develop HS3 Government refused to raise ambition of HS2's environmental protections |
| Just what is the BBC for? |
| Think Tank IPPR has published a collection of essays from leading media commentators on the future of the BBC, amid the Charter Review into the licence fee and remit of the public service broadcaster. There is general agreement that the BBC is a valued & trusted broadcaster that is doing a lot right, and that the licence fee should be retained. However there are concerns that the BBC is insufficiently distinctive, particularly in peak times, relying on endless repeats & recommissioned ‘hardy-annuals’. |
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ScotGov: BBC shake-up could deliver major economic boost ScotGov: Priorities for BBC Charter Renewal BBC ‘luvvies’ have already started protesting at possible threat to their ‘mega fees’ |
| Building Young Futures |
| A partnership programme between UNICEF UK and Barclays, has reached more than 90,000 young people across 6 countries. Over 3 years, the programme has helped to create 11,000 new businesses and has delivered sustainable long term change for young people. |
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| Help form policy |
| Call for evidence from all interested parties for a review into how local Council Tax support schemes are working across the country. The review follows the reform of Council Tax benefit to give councils the power to design their own schemes according to their local needs. |
| Patient Safety Alert |
| A Patient Safety Alert has been issued by NHS England to raise awareness of the importance of taking, recording & responding to vital signs where restraint has been used to manage a person’s behaviour if they are at risk to themselves or others. |
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WAG: Cross-party support for a long-lasting fair funding agreement welcomed – Jane Hutt |
