Health and Care

The November 2017 edition of this monthly newsletter from the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England is now available here. If you are interested in health and care news and would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please email HWAlliance@dh.gsi.gov.uk.

This report from our partners Shaping Our Lives aims to improve understanding of service user involvement in the commissioning, design, delivery and evaluation of public sector services. It also looks at the challenges faced by service users in negotiating their dual role of both being […]

NHS England has published new guidance to help identify the tell-tale signs of anxiety and depression in people aged 55 and older. Mental health in older people has been published to support research from Age UK which has shown nearly half of adults aged 55 […]

The Mental Health Act is being reviewed in the light of a number of issues, including the rising numbers of people detained under it, and the disproportionate numbers of those who are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. The VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, […]

The Care Quality Commission has published the results of its latest Children and Young People’s Survey. This found that children and young people’s experiences of hospital inpatient and day case care were mostly positive. The majority of children and young people said they were well looked […]

Findings have been published by the Care Quality Commission from the latest survey on patient experience of community mental health services. They show that, two years into a five-year investment and improvement plan, there is still scope for significant improvement. The survey contributes to NHS England’s Overall […]

The Government is consulting on changes to the statutory guidance on working together to safeguard children.  This includes replacement of Local Safeguarding Boards with local safeguarding partners; the establishment of a new national Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel; and the transfer of responsibility for child […]

The King’s Fund has produced an excellent animation that explains how the NHS works (an update to one it produced on the health system some years ago). For more information, visit www.kingsfund.org.uk

A review is being undertaken to analyse key lessons learned from the WannaCry cyber attack on 12 May 2017, which affected the NHS and other organisations. The review will assess the actions required to manage the risk and impact of a future cyber attack and […]

The Royal Society for Public Health – a leading UK health charity – is undertaking some research to better understand the role of faith and religion in health and wellbeing. To support them, please share your views in this survey. Your responses will go towards […]