Prevention in the age of information: Public education for better health

Prevention in the age of information: Public education for better health
IPPR 2 June 2020

• The government has recognised there needs to be action to reduce the burden of preventable illness. This is an opportunity to deliver a paradigm shift in preventive health policy in the UK and embed public education as a major tool for driving better health. The aim of prevention policy is to drive behaviour change: to help people make better health decisions. This report begins to set out how this might be achieved.

.Health literacy toolkit

Health literacy toolkit
Heath Education England, Public Health England, NHS England and Community Health and Learning Foundation, 11 December 2017

• A suite of resources that will be helpful in raising awareness of health literacy and upskilling the health, care and wider public health workforce.

Identifying Commissioners’ Learning Needs - a survey

Identifying Commissioners’ Learning Needs
Family Doctor Association, 31 July 2013

• "A snapshot survey (n=66) of health service commissioners, Commissioning Support Unit leads and primary care leaders, reveals the impact of the new system on their unique roles, the challenges they face and suggestions for meeting their learning needs."
• "The respondents highlighted financial sustainability, meaningful stakeholder engagement especially with GPs practices suffering from change fatigue, and questioned the sustainability of the system in the long term."
• Questions included:
• How has your role changed?
• Greatest challenges in 2013/14
• Commissioning learning needs: local or national content?
• Does pharmaceutical sponsorship influence your decision to attend an event?
• What types of event are of most value to you?
• The poll carried out at the Commissioning Show, June 2013 in London.

Developing skills across community care

Delivering high quality, effective, compassionate care: Developing the right people with the right skills and the right values: A mandate from the Government to Health Education England: April 2013 to March 2015
Health Education England, 28 May 2013

• This mandate provides details of the strategic objectives of the Government in the areas of workforce planning, health education, training and development for which HEE and the LETBs have responsibility. It aligns with the mandate for NHS England and the Francis Report as well as the requirements of the NHS, Public Health and Social Care Outcomes Frameworks.
• This mandate aligns with the Education Outcomes Framework (EOF), which sets out the outcomes we expect from the reformed education and training system. 

Guide to healthcare in England

Guide to the Healthcare System in England
DH, 3 May 2013 (36pp)

• This guide explains organisations in the healthcare system and how they work together and includes the Statement of NHS Accountability.
• The Guide will be updated annually and  covers:
• providing care
• commissioning care
• safeguarding patients
• empowering patients and local communities
• education and training
• supporting providers of care
• the role of the Secretary of State for Health

Education outcomes framework

Education outcomes framework for healthcare workforce 
DH, 28 March 2013

• Education outcomes are set in terms of the impact for patients, users of services and carers and will be used to measure improvements in education, training and workforce development and the impact on the quality and safety of services for patients.

CCG learning portal

CCG learning and support tool
NHS Commissioning Board, June 2012

• A series of web pages signposting the key learning and development opportunities available to proposed CCGs organised by the domains of authorisation. 
• Includes resources for individual leaders, senior teams, governing bodies, extended teams and Whole CCGs 
• Resources from key national bodies includingthe NHS Commissioning Board Authority, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the NHS Leadership Academy and the NHS Alliance / NAPC.

Health Education England – an introduction

Introducing Health Education England

DH, 22 June 2012

• The vision and purpose, values and culture and the proposed advisory structure of Health Education England (HEE) and the Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs).

Critical report from HSC report on education and training

Education, training and workforce planning in the NHS
Health Select Committee, 23 May 2012

• According to the HSC report “Government plans to reform education, training and workforce planning in the NHS are unclear and lack crucial detail.”

Health Education England

Health Education England (HEE)

• The new national leadership organisation – ensuring that education, training, and workforce development drive the highest quality public health and patient outcomes.

Education Outcomes Framework

The Education Outcomes Framework

Health Education England, January  2012

• The five high level domains of the Education Outcomes Framework  which were identified in the guidance document From Design to Delivery published in January 2012 are:
• Excellent education
• Competent and capable staff
• Adaptable and flexible workforce
• NHS values and behaviours
• Widening participation

New approach to workforce planning

Liberating the NHS: Developing the Healthcare Workforce from Design to Delivery
DH 12 Jan 2012

• Setting out the policy framework for a new approach to workforce planning and the education and training of the health and public health workforce

Integration, education & training, information and public health

NHS Future Forum: second phase
DH, 10 Jan 2012

• The NHS Future Forum has given its second set of reports to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in which it sets out a series of recommendations to improve the quality of patient care and achieve better outcomes.
• Reports on Integration, Education & training, Information and Public Health