Gendered experiences of obesity: Narrowing gender gaps in prevention and treatment

Gendered experiences of obesity: Narrowing gender gaps in prevention and treatment
Social Market Foundation 23 November 2021

• This report explores gendered experiences of obesity in the UK , examining how obesity rates differ between men and women, the drivers of these trends and the extent to which policy aimed at reducing obesity rates needs to be gender specific.

The future of NHS human resources and organisational development

The future of NHS human resources and organisational development
NHS England 22 November 2021

• This report outlines the ten-year strategy for the human resources (HR) and organisational development (OD) services in the NHS. It is aimed at HR and OD directors, chief people officers, HR and OD practitioners, managers, leaders and anyone with an interest in HR and OD.

The government’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for government on risk management

The government’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for government on risk management
NAO 19 November 2021

• This report sets out the facts on:
• the government’s approach to risk management and emergency planning (Part One);
• the actions the government took to identify the risk of a pandemic like COVID-19 (Part Two);
• the actions the government took to prepare for a pandemic like COVID-19 (Part Three); and
• recent developments (Part Four).

Health and Care Bill: Committee stage report

Health and Care Bill: Committee stage report
House of Commons Library Research Briefing 18 November 2021

• An overview of proceedings on the Health and Care Bill at its Commons committee stage, including a summary of key amendments considered in Public Bill Committee.

Briefing on the Health and Care Bill: House of Commons report stage and third reading

Briefing on the Health and Care Bill: House of Commons report stage and third reading
Kings Fund 16 November 2021

• This briefing focuses on Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Bill, which deal with the NHS and its relationships to other parts of the system, including the powers of the Secretary of State, plus proposed changes to information sharing across the health and care system.

Role of housing in the future of care and support

Role of housing in the future of care and support
SCIE 15 November 2021

• This report for commissioners and managers in health and social care develops a vision and roadmap for providing more options for housing with care and support. It is the result of the research undertaken by the Commission on the Role of Housing in the Future of Care and Support.
•  The Commission focused on the needs of people over the age of 65, although it also takes account of examples of promising practice in relation to working age adults (including those with learning disabilities). The Commission also considered the specific needs of diverse communities who often find it more difficult than others to access high-quality housing that facilitates their care and support. It includes recommendations for local partners including NHS.

Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care Report

Saving lives, improving mothers’ care: lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2017-19
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit 11 November2021

• This report finds that pregnancy remains safe in the UK, with the overall maternal death rate showing a slight decrease. Among 2,173,810 women who gave birth in 2017-2019, 191 died during or up to six weeks after pregnancy, and 495 during or up to one year after their pregnancy. However, the findings show a continued inequality in the mortality rates for women of different ethnic backgrounds, ages and socio-economic circumstances.

Ethnic and Socio-economic Inequalities in NHS Maternity and Perinatal Care for Women and their Babies
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit 11 November2021

• This report describes inequalities in maternity and perinatal care for women and their babies in England, Scotland and Wales during the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2018. Using routinely collected data, care and outcomes experienced by women and babies using NHS maternity services are measured and stratified by ethnicity and by Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), a proxy for socio-economic deprivation. 
• The results demonstrate differences in outcomes of maternity and perinatal care among women and birthing people, and their babies, via comparisons between those living in the most deprived and the least deprived areas in Great Britain, and in those from ethnic minority groups versus white ethnic groups.

LGA position paper on integration

LGA position paper on Integration
LGA 11 November 2021

• This paper outlines the learning from the LGA and its partner organisations on the critical success factors for achieving effective, joined-up and person-centred care and support to improve people’s experience of care and support and improve their health and wellbeing outcomes.

The challenges of developing integrated care partnerships (ICPs): a discussion

The challenges of developing integrated care partnerships (ICPs): a discussion
NHS Confederation 10 November 2021

• A summary of issues raised by ICS leaders following the publication of the national ICP engagement document.

Attracting, supporting and retaining a diverse NHS workforce

Attracting, supporting and retaining a diverse NHS workforce
Nuffield Trust 8 November 2021 

• This report examines the representation of under-served groups and provides a set of recommendations for change as the NHS strives to become an exemplar of equality, diversity and inclusion.

Waiting lists are inevitable. It's how we manage them that matters.

Waiting lists are inevitable. It's how we manage them that matters.
Healthwatch 8 November 2021

• The COVID-19 pandemic has created a huge backlog of people waiting for a diagnostic test or treatment. Healthwatch have spoken to more than 2,500 people about their experiences, helping us to dig beneath the headlines and support the NHS to make good policy decisions on how best to manage waiting lists.
• The report discusses current waiting lists, cancellations, patient experience around waiting for care, interim support services and solutions. The report includes a number of recommendations.

Inequality: what do we know, and why do we care?

Inequality: what do we know, and why do we care?
Institute for Fiscal Studies 8 November 2021

• A lecture exploring the debate over which inequalities the government should act to reduce, and why. It focused on the contributions that can be made by economic theory and empirical research, and also introduced some of the tools used to measure different inequalities, applying them to UK income inequality to show how different measures can give us different insights. (Video and slides)

Why doesn’t integrated care work? Using Strong Structuration Theory to explain the limitations of an English case

Why doesn’t integrated care work? Using Strong Structuration Theory to explain the limitations of an English case
Sociology of Health and Illness 6 November 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13398

• Integrated care is an aim and a method for organising health and care services, particularly for older people and those with chronic conditions. Policy expects that integrated care programmes will provide person-centred coordinated care which will improve patient or client experience, enable population health, prevent hospital admissions and thereby reduce costs. However, empirical evaluations of integrated care interventions have shown disappointing results. We analysed an in-depth case study using Strong Structuration Theory to ask: how and why have efforts to integrate health and social care failed to produce desired outcomes?

Information governance in local quality improvement

Information governance in local quality improvement
HQIP updated 5 November 2021

• This guide describes how information governance (IG) laws and principles apply to the use of personal data in local or regional multi-agency healthcare quality improvement studies such as clinical audit, productivity reviews, intervention testing, and service evaluation.

NHS health and wellbeing framework

NHS health and wellbeing framework
NHS England 4 November 2021

• This framework is a high-level culture change toolkit aimed at health and wellbeing staff, human resources (HR) and organisational development (OD) staff, HR and OD directors, wellbeing guardians, managers and leaders, and anyone with an interest in health and wellbeing. It is made up of four documents: strategic overview; elements of health and wellbeing; diagnostic tool; and implementation guide.