Health Creation Alliance coverage
GP appointments should be five minutes longer, says BMA – Doctors call for slots to be extended from 10 to 15 minutes to improve service. Guardian and Practice Business
STPs: A mile wide and an inch deep? – Dr Mark Spencer, co-chair of the Health Creation Alliance, explains why sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) seem to be more about slash and burn rather than transformation at present. NHE
New group to lobby on behalf of EU nurses in NHS – Leading nursing organisations are represented in a new coalition of health and social care experts formed to lobby on behalf of European Union staff in the wake of the Brexit vote. Nursing Times
Delivering the ‘fourth age of care’ – The care market is in crisis and may be on the verge of collapse. Social care struggles and the NHS is suffering the knock-on effects. Although we need a change in national financial policy, many things can be done now to improve the efficiency and safety of care for this population. LGC
This fortnight’s news:
- Community Pharmacy shares its Forward View: a vision for the future of care and well-being in the local community. Pharmacy Voice. See our response here: Health Creation Alliance
- Statins review hits out at exaggerated side effect claims – A major review has highlighted proven benefits of statin therapy and warned that exaggerated claims about side effects could leave patients at unnecessary risk of heart attack or stroke. GPOnline, Pulse and Guardian
- Seven-day GP services ‘reduced A&E attendances by 26%’ – A flagship seven-day GP access scheme managed to reduce A&E attendances for minor injuries, but at ‘significant costs’, a major new study has revealed. Pulse
- BMA reveals three more five-day full strikes – The NHS will need to prepare for 20 working days of full strike action by junior doctors between now and Christmas, after the British Medical Association announced three further weeks of action by trainees in England. HSJ
- GP practices advertise helpline for parents worried about radicalisation or terrorism – GP practices will put up posters in English, Welsh, Arabic, Urdu, Bengali and Somali to raise awareness of an NSPCC helpline for parents concerned about terrorism or radicalisation. GPonline
- New nurse education standards ‘could start in 2018 at some universities’ – Student nurses could train on updated university courses under new standards from as early as September 2018, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s lead advisor for reforming nurse education. Nursing Times
- District nurse staffing levels should be based on caseloads, not ratios, says QNI – Staffing levels for district nursing should be based around caseloads rather than nurse-to-patient ratios, according to a leading association for community nursing. Nursing Times
- New minister needed for embedding public health across all policies – MPs – A ministerial position is needed to fulfil the government’s aim of integrating and promoting public health across other government departments, the Health Select Committee has said. NHE
- Districts’ role in prevention should be part of mainstream policy – District councils play a central role in social care and health integration and preventative services. LGC
- GP surgery numbers to be cut as part of major plans around sustainability – Local areas are proposing to reduce GP surgery numbers as part of significant long-term plans to make savings, it has emerged. Pulse
- GP vacancies to outnumber practices in deprived area – GP practices in inner-city and south Bristol are on course to have more GP vacancies than GP practices within the next year, a CCG survey has revealed. Pulse
Save the Date:
2016 ACTION SUMMIT
IN SEARCH OF HEALTH CREATION: COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY
No one is as smart as all of us
Thursday, December 1, 2016
King’s Fund, Cavendish Square, London W1
Our 2016 Action Summit will take place in December at the King’s Fund in central London. This will be a full and interactive day, focusing on the concept and practice of Health Creation. We are delighted the Summit will be delivered in partnership with ITN Productions, who will launch our 2016 news programme, Healthy Communities, Healthy People at the Summit. If you would like to showcase your organisation in our programme, please contact simon.shelley@nhs.co.uk.
We were delighted to see Salford Dadz featured on the front page of Nursing Standard. The initiative encourages fathers in a deprived area to learn coping strategies from each other. Instead of focusing on needs – which can foster dependency – the ‘asset-based approach’ draws on the hidden strengths of men who manage to thrive in difficult circumstances. To read more about the project click here Nursing Standard.
Coming soon…
Housing and its contribution to health: the evidence, the business case, the health economics
Look out for new reports from Health Creation Alliance and Kings Fund on the evidence, business case and economics of housing and health, to be launched on 20 Sept. The three linked reports cover:
- The health sector’s understanding of, attitudes towards, and use of evidence in decision-making
- How housing organisations can make a strong business case to health
- An economic case for housing and health, drawn from housing association case studies
Make a date for this webinar at 1.30 – 2.30pm on 13 October when the findings will be presented and debated by the authors Merron Simpson and David Buck.
