Health Creation Alliance coverage:
NHS reform: STPs must involve primary care providers – It appears that the majority of STP boards have little in the way of primary care provider representation – this doesn’t bode well for turning theory into practice. GP Online
- Skill mix: Can pharmacists and community pharmacy rescue general practice?– Pharmacists could play a vital role in primary care and help support GPs to meet patient demand, but a number of issues need to be resolved.GP Online
- CCGs ranked on success of tackling health inequality – CCGs have been ranked based on their success in tackling health inequality, following the revelation that 264,000 excess hospitalisations of the socially deprived are costing the NHS £4.8bn a year. Pulse
- Manchester CCGs dominate list of worst for health inequality – Health Creation Alliance recently called for a ‘health creation’ approach to address the growing gap in life expectancy.
National Health Executive
Press releases
- Health Creation Alliance responds to York University’s research into hospital admissions. Health Creation Alliance
This fortnight’s news:
- Practices missing thousands in trainee payments following Capita takeover – Practices left without thousands of pounds after payment services were outsourced. GPonline and Pulse
- DH civil servants fear seven-day NHS will cause ‘workforce overload’ – DH civil servants have warned the Government that its seven-day NHS plans may cause ‘workforce overload’, including due to a lack of GPs. Pulse
- ‘Disgraceful’ lack of women and minorities in top NHS jobs – The lack of women and ethnic minorities in senior NHS roles has been described as “disgraceful” and a “serious weakness” in a new report. Times
- New £5m pot for perinatal mental health services – Commissioners and providers must show how they can reach more new and expecting mothers with serious mental health problems if they are to get a slice of a new £5m investment fund. HSJ
- New GP funding formula pushed back – NHS England has confirmed that a new GP funding formula will not be sought before 1 April 2018 despite expectations that it would inform the 2017-18 GP contract. HSJ
- NHS Hospitals ‘Being Crippled’ By Cost Of Agency Staff– Nearly every single hospital trust is breaching caps on the amount they can spend on agency staff because they can’t recruit enough doctors and nurses to safely staff wards. Sky News
- Unhelpful receptionists lead to lower patient satisfaction scores – Practices with unhelpful receptionists have lower patient satisfaction scores, a study has revealed. GPonline and Times
- Nursing course launched as stepping stone to degree– A new fast-track nursing qualification designed to help students from less academic backgrounds prepare for degree education is due to start in Sheffield. Nursing Times
- Dementia patients face a care lottery – Dementia patients are facing a postcode lottery with figures showing that the quality of care varies wildly around the country. Times
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 contactsimon.shelley@nhs.co.uk.
Full details coming soon but please save the date and register your interest now with conference@thehealthcreationalliance.org. Please note places are limited and we will be offered in order of registered interest.
Health Creation Alliance wants to hear your Trojan Mice success stories – where you have experienced or implemented a change in practice that has led to positive and lasting change in your life, in the life of one of your patients or in the life of the community where you live or work? Find out more here
Working together to deliver placebased health and care Masterclass programme for health and housing
