NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2019
NHS LEGISLATION
2 pages
NHS to put forward final Legislation proposals to Parliament and the Government.
2 pages
NHS to put forward final Legislation proposals to Parliament and the Government.
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MENTAL HEALTH - BRIEFING
4 pages Briefing from the Centre for Mental Health explores what a fair and sustainable funding settlement for social care needs to look like in order to deliver parity of esteem for mental health and sufficient funding to support people of working age as well as those in later life. https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/social-care-funding-and-mental-health |
PHARMACY NEWS
1. Advancing our Health – Prevention in the 2020s.
This document talks about expanding the role of community pharmacists to “support more people in the community to manage and improve their health and well-being”. It continues, “We will commission more services from community pharmacies and support them to become further integrated into local NHS provider networks.”
The changes to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework in England announced in July include a pipeline of prevention-focused pharmacy based services, including helping to identify and refer patients with unidentified health conditions such as heart disease. Over the course of the settlement period all pharmacies in England will become Healthy Living Pharmacies which will require them to have trained health champions on site.
2. Pharmacy inspection reports
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has begun publishing pharmacy inspection reports online, with the aim of “providing assurance and driving improvement” among the UK’s pharmacies.
Launching a new website to host the reports, the major change for pharmacy will help inform and assure the public about the standards they can expect from pharmacies and drive improvement within services.
These inspection reports were already being carried out, but the GPhC was only recently awarded the legal powers to publicly publish them – and took time to carefully consult on plans for publishing the information with patients, the public and the pharmacy sector to ensure it suited all users’ needs.
Members of the public using the new pharmacy inspections website will be able to easily find and use information about the pharmacies they use. They will be able to view whether the site has been inspected since 2019, has met or not met all of the standards for registered pharmacies and how well it is performing against five principles.
1. Advancing our Health – Prevention in the 2020s.
This document talks about expanding the role of community pharmacists to “support more people in the community to manage and improve their health and well-being”. It continues, “We will commission more services from community pharmacies and support them to become further integrated into local NHS provider networks.”
The changes to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework in England announced in July include a pipeline of prevention-focused pharmacy based services, including helping to identify and refer patients with unidentified health conditions such as heart disease. Over the course of the settlement period all pharmacies in England will become Healthy Living Pharmacies which will require them to have trained health champions on site.
2. Pharmacy inspection reports
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has begun publishing pharmacy inspection reports online, with the aim of “providing assurance and driving improvement” among the UK’s pharmacies.
Launching a new website to host the reports, the major change for pharmacy will help inform and assure the public about the standards they can expect from pharmacies and drive improvement within services.
These inspection reports were already being carried out, but the GPhC was only recently awarded the legal powers to publicly publish them – and took time to carefully consult on plans for publishing the information with patients, the public and the pharmacy sector to ensure it suited all users’ needs.
Members of the public using the new pharmacy inspections website will be able to easily find and use information about the pharmacies they use. They will be able to view whether the site has been inspected since 2019, has met or not met all of the standards for registered pharmacies and how well it is performing against five principles.
WHISTLE-BLOWING - HEALTHCARE SECTORS
23 pages
The General Medical Council (GMC) has joined with seven other healthcare professional regulators to publish an Annual Report on Whistle-blowing Disclosures.
23 pages
The General Medical Council (GMC) has joined with seven other healthcare professional regulators to publish an Annual Report on Whistle-blowing Disclosures.
WHEN CAN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES CHARGE FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (FOI) REQUESTS?
FOI Man looks at when a public authority is allowed to charge for FOI requests, and how such charges must be be calculated.
FOI Man looks at when a public authority is allowed to charge for FOI requests, and how such charges must be be calculated.
RESHUFFLE - HEALTH MINISTER
A new Health Minister has been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care following a Cabinet reshuffle this week.
Edward Argar, MP for Charnwood in Leicestershire, has replaced Chris Skidmore, who was appointed health minister in July this year, shortly after Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.
Mr Argar’s brief will include Brexit, finance, efficiency, commercial, capital and estates, operational performance, workforce, and transformation and provider policy.
Mr Skidmore has returned to the post he held before moving to DHSC – Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Minister, a joint role across the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The role became vacant when Mr Johnson’s brother Jo resigned late last week.
A new Health Minister has been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care following a Cabinet reshuffle this week.
Edward Argar, MP for Charnwood in Leicestershire, has replaced Chris Skidmore, who was appointed health minister in July this year, shortly after Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.
Mr Argar’s brief will include Brexit, finance, efficiency, commercial, capital and estates, operational performance, workforce, and transformation and provider policy.
Mr Skidmore has returned to the post he held before moving to DHSC – Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Minister, a joint role across the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The role became vacant when Mr Johnson’s brother Jo resigned late last week.
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PREGNANCY AND MENTAL HEALTH
48 pages A report by Healthwatch says new parents need more support to deal with mental health problems during and after pregnancy. |
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REPORT BY THE ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON SOCIAL CARE
62 pages MPs call to ‘professionalise’ social care workers. A report by the APPG [All-Party Parliamentary Group] on social care is calling for the professionalising of social care workers. |
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NHSE ON VOLUNTEERING
5 pages NHS England/Improvement has published information about the role of volunteering in integrated care systems. https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/integrated-volunteering-approaches-in-stp-ics-programme/ |
KING'S FUND LETTER TO MPs
3 pages
With the increasing possibility of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a deal, we’ve joined with the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation to outline the four major areas in health and care where the impact of a no deal Brexit could be felt most sharply.
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With the increasing possibility of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a deal, we’ve joined with the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation to outline the four major areas in health and care where the impact of a no deal Brexit could be felt most sharply.
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THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACT: FIVE YEARS ON ...
16 pages Healthwatch has been working with young people, and their families, to find out how health and education services are working together for people with additional needs. https://www.healthwatch.co.uk/news/2019-09-01/children-and-families-act-five-years |
HS TARIFF HIKE FOR PRIVATE PROVIDERS - AUSTRALIA - UK Revenue Rise for Private Provider after NHS Tariff Hike.
Health Care’s UK revenue has increased 4.7 per cent year-on-year to £444m.
Company runs 30 sites offering NHS-funded services.
NHS referrals for a private hospital group have increased 7.4 per cent year-on-year, the provider has announced, also saying it has benefited from an increase in the service’s payment tariff.
In documents filed to the Australian stock exchange, Ramsay Health Care said its UK revenue had increased to £444m in the year to the end of June 2019, a 4.7 per cent rise on the previous year.
It said this was thanks to an increase in NHS tariff prices in April - which followed years of constraining - and an overall volume growth.
A previous trend of falling NHS referrals moved to growth in the year. It comes as the service struggles to prevent waiting lists from growing.
The company runs 30 sites providing NHS-funded services. These patients can be sent there by Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS Trusts or directly from GPs using the electronic referral system. In June, these facilities provided 5,664 inpatient and 6,997 outpatient NHS-funded procedures.
Ramsay Health Care said in the documents: “With the return to positive volume growth in the UK, we are now focused on recruitment and reducing our utilisation of agency staff. This, combined with increasing the complexity of our case mix, is a key focus for the UK business.”
SourceFilings to the Australian Stock Exchange
Health Care’s UK revenue has increased 4.7 per cent year-on-year to £444m.
Company runs 30 sites offering NHS-funded services.
NHS referrals for a private hospital group have increased 7.4 per cent year-on-year, the provider has announced, also saying it has benefited from an increase in the service’s payment tariff.
In documents filed to the Australian stock exchange, Ramsay Health Care said its UK revenue had increased to £444m in the year to the end of June 2019, a 4.7 per cent rise on the previous year.
It said this was thanks to an increase in NHS tariff prices in April - which followed years of constraining - and an overall volume growth.
A previous trend of falling NHS referrals moved to growth in the year. It comes as the service struggles to prevent waiting lists from growing.
The company runs 30 sites providing NHS-funded services. These patients can be sent there by Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS Trusts or directly from GPs using the electronic referral system. In June, these facilities provided 5,664 inpatient and 6,997 outpatient NHS-funded procedures.
Ramsay Health Care said in the documents: “With the return to positive volume growth in the UK, we are now focused on recruitment and reducing our utilisation of agency staff. This, combined with increasing the complexity of our case mix, is a key focus for the UK business.”
SourceFilings to the Australian Stock Exchange
