This introductory module relates to high quality evidence-based commissioning for wellbeing.
High impact change model
This high impact change model aims to focus support on helping local system partners minimise unnecessary hospital stays and to encourage them to consider new interventions for future winters.
Health and housing: building the evidence base
A Paper for Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network by the Housing Learning and Improvement Network This paper provides a review of the evidence base in relation to projects and pilot initiatives across the UK which bring together health and housing, with a particular focus on older people. Evidence has…
End of Life Care Core Skills Education and Training Framework
End of Life Care Core Skills Education and Training Framework Death and dying is an inevitable part of life, and will occur in all settings: at home, in care homes, in hospices, hospitals and other institutions. As health and care staff, we have the opportunity to make a positive difference…
London Clinical Senate Forum – Summary Report
January’s Forum focused on developing high quality out of hospital care – which is central to the delivery of ambitions set out in London’s five Sustainability and Transformation Plans. The Forum aimed to support development of value based care by sharing different out of hospital care initiatives that have or…
Law Commission report: Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty
The Law Commission recommends that the DoLS should be replaced with a new scheme called the Liberty Protection Safeguards. The final report (which includes the draft Bill) and other project documents are available here. The report and draft Bill will now be considered by Government.
An Investigation into the Occupational Therapy Workforce in London
Recruitment and retention issues in occupational therapy have been the subject of significant concern for many years. There is a small evidence base which suggests that satisfaction, professional development opportunities, career development pathways, supervision and the positive aspects of an individual’s role may impact positively on the occupational therapy workforce…
Transforming Care Progress Report (NAO)
The National Audit Office published a report on local support for people with a learning disability on March 3rd 2017. This includes an update on progress in the Transforming Care programme and on the numbers of people with learning disabilities in employment and settled accommodation. The summary of the report…
NHS England Health Inequalities in End of Life Care Blog and link to webinar recording
On 8 February 2017 the NHS England End of Life Care team hosted a webinar on the topic of Health Inequalities in End of Life Care. Unsurprisingly, given the high levels of interest in this topic, the webinar was heavily oversubscribed. Nicola Spencer, Programme Support Manager for End of Life…
Video outlining the transformation of the current NHS 111 service into Integrated Urgent Care
Please see the following link for a video that the Integrated Urgent Care Team (NHSE) has produced that outlines the transformation of the current NHS 111 service into Integrated Urgent Care: https://youtu.be/FIZZu4R6yEU
Better home care for older people – NICE quick guides
In collaboration with The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), NICE have developed Quick guides on two Social care topics – Home care, and Oral health in care homes. These summarise key points of guidance, and signpost relevant resources. We’re seeking feedback on the developments users would like to be included…
Commissioning advocacy under the Care Act: Emerging good practice
This is a briefing for commissioners and providers of independent advocacy under the Care Act. It sets out emerging good practice and summarises the findings of new research from the Universities of Birmingham and Central Lancashire. This briefing builds on and expands SCIE’s Commissioning independent advocacy under the Care Act…
New GMC guidance on confidentiality
This revised guidance will come into effect on 25th April 2017.
Marie Curie launches free online resource for frontline professionals caring for people with a terminal illness
Marie Curie has launched a new free online resource for health and social care professionals who don’t have expertise in palliative and end of life care. It is the first time that a comprehensive and robust suite of end of life care material has been made available free, quickly and…
Serious Illness Conversations Programme
Some useful links Development of the Serious Illness Care Program: a randomised controlled trial of a palliative care communication intervention Serious Illness Care Programme UK: Assessing the ‘face validity’ and acceptability of the Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) for use within the UK health care setting. Serious Illness Care Programme…
National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN) e-alert for Feb 2017
February 2017
NHS and Social Care Workforce: Implications of Leaving the European Union
House of Lords library briefing
Reshaping the workforce to deliver the care patients need
Reshaping the workforce to support new models of care is a huge opportunity, but also a huge organisational development challenge – particularly with regard to the non-medical workforce. We argue that organisations need to begin with a deep understanding of patient needs, and then train, recruit and skill the workforce to meet…
My Life, My Decision: Planning for the end of life
My Life, My Decision was an ambitious, multifaceted programme of work by Compassion in Dying aiming to support people aged over 50 to think about and plan their care in advance, helping to ensure they have the death that is right for them. The programme tried and tested new ways of…
Tie your camel first: Planning ahead for the end of life with the Somali community
New report by Compassion in Dying detailing findings and recommendations from a pioneering project aimed at engaging the Somali community in planning ahead for end-of-life care and treatment. The Tie Your Camel First report is the culmination of a project with a group of older Somali women living in Tower Hamlets, in…