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Government response to the House of Commons Health Committee report Brexit and health and social care: people and processes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This command paper sets out the government’s response to the report on the impact of Brexit on health and social care published by the House of Commons Health Committee in April 2017. Areas covered in the response include: rights and entitlements of EU citizens remaining in the UK; NHS and adult social care staffing requirements; professional regulation and recognition of professional qualifications; European working time directive; and healthcare provision for EU nationals in the UK and people insured by the UK in other EU countries. (Edited publisher abstract)
Government response to the Health Select Committee's inquiry into suicide prevention
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- London
The government’s response to the Health Select Committee’s inquiry into suicide prevention, responding to the committee’s recommendations for improving delivery of the cross-government suicide prevention strategy. This response was prepared by the Department of Health in consultation with other government departments and agencies, including NHS England, Public Health England and Health Education England. The report address a whole range of aspects, including: strategy implementation; quality of local authorities’ plans; funding; services to support people who are vulnerable to suicide; people not in contact with any health services; people in contact with primary care; drug treatment and suicide; people under the care of specialist mental health services; self-harm; sharing information with families; support for those bereaved by suicide; guidelines for responsible reporting of suicide; and media, including social media and the internet. (Edited publisher abstract)
The Government response to the House of Commons Health Select Committee Report on Primary Care (fourth report of session 2015-16)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- London
This government’s response to the Health Select Committee primary care report explains the measures which have been put in place to support primary care and improve patients’ access to services. General practice is currently under increasing pressure due to a range of factors, including an ageing population with increasing morbidity, increasing patient expectations, difficulties with recruiting GPs in some areas; and funding has not kept pace with these rising demands. Recent measures undertaken by the Government include: increasing funding for primary medical care by £2.4 billion per year by the end of the financial year 2020 to 2021; increasing the growth rate in the number of GPs, through offering new incentives; a new practice resilience programme to support struggling practices; local Sustainability and transformation plans to address workload and workforce issues; and trying new models of care, through multi-speciality provider vanguards and GP Access Fund sites. (Edited publisher abstract)
Out of area placements in mental health services for adults in acute inpatient care
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide for care providers and commissioners in monitoring and reducing their use of out of area placements (OAPs). An ‘out of area placement’ for acute mental health in-patient care happens when a person with assessed acute mental health needs who requires adult mental health acute inpatient care is admitted to a unit that does not form part of the usual local network of services. The government has set a national ambition to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements (OAPs) in mental health services for adults in acute inpatient care by 2020 to 2021 (Edited publisher abstract)
Our commitment to you for end of life care: the Government response to the Review of Choice in End of Life Care
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 60
- Place of publication:
- London
Government response to an independent review of choice in end of life care which sets out a national commitment to ensure that all people to have high quality, personalised end of life care built around their needs and preferences. It outlines six commitments to end variation in end of life care across the health system by 2020. These are: honest discussions between care professionals and dying people; dying people making informed choices about their care; personalised care plans for all; the discussion of personalised care plans with care professionals; the involvement of family and carers in dying people’s care; and a main contact so dying people and their families know who to contact at any time. Part Two sets out the detail of the vision to support and deliver the commitment. This will be achieved through greater personalised care, improvements to quality of end of life care in all settings, identifying and spreading innovation and best practice, improved leadership and commissioning, a skilled workforce, partnership working to improve care and increase community resilience and strengthened accountability and transparency. (Edited publisher abstract)
Principles for maintaining continuity of care when moving across borders within the United Kingdom: guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out how responsible authorities should ensure continuity of care for adults who receive care and support and move to another country in the UK. The aims of the principles are to maintain the adult’s wellbeing and prevent them from falling into crisis; ensure that the adult is at the centre of the process; and that responsible authorities should work together and share information in a timely manner to ensure needs are being met both on the day of the move and subsequently. Responsible authorities should meet the adult’s assessed care needs and support the outcomes they want to achieve. The principles of cross- border cooperation support: person-centred process; information sharing; providing recipient of care with information about local care and support provision in the authority they are moving to; and working together to support a move across national boundaries. (Edited publisher abstract)
Statutory guidance for Local Authorities and NHS organisations to support implementation of the Adult Autism Strategy
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 66
- Place of publication:
- London
Statutory guidance for local authorities and NHS organisations to support implementation of the autism strategy. It sets out how they must carry out their responsibilities under the Autism Act 2009 to develop services that support and meet the needs of people with autism, and their families and carers. It also explains what support they can expect to receive from local authorities and NHS organisations. The guidance covers the following topics: training of staff who provide services to adults with autism; identification and diagnosis of autism in adults, leading to assessment of needs for relevant services; planning in relation to the provision of services for people with autism as they move from being children to adults; local planning and leadership in relation to the provision of services for adults with autism; preventative support and safeguarding in line with the Care Act 2014 from April 2015; reasonable adjustments and equality; supporting people with complex needs, whose behaviour may challenge or who may lack capacity; employment for adults with autism; and working with the criminal justice system. (Edited publisher abstract)
Vulnerable Groups and Inequalities Task and Finish Group report
- Author:
- VULNERABLE GROUPS AND INEQUALITIES TASK AND FINISH GROUP
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises proposals from the Vulnerable Groups and Inequalities Task and Finish Group of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce and has informed the report ‘Future in Mind: promoting, protecting and improving our children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.’ The report addresses two key issues concerning children and young people with vulnerabilities: children and young people with multiple difficulties and complex needs which significantly impede their access to, engagement with, and outcomes from services; the majority of children and young people who need mental healthcare do have multiple vulnerabilities which often contribute to their reasons for needing mental health support. The report sets out proposals for change, grouped under the following themes: better and clearer routes of access to services and support; trauma-focused care; different delivery models including more accessible and engaging settings; increased participation; co-ordinated services; and tackling inequalities and promoting equalities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Prevention and Access Task and Finish Group report: Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce
- Author:
- PREVENTION AND ACCESS TASK AND FINISH GROUP
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 41
- Place of publication:
- London
Identify ways of implementing effective, evidence-based mental health promotion and prevention and improving access to timely evidence-based support for children and young people whatever their mental health needs. This covers all access points including primary care and hospitals, early years settings, schools and colleges, social care, youth justice the voluntary and community sector, and other agencies that children and young people come into contact with. It encompasses the journey from first-point-of-contact services through to targeted and specialist services. It includes services for children and young people in crisis and those making the transition to adult services or other services during their care path. There report is structured around three themes: improving mental health promotion and prevention (mental health/healthy minds promotion and prevention and early identification of mental health problems across the 0-18 age range); improving access - providing the right support at the right time by appropriately skilled professionals (including evidence-based interventions, national access and waiting time standards, care pathways and transitions); and training to deliver improved mental health promotion, prevention and evidence-based interventions and support (across the children’s and young people’s workforces). The report sets out six key proposals for better mental health promotion and prevention: create a national movement to dispel stigma and promote awareness of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing; develop an inclusive life course approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing from the earliest years, through the school-age years and transition to adulthood; establish clearly identifiable access points into the system; improvements in access and waiting times to targeted and specialist services; produce a local offer; and develop the skills of the children and young people’s workforces. (Edited publisher abstract)
Professionals' survey for Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 13
- Place of publication:
- London
This consultation document seeks suggestions from frontline professionals of feasible solutions and practical steps that government, the NHS, voluntary organisations, local authorities and individual providers could take to improve children and young people’s mental health outcomes. The consultation looks at: data and standards, access and prevention, a co-ordinated system, vulnerable groups and inequalities. (Edited publisher abstract)