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Safe. Sensible. Social: the next steps in the national alcohol strategy
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 94p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The next steps in the National Alcohol Strategy reviews progress since the publication of the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England (2004) and outlines further national and local action to achieve long-term reductions in alcohol-related ill health and crime.
National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: asthma
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The National Service Framework (NSF) for Children and Maternity Services is published alongside supporting material, which includes a series of exemplar patient journeys. Whilst it is not the role of the NSF or the exemplars to provide detailed clinical discussion on individual childhood conditions or aspects of pregnancy or childbirth, exemplars illustrate some of the key themes in the NSF. Asthma is a disorder and every child will present differently and have needs specific to them. This example is just one example of the possible patient journey.
National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: children and young people who are ill
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This standard addresses the requirements of children, young people and their families when they have an acute illness or injury and also children and young people who have (or are at risk of a long-term condition which is not disabling). All children and young people who are ill, or thought to be ill, or injured will have timely access to appropriate advice and to effective services which address their health, social, educational and emotional needs throughout the period of their illness.
Comorbidities: a framework of principles for system-wide action
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 7
- Place of publication:
- London
This document sets out the current challenges faced in the health and social care system in treating people with two or more long term health conditions. Two types of comorbidities can be identified, requiring a different emphasis of action: those mostly due to increased life expectancy and longer exposure to risk factors over time; and those caused by more intense exposure to risk factors, particularly smoking, obesity, alcohol and physical inactivity. The document outlines a framework of principles and actions that might inform high level discussions on programme and service planning across agencies to support redesigning the health and social care system around whole people and the needs. These principles focus on health promotion and prevention; the role of wider determinants such as education, housing and employment; population needs; research and guideline development and use; people and patient participation; parity of esteem for mental health; and coordinated systems and payment reform. Also contains a list of useful resources. (Edited publisher abstract)
Continuing care: NHS and local councils' responsibilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance on continuing care, mainly for older people, but also including all adults aged over eighteen requiring continuing NHS care as a result of illness or accidents. Continuing or long term care describes the care that people need over an extended period of time, as a result of disability, accident or illness to address both physical and mental health needs and may include both health and social services.
Better care, higher standards: a charter for long-term care
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Charter for anyone in England who is eighteen or over and has difficulties associated with old age, long term illness or disability; and carers who support people in these circumstances. The Charter tells anyone who needs care or support over the long term where they can expect local housing, health and social services to set standards for the services they provide and what to do if these expectations are not met.
Our healthier nation: a contract for health; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by Command of Her Majesty, February 1998
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 90p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Green paper on helping people live healthy lives and on tackling the root causes of avoidable illnesses. Contains proposals for concerted action by the Government as a whole, in partnership with local organisations, to improve people's living conditions and health.
Variations in health: what can the Department of Health and the NHS do?; a report produced by the Variations Sub-Group of the Chief Medical Officer's Health of the Nation Working Group
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 147p.,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Over the last century, mortality rates have fallen steadily and life expectancy has increased significantly in the developed world. These improvements have benefited all sections of society. However, during the same period, systematic variations in mortality rates between different groups of the population have consistently been observed in the UK and elsewhere. Within the UK there are marked differences by occupational class, sex, region, and ethnicity, in life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, and incidence of and survival from a range of diseases. This report is the outcome of the work of a group set up by the Chief Medical Officer to address these health variations and develop a strategy for altering them. The report is part of the government's Health of the Nation strategy.