Measuring outcomes: a guide for commissioners:
The first set of slides introduces general concepts about approaches to measurement in health care, the uses of structure, process and outcome indicators, and how to achieve a good mix of indicators for commissioning. The second set looks specifically at how commissioners can build up sets of measures along whole pathways of care. NHS Networks
Wednesday 8 August 2012
New disclosure and barring services: updated definition of regulated activity for adults
New disclosure and barring services: updated definition of regulated activity for adults:
The government committed to scaling back the Vetting and Barring Scheme and the criminal records regime to common sense levels. To achieve this the Home Office set up a cross government programme to develop the Protection of Freedoms Bill, which received royal assent in May 2012.
This means that from 10 September 2012, the definition of regulated activity in relation to safeguarding adults is changing.
The government committed to scaling back the Vetting and Barring Scheme and the criminal records regime to common sense levels. To achieve this the Home Office set up a cross government programme to develop the Protection of Freedoms Bill, which received royal assent in May 2012.
This means that from 10 September 2012, the definition of regulated activity in relation to safeguarding adults is changing.
Website warned over MMR claims
Website warned over MMR claims: A website offering parents advice on vaccines has been ordered to remove information about the MMR jab after claiming it could be linked to autism. BBC News
CQC – we'll listen to whistleblowers more
CQC – we'll listen to whistleblowers more: Before Winterbourne View the inspectorate had about 50 contacts a month – now it gets over 500 Public Service
Out of sight: stopping the neglect and abuse of people with a learning disability
Out of sight: stopping the neglect and abuse of people with a learning disability:
This report by Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation supports the 'Out of Sight' campaign, which calls for action to prevent people with a learning disability being sent to institutions where they are at risk of abuse and neglect. It suggests measures such as the development of local services by commissioners that specifically meet the needs of children and adults with learning disabilities, the integration of local assessment and treatment units with local services, and frequent, rigorous inspections by the Care Quality Commission.
This report by Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation supports the 'Out of Sight' campaign, which calls for action to prevent people with a learning disability being sent to institutions where they are at risk of abuse and neglect. It suggests measures such as the development of local services by commissioners that specifically meet the needs of children and adults with learning disabilities, the integration of local assessment and treatment units with local services, and frequent, rigorous inspections by the Care Quality Commission.
‘Making it personal’ charter – giving people with learning disabilities the lives they want
‘Making it personal’ charter – giving people with learning disabilities the lives they want: Molly Mattingly, Head of Learning Disability Programmes talks about Dimensions ' new Social Care Charter, ‘Making it personal’, which outlines what people with learning disabilities have said they want in order to live the kind of lives they want. Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Mental health spending falls for first time in 10 years - The Guardian
Mental health spending falls for first time in 10 years - The Guardian:
 The Guardian | Mental health spending falls for first time in 10 years The Guardian Although one of the coalition's first big policy announcements was to declare that mental health ought to have "parity with physical health in the NHS", investment in mental health for working-age adults dropped by 1%, once inflation is taken into ... Spending on mental health falls for first time in 10 yearsHealth Service Journal all 3 news articles » |
Winterbourne View abuse: report criticises authorities for failing to act
Winterbourne View abuse: report criticises authorities for failing to act:
Independent expert details hundreds of incidents of restraint and dozens of assaults on patients by staff at private hospital
The shocking catalogue of abuse at a care home first exposed by a TV investigation has been laid bare in a damning report.
The shocking catalogue of abuse at a care home first exposed by a TV investigation has been laid bare in a damning report.
Private care home put profits before humanity
Private care home put profits before humanity: Private care home for severely disabled people put its own profits before basic humanity, a scathing inquiry into abuse finds.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
Drugs companies putting profit ahead of medical discoveries, warn scientists
Drugs companies putting profit ahead of medical discoveries, warn scientists:
The multi-billion pound pharmaceutical industry has spent the last decade developing new drugs which have produced little benefit and caused considerable harm, experts say today. The Independent
The multi-billion pound pharmaceutical industry has spent the last decade developing new drugs which have produced little benefit and caused considerable harm, experts say today. The Independent
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