£15 million boost for local mental health crisis services
People at risk of a mental health crisis will be able to access new support services under plans to give projects across the country a share of a £15 million fund.
Independent Review of the Mental Health Act
The review will consider and make recommendations on improving legislation and practice around the Mental Health Act.
Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery
In a new guideline, NICE says children, young people and adults with learning disabilities, who have behaviour that challenges, should have the right support to live their lives in the community like everyone else.
£4.5 million innovation fund open to help children of dependent drinkers
The application phase for the innovation fund runs until 17
July. The total available fund is up to £4.5million over three years. Those
interested should submit an application form to InnovationFund@phe.gov.uk. Public Health England has also published a toolkit
to support local authorities (LAs) in planning services.
Draft Clean Air Strategy 2018
The draft Clean Air Strategy 2018 sets out actions to improve air quality by reducing pollution from a wide range of sources. It affects a broad range of sectors and touches on the interests of many. The consultation closes on 14 August 2018.
How the work of the vanguards can help overcome challenges of integrated care
Chris Hopson (Chief Executive of NHS Providers), Niall Dickson (Chief Executive of NHS Confederation), Julie Wood (Chief Executive of NHSCC) and Cllr Izzi Seccombe (Chair of the LGA Community Wellbeing Board) discuss why it is vital that the legacy of the vanguards is shared.
How should we pay for social care in the long term?
In this collection of
articles, part of the LGA's ongoing think piece series, sector experts
offer their views on how to fund adult social care (ASC) and support for the
long-term. They identify the key questions that need to be considered,
principles that should underpin the debate, and what some of the solutions
might look like.
NICE would love to hear from people involved in commissioning adult social care
The National Institute for Health and Care
Excellence (NICE) worked with a range of partners to develop a Quality
improvement resource for adult social care which maps NICE quality statements and medicines recommendations
against Care Quality Commssion (CQC) key lines of enquiry. The original resource was aimed primarily at social
care commissioners, but NICE is keen to develop the resource further, for
commissioners but also for providers and wider stakeholders. Please help to shape the way the resource is
developed and complete a quick online
survey open until 14 July 2018.
Update on payment for sleep-in shifts in social care: May 2018
This briefing updates councils on the latest developments regarding payment of sleep-in shifts in adult social care. Although this briefing focuses on adults, the issue is also relevant to children’s services.
New funding to digitise information flow between adult social care and health settings
Local authorities, residential and domiciliary adult social care providers
and researchers are being invited to apply for new funding to enable better
sharing of social care and health information. Almost £1.6m is being made
available across three projects. The deadline for submissions is 2 July 2018.
Network for sharing information to be replaced
The current
network for sharing information between health and ASC is being
replaced. The new Health and Social Care Network replaces the
existing N3 network. Councils with an existing N3 connection are urged to
ensure they have plans to start the transition and can contact NHS Digital
for further information. We would recommend speaking with your IT team about
this switchover.
LA access to pre-publication delayed transfers of care ( DTOC) data on Unify
As the monthly situation
report on delayed transfers has moved to NHS Digital’s Strategic Data
Collection Service platform, LAs will more easily be able
to access data pre-publication, as it does not require an NHS.net connection.
This should aid earlier validation of the submitted data and, hopefully, reduce
disputes. Should any LAs require access to the NHS Digital file transfer
system, where they can see any provider data submitted under them, email england.nhsdata@nhs.net,
who will request that NHS Digital provide access to the appropriate data. In
terms of setting accounts up, NHSD just need to know: Name, LA, Email
address, Mobile phone number if available (NHS D use this to set up passwords
but there are other ways if not).
This will allow individual
LAs to access their data as it is submitted so they can see which delays have
been attributed to them and therefore gives them time to challenge before
publication. This facility was available on Unify, but as Unify required
NHSnet access, not many LAs could do this. This access is for individual LAs to
see their own data for validation purposes and cannot be access by national
organisations as this would not be in line with pre-release access protocols to
official statistics. Once an LA has an account,
NHS D will send out login info and how to access.
Knowledge Hub, LG Inform and LG Inform Plus
Through the Knowledge Hub (KHub), this bulletin, and the blog of data
specialist Philippa Lynch we will provide updates and links to new information
available. Using LG Inform and LG Inform Plus the
LGA will provide reports and easy access to information across a range of
health and wellbeing themes. Reports covering health and wellbeing
measures for your area are available through our interactive map.
If there are further resources you would like to see signposted on our website,
please email philippa.lynch@local.gov.uk.
Top tips for sustaining homecare
The LGA, ADASS and the United Kingdom Home Care Association have worked together to produce a top tips paper covering a number of issues common to care providers and council commissioners, with the aim of giving some pointers and practice advice on tackling practical aspects of the homecare market.
Developing contingency plans for adult social care services
The Care Provider Alliance has published some practical guidance to help care providers with contingency planning.
Home ownership for people with long-term disabilities (HOLD) factbook
This factbook is about shared home ownership options for people with a disability, including people with a learning disability, autism or both.
Good progress but more to do: teenage pregnancy and young parents
This collection of case studies
and practical information has just been updated.
Developing new models of care in the PACS vanguards: a new national approach to large-scale change?
The King's Fund invited those who have led the development of the primary and acute care system (PACS) model, nationally and locally, to reflect on the process of being part of the programme, and of trying to bring about complex change in local systems.
Induction for new political and clinical leaders in
health and care
28 June 2018 | London
Health Plus Care:
Delivering the future of health and care
27-28 June | ExCeL London
LGA Annual
Conference and Exhibition
3-5 July 2018 | Birmingham
Political, Health
and Care Leadership Development Network for the South East Region
11 July 2018 | London
Transforming identities through Transforming Care webinar
9 July 2018 | 12.30-1.30pm
Leadership
Essentials for HWB chairs and vice-chairs
10-11 July 2018 | Coventry
Public Health
England annual conference 2018
11-12 September 2018 | Warwick University
Place-based
leadership for health and wellbeing in the West Midlands: Prevention, IET
14 September 2018 | Birmingham
Place-based leadership
for health and wellbeing in the West Midlands: accountable care – learning to
date
14 December 2018 | Birmingham
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