Care and health digital and information bulletin August 2018

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 August 2018

Care and health digital and information bulletin

August 2018


News

LGA launches social care green paper

The LGA has this week launched its social care green paper ‘The lives we want to lead’. The green paper is intended to build momentum for a debate across the country about how care is funded for adults of all ages and how the wider care and health system can be better geared towards supporting people’s wellbeing. A consultation will run from 31 July to 26 September and we are keen to hear from people and organisations. The green paper also outlines the role of digital and technology in enabling the delivery of social care. The consultation asks for evidence and examples of approaches that have demonstrated innovation in adult social care and support and we would encourage responses to this from councils, partners and other stakeholders.

Access the LGA green paper


Service design in social care: a new offer to councils

The LGA is pleased to announce that it will be partnering with service design agency Snook in a new offer to support councils develop person-centred care and support. The programme will support a number of councils to apply user-led service design principles to respond to a live social care challenge. More information on the programme as well as details on how councils can get involved will be available towards the end of the summer. For more information, please contact abigail.vella@local.gov.uk.


2018 Social Care Innovation Programme

On 21 June the LGA announced the councils to join the Social Care Digital Innovation Programme at the UKAuthority Digital Health and Care event. The 12 selected councils are:

  • Efficiency and strength based approaches: Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Lincolnshire County Council, South Tyneside Council, Wirral Council
  • Managing markets and commisioning: London Borough of Haringey, London Borough of Havering, Nottingham City Council, Shropshire Council
  • Sustainable and integrated care and health systems: Cambridgeshire County Council, Isle of Wight Council, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Sunderland City Council

All 12 councils met on 9 July and are now commencing their discovery phase which will last until the end of September. Keep up to date with the programme.

Download project summaries


CQC local area reviews and regional workshops

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) recently published the Beyond Barriers Report which summarises the findings from 20 local health and care system reviews. There are some important findings from the reviews on information sharing. Key themes include:

  • discharge information going to social care providers following discharge or referral;
  • the join-up of information from organisations through shared care record;
  • the provision of information and advice for people.

Through the Better Care Support Team and national partners, the LGA, in partnership with Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), is organising a series of free ‘Learning from CQC system review’ national events. These events will share learning from the local area reviews and provide support.

One of the workshops will be on information sharing with a particular focus on working with social care providers.

Registration for these free events can be made here:


Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP) digital funding

In his maiden speech the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock MP, set out his three priorities: workforce, prevention and technology.

The announcement included a funding commitment: £412 million for technology in hospitals and to help people access services at home. A further £75 million will go to hospitals to support electronic prescribing.

The LGA has said it is important that councils are involved in decision-making about how this funding is spent.

Each STP/ integrated care system has been advised of their three year (2018/19 to 2020/21) funding allocation and has been asked to work together to agree local priorities. NHS England is expected to provide further details to local areas but councils are encouraged to engage through STPs in which projects are allocated funding. 


Industrial Strategy: Healthy Ageing Grand Challenge 

The Government has committed £98 million as part of the Industrial Strategy Healthy Ageing Grand ChallengeThe overall outcome of this Grand Challenge is to see an extra five years of healthy, independent life for people by 2035 whilst narrowing the gap between the experience of the richest and poorest.

InnovateUK recently held a consultation event with public bodies (including councils and NHS). There are likely to be three areas of work funded by the £98 million: a set of local demonstrators, work on behavioural insight and activity on research and evidence. The consultation event covered the seven key strands.

Presentations on the day were delivered by Eric Kihlstrom from InnovateUK and Graham Armitage from the National Innovation Centre for Ageing.

A call for demonstrators is likely to take place in autumn/winter 2018. Councils can register to receive information as it becomes available.


Data security and protection toolkit: for councils and care providers

NHS Digital has recently launched the registration process for the data security and protection toolkit (DSPT), replacing the previous IG Toolkit. Eighty-eight councils have already registered. This is for all staff who access adult social care data and health data although councils may wish to use it wider. The DSPT has been developed to take local authority completion of Public Services Network Information Assurance into account so will reduce the evidence needed.

Councils are also encouraged to liaise with commissioned social care providers to support completion of the toolkit since this will be a pre-requisite of access to NHSmail and other IT systems. This is not a mandatory requirement of care providers in 2018/19 unless commissioned by the NHS using the NHS contract. Download additional information for care providers including details of the new ‘entry level’.

Register


National data opt out: discovery with councils

The Government has recently launched a new national opt out that gives people the opportunity to opt out of their personal and confidential data being used beyond the purposes of direct care.

NHS Digital is currently undertaking a discovery phase with adult social care and public health teams in councils to better understand the impact of the national data opt out on councils. In the next two years it is anticipated that councils will be asked to apply the opt out.

The NHS Digital team is keen to hear from councils interested in being part of this discovery work. To find out more please email sami.mansoor@nhs.net.


Local Health and Care Record Exemplars announced

The remaining two Local Health and Care Record Exemplars were announced in June 2018. Five local areas will be funded £7.5m over two years to support the joining up of information across health and social care.

The five areas funded are:

  • London (pan-London)
  • Greater Manchester
  • Wessex (Hampshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Poole)
  • Yorkshire and Humber
  • Thames Valley and Surrey (covering Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Surrey).

Most of the regions have activity specifically focused on information sharing to and from social care and public health and over the next few months the LGA will be working with the local areas to spread learning and good practice.


Shifting from analogue to digital: the impact of telecare

As you may have seen from the TSA White Paper over the next few years (possibly as soon as 2023) traditional telephone line connectivity via public switched telephone network (PSTN) will be switched off.

This will have an impact on many traditional telecare solutions including monitoring systems and personal care alarms and potentially other systems that use such telephone line connectivity such as fire alarms and fax machines.

Telephone companies are at different stages of managing this process meaning timescales for migration may vary across service providers.

BT is encouraging those involved in the provision of services such as telecare devices to get in touch with them so that changes to the network and impact on existing services are understood.

For more information, please contact abigail.vella@local.gov.uk.


    LGA cyber security stocktake has now launched

    As part of the National Cyber Security Strategy, the LGA has been granted funding by the Cabinet Office to ensure that councils are as resilient against cyber attacks as possible.

    By now, your council should have received your link to the LGA online cyber security “stocktake”. Please complete and return this questionnaire by 31 August. Findings from this work will inform where and how the LGA targets future support.

    For more information, please contact cybersecurity@local.gov.uk.


    Digital declaration announcement

    The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has recently announced the publication of a ‘digital declaration’ which includes five key principles. This declaration has been signed by a number of councils and sector bodies including the LGA, Local CIO Council, LocalGov Digital, Socitm and SOLACE.

    The declaration, which was announced at the LGA Conference, came alongside a £7.5 million funding announcement to support councils in developing new digital solution for their challenges.


    Blog update

    If you haven’t already seen it, please take the time to read our blog with a number of new posts, which includes one on the Industrial Strategy and one from our work experience placement.

    Events

    Eastern Accord: STP event for the East of England
    19 September 2018 | Cambridge
    The East Accord is a collaborative effort across STPs and integrated care systems across the East of England with an aspirational goal of having a digital health and social care system. This event is open to councils in the East of England.

    International Technology Enabled Care Conference
    16 - 17 October 2018 | Birmingham
    The 2018 International Technology Enabled Care Conference will include a keynote speech from the Care Minister Caroline Dinenage MP.

    National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCAS)
    14 - 16 November 2018 | Manchester
    The annual NCAS conference is organised by ADCS, ADASS and the LGA. We have confirmed that the LGA in partnership with NHS Digital will be holding a workshop on 15 November on ‘Person Centred Digital Innovations in Adult Social Care’.

    The King's Fund: Outstanding Social Care: Exploring Good Practice
    4 December 2018 | London
    This event will bring together care professionals, people working in local government, commissioners, researchers, services users, carers, policy-makers and third sector professionals interested in the implementation of adult social care in the UK. The conference will showcase best practice examples that are innovative and original, while at the same time delivering outstanding quality of care.