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What if We Can't Rely on PubMed?

What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
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Navigating AI – practical questions for NHS leaders to ask

Navigating AI – practical questions for NHS leaders to ask | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
This toolkit is designed to support your conversations at each stage of the journey from considering using AI through to implementing solutions into business-as-usual workflows.
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August 19, 4:28 AM
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NHS England » Policy on working in partnership with people and communities

NHS England » Policy on working in partnership with people and communities | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
NHS England » Policy on working in partnership with people and communities
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August 18, 3:38 AM
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NHS Employers: Reducing Health Inequalities through Local Recruitment - IHE

NHS Employers: Reducing Health Inequalities through Local Recruitment - IHE | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
NHS Employers: Reducing Health Inequalities through Local Recruitment
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The NHS at a Crossroads: The App That Can Transform Britain’s Health

The NHS at a Crossroads: The App That Can Transform Britain’s Health | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
The NHS at a Crossroads: The App That Can Transform Britain’s Health
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August 5, 4:37 AM
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Breaking barriers: improving diversity in NHS communications

Breaking barriers: improving diversity in NHS communications | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it

Key themes and recommendations to advance the improvement of access, experience and outcomes for BME communications professionals. NHS Confederation

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How good are general practices in England at recording who is an unpaid carer?

How good are general practices in England at recording who is an unpaid carer? | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
Unpaid carers provide vital support supporting vulnerable people, doing work worth tens of billions to the economy. Identifying carers in our national health records is essential for ensuring that people who provide care have access to the right support. In this long read, Charlotte Paddison and Chris Sherlaw-Johnson compare GP records with census data to reveal that nearly a million unpaid carers in England are not being picked up in GP records. Carers in more deprived areas and those from Black backgrounds are especially likely to be overlooked.
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Co-produced recommendations for London addressing structural racism as a driver of health inequalities

The Race Equality Foundation has facilitated the co-development of recommendations to address structural racism in London. The recommendations were informed by the Institute of Health Equity evidence review on Structural Racism, Ethnicity and Health Inequalities in London.
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July 22, 3:43 AM
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The NHS – a Suitable Case for Treatment?

The NHS – a Suitable Case for Treatment? | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
Download Publication Online Reader ‘The NHS – a Suitable Case for Treatment?’ makes the case that the NHS is not fit for purpose and is in urgent need of reform.The report finds that NHS performance ranks near the bottom of highly developed countries on key health outcomes including life expectancy, avoidable mortality, and waiting times. The NHS consumes approximately 9% of GDP each year and the health budget is now […]
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GP Patient Survey 2025

GP Patient Survey 2025 | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
See how your GP practice is doing: explore the results of The GP Patient Survey, an independent patient experience survey run by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England.
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Inquiry into Medicines Shortages in England - Report - July 2025 —

Inquiry into Medicines Shortages in England - Report - July 2025 — | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy has published its landmark report into medicines shortages in England, further revealing the scale and severity of the issues facing patients, pharmacists and the wider NHS. The inquiry finds that medicines shortages have shifted from isolated in
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‘Time to focus on the blue dots’: an RCP workshop discussion on the NHS shift from hospital to community | RCP

‘Time to focus on the blue dots’: an RCP workshop discussion on the NHS shift from hospital to community | RCP | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
In April 2025, the RCP hosted a workshop that explored how the NHS can respond to the government’s promised ‘hospital to community’ shift in care – the so-called ‘left shift’. With over 40 participants, including clinicians, patient representatives, national charities, royal colleges and...
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Building resilience in adult social care: Learning the lessons from other countries’ experiences of Covid-19

Building resilience in adult social care: Learning the lessons from other countries’ experiences of Covid-19 | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
As the ongoing Covid Inquiry turns its focus to the social care sector, and with social care in desperate need of long-promised reform, Nuffield Trust and LSE's Care Policy and Evaluation Centre are publishing a set of international case studies exploring how France, Japan, Denmark and the Netherlands managed the social care challenges of the pandemic. The reports look at what helped and hindered responses in each country, and how their systems have started to recover and prepare for future shocks.
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July 4, 5:03 AM
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10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future

10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
Sets out the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England.
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Dazed and confused? Policy ideas behind the 10-Year Health Plan

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Do we really understand what a healthy weight looks like for all ethnicities?

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August 14, 4:47 AM
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Mapping the application of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine: technical brief

Mapping the application of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine: technical brief | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
This technical brief offers insight into the rapidly evolving AI for health landscape and how it might be utilized in TM. Country, regional and global examples are presented to show how AI is currently being used in TM to support evidence-informed decision-making and policy-making to improve health systems and universal health coverage (UHC).
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August 5, 4:39 AM
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Rrewards, recognition and remuneration for patient involvement Patients Association.

Rrewards, recognition and remuneration for patient involvement Patients Association. | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
The report concludes that while fair reward, recognition, and remuneration is vital for meaningful patient engagement, they represent only one part of a broader approach that is needed.
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NHS productivity Research Briefing 

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The size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England

The 'Size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce' is one of our most important annual publications. It includes current information on the number of organisations, number of workers and number of job roles. The report also includes trends.
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July 22, 3:44 AM
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An engine for economic growth? Why it won’t be a piece of cake for the NHS

With the newly published Life Sciences Sector Plan coming soon after the 10 Year Health Plan for England, Sally Gainsbury reflects on the government’s gamble on the NHS as a driver of economic growth and investment, and what this might mean for patients and NHS services.
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July 22, 3:43 AM
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Poverty, pay and the case for change in social care

 Levels of poverty among the UK residential care workforce and the impact of raising the wage floor Health Foundation.

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Accelerating Reform Fund programme- SCIE

Accelerating Reform Fund programme- SCIE | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it

The Department of Health and Social Care’s Accelerating Reform Fund was a £42.6m grant fund in England. It focused on identifying and scaling up innovations in adult social care to boost its quality and accessibility, with a particular emphasis on supporting unpaid carers. The Social Care Institute for Excellence was appointed to provide hands-on support to local areas, supporting innovation through local partnerships and project development. This report sets out key learnings and best practice for the benefit of the wider sector and future of adult social care.

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July 11, 4:18 AM
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Review of patient safety across the health and care landscape

Review of patient safety across the health and care landscape | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
Dr Penny Dash's review of patient safety across the health and care landscape in England, which was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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July 8, 4:14 AM
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Ten-Year Health Plan: what you need to know NHS confederation

Ten-Year Health Plan: what you need to know NHS confederation | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it
Analysis of the government's key plan for the NHS in England and the takeaways healthcare leaders need to know.
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This time must be different: Overcoming barriers to social care reform IPPR

This time must be different: Overcoming barriers to social care reform IPPR | UK social care and health policy | Scoop.it

Every one of us, and those we love most, will rely on someone else’s care during our lives. Despite this, we are perpetually stuck between social care cris
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