UK social care and health policy

NHS Providers

This research shows low public confidence in being able to access NHS services. It finds that a third of adults in England lack confidence that they can access timely care, including GP services, mental health support and hospital care. It also suggests that perceptions of access to NHS care is a health inequality issue, with some of the most vulnerable groups having the lowest confidence that they will get the care they need in a timely way. Healthwatch England

Institute of Health Equity

NHS Confederation members,

Anchor institutions are typically large-scale, non-profit organisations whose long-term sustainability is tied to the wellbeing of the population they serve. This toolkit aims to provide guidance and support to local health anchors and their partners, helping them to capture their activity and impact. 

Institute of Public Care

 

New perspectives on market facilitation: provider commissioner relationships

 

Martha’s Rule: a new policy to amplify patient voice and improve safety in hospitals Martha Mills died aged 13 in the summer of 2021 and the inquest into her death heard that she would likely have survived the sepsis that killed her had consultants made a decision to move her to intensive care sooner. This report is a response to a call from Martha Mills’ parents to rebalance the power between patients and medics to improve patient safety. It outlines evidence that shows that failing to properly listen to patients and their families contributes to safety problems in the NHS, along with public awareness among citizens that the NHS can feel unresponsive at times.

 

Questions of fairness in health and social care policy decisions: a Socratic approach The Socratic method is a way of teaching attributed by Plato to Socrates that works through teachers asking questions of their students, to clarify students’ thinking and expose the reasons for thinking as they do. This research paper takes the form of a checklist of questions for those who make and implement health and social care policies. The questions cover the broad context of health and care, fairness as a concept, public health, implementation and other topics

Those who work, train and learn within the healthcare system have the right to be safe and feel supported at work. Organisations across the healthcare system need to work together and individually to tackle unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviour in the workplace.

Harm caused by delays in transferring patients to the right place of care national report. Independent report by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch NI-004133 

Inequalities in disability
James Banks (University of Manchester; IFS), Heidi Karjalainen (IFS) and
Tom Waters (University College London; IFS)

looking at differences and inequalities in the
prevalence of disability and the degree to which health limits functional capabilities in the UK. This
commentary studies differences in the prevalence of disability between education groups,
regions, date of birth cohorts and genders. While there are a number of ways in which disability
may affect outcomes, this commentary focuses particularly on employment as an outcome.

A longitudinal mixed-methods
study of post-COVID-19
outcomes in healthcare
workers from diverse
ethnicities
2nd report
August 2023