• The Public Health Outcomes Framework highlights the influence that the quality of a place has on maintaining good health • Local authorities, and from April next year Health and Wellbeing Boards, can help to improve the indicators set out in the framework that relate to the quality of places • There is scope to…
This policy briefing summarises proposals to strengthen the NHS Constitution so it is more responsive to the needs of patients and the public and can be better used to hold the NHS to account. The consultation is particularly pertinent in light of the most recent set of damning reports about poor care and complaint handling…
The document (which is rather hard to find – it only seems to appear on the Solace website) is an initial response to the informal engagement exercise carried out this summer by the Department of Health on issues relating to the governance of health and wellbeing boards – specifically, which elements of the current legislation…
Recent years have seen a fresh round of scandals about poor quality care in a range of residential settings. This research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) presents a practical vision for how residential care for older people can be a positive experience. It makes recommendations for commissioners and providers on how relationship-centred care can…
Attached to this briefing is the LGiU's new Easy Guide to Police and Crime Commissioners. The guide brings together an edited version of a series of briefings written by James Cousins, a LGiU associate on the run up to the PCC elections and brings them up to date with comments on the elections themselves. The…
On Your Radar looks back over the last period, ahead at what could be hitting the headlines and comments on issues relevant to local government that will be influencing the political landscape over the coming months. This edition covers: Upcoming briefings Focus on the local economy Government consultations Oral questions to the Secretary of State…
'- The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and fourteen partner organisations have publish a report setting out their experiences of the Government’s Open Public Services agenda (“Open Public Services: experiences from the voluntary sector”). - It highlights the important issues and barriers that some voluntary organisations have faced when engaging in service provision and…
This is the first major assessment of social care progress since the last annual performance assessment by the Care Quality Commission in 2010. It will be of interest to councils for its findings such as: four per cent reduction in the number of people receiving council-supported care the first increase in admissions to care home…
The health, public health and social care round-up summarises new policy, research and publications that are relevant to elected members and officers interested in health and social care. It is intended to be a digested read and provides links to the source documentation of major reports for further consideration. The briefings are organised in the…
The Department of Health has issued guidance on the role, responsibilities and appointment of directors of public health (DsPH). It has also issued a fact sheet reaffirming local government responsibilities from April 2013. This policy briefing summarises the guidance and comments on issues of central control and local autonomy such as the local authority relationship…
