Delivering The NHS Long-Term Plan's Ambition Of Ageing Well: Old Age Psychiatry As A Vital Resource

This guidance is to help local areas plan and deliver specialist services, led by old age psychiatrists, to meet the needs of older people. It brings together views from older people, service users, carers and a wide range of health and social care professionals. Click here for King's Fund blog

NHS long-term plan: Full coverage

Health Service Journal’s comprehensive full coverage of the important changes proposed in the NHS long-term plan,which was published today. Click here for link - can difficulties please contact the library service

What is the NHS long-term plan and can it achieve its aims? - The Guardian

Despite extra funding, central idea of plan for NHS England is to do more with less. read full newspaper article here

Royal College of Occupational Therapists response to the NHS Long Term Plan

The long awaited publication of the NHS Long Term Plan was warmly received by the team at the Royal College of Occupational Therapists as a sound roadmap for the future of health care in England. Click here for response

The NHS 10 year plan won’t work unless we embrace new technology

The focus of the new NHS 10 year plan is clear – prevention rather than cure. Whilst hospitals will still see budget rises, it’s GPs, mental health and community services who are in line for the biggest boost. read The Spectator article here

NHS Long Term Plan to tackle major killer conditions and alcohol and smoking

 Read NHS England news article on major diseases here and on alcohol and smoking here

Mental Health Foundation's response to the new NHS long-term plan

Read Mental health Foundation response to PM's NHS long-term plan here

Long-term plan ambition is one thing and action is something else, says NHS Confederation

Read NHS Confederation response to PM's NHS long-term plan here

PM: Launch of the NHS Long Term Plan marks an historic step to secure its future

From getting the best start in life, to supporting you into old age, the NHS Long Term Plan will be hailed by the Prime Minister as a historic moment for patients across the nation. Click here to read DoH press release

Mental Health Policy Commission: Investing in a Resilient Generation

Looking beyond treatment to promoting mental health and well-being, the Commission has examined evidence from people with experience of mental distress, families, practitioners, communities, academics, and policy makers to form ground-breaking recommendations that will support a truly different approach and provide a strategic framework for mental health for the 21st Century. Click here to view report

The NHS at 70: What will new technology mean for the NHS and its patients?

To mark the BBC's coverage of the NHS's 70th birthday in July 2018, researchers from the Health Foundation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust have joined forces for the first time, using combined expertise to shed light on some of the big questions on the NHS. Click here to go to King's Fund blog

The NHS at 70: Does the NHS need more money and how could we pay for it?

To mark the BBC's coverage of the NHS's 70th birthday in July 2018, researchers from the Health Foundation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust have joined forces for the first time, using combined expertise to shed light on some of the big questions on the NHS. Click here to go to King's Fund blog

Long term NHS funding plan welcome but not enough to bring about equality for mental health

“The Prime Minister’s pledge of a long term funding settlement for the NHS and her call for improved mental health services as a priority are both much needed and very welcome. But they are not enough to bring about the transformation we need to tackle the injustices and inequalities that affect too many people’s mental health,” Centre for Mental Health chief executive Sarah Hughes said today. See article here

Investing in better mental health support vital to NHS achieving ‘tough task’ keeping pace with demand for care

The NHS must continue to invest in effective mental health services across the country if it is to meet the challenge set out today by NHS Providers in its report, The Performance Challenge, Centre for Mental Health chief executive Sarah Hughes said today.  Click here to read further.

Academy of the Medical Royal Colleges on the impact on healthcare after Brexit

The impact on healthcare after Brexit - a statement from the Academy of the Medical Royal Colleges.

The challenges faced by the healthcare sector in relation to the regulation and continued supply of life-saving medicines and medical devices after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union are of great concern to those who are responsible for patient care.

Read the statement at http://www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TMBrexitspeech_060318-3.pdf

A Royal Commission on the NHS: the remit

A Royal Commission on the NHS: the remit


This report sfrom the Centre for Policy Studies ets out how a Royal Commission can ensure the NHS delivers the best outcomes on a sustainable financial basis over the coming decades. It outlines the remit and priorities that such a Commission should adopt, in order to address the NHS's most important problems.


Get the report at http://cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/180112095030-NHSRoyalCommissionRemit.pdf

Viva la devolution: devolved public-services commissioning

This report from Reform argues for the devolution of over £100 billion of public-services spending, including 95 per cent of the NHS’ budget. It suggests that 38 large councils across England should control spending to improve outcomes for citizens and that NHS England and CCGs should be abolished to cede commissioning to local authorities.

Towards an effective NHS payment system: eight principles

This report from the Health Foundation sets out eight principles for a future payment system, primarily arguing that clarity of purpose is required to refocus the system’s many objectives. It argues that that now is the ideal time to review the system, with vanguards and STPs already changing the way that care is delivered, while a two-year fixed payment by results tariff offers space for reform.

Healthcare on the brink: How parliamentarians can support their local NHS

The next five years will demand more from the NHS than at any point in its history.

Challenges in workforce, funding, transformation and mental health have been added to by uncertainty over Brexit negotiations, and in particular the UK’s status as a hub of medical research and the future of staff from the EU working in the UK.

Alongside this, in the last few years the UK has seen the largest growth in population since 1945 and significant growth in demand for health and care services from a rapidly ageing population. Yet funding growth during this period has been lower than at any time since the service was founded.

In spite of record demand, the National Health Service has coped and, throughout the UK, has continued to provide good care to millions. But the strains are also evident.

The NHS is gradually becoming unsustainable. Unless action is taken now, pressures will grow and patients will suffer.

This briefing from the NHS Confederation outlines the extent of the challenges facing the NHS and how MPs and Peers can support the health service at national and local level.

What are the priorities for health and social care?

As the dust settles on the first weeks of the new parliament and ahead of the party conference season, The King's Fund assesses the state of health and social care and set out the big issues facing the government.