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News from the Library - new resources:

Emerald Health Care Management journals collection (online full text)

Free Trials to Ebsco's Dynamed and Nursing Reference Center

Launch of PILLARS VLE - new website for e-learning information skills

Details here

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This current awareness bulletin, produced by the Health Sciences Library at East Cheshire NHS Trust, was updated on 9 September 2009 and can be found at:
Palliative Care Bulletin
You can search the postings by using the search box, or by viewing the subject index in the right hand column.

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This monthly bulletin covers national, regional and local (St Helens & Halton) news, events and other relevant information which relate to the six key areas of the 'Choosing Health' white paper, and some wider public health information.
Read the August 09 issue here

Statistical Information Team, Cancer Research UK
CancerStats report: Breast Cancer - UK 2009
Cancer inequalities - the excess burden of cancer in men in the UK
Cancer incidence and survival by major ethnic group, England, 2002-2006

You can also read the latest news from the Statistical Information Team, including new publications available and updates to cancer statistics on the web, in the CancerStats Newsletter

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The sixth issue of the electronic newsletter from the Centre for Health Economics (CHE), at the University of York, is now available.
Contents include:

• Getting the methods right: developing methodological research priorities to support NICE decision making


• Geographical variations in quality of life: are public service organisations able to influence them?


• Getting out what we put in: NHS productivity growth


• CHE research papers - recent publications


• Publications list

This monthly bulletin covers national, regional and local (St Helens & Halton) news, events and other relevant information which relate to the six key areas of the 'Choosing Health' white paper, and some wider public health information.
Read the July bulletin here

Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, a new BioMed Central journal edited by Douglas Galasko, Todd Golde and Gordon Wilcock, has just been launched and the first online articles have been published.
All articles are free to access and you can also register to receive alerts.

The journal aims to be the major forum for translational research into Alzheimer's disease (AD) and will publish open access research articles of exceptional interest. Review articles and expert commentary will accompany key papers.

Journal website
Table of contents, vol.1, issue 1

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NHS Evidence has been launched today (as planned!)

Provided by NICE, it is now the portal for authoritative clinical and non-clinical evidence and best practices. It provides access to a range of information, including primary research literature, practical implementation tools, guidelines and policy documents - and incorporates the former National Library for Health with all its resources and the Specialist Libraries collections.

For more information about the background to NHS Evidence, see About us.
For access to NLH resources, see the 'Conduct a Specialist Search' tab on the NHS Evidence home page.

More to follow on NLH when I've had a closer look .......

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Read the 19 September listing here

New publications from King's Fund:

Top-up payments for drugs in England
Briefing at:
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/briefings/topup_payments_for.html

NHS spending. Local variations in priorities: an update
Report at:
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/kings_fund_publications/nhs_spending.html

*Heritage Open Days in Tyne & Wear this weekend
*Equality and Diversity in the North East - an exploration of the statistical profile - launch seminar
*Living Places - new website and resources

Further details in the Xtra bulletin

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Equality and Diversity in the North East : a statistical profile
NEEDP (North East Equality and Diversity Partnership)
August 2008

This report, prepared by the Centre for Public Policy at Northumbria University, provides an up-to-date and comprehensive statistical baseline of equality and diversity issues faced by different communities within the region. The full report, executive summary and appendices can be accessed on the NERIP (North East Regional Information Partnership) website at: http://www.nerip.com/reports_briefing.aspx?id=626

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Making Darzi's vision a reality
Article by Niall Dickson

High Quality Care for All: briefing on NHS Next Stage Review final report
Download the briefing

The King's Fund response to Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review
Read response

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The King's Fund has launched a discussion paper entitled 'Improving choice at end of life'.

This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme. Delivery of care for patients at the end of their lives is becoming an increasing policy concern. Although the majority of people report that they would choose to die in their home, only a minority of patients achieve this wish.
The Delivering Choice Programme aims to develop and help provide the best possible service for patients at the end of their lives.

You can download the paper from the King's Fund website.

National Knowledge Week on Rhinitis (ENT & Audiology Specialist Library)
12 - 16 May 2008
http://www.library.nhs.uk/ent/

As a unique resource, the Rhinitis National Knowledge Week will provide expert opinion and evidence updates on key rhinitis topics:
• Allergic Rhinitis
• Non-Allergic Rhinitis
• Infectious Rhinitis
• Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps
• Paediatric Rhinitis
• Comorbidities
• Rhinitis and Pregnancy

Your weekly library bulletin from InfoKey - the libraries of Gateshead and South Tyneside Primary Care Trusts and Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust.

Read the 9 May 2008 listing here

The weekly alert from HILS, listing the week's online publications from government and other relevant bodies, is now appearing in the guise of Key Points.

Key Points is a new joint oeuvre from InfoKey - the libraries of Gateshead and South Tyneside Primary Care Trusts and Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust.

It will cover a few more organisations than the former HILS version and now also includes a brief description for most entries.

See the 2 May 2008 issue here.

The National Library for Public Health (NLPH) is an online specialist library of the National Library for Health. It replaces the Public Health electronic Library (PHeL).
The NLPH was made available in mid-November 2007 with an initial focus on three key areas: Obesity, Alcohol, and Tobacco. The library was relaunched in April 2008.

The project is being directed by the North East Public Health Observatory on behalf of the Association of Public Health Observatories, as part of the Information and Intelligence Strategy published by the Department of Health.
The library can be accessed at: www.library.nhs.uk/publichealth

Department for Children, Schools and Families
Outcome indicators for children looked after: year ending 30 September 2007 - England
Inspection of care homes: speech by Kevin Brennan
Safe, social, sensible drinking: the role of industry - speech by Kevin Brennan
Secondary analysis of the labour force survey to map the numbers and characteristics of occupations working within social care, childcare, nursing and education
Department of Health
Guidance for research and development annual reports 2008
National Health Service Act 2006: Pharmaceutical Services (Fees for Applications) Directions 2008
Extended general practice opening hours: interim guidance [Letter]
Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008: Guidance on transfers between places of safety
Patient experience public service agreement scores update: including results from the 2006 patient surveys
Health Protection Agency: Quarterly reporting results for Clostridium difficile infections and MRSA bacteraemia. April 2008

Department for Children, Schools and Families
Call for evidence: The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services review - next steps to improving the emotional well-being and mental health of children and young people [Deadline: 7 July 2008]
Department of Health
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards implementation tool
Changes to the portfolio of nationally-commissioned services from April 2008 and the National Commissioning Group commissioning intentions for 2008-09 [Letter]
Deep cleaning NHS hospitals: request for case studies
Health and Social Care Bill: the government's response to the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights
Organ Donation Taskforce: implementation of recommendations [Letter]

Cabinet Office
National Indicator 6 briefing note: Participation in regular volunteering
National Indicator 7 briefing note: An environment for a thriving third sector
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Call for evidence: Assessing the impact of the commercial world on children's well-being [Deadline: 30 June 2008]
Building brighter futures: next steps for the children's workforce
Department for Work and Pensions
The business case for Equal Opportunities: an econometric investigation
Department of Health
Report of the National Patient Choice survey, England: November 2007
NHS Choices: delivering for the NHS
Publication of referral to treat indicators on NHS Choices [Letter]

Commission for Social Care Inspection
In Focus: Putting people first - Equality and diversity matters 1 - Providing appropriate services for lesbian, gay and bisexual and transgender people
Consultation: the CSCI review of eligibility criteria [Deadline: 9 May 2008]
Have your say on fair access to social care services (press release)
Communities and Local Government
National indicators for Local Authorities and Local Authority Partnerships: Handbook of definitions - summary of responses to consultation
National indicators for Local Authorities and Local Authority Partnerships: Handbook of definitions
Statutory homelessness in England: the experience of families and 16-17-year-olds - full report
Research into the effectiveness of floating support services for the Supporting People programme: final report
Eco-towns prospectus
15 locations shortlisted for next stage of eco-towns programme (press release)
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Consultation: Statutory guidance for children's trusts on the duty to cooperate [Deadline: 26 June 2008]
No higher cause: leadership and the Children's Plan - speech by Beverley Hughes

Cabinet Office
Social entrepreneurship: speech by Phil Hope
Communities and Local Government
The English indices of deprivation 2007
Statutory homelessness in England: the experience of families and 16 to 17 year olds (Homelessness research summary, no.7)
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Care matters: Time to deliver for children in care
Safeguarding children: speech by Kevin Brennan
Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers): year ending 31 March 2007
Keeping them in the family: outcomes for abused and neglected children placed with family or friends carers through care proceedings (research brief)

The New @ Primary Care Contracting news digest, issue 103, 26 March 2008, is now available.

You can also register on the site for a user account and have the newsletter mailed directly to your mailbox.

Audit Commission
Improving medium-term financial planning: a practical guide for primary care trusts - March 2008
Department for Work and Pensions
Public attitudes to child poverty (research report)
Department of Health
Tackling health inequalities: 2007 status report on the Programme for Action
Choice at referral: guidance and supporting information for 2008-09
Code of Practice for the promotion of NHS-funded services
New horizons for mental health commissioning: an opportunity to help shape the agenda [Letter]
Refocusing the Care Programme Approach: policy and positive practice guidance

Audit Commission
Audit Commission and IDeA competition: innovation in local public services
CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment)
Assessing design quality in LIFT primary care buildings
Cabinet Office
Volunteering in the public services: health and social care
Commission for Social Care Inspection
CSCI to review who qualifies for care services (press release)
Communities and Local Government
One-stop page for Budget 2008

Commission for Social Care Inspection
Using mental capacity act to improve end of life care: NCPC conference 2008 - 11 March 2008
Communities and Local Government
Government toilet plans: All cisterns go (press release)
Improving public access to better quality toilets: a strategic guide
Unlocking the talent of our communities
Supporting evidence for local delivery
Supporting evidence for local delivery: summary
Learning, improvement and innovation in local government: final report of the Beacon Scheme evaluation
Learning, improvement and innovation in local government: final report of the Beacon Scheme evaluation- Executive summary
Long-term evaluation of the Beacon Scheme
Lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods: speech by Baroness Andrews

Communities and Local Government
Super output area level mid-2005 population at risk estimates
Statistical release: Revised projections of households for the English regions to 2026
National indicators for Local Authorities and Local Authority Partnerships: update on publication of the final definitions for the national indicator set
Lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods: a national strategy for housing in an ageing society
Impact assessment of a national strategy for housing in an ageing society: advice and information, rapid repairs service
Housing choices and aspirations of older people: research from the New Horizons Programme
Disability equality scheme: annual report
Department for Children, Families and Schools
Teen pregnancy rates lowest for 20 years (press release)

Audit Commission
In the know: using information to make better decisions
Commission for Social Care Inspection
State of social care report launch: presentation transcript
Communities and Local Government
Future Leadership Development Programme
Department for Work and Pensions
Disabled people reap the rewards of the Disability Discrimination Act (press release)
Department of Health
Government response to consultation on the Mental Capacity Act 2005
The impact of the NHS Research and Development Strategy on mental health services and research in England: response document
Mental health and ill health in doctors

Audit Commission
The right result? (NHS's experience with PbR)
Key NHS reform successfully implemented but needs to develop to achieve more for patients (press release)
Cabinet Office
Modern equality: speech by Ed Miliband
Communities and Local Government
Lifting the Department of Health burdens from local authorities
WeCan! Winter 2008
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Lost to the system: how do we close the gaps in adult social care: speech by Denise Platt
Participative public services: making revolution reality - speech by Denise Platt
Mental Capacity Act : joint statement by the Commission for Social Care Inspection, Healthcare Commission, Mental Health Act Commission
Commissioning for improved outcomes for older people: 2008 conference
Social care review to focus on services responsive to people's needs (press release)

10 Downing Street
Prime Minister unveils palliative care institute
Prime Minister unveils plans to boost children's sport
Cabinet Office
Future strategic challenges for Britain
Communities and Local Government
Predictors of community cohesion: multi-level modelling of the 2005 Citizenship Survey
Predictors of community cohesion: multi-level modelling of the 2005 Citizenship Survey - summary
Department of Health
Consultation ending soon: Towards a framework for post-registration nursing careers: a national consultation [Deadline: 15 February 2008]
Communications summary, January 2008
NHS costing manual 2007-08
NHS reference costs 2007-08: collection guidance

OPERATING FRAMEWORK 2008/9
In December 2007, the Department of Health issued its third 'operating framework', which provides a set of priorities and guidance for the NHS for the next financial year. This briefing summarises the main points from both the operating framework and supporting documents and offers some analysis of their content.
Read the briefing

PATIENT CHOICE
This briefing looks at the development and impact of reforms to give patients a choice of provider for their planned hospital care. It is this aspect of choice that has received the most attention so far and has been a key part of the government's wider reform programme for improving quality and efficiency in the NHS in England.
Read the briefing

10 Downing Street
Prime Minister praises hospital infection progress
Audit Commission
Summary of use of resources scores 2007
CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment)
Design steps up in the fight against obesity (press release)
Commission for Social Care Inspection
State of social care in England 2006-07
Communities and Local Government
Sustainable Communities Act 2007: a guide
New Deal for Communities: a synthesis of new programme-wide evidence 2006-07

10 Downing Street
Number 10: Guide to Government
Audit Commission
Positively charged
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Skills for Care annual conference 2008
Communities and Local Government
How to develop a local charter - a guide for local authorities
The community infrastructure levy

The King's Fund has launched a new paper called:
Governing the NHS: Alternatives to an independent board

An independent NHS board has been advocated by a number of commentators, who believe it will reduce both micromanagement and day-to-day political interference in the running of the health service. This paper argues that an independent board would be limited in its ability to achieve these aims and suggests a number of alternative options that build on the increasing operational independence the recent reforms have offered.

Visit the KF website to download the paper.

10 Downing Street
Prime Minister calls for organ donation debate
Audit Commission
Focusing on citizens, users and diverse communities
Communities and Local Government
Organisational learning, knowledge and capacity: a systematic literature review for policy-makers, managers and academics - executive summary
Organisational learning, knowledge and capacity: a systematic literature review for policy-makers, managers and academics
The Beacon Scheme and the national surveys of English local authorities 2004 and 2006
Capacity building through the Beacon Scheme
Department of Health
The Health Act 2006: code of practice for the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections
Changes to the mandatory healthcare associated infection surveillance system for Clostridium difficile Infection: professional letter from the Chief Medical Officer
PL CMO (2008)1
Long-term conditions compendium of information: adding years to life and life to years

You can find the latest edition of Journal Watch at:
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch

University of Oxford, Department of Primary Health Care

Journal Watch is written by Dr Richard Lehman and is a lighthearted review of the leading medical journals from a GP perspective. It is updated weekly.

10 Downing Street
Prime Minister's Speech on the National Health Service
Webchat with Anne McGuire: transcript
Cabinet Office
Social Exclusion Taskforce: Think family - Improving the life chances of families at risk
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Key lines of regulatory assessment
Communities and Local Governement
Sustainable development action plan 2007-08
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Extending the Family Nurse Partnership Programme: speech by Beverley Hughes
Technology will be key in delivering the Children's Plan: speech by Jim Knight

Dear Colleagues,

You will find the latest issue of Richard Lehman's Journal Watch at
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch

You will notice that Richard raises the question of his continued reviewing of the BMJ, if you have any views on this will you please send them to me.

All good wishes,

Olive

Olive Goddard
Centre and Editorial Manager
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Department of Primary Health Care
Old Road Campus, Headington
Oxford, OX3 7LF
olive.goddard@dphpc.ox.ac.uk

10 Downing Street
New Year message: Prime Minister
Cabinet Office
Strategy Unit: Food - an analysis of the issues
New Year Honours List 2008
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Social care: choosing the right service for you [booklet updated for 2008]
Public urged to ask more questions about care (press release)
Department of Health
Deadline: 11 January 2008
Draft rehabilitation measure for the manual for cancer service - consultation

Audit Commission
Audit practice annual quality report
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Rights, risks and restraints: an exploration into the use of restraint
Communities and Local Government
Delivering health and well-being in partnership: the crucial role of the new local performance framework
Delivering improved outcomes for children, young people and their families: the crucial role of the new local performance framework
The third sector: the crucial role of the new local performance framework
Building cohesive communities: the crucial role of the new local performance framework
Climate change and sustainability: the crucial role of the new local performance framework

Audit Commission
Guides to help with NHS accounts (for non-executives)
Cabinet Office
National emergency planning beacon events: an invitation to all local responders
UK Resilience: Emergency planning beacons
Commission for Rural Communities
Rural Advocate visits Fens to 'take the temperature' of rural healthcare services (press notice)
Communities and Local Government
Autumn performance report 2007
Statutory homelessness: third quarter 2007, England
Department for Children, Schools and Families
The Children's Plan: building brighter futures
The Children's Plan: building brighter futures. Executive summary
Statement on the Children's Plan: Ed Balls

Audit Commission
A prescription for partnership
Health: Managing the transition to international financial reporting standards - December 2007
Commission for Social Care Inspection
A blueprint for social care excellence speech by Denise Platt
Communities and Local Government
Indices of deprivation 2007
The English indices of deprivation 2007: summary
Working Neighbourhood Fund: allocations 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11
Local Authority children's services funding: 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11

Audit Commission
National studies consultation for health 2008-09 [Deadline: 31 January 2008]
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Performance ratings for adults: social services in England 2007
Communities and Local Government
The Working Neighbourhoods Fund
National survey of English local authorities 2006: long-term evaluation of the Beacon Council Scheme
Predictors of Beaconicity: which local authorities are most likely to apply to, be short-listed and awarded through the Beacon Scheme
The role of frontline staff in service innovation and improvement: local authorities and their engagement in the Beacon Scheme - full report
The role of frontline staff in service innovation and improvement: local authorities and their engagement in the Beacon Scheme - executive summary

Audit Commission
Putting commissioning into practice
Consultation on comprehensive area assessment [Deadline: 15 February 2008]
Consultation on use of resources 2009 [Deadline: 15 February 2008]
Cabinet Office
Pandemic Influenza: revised national framework and scientific evidence paper
Communities and Local Government
Creating Strong, Safe and Prosperous Communities statutory guidance: draft for consultation [Deadline: 12 February 2008]
Towards lifetime neighbourhoods: designing sustainable communities for all
New-look Local Area Agreements: speech by John Healey
Development of the new Local Area Agreements Framework: operational guidance 2007
Principles of representation: a framework for effective third sector representation in Local Strategic Partnerships [Deadline: 12 February 2008]
Proposals for future unitary structure: stakeholder consultation - summary of responses

Audit Commission
Diversity annual review 2006-07
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Chance to bring forward your quality rating (press release)
Communities and Local Government
Local government finance key facts: England
North East Economic Forum: Celebrating success, preparing for future challenges
Department for Children, Schools and Families
New appointments to advise Government on teenage pregnancy (press release)
Children and Young Persons Bill 2007
Better lives for children in care (press release)
Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2007
Government takes further steps forward to safeguard children and vulnerable adults (press notice)
Troubled children to receive help to avoid going into care (press notice)

10 Downing Street
Queen's Speech
Audit Commission
Improving information to support decision-making: standards for better quality data
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Council self-assessment survey report 2007
Materials from conference on care services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
Communities and Local Government
National indicators for local authorities and local authority partnerships: handbook of definitions - draft for consultation [Deadline 21 December 2007]
Comprehensive Spending Review: challenges and opportunities for local government - speech by John Healey

Audit Commission
The Audit Commission's quality review process: annual report 2007
Cabinet Office
National recovery guidance
Communities and Local Government
Strong and prosperous communities: the local government white paper implementation plan - One year on
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Individual rights and responsibilities of employees: a guide for employers and employees
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Quality standards for young people's information advice and guidance
Better information and advice for young people [Leaflet for young people]
Sure Start children's centres: Phase 3 planning and delivery

Audit Commission
Review of the NHS financial year 2006-07
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Bercow review of speech, language and communication needs-call for evidence [Deadline: 18 January 2008]
Department of Health
Mental Health Act 2007: consultation on secondary legislation [Deadline: 24 January 2008]
Consultation on the draft revised Mental Health Act 1983 code of practice [Deadline: 24 January 2008]
The responsible pharmacist: consultation on the content of the responsible pharmacist regulations [Deadline: 20 January 2008]
Report of the High Level Group on Clinical Effectiveness
Health profile of England 2007
The future regulation of health and adult social care in England: response to consultation

You can find the latest edition of Journal Watch at:
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch

University of Oxford, Department of Primary Health Care

10 Downing Street
PM calls for action on childhood obesity (press release)
Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)
A fair contract with older people?
Communities and Local Government
Launch of the community empowerment action plan: speech by Hazel Blears
An action plan for community empowerment: building on success
Department for Children, Schools and Families
School sport survey 2006-07
Healthy kids summit: speech by Ed Balls
Government backs commitment for Sure Start children's centre in every community (press release)
Call for evidence on provision for children with speech and language needs (press release)
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and Association of Directors of Children's Services annual conference: speech by Ed Balls

You can find the latest edition of Journal Watch at:
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch

University of Oxford, Department of Primary Health Care

Journal Watch is written by Dr Richard Lehman and is a lighthearted review of the leading medical journals from a GP perspective. It is updated weekly.

Audit Commission
Health: the move to international financial reporting standards - how can your auditor help?
Local Government: the move to international financial reporting standards - how can your auditor help?
Communities and Local Government
Case studies of engagement, learning and improvement through the Beacon scheme: Time 2 cross-case analysis overview report
Longitudinal analysis of case studies of engagement, learning and improvement through the Beacon scheme
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Children and Families Circulars
Information on the Teenage Pregnancy Grant: 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 has been added.
Department of Health
NHS interim review: speech by Alan Johnson - 10 October 2007
Payment by results for 2008-09 - Tariff for road-testing

Due to holidays and illness, Journal Watch has been absent for several weeks. All the back issues will be posted on the website in the next few days.

Meanwhile, you can find the latest edition of Journal Watch at:
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch

University of Oxford, Department of Primary Health Care

Journal Watch is written by Dr Richard Lehman and is a lighthearted review of the leading medical journals from a GP perspective. It is updated weekly.

Communities and Local Government
Housing in England 2005-06: a report principally from the 2005-06 survey of English housing
IDeA seminar on local government re-organisation: speech by John Healey
Department of Health
Consultation reminder: A new ambition for stroke: consultation on a national strategy [Deadline: 12 October 2007]
Draft rehabilitation measure for the Manual for cancer service - consultation [Deadline 11 January 2008]
Clarification of Professional Executive Committee chair and member status and pension arrangements
UK Government-wide strategy for global health - report of stakeholder meetings
Our NHS, our future: NHS next-stage review - interim report

Press release from the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre

10 Downing Street
Webchat with Lord Darzi: review of the NHS - transcript
CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection)
Safe as houses: what drives investment in social care?
Commissioning for the whole community: speech by Paul Snell
Department of Health
2008 Health and Social Care Awards: apply now
Consultation on the regulations for Local Involvement Networks [Deadline: 21 December 2007]
The Primary Care Trust (Executive Committees and Standing Financial Instructions) Directions 2007
Capability review and development plan
NHS design review panel guidance
The healthy society: speech by Alan Johnson

Audit Commission
More housing, better housing, better services: the Audit Commission's response to the Government's consultation on Communities England and the future of social housing regulation
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Qualifications for adult placement carers, workers and managers
Communities and Local Government
Negotiating new local area agreements
Local area agreement dry-run negotiations: Final report - Headline messages - September 2007

Department of Health
Why your child's weight matters (Leaflet)
Ramadan health guide: a guide to healthy fasting
Third prevalence survey of healthcare associated infections in acute hospitals in England 2006
Health & Safety Executive
National Back Exchange annual conference and exhibition 2007
Newsletters and bulletins
The week, issue 12, 7 -13 September 2007
Department of Health press releases, 10-14 September 2007
http://www.gnn.gov.uk/environment/dh/

Communities and Local Government
National affordable housing programme 2008-11 prospectus
Department of Health
Capabilities for inclusive practice (for specialist mental health workers)
Flu immunisation communications campaign 2007-08
The further evaluation of the school fruit and vegetable scheme
UK study of abuse and neglect of older people: qualitative findings
Who cares? Information and support for the carers of people with dementia

In 2006/07, the SDO Programme carried out an extensive review of research needs and priorities. The review began with an online survey that was completed by more than 1000 professionals and members of the public, and successfully captured a broad range of opinions on important issues relating to the delivery and organisation of NHS services and potential future research questions.

Cabinet Office
Exercise Winter Willow: lesson learned
CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection)
Experts by experience evaluation
Communities and Local Government
Statistical release: Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2006-07 provisional outturn
Department of Health
The Quarter
(This is the first in a series of quarterly updates that outline the financial position of the NHS and progress made in health, and health services)
Picture warnings on tobacco packs: report on consultation
Best practice guidance: specification for adult medium-secure services

You can find the latest edition of Richard Lehman's Journal Watch at:
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch
University of Oxford, Department of Primary Health Care

Journal Watch is written by Dr Richard Lehman and is a lighthearted review of the leading medical journals from a GP perspective. It is updated weekly.

Audit Commission
Corporate governance framework
Department of Health
CMO - Indications of public health in the English regions 8: Alcohol (NWPHO)
Tackling health inequalities: launch of the health inequalities intervention tool for spearhead areas [Letter]
National capabilities survey 2008

You can find the latest edition of Richard Lehman's Journal Watch at:
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch
University of Oxford, Department of Primary Health Care

Journal Watch is written by Dr Richard Lehman and is a lighthearted review of the leading medical journals from a GP perspective. It is updated weekly.

Communities and Local Government
Disabled facilities grant programme: the government’s proposals to improve programme delivery - Summary of responses
Resource Accounts 2006-07
Department of Health
Report of the National Patient Choice survey, England: March 2007
Local Involvement Networks explained: easy-to-read version
Early adopter sites: Maternity matters [Letter]

From Health Informatics Community e-bulletin 101:

NHS Connecting for Health have published a best practice standard for the development and management of elearning. In response to feedback from stakeholders in the NHS, the document has been developed and launched as part of NHS CFH's suite of Education, Training and Development (ETD) standards.

More information and link at:
http://www.informatics.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2442

From Health Informatics Community e-bulletin 101:T

The next instalment of Faculty management briefings covers benefits management.
This is the difference between what people expect the benefits of a project or service to be compared to what the outcome is in reality. The briefing looks at ways to overcome the benefits realisation gap, and gives examples of good practice.

Further background information and briefing to download at:
http://www.informatics.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2449

Audit Commission
Comprehensive Performance Assessment: service assessment framework for 2007
Communities and Local Government
Neighbourhood management and social capital
Neighbourhood management: Empowering communities, shaping places: review 2006-07
Improving opportunity, strengthening society: two years on - a progress report on the Government’s strategy for race equality and community cohesion
Department of Health
Communications summary - July 2007
Getting ready for LINks: planning your local involvement network

Audit Commission
Annual review 2006-07
Communities and Local Government
August Data letter: Statutory notice - Local government finance settlement 2008-09
Department of Health
Strategic Health Authorities and GP Registrar (Amendments) (No2) Directions 2007
The Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services) (England) Directions 2007

You can find the latest edition of Richard Lehman's Journal Watch at:
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch
University of Oxford, Department of Primary Health Care

Journal Watch is written by Dr Richard Lehman and is a lighthearted review of the leading medical journals from a GP perspective. It is updated weekly.

The King's Fund has just launched a new report:
Realising the benefits? Assessing the implementation of Agenda for Change.

Agenda for Change is the most ambitious pay reform introduced into the NHS. The report examines the progress in implementation based on interviews with key national informants and on case studies in 10 NHS trusts.

Visit the King's Fund website to read/download the report or to purchase a print copy.

CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment)
Urban design: the remedy for poor health
Building health: creating and enhancing places for healthy, active lives: what needs to be done? [National Heart Forum Living Streets, CABE]
CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection)
Annual report 2006-07
Department of Health
Feeding Infants in flood-affected areas
Popular leaflets, booklets and posters
Self care support: the evidence pack - Summary of work in progress 2005-07

The new Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Specialist Library - managed by the King's Fund for the National Library for Health was officially launched today.

The library aims to support the implementation of patient, user, carer and public involvement in health care by providing access, in one location, to the best information which is available on the Web. Go to the PPI home page

You can find the latest edition of Richard Lehman's Journal Watch at:
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch
University of Oxford, Department of Primary Health Care

Journal Watch is written by Dr Richard Lehman and is a lighthearted review of the leading medical journals from a GP perspective. It is updated weekly.

10 Downing Street
Public to be consulted on drug strategy (press release)
Audit Commission
Auditor highlights overspending at Kingston primary care trust (press release)
Commission for Rural Communities
The state of the countryside 2007
Communities and Local Government
Local government finance formula grant distribution: consultation [Deadline: 10 October 2007
Supporting people: POPPI web-based demand forecasting and capacity planning system

The Centre for Health Economics (CHE), at the University of York, has established a new electronic newsletter series.
You can find the full issue of the first newsletter here

Extract -
"Welcome to the first electronic newsletter of the Centre for Health Economics. The Centre has been in exis-tence for nearly 25 years, and we aim to undertake high quality research to influence health policy deci-sions. We promote both scientific innovation and its impact on policy and practice.

CHAINs - Contact, Help, Advice and Information Networks - are online networks for people working in health and social care. They are based around specific areas of interest, and give people a simple and informal way of contacting each other to exchange ideas and share knowledge. CHAINs are multi-professional and cross organisational.

You can find the latest edition of Richard Lehman's Journal Watch at:
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch
University of Oxford, Department of Primary Health Care

Journal Watch is written by Dr Richard Lehman and is a lighthearted review of the leading medical journals from a GP perspective. It is updated weekly.

10 Downing Street
Speech at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre by Prime Minister Gordon Brown
CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection)
Commissioning for personalised care: speech by Dame Denise Platt
Seizing the day on person-centred thinking and planning with older people: speech by Dame Denise Platt
Department of Health
A new ambition for stroke: Consultation on a national strategy [Deadline: 12 October 2007]
The national personal, social and health education continuing professional development programme [Letter]

10 Downing Street
Constitutional reform statement by Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Audit Commission
Improving health and well-being (Briefing report)
Sustainable development: the Audit Commission's approach
CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection)
Quality care for all: making it happen - speech by Denise Platt
CSCI: Review of social care information - event 20 July 2007
Department of Health
Glossary - of names and terms used in health and social care
Statement to the House of Commons by Secretary of State for Health Alan Johnson on the Darzi review of the NHS

National Primary Care Research and Development Centre
Current awareness bulletin: May-June 2007

This bulletin, produced by the Library & Information Services at NPCRDC, is an extensive collection of references, including abstracts, of recently published research articles on a wide range of primary care topics:

10 Downing Street
Guide to Government: information about the role of key government departments and full list of cabinet and government ministers

Cabinet Office
The Government’s response to The power of information: an independent review, by Ed Mayo and Tom Steinberg (2007)

Communities and Local Government
Timetable for Local Area Agreement negotiations: statement by Phil Woolas
Response to the Local Area Agreements road shows report
Local Area Agreements road shows report: April 2007

NHS Choices, the comprehensive health information website that provides easily accessible information about conditions, treatments and hospitals, was launched on 19 June 2007.

The website empowers the public to make informed choices about their own health, including when and where they receive treatment. Patients can also give immediate feedback on their hospital treatment and experience.

NHS Choices has also been designed as a resource for voluntary sector workers, patient advocates and carers to distribute information to patients who do not use the internet.

You can find the latest edition of Richard Lehman's Journal Watch at:
http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/journalwatch
University of Oxford, Department of Primary Health Care

Journal Watch is written by Dr Richard Lehman and is a lighthearted review of the leading medical journals from a GP perspective. It is updated weekly.

Cabinet Office
Reaching out: Think family
Next steps in tackling social exclusion: 12 approaches to tackle the country's most chronically excluded adults

Communities and Local Government
Does leadership matter: a summary of evidence on the role and impact of political leadership in English local government
A framework for fairness: proposals for a Single Equality Bill for Great Britain - consultation events
Today’s woman: your say in the future
Women and Equality Unit: Tackling occupational segregation -factsheet
Women and Equality Unit: Tackling the gender pay gap - factsheet

"On 1 June the Library & Information Service at the RCN launched an improved Elibrary for RCN members on our website. In response to members' requests for access to more full text information, we have significantly increased the number of full text resources available remotely.

Members and staff now have access to more than 400 full text journals from Proquest and Ovid together with more than 200 e-books from Proquest and Netlibrary."

Never had it so good?
The North East under New Labour, 1997 -2007
Researched and written by Professor Fred Robinson of St Chad’s College, Durham University, with Ian Zass-Ogilvie, Michael Jackson.
Published May 2007

This wide-ranging – and very readable - study assesses how the North East of England has changed over the last ten years. Supported by the Millfield House Foundation, the report aims to provide the basis for informed debate about the region and its future development.

Audit Commission
Payment by results briefing: June 2007

Communities and Local Government
National evaluation of Local Strategic Partnerships: report on the 2006 survey of all English local strategic partnerships
Statistical release: Statutory homelessness - first quarter 2007, England

Cabinet Office
Power of information (independent report)

Commission for Racial Equality
Participation and local strategic partnerships (CRE research report)

Communities and Local Government
Local Authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2007-08 budget (Statistical release)
Third sector strategy for Communities and Local Government

Audit Commission
The move to international financial reporting standards: a briefing for NHS bodies

Communities and Local Government
Common themes: Local strategic partnerships and teenage pregnancy (briefing note)

CSCI
Empowering people: shaping personalised care - CSCI conference 28 June

Iam ver egelidos refert tepores,
Iam caeli furor aequinoctialis
Iucundis Zephyri silescit aureis.

Gaius Valerius Catullus, beginning of Carmen 46

Now spring brings back the warmer days,
now the rage of the equinoctial sky
falls silent in Zephyr's pleasant breezes.

Well, here's hoping ..................

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