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27 Apr 2017 - 22:39

null Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey Consultation - response published

Following the publication of the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey in September 2016, NHS Digital undertook a consultation to obtain feedback from users on this work. A report outlining the consultation findings and their response has now been published on the NHS Digital website at the following link:... See more
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09 May 2017 - 10:03

null Updated High Impact Change tool and Adult Social Care Risk Assessment tool now available

The Local Government Association (LGA) has recently updated two resources: the High Impact Change Model and Adult social care risk awareness self-assessment tool. Both are now editable PDF documents that can be downloaded and populated electronically.   For further information, please see the LGA Care and Health Improvement Programme webpage.   The High Impact Change... See more
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26 Apr 2017 - 12:05

null Six steps to managing demand in Adult Social Care - a performance management approach

A new report from the Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University highlights how taking a performance management approach can help councils deliver outcomes and better manage demand in adult social care.   The paper, co-authored by Visiting Professor John Bolton and IPC Assistant Director Philip Provenzano, provides a helpful model for measuring service delivery and... See more
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21 Apr 2017 - 12:10

null Housing and wellbeing: what works?

We can all agree that where you live, how you live and the community you live in are linked to your wellbeing. Yet we have little evidence of the ways it can impact different aspects of wellbeing, including physical and mental health. To provide policy-makers, researchers and funders a better picture, the What Works Centre for Wellbeing commissioned a report of existing... See more
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21 Apr 2017 - 11:47

null Where We Live Now - a series of activities centred on the theme of place and place-based policymaking

Where We Live Now is a series of activities centred on the theme of place and place-based policymaking conducted by the British Academy. It incorporates analysis, events, a microsite, policy workshops, and case studies. This project was led by Dame Fiona Reynolds Hon FBA (Master, Emmanuel College, Cambridge) and Deborah Lamb (Deputy Chief Executive, Historic England), and was overseen by an... See more
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21 Apr 2017 - 11:56

null Survey seeking councillor views on their engagement with local STPs - deadline extended to 11 May

Survey seeking councillor views on their engagement in the development of local Sustainability and Transformation Plans UPDATE: Thank you to all councillors who have already submitted their feedback. The deadline has now been extended to 11 May to provide opportunity for further submissions. The LGA is committed to supporting councils to ensure that councillors are fully involved in the... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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06 Apr 2017 - 08:56

null Share your views on future health challenges to inform NIHR research

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is taking a long term view on the shape of the health challenges that will most likely be seen in 20-30 years' time. The results will be used to inform the NIHR’s future research funding. It is really important that the sector has an input so that funding is channelled into research aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of the next... See more
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15 Mar 2017 - 14:18

null Wider determinants of health data comparison tool from Public Health England

This Wider Determinants of Health tool from Public Health England brings together local indicators and resources about the wider determinants of health. It is designed to draw attention to the broad range of individual, social and environmental factors which influence our health. It will provide the public health system with intelligence regarding the wider determinants of health to help... See more
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01 Mar 2017 - 10:25

null Interactive adult social care summary report for 2015/16

NHS Digital have published this interactive web-based summary report to give users a high level summary of a selected local authority’s activity in 2015/16 across the range of adult social care collections, compared against both the LA’s peer group and England as a whole. The purpose is to bring adult social care information together into one location and in a more user-friendly... See more
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22 Feb 2017 - 14:14

null Transforming care and health through information and technology: Local Investment Programme

A local investment programme run by the Care & Health Improvement Programme at the LGA, in partnership with NHS Digital, is inviting councils to bid for one-off funding of up to £50,000 for projects (to be delivered during 2017/18) that seek to use information and technology to improve adult social care outcomes and deliver financial savings.   Please complete an... See more
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06 Feb 2017 - 16:26

null Reports available in LG Inform for monthly delayed transfers of care and measures from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework

  A single council view of the latest delayed transfers of care monthly data is available in a local authority (LA) level report in LG Inform. More detailed analysis at both Trust and LA level is available through a set of Excel tools - Delayed transfers of care (DTOC) tool (Excel tool – detailed interrogation of monthly data), along with a further version of this file focusing on the... See more
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18 Jan 2017 - 09:52

null Workshop on 23rd February - Developing sustainable social care budgets and services in London

Thursday 23 February 2017 Developing sustainable social care budgets and services in London   Layden House, 76-86 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5LG Free to attend for all councils. £345 for all other non-member organisations   This free half day event has been organised by the LGA, in partnership with the London Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS),... See more
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17 Jan 2017 - 21:57

null Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (England), Annual Report 2015-16 - local authority comparator tool

NHS digital have produced local authority level comparator data for DoLS for the first time   The official statistics report published in September 2016 provides the findings from the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) data collection for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.   It includes any application that was active during the reporting year.... See more
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17 Jan 2017 - 16:58

null Please circulate this invitation to Digital Maturity Assessment Workshops - Leeds (26 Jan) and London (30 Jan)

Please circulate the message below to colleagues within Local Authorities who are involved in adult social care market management/commissioning (with a request that they forward on to providers), or to any direct contacts within provider organisations that you think may be interested. Invitation to Digital Maturity Assessment Workshops - Working towards a paper-free care sector Do you have... See more
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11 Jan 2017 - 15:17

null Combating loneliness

There is growing recognition that loneliness is a serious problem, with far reaching implications, not just for individuals, but also for wider communities, which merits the attention of local authorities. Whilst in the past, loneliness was sometimes viewed as a trivial matter, it is increasingly understood to be a serious condition which can affect a person’s mental and physical health very... See more
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11 Jan 2017 - 14:58

null Transforming Care - Empowerment films – what empowerment means to me

Transforming Care is all about improving the lives of people with learning disability and/or autism who display behaviours that are described as challenging. We know that when people are empowered to live the way they choose and are involved in planning their support and care they have better lives. The Local Government Association leads the empowerment workstream for the Transforming Care... See more
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09 Jan 2017 - 13:05

null PHE’s One You campaign is helping middle age people live more healthily by asking ‘How are you?’ and providing free support and tools

Eight out of 10 of the middle aged either weigh too much, drink too much or don’t exercise enough, as new analysis from Public Health England (PHE) published on 28 December 2016 shows modern life taking its toll on health. PHE’s One You campaign is reaching out to the 83% of 40 to 60 year olds (87% of men and 79% of women) who are either overweight or obese, exceed the Chief Medical Officer’s... See more
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21 Dec 2016 - 11:37

null An evaluation of the accuracy of official high-age population estimates, in England and Wales

Increasing numbers of people are living to very old ages (90 and over). This has led to growing interest in obtaining accurate estimates of population numbers and mortality rates by single year of age at these ages. In England and Wales there were estimated to be 556,270 people aged 90 and over in 2015 (0.9% of the total population). This compares with 222,820 (0.4% of the total population) in... See more
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21 Dec 2016 - 11:31

null Parents do not recognise that their children are overweight, survey finds

Most parents of overweight children in England think their weight is about right, raising fears obesity has been normalised. (Article published 14th December 2016, Guardian online). The vast majority of parents of overweight children in England do not recognise the fact, the annual Health Survey for England 2015 has found, raising fears that high levels of obesity have normalised... See more
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21 Dec 2016 - 11:18

null First major survey of Britain’s attitudes on obesity published

Public Health England commissioned NatCen Social Research to include a set of questions in its British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey to understand the public’s view of obesity and related issues. The paper, Attitudes to obesity, presents NatCen’s analysis of the results. The primary findings show that people underestimate their weight and struggle to identify the point when someone becomes... See more
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