A roundup of a number of health related news items we’ve spotted this week. The NHS England Annual Report; a piece of data work presenting a Health Profile for England; the CQC is seeking your views on the next phase of regulation, and a report on Quality in Adult Social Care…
Health Profile for England
The Health Profile for England report is the first time Public Health England has used its wealth of population health data to give an overall picture of the health of England. The ‘Health Profile for England’ report covers life expectancy, major causes of death, morbidity trends, European comparisons, inequality in health, social determinants of health and current health protection issues.
NHS England Annual Report
NHS England has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2016/17, detailing the work of the organisation over the last year and outlining some of the most significant achievements and challenges. The report set outs the progress made in delivering the NHS Five Year Forward View, the 2016/17 Business Plan, and the Government’s mandate to NHS England.
CQC seeks views on next phase of regulation
Deadline 8th August
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is consulting on a further set of proposals which will help shape the next phase of regulation for health and social care across the country.
For the next eight weeks anyone with an interest is encouraged to have their say.
The proposals include:
Changes to the regulation of primary medical services and adult social care services, including the frequency and intensity of its inspections and how CQC monitors providers and gathers its intelligence
Improvements to the structure of registration and CQC’s definition of ‘registered providers’.
How CQC will monitor, inspect and rate new models of care and large or complex providers.
Updated approach to the ‘fit and proper persons’ requirement.
For more information click here
Quality of adult social care
The Department of Health and Care Quality Commission have published Adult social care: quality matters.
This document sets out a shared commitment to high-quality, person-centred adult social care.
It aims to bring the sector together in support of the agreed principles that underpin good quality adult social care.
It sets out plans that support the delivery of priorities for improving quality, but not changing the statutory responsibilities or undermine the independence of each organisation.
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