Health and Wellbeing Boards & Hepatitis C

"Based on evidence from the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment process, health and wellbeing boards should ensure the local authority public health departments work closely with CCGs to commission testing for at risk groups and, for those diagnosed, coordinated care pathways through to treatment and care."

Health and Wellbeing Boards & Hepatitis C: a review of the evidence from Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies

HCV Action

May 2014 

 

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Blood Sugar Rush: Diabetes time bomb in London

"The London Assembly Health Committee has sought to tease out what is driving the increase in Type 2 diabetes across London, and how the delivery of diabetes care is managed and where improvements can be made in providing that care."

Blood Sugar Rush: Diabetes time bomb in London 
London Assembly Health Committee
April 2014

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Health and wellbeing boards: one year on

"Relationships between clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local authorities are reported to be very good and getting better and have withstood a demanding year of complex organisational change and mounting pressures on services and budgets."

Health and wellbeing boards: one year on
R Humphries, A Galea
The King's Fund
October 2013

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Good practice in joint health and wellbeing strategies

"This self-evaluation tool provides guidance on good practice in planning, developing and delivering Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies based around key questions to consider and top tips on approaches that might be taken."

Good practice in joint health and wellbeing strategies: a self-evaluation tool for health and wellbeing boards
NHS Confederation
September 2013

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The Way Forward: Clinical Senates

The NHS Commissioning Board has divided England into 12 areas, broadly based around major patient flows into specialist or tertiary centres, and there will be one Clinical Senate for each geographical area. This document outlines the different roles of Clinical Senates, explains how they will perform these and also how they will interact with other organisations in the new health system, including Clinical Commissioning Groups, Health and Wellbeing Boards, and Academic Health Science Networks.

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Operating principles for joint strategic needs assessments and joint health and wellbeing strategies

"JSNAs and JHWSs are not ends in themselves, but a means to identify the priorities for commissioning to improve health and wellbeing outcomes and reduce health inequalities."

Operating principles for joint strategic needs assessments and joint health and wellbeing strategies
NHS Confederation
November 2012

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Encouraging integrated working to improve services for adults and older people

"Agreeing a set of principles to underpin joint working will support effective joint commissioning and prevent it being destabilised by distracting factors."

Encouraging integrated working to improve services for adults and older people
NHS Confederation
November 2012

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Patient and public engagement: a practical guide for health and wellbeing boards

"Patient and public engagement (PPE) should take place from the start of the life of health and wellbeing boards and be woven into the DNA of boards throughout their work."

Patient and public engagement: a practical guide for health and wellbeing boards
NHS Confederation
November 2012

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RCN fact sheets

The Royal College of Nursing has produced two fact sheets help people understand the architecture of the new NHS commissioning system:

1. Clinical senates and strategic clinical networks
2. Health and wellbeing boards

Sustainable health and social care

"This briefing provides a summary guide for busy commissioners and health and wellbeing board members."

Sustainable health and social care: a briefing for commissioners and health and wellbeing boards
Social Care Institute for Excellence
May 2012

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