Better care for older people (GMC)

The General Medical Council have created some new webpages and resources to help doctors improve their care of older patients.

Access the new webpages and resources here.

Scoping review of patient-centered care approaches in healthcare

"The fact that all identified approaches to patient-centered care incorporated strategies to achieve effective communication, partnership, and health promotion indicates that clinicians can select a patient-centered approach from the literature that best suits their patient’s needs"

Scoping review of patient-centered care approaches in healthcare
MK Constand, JC MacDermid, V Dal Bello-Haas, M Law

BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:271

Read more here. 

Voluntary organisations experiences of local health organisations

"In March 2014 NAVCA published three research briefings exploring local charities and voluntary organisations attitudes and experiences of local health organisations. The three reports explore the extent to which they feel able to influence Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNA) and the nature of their relationship with local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local Healthwatch."

Find out more and access the reports here.

Child health profiles

"Child Health Profiles provide a snapshot of child health and well-being for each local authority in England using key health indicators, which enables comparison locally, regionally and nationally. By using the profiles local organisations can work in partnership to plan and commission evidence-based services based on local need."

Child health profiles
Child and Maternal Health Observatory (from 01/04/13 part of Public Health England)
March 2013

Access the child health profiles here.

Factors that promote and hinder joint and integrated working between health and social care services

"This is an update of a previous systematic review on the factors that promote and hinder joint working between health and social care services."

Factors that promote and hinder joint and integrated working between health and social care services
A Cameron, R Lart, L Bostock, C Coomber
Social Care Institute for Excellence
April 2012

Read more here.

Producing synergy in collaborations

"This paper describes a Norwegian hospital’s nutrition innovation that enhanced collaboration across and within the hospital hierarchy."

Producing synergy in collaborations: a successful hospital innovation
L Corwin, JH Corbin, MB Mittelmark
The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 2012, 17(1):5

Read more here.