Supporting local authorities to maximise wellbeing
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2y ago
In this week’s blog, we feature two of the local authorities taking part, and the difference this work has made to maximising wellbeing in their areas. “One of the standout moments in our conversations was understanding that parental mental health drives adult life satisfaction, and emotional health at 16 is the biggest driver of how well people do as adults. These are incredibly important in terms of driving our approaches, recognising the importance of a life-course approach, and emphasising the importance of tackling early years and educational inequalities.” Kate McN ..read more
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The emergency we are facing requires further measures to make social contact safer and protect the NHS, says BMA
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2y ago
 Responding to the Government’s announcement yesterday of offering everyone over-18 in England a booster jab by the end of December, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chair, said: “Despite describing the current situation as an ‘emergency’ with a ‘tidal wave’ of infections on the horizon, the Government’s response relying entirely on the vaccine booster programme is missing the wider measures required to control the spread of Omicron, including protecting millions of people who will not be eligible for the booster programme by the end of December.  “The booster jab is an essen ..read more
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Levelling up life in the UK
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2y ago
For a nation to be sustainable and strong, the economic policies that support it need to be inclusive and comprehensive. Misery increases discontent, ambivalence and illness. It affects our individual and collective performance and resilience, as well as the strength of our collective decision-making and our national security. What Works Wellbeing Centre’s Executive Director, Nancy Hey outlines what we know about the drivers of wellbeing on a national, regional and individual level – and what we think the government should focus on in order to truly ‘level up’ life in the UK.In order to ..read more
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NHS Confederation responds to Health Select Committee report on children and young people’s mental health
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2y ago
Responding to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee report on children and young people’s mental health services, and a report from its expert panel on wider mental health services, Sean Duggan, chief executive of the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network said: “Sadly, it comes as no surprise that the Government’s progress on its commitments to mental health services in England has been rated ‘requires improvement’ by this expert panel. “Mental health organisations have been working at full throttle to see and treat as many service users as pos ..read more
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Government’s decision to implement Plan B is the right one, says BMA
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2y ago
Responding to news that the Government will implement Plan B for dealing with Covid-19 and the Omicron variant, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chair said: “Nobody wants to see further restrictions placed on their lives because of Covid-19, but the Government’s decision to implement Plan B today is the right one, and should remain under consideration as we head deeper into the winter months. “We’ve had increasingly high incidences of Covid-19 for some time now – more than 339,861 cases across the UK in the last seven days alone – and healthcare workers are rightly worried about the impact the O ..read more
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Thousands of Families In The UK Can’t Afford Food According To New Online Search Data
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2y ago
– Birmingham and Bristol have some of the highest numbers of searches – All major cities show at least several hundred food bank searches each month – Online search trends show that searching for help is rising ahead of Xmas New data analysis from children’s residential care provider, Forge Care, has shown that each month thousands of online searches are being done by UK residents looking to find their nearest food bank. The organisation’s research has also revealed that all of the country’s major cities, and most of our large towns, are seeing hundreds of location-based food bank se ..read more
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News from Nowhere 104 December 2021
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2y ago
Backlog blues In May 2021 NHS England’s elective accelerator programme disbursed £160m to 12 local health systems to help develop new care models and increase clinical activity.  None of the 12 systems has managed to outperform their pre-Covid levels of clinical activity. Some had pledged to achieve 120% of pre-Covid activity, making their failure spectacular.   This matters. If hospitals can maintain activity levels 5 per cent above pre-pandemic levels, it will take until 2033 to clear the cancer treatment backlog caused by the pandemic. However, if activity leve ..read more
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BMA calls for mandatory mask-wearing and social distancing amidst reports of a new Covid variant
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2y ago
Responding to reports of a new Covid variant Dr David Wrigley, BMA council deputy chair, said: “The news of the variant comes at a really crucial time for the NHS as healthcare teams prepare for their most challenging time in NHS history. It’s even more important now that measures such as mask-wearing and social distancing become mandatory and it’s vital that people have their vaccination, and their booster, once offered. “Our recommendation has always been that people should wear masks in indoor crowded spaces, that they should adhere to social distancing guidelines, and that public ..read more
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NHS leaders watching new COVID-19 variant with concern
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2y ago
Responding to news of a new COVID-19 variant, Dr Layla McCay director of policy at the NHS Confederation said: “It is, as yet, too early to know whether this new variant will be more transmissible or less responsive to the vaccines currently available to help combat coronavirus.  “Eighteen months into this pandemic healthcare leaders will however be watching this development with concern as we head into one of the most challenging winters the NHS has ever faced. “It is reassuring that the government appears to be monitoring this new variant closely and taking ..read more
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Can social prescribing cultural activities improve the wellbeing of older people?
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2y ago
Levelling Up with Open Data Open Innovations & The Royal Statistical Society are leading a project to explore ‘levelling up’ from a Northern perspective, by developing a prototype visualisation with open data at its foundation. An online event on Wednesday 8 December, from 9.00am will launch the project with talks and Q&A from speakers including our Executive Director Nancy Hey. SIGN UP HERE Cultural activities have helped all age groups during the pandemic, including older people who were particularly vulnerable to the physical health implications of Covid-19 ..read more
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