NHS Policy Flashcards
What are White Papers?
major health policy statements
‘an official government report which sets out the government’s policy on a matter that is or will come before Parliament’
Examples of white papers?
Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS (July 2010)[Health White Paper]-Coalition Govt: Leaders – David Cameron/Nick Clegg
Healthy Lives, Healthy People (November 2010): Our strategy for public health in England - Coalition Govt: Leaders – David Cameron/Nick Clegg (covered in another lecture)
What are the five key priorities in the Equity and Excellence white paper?
- Put patients and the public first
- Improve healthcare outcomes
- A more autonomous and accountable system
- Improved public health
- Reform long term social care
WHo set out the visions in the Equity and Excellence white paper?
Andrew Lansley, ex-secretary of State for Health
What did Equity and Excellence outline in terms of liberating the NHS?
Autonomy and accountability
- greater freedom to the nHS
- devolve power for commissioning services (CCGs)
Cutting beaurocracy and improving efficiency
- efficiency savings to be reinvested
- reduction in management costs
When was the health and social care bill introduced?
19th january 2011
When did primary care trusts cease?
2013
Impact of Equity and Excellence on pharmacists?
- more working with doctors and other HCPs
- integration into Health and Wellbeing boards and local professional networks
- important and expanding role in optimising the use of medicines and supporting better health
Impact of Equity and Excellence on community pharmacy contract?
- based on payment by performance
- incentivise high quality and efficient services
- increase effectiveness and efficiency in use of medicines (through better informed and more involved patients)
When was the NHS 5 year forward view published?
October 2014
Who developed the NHS 5 year forward view?
Partner organisations in consultation with patient groups, clinicians and experts
What does the NHS 5 year forward view set out?
the vision for the NHS, including
- need for change
- prevention - action on smoking, obesity, alcohol
- new models of care (integration, multispecialty community providers)
Where do pharmacists fit in to the 5 year forward view?
part of multispeciality care providers, potential employees of larger group practices
greater use of pharmacists in primary/community/urgent care
Key improvements identified in the NHS five year forward view?
- increasing number of clinical pharmacists to >1300 working in GP practices by march 2019
- encourage GP practices to work as hubs to share community nursing and clinical pharmacy teams, and share responsibility
- work more closely with community pharmacists to make full use of skills
- get best value out of medicines and pharmacy
Purpose of the NHS Mandate?
- mandate to NHS England sets the governments objectives and any requirements for NHS England
- it sets the direction for the NHS and ensures the NHS is accountable to the public and parliament
- Every year, the Secretary of State must publish a mandate to ensure that NHS England’s objectives remain up to date