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    Assessing A&E: attendance patterns and waiting times performance

    Wednesday, 09 April, 2014

    • Insight
    • Health services
  • Insight

    Atos and the Work Capability Assessment

    Thursday, 03 April, 2014

    • Insight
    • Benefits
    • Health
  • Research Briefing

    Health and Wellbeing Boards (England)

    Thursday, 13 March, 2014

    This note provides information on Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), which were introduced as statutory committees of all upper-tier local authorities under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. HWBs, which came fully into effect on 1 April 2013, are intended to; improve the health and wellbeing of the people in their area; reduce health inequalities; and, promote the integration of services.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
    • Local government
  • Research Briefing

    Local authorities’ public health responsibilities (England)

    Thursday, 13 March, 2014

    This note sets out the main statutory duties for public health that were conferred on local authorities by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The note includes information on public health funding; how local authorities have been spending their ring-fenced public health grants; and on accountability arrangements.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
    • Local government
  • Research Briefing

    Care.data

    Monday, 10 March, 2014

    This note provides information about the introduction of the NHS care.data system and the use of patients' data for research, and about how patients’ can opt out of having information from their medical records shared through this system.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Sciences
    • Security
  • Research Briefing

    Care Bill [HL] Committee Stage Report

    Wednesday, 05 March, 2014

    The Bill would consolidate existing legislation for adult social care in England into a single framework, and introduce reforms to the way care and support is accessed and funded. It also includes reforms to the regulation of health services and care standards, and would establish Health Education England (HEE) and the Health Research Authority (HRA) as statutory non-departmental public bodies. The final section of the Bill would enable the establishment of the Better Care Fund to promote joint working between the NHS and care and support services.

    • Research Briefing
    • Community care
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Repeal of section 141 of the Mental Health Act 1983

    Wednesday, 19 February, 2014

    In January 2010, the Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary Representation recommended that section 141 of the Mental Health Act 1983 should be repealed. The provision was repealed by the Mental Health Discrimination Act 2013.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health
    • House of Commons
    • Parliament
  • Research Briefing

    Regulation of herbal medicines

    Wednesday, 12 February, 2014

    This note deals with regulatory changes due to the EU Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products

    • Research Briefing
    • Medicine
  • Research Briefing

    Immigration Bill: Committee Stage Report

    Monday, 27 January, 2014

    The Immigration Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 10 October 2013 and had its Second Reading on 22 October. It is due to have Report stage and Third Reading on 30 January 2014. This Note discusses the main issues debated in Public Bill Committee.

    • Research Briefing
    • Asylum
    • Civil law
    • Family law
    • Finance
    • Health services
    • Housing and planning
    • Immigration
    • Roads
  • Insight

    New CCG funding allocations –mapped

    Monday, 27 January, 2014

    • Insight
    • Health
  • Research Briefing

    Clinical commissioning group (CCG) funding

    Monday, 13 January, 2014

    This note provides information on the resource allocation formula for distributing funding for health services in England to local commissioning groups: clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). It includes the historical use of allocation formulas; the formula that was proposed and rejected for the 2013-14 funding round; and information on the new CCG allocations for 2014-15 and 2015/16.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Mesothelioma Bill [HL]: House of Commons stages

    Monday, 06 January, 2014

    The Mesothelioma Bill [HL] establishes a new Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme to make payments to people with diffuse mesothelioma who were exposed to asbestos either negligently or in breach of statutory duty by an employer, and who are unable to bring a claim for damages against the employer or an Employers’ Liability (EL) insurer.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Diseases
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
  • Insight

    A&E Winter Pressures

    Monday, 06 January, 2014

    • Insight
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Care Bill [HL]

    Wednesday, 11 December, 2013

    The Care Bill would consolidate existing legislation for adult social care in England into a single framework, and introduce reforms to the way care and support is accessed and funded. It also includes reforms to the regulation of health services and care standards.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children's social services
    • Communities
    • Community care
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    The Francis Report (Report of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry) and the Government’s response

    Monday, 02 December, 2013

    This briefing provides background to the public inquiry led by Robert Francis QC into serious failings in care at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust before 2009. It also provides some information on the Government’s initial response to the Francis report, which was published on 6 February 2013.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services

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