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Other news
Care of people
with dementia in general hospitals
A letter was recently sent by the National Clinical Directors
for Dementia and Older People, Professor Alistair Burns and
Professor David Oliver, alerting members to the initial findings of
the
College’s audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals.
New autism guidance
for health and social care
The Government´s
new autism statutory guidance for health and social care,
Implementing Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives, has been
published together with
a summary of the responses received to the
consultation.
King's Fund
findings - How do quality accounts measure up?
Quality accounts are a
mechanism through which health care organisations can demonstrate
their focus on improving the quality of their service. The
government has recently undertaken an evaluation of the 2009/10
quality accounts and set out their expectations for 2010/11. The
King’s Fund undertook an
independent analysis of a sample of quality accounts produced
by a range of providers – acute trusts, mental health trusts,
independent providers. The report includes recommendations
for future guidance on quality accounts; on data quality; on
clinical audits and confidential enquiries; and on external
scrutiny.
Office of
National Statistics: Health Survey for England - 2009: Health and
Lifestyle
The Health Survey for
England is a series of annual surveys designed to measure
health and health-related behaviours in adults and children living
in private households in England. This survey focused on long term
health conditions and self-assessed general health.
YoungMinds: half of young people are verbally abused when they
distressed
Young people in
the UK are highly likely to be called names such as freak and
schizo when they are distressed, contributing to bad attitudes
towards those with poor mental health.
The study of 2,629 people, aged between nine and 25, found 52%
had witnessed friends and classmates labelled weirdo, freak,
schizo, crazy and psycho when they were going through a tough
time.
Offenders with drinking problems ‘need more help’
A
report by the Centre for Mental Health found that offenders
with drinking problems do not get enough support to turn their
lives around. Alcohol misuse is a bigger cause of crime and ill
health than drug abuse, but intervention schemes are
under-resourced and health andjustice services should pool their
resources in the future.
Delivering Male: first men’s mental
health guidelines
Two charities, Mind and
the Men’s Health Forum, have launched the first ever set of
guidelines addressing the mental health needs of men and
boys, which aim to improve mental health care and
services for men and boys in England. ‘Delivering Male’ are in
depth guidelines developed following extensive consultation and
offer good practice advice on areas such as developing appropriate
services, dealing with stigma and supporting male inpatients.
Europe's health check
shows inequalities
Although Europeans
have become healthier and their life expectancy has improved in
recent decades, major differences persist in the provision of care
services and the presence of risk factors for health across the
continent. 'Health
at a Glance: Europe 2010' report was published by the European
Commission and the OECD and shows that the overall health picture
has improved dramatically in European countries in recent decades,
thanks to better standards of living, improved lifestyles, better
education and greater access to quality health services. However
large gaps persist in certain situations such as regarding life
expectancy at birth.
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