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In this month's edition...
Members awarded funding for HIV prevention
Public Health England (PHE) has awarded £600,000 to support 13 innovative voluntary sector-led HIV prevention projects across England in an effort to turn around the ever increasing numbers of new HIV diagnoses. Funded organisations include Clinks members Addaction, Lifeline Project and National Prison Radio. In addition to Black African communities and gay and bisexual men, the winning projects for 2016 to 2017 will bring new interventions into isolated rural communities, as well as targeting deaf people, trans people and men involved in chemsex. Find out more here
Social care for vulnerable children
Education Secretary Justine Greening gave a speech on the 3rd November setting out her vision for giving vulnerable children the best possible chance of a successful future. Children within the social care system are much more likely to be locked out from opportunities that would allow them to thrive. The Education Secretary announced an additional £4.7 million investment in the teaching partnership programme, aimed at improving the education and training of social workers in 11 new areas across the country. She also invited local authorities to nominate talented senior social workers to join the new Practice Leader Development programme. Find out more here
Employment of disabled people
The Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health are seeking views on what it will take to transform employment prospects for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions. The government want to understand why disabled people and people with health conditions might be unable to get a job or keep one, and to recognise the wide range of conditions and circumstances they face. The consultation accompanies the 'Work, health and disability green paper: improving lives'. The consultation closes on 17th February 2017. Find out more here
Training for working with older offenders
Are the needs of your older offenders being recognised? RECOOP is offering two three hour training courses for working with older offenders. 'Achieving Better Outcomes' can be delivered to groups of up to 20 people. It includes raising awareness of older offender issues, good practice, group exercises and discussion. 'Older Champion Training' can be delivered to groups of up to 10 people. It includes updates on current policy, legislation, good practice, case studies, discussions and small group exercises. Older offenders have unique needs which are often not met within standard working practice. For more information on costs and availability email info@recoop.org.uk
Making genuine co-production happen
The NHS 'People’s Transformathon' is an online event [28th November, free] to bring together patients, carers, service users, and staff from across health and care systems in the UK and overseas to connect, share, and learn from each other. The events will showcase the latest innovations, practices, and methods to inspire you to make change – and genuine co-production – happen. There will be a panel discussion followed by six sessions demonstrating the power of co-production and its impact using examples from all over the world. The sessions will be fully interactive, with the opportunity to ask live questions via the webex, as well as by joining in the discussion on social media using #CoPro16. Find out more and register here
The voluntary sector and co-production
LVSC is running an event exploring the role of the voluntary sector in co-producing new ways of working in the Criminal Justice System [6th December, London, cost TBC]. How can voluntary sector service providers, statutory agencies and commissioners work together to develop and design services that best meet service-user needs and also help produce positive, long-term impact? This event will explore the concept of co-production and how it can add value to the work of voluntary sector organisations in the criminal justice system capitals, as well as commissioners/public service providers. Find out more and register here
Substance misuse support
What is most important for prison substance misuse services to provide? Clinks is holding two consultation events [8th December, London, free | 13th January, location TBC, free] in partnership with NHS England to help them review the service specification for substance misuse services in prisons. Open to current and former service users, families, and voluntary sector representatives, these events will provide an opportunity to feed back on the current specification, what is working well, and what more needs to be done. Find out more and register here
Offenders with disabilities
The National Autistic society has issued a call for papers for their '16th International Conference on the Care and Treatment of Offenders with an Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability' [4th-5th April 2017, Manchester]. Papers and workshops are invited from any discipline or perspective relevant to the management or care of learning disabled offenders or those requiring similar services. Proposals by practitioners, service users, decision- and policy-makers, as well as by academics, students, researchers and advocates are welcomed. Abstracts should be limited to a maximum of 500 words. The deadline for the submission of papers is 27th January 2017. Submit your papers here
Health outcomes in prisons
Public Health England has published a review of evidence of the impact on health outcomes of NHS commissioned health services for people in secure and detained settings. The review demonstrates that there have been significant improvements in the quality of health care in prison settings. It will inform future health interventions in prison settings in England by identifying priority areas where there are further improvements to be made. Download the report here
NHS grants and the voluntary sector
Regional Voices has published four case studies that aim to illustrate effective and innovative use of NHS grants to work with the voluntary sector to respond to the needs of patients and the public and to target health inequalities. For example, one case study looks at how two Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) have supported the voluntary sector to develop and deliver services, establish partnerships and involve local people in health and wellbeing activities. Another looks at how a CCG has commissioned practical opportunities through arts and culture to make a positive impact on health and wellbeing outcomes. Download the case studies here
Social investment for mental health providers
MHPF has published 'Social investment in mental health', in partnership with Big Society Capital, a guide that provides a basic introduction to social investment for mental health providers. It is aimed at readers with little or no knowledge of this topic, to help them think about whether their organisation or project might be suitable for social investment. It also provides examples of how others are using social investment, the types of products available and where to find out more. Download the guide here
Health outcomes for older women
Women's Health and Equality Consortium has published 'Focus on older women: Improving health outcomes for Older Women'. This report looks at the key health outcomes for older women, and makes recommendations for improving the health outcomes and well-being of this group. This include older women who are lesbians, who are members of black and minority ethnic communities, who are survivors of violence against women and girls or gender-based violence, who have a learning disability, who are deaf, who are homeless or who are in prison. Download the report here
Person-centred care
The Realising the Value programme, an 18-month programme funded by NHS England and led by Nesta and the Health Foundation, has concluded with the publication of a set of resources for delivering person-centred and community-centred care. The resources are grounded in both evidence and practice and are directly relevant to commissioners, providers and practitioners putting person- and community-centred approaches into practice, as well as to policymakers and regulators. The programme aimed to enable people to take an active role in their own health and care, in support of the NHS Five Year Forward View vision to develop a new relationship with people and communities. Find out more here
Supporting autistic people into employment
The National Autistic Society are calling on the Government to tackle the autism employment gap by introducing specialist support to help autistic people find and stay in work. They have launched a number of resources on their website as part of their campaign and national programme to raise employers' awareness of the skills and potential of autistic people. They've published a report investigating employment for autistic people, launched a film highlighting the experiences of autistic jobseekers, and published resources for employers which include information about supporting autistic employees and a new Autism Friendly Employer Award. Find out more and access the resources here
Preventative interventions
Public Health England has published an update to its menu of preventative interventions. The document outlines public health interventions that can improve the health of the population and reduce health and care service demand. This document aims to support local planning processes and can be used to inform local commissioning strategies and plans. Download the document here
Health and justice annual review
Public Health England (PHE) has published its 'Health & Justice annual review 2015/16' and Russell Webster, criminal justice blogger, takes a closer look in his recent blog. Russell says, "PHE acknowledges that the challenges are significant – rising levels of violence, self-harm and suicide in prisons and the impact of new psychoactive substances. The report reflects on work undertaken during 2015-16 but also sets out their plans for the coming year to improve health and reduce reoffending as part of wider prison reform and reconfiguration." Read the blog here
Funding mental health services
Helen Gilburt, Policy Fellow at Kings Fund, has written a blog looking at a Kings Fund analysis that finds promised increases in funding for mental health services have not materialised in many areas of the country. She says, "The government’s commitment to parity of esteem between physical and mental health care has led to a whirlwind of activity over the past couple of years, but as the focus on mental health grows there is widespread recognition that without greater parity of funding, improvements in access and treatment are unlikely to be realised." Read the blog here
Housing and health working together
In this blog, Jeremy Porteus, Founder and Director of the Housing Learning Improvement Network (LIN), takes a look at how a new guide could help housing and health work better together. The ‘Health and Housing’ quick guide has examples of ways that housing organisations have worked together with the NHS. It is one of several online guides providing practical tips and case studies to support health and care partners. Read the blog here
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