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Research Briefing
Accident and Emergency Performance: England 2013/14
How many people attended accident and emergency departments in 2013/14? What was the pattern of A&E attendance across the year and across the country? How do NHS trusts compare on key performance metrics such as waiting times?
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Research Briefing
Assessing A&E: attendance patterns and waiting times performance
The performance of the NHS, and of Accident and Emergency units in particular, is a perennial hot topic in UK political debate. The House of Commons Library has published a report on A&E attendance and performance for the year 2013/14. The report contains many interesting findings, several of which are counter-intuitive. In this post, Carl
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Research Briefing
Health and Wellbeing Boards (England)
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.
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Research Briefing
Local authorities’ public health responsibilities (England)
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.
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Research Briefing
Care.data
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.
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Research Briefing
Care Bill [HL] Committee Stage Report
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.
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Research Briefing
Repeal of section 141 of the Mental Health Act 1983
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.
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Research Briefing
Regulation of herbal medicines
This note deals with regulatory changes due to the EU Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products
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Research Briefing
New CCG funding allocations –mapped
On the 18th December 2013, NHS England announced the new budget allocations for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) for the years 2014/15 and 2015/16. This followed the recent review of the allocation funding formula used to distribute the NHS budget among the population. But what are CCGs, what is their function and how much funding does
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Research Briefing
Immigration Bill: Committee Stage Report
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.
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Research Briefing
Clinical commissioning group (CCG) funding
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.
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