·         early intervention ·         voluntary sector ·         social & healthcare futures ·         policymaking & data ·         social media ·         hospital measurement ·         Commonwealth health budget ·         ambulance services ·         cancer services ·         Chinese medicine regulation ·         fires & public health

·         clinical coordination ·         integrated care ·         carers' centres ·         avoidable mortality ·         tobacco ·         support for bereaved ·         aging & drug use ·         family violence ·         early childhood workforce ·         exiting out of home care ·         child protection & health

·         disability & ageing ·         individualised funding ·         disability employment services ·         learning disabilities ·         disengaged youth ·         attitudes to housing ·         social housing reform ·         rough sleeping ·         capital needs housing ·         indoor health

	Early Intervention: Smart Investment, Massive Savings One of the objectives of creating new ways of investing in early intervention is to create a market in early intervention and social investment products. Annex f: Outcome-based contracts and Early Intervention UK Cabinet (Jul 2011) The voluntary and community sector in health Implications of the proposed NHS reforms UK Kings Fund (Jun 2011) Routes for social and health care A simulation exercise The UK health and social care system is currently tackling three inter-related challenges: coping with rising demand and reduced funding; handling NHS restructuring; and transforming social care. How can these challenges be seen as an opportunity to achieve fundamental change to the system? UK Kings Fund (Jun 2011) Data strategies for policymaking: Identifying international good practice thirteen case studies illustrate how different organisations in the fields of health, consumer, food and feed safety and animal welfare policy handle their data needs in policy making. Rand Europe (2010) Using Social Media to Improve Healthcare Quality: A Guide to Current Practice and Future Promise interactive resources for healthcare organizations to help them better understand social media - its potential and limitations -- and prompt them to use these tools to capture and improve the patient experience. Canada Change Foundation (Jun 2011) Description of Alternative Approaches to Measure and Place a Value on Hospital Products in Seven OECD Countries a description of the classification systems used to measure hospital services in selected OECD countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Norway, England) and the US. Three classifications are relevant: those on diagnoses; on procedures; and on products. In addition, methods used to measure the cost of hospital services are reviewed. OECD (Apr 2011) Commonwealth Government Health Budget Bulletin In this budget the Government has introduced what the budget papers describe as ‘a new, flexible way to fund many of the nation’s health priorities, better reflecting the more responsive, connected health system it is creating as part of its reform agenda.’ ...As part of this process, 159 existing health and ageing programs will be consolidated into 18 flexible funds...It is impossible to determine where the monies in each separate fund come from and if they accurately represent current commitments. Macroeconomics Aus (Jul 2011) Transforming NHS ambulance services There is scope across the urgent and emergency care system to make more of different ways of responding to patients, such as clinical advice to callers over the phone and taking patients to minor injuries units rather than A&E departments. UK NAO (Jun 2011) How to improve cancer survival Explaining England’s relatively poor rates the most plausible drivers for improved survival rates are: diagnosis at an early stage, including through effective screening programmes; access to optimal treatment; improvements in the management of older people with cancer. also Explaining variations in primary care trusts' spending on cancer services UK Kings Fund (Jun 2011) Proposal that Traditional Chinese Medicine Become a Regulated Profession under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 NZ Health (Jul 2011) Response to Major Fires: Guideline for Public Health Units provide an overview of the types of contaminants that can be released during fires and the information that needs to be collected to inform decisions on sampling and analysis. They also include advice on evacuation versus sheltering in relation to fire incidents, health monitoring and communication NZ Health (Jul 2011)
	Does clinical coordination improve quality and save money? A review of the evidence there is growing evidence of the avoidable suffering and costs caused by undercoordination. UK Health Foundation (Jun 2011)  Integrated care for older people: Examining workforce and implementation challenges  considers eight different ‘point’ models of care, describing the service provided and assessing economic, quality of care and workforce implications...All models share a common goal to reduce unplanned hospital admissions by re-directing people through re-organised and streamlined community services or targeting people predicted to be at high-risk before they become acutely ill. UK CFWI (Jun 2011) Carers’ Centres: What impact do they have a social return on investment analysis that evaluates the impact of the support given by five Carers' Centres over a number of years..an investment of less than £5 million in services provided by five Carers' Centres resulted in at least £73 million worth of social gains in a year. UK Trust for Carers (Jun 2011) Avoidable mortality: what it means and how it is measured UK CEH (Jun 2011) WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2011: warning about the dangers of tobacco examines anti-tobacco mass-media campaigns,...urges more countries to require large, graphic health warnings on tobacco packaging WHO (Jul 2011) 'Review into the Needs of Families Bereaved by Homicide' The support package should include a dedicated homicide caseworker offering help and advice on issues like housing and child care proceedings. UK Justice (Jul 2011) Our invisible addicts not enough is being done to tackle substance misuse in our aging population ...key recommendations include: GPs screen every person over the age of 65 for substance misuse as part of a routine health check...The government issues separate guidance on alcohol consumption for older people see also NZ Mental Health and Addiction Services for Older People and Dementia Services: Guideline for District Health Boards UK Royal College Psychiatrists (Jun 2011) Closing the gap on family violence: driving prevention and intervention through health policy Given that the health system often deals directly with the consequences of family violence, it is ideally placed to play an important role in preventing and responding to family violence. ADFVC (Jul 2011) Early Childhood Development Workforce Draft research report...early childhood development services for children with additional needs, and for Indigenous children, are not meeting the standards commonly available to other children. ' Productivity Commission (Jun 2011) Timing of Permanency Exits from Out-of-Home Care: The Importance of Systems and Implications for Assessing Accountability for Permanency Outcomes US Partners for Children (Apr 2011) The role, function and future of designated safeguarding professionals in the NHS in England outlines a long-term model to ensure children and young people in contact with the NHS are protected. UK RCN (Jun 2011) Disability and Ageing: lifelong planning for a better future focuses on whole-of-life planning, rather than simply service planning....there is a need for a clear transition process to facilitate uninterrupted funding when people with a disability move between states Aus Senate (Jul 2011)
	Putting people with a disability at the centre of decision making – a discussion paper The NSW Government is committed to implementing key reforms to the disability sector – individualised funding packages which will put people with a disability and their carers at the centre of decision making. NSW FCS (Jul 2011) “It is like they just don’t trust us”: Balancing trust and control in the provision of disability employment services as funding models move from the traditional grant model where governments provided funds to particular organisations to support the work of the organisation as a whole, to contractual models where governments fund specific programs, the tension between the need to be accountable for the expenditure of taxpayers’ money and the need to provide a funding environment that does not stifle innovation and allows for a flexible response to individual need remains. Jobs Aus (Jun 2011) NHS Data Gaps for Learning Disabilities is about whether health service planners, managers, and assessors, locally and nationally, have the numerical views they need to assess and provide effectively for the healthcare needs of people with learning disability also Variations in numbers of school-age children with learning disability Methods for estimating numbers and rates of children aged 7 to 15 with special educational needs comprising moderate, severe or profound 'learning difficulties' or autistic spectrum disorders. UK Health (Jun 2011) The role of technology in engaging disengaged youth: final report identifies some of the barriers and critical success factors in using information and communication technology (ICT) in training Aus Flexible Learning (Jul 2011) Public attitudes to housing in England: Report based on the results from the British Social Attitudes survey...Five per cent of respondents say housing should be the highest priority for extra government spending. This is the fourth most popular area after health (41 per cent), education (33 per cent) and help for industry (6 per cent). UK Communities (Jul 2011) Implementing social housing reform: directions to the Social Housing Regulator - Consultation proposing to direct the Regulator on tenure, mutual exchange, tenant involvement and empowerment, rents and quality of accommodation. UK Communities (Jul 2011) Vision to end rough sleeping: No Second Night Out nationwide sets out six joint commitments to give local people the tools to tackle rough sleeping and put an end to second nights out on the street. UK Communities (Jul 2011) Capital Needs in the Public Housing Program includes a Methodology for Estimating Capital Needs and Costs US HUD (Jul 2011) “Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health Energy-Efficient Buildings Can Be Hazardous To Health ...America is in the midst of a large experiment in which weatherization efforts, retrofits and other initiatives that affect air exchange between the indoor and outdoor environments are taking place, and new building materials and consumer products are being introduced indoors with relatively little consideration as to how they might affect the health of occupants US Harvard (Jul 2011)