In this update:

·         behaviour change ·         choice in public services ·         nor for profit finances ·         cost effective initiatives ·         indigenous research ethics ·         social media ·         social workers regulation ·         leadership framework ·         future health workforce ·         waiting times ·         end of life care

·         cancer services ·         women's health ·         rural paediatrics ·         health outliers ·         suicide strategy ·         khat ·         radioactive waste ·         young people nursing homes ·         disability research ·         community living ·         survivors of trauma

·         child welfare data ·         prevention in human services ·         reporting abuse ·         early childhood indicators ·         domestic violence ·         care home safety ·         home care ·         social housing ·         secure occupancy ·         rough sleeping

	Behaviour change  a year-long investigation by the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee into the way the Government tries to influence people’s behaviour using behaviour change interventions – finds that “nudges” used in isolation will often not be effective in changing the behaviour of the population. Instead, it recommends that a whole range of measures – including some regulatory measures – will be needed to change behaviour in a way that will make a real difference to society’s biggest problems. UK Parliament (Jul 2011) Your choice: how to get better public services UK Think Tank argues that whilst the government is correct to look to choice and competition, it should take an evolutionary approach to change and emphasises the vital role which regulation should play in shaping the development of the market...Risk transfer in public service contracts : In general for public services, delivery and outcome risk ultimately resides with government UK Centrefirum (Jul 2011) Financial literacy guides for not for profit sector •Guide for Community Treasurers •Understanding Finances: A Guide for Community Group Board Members •Guide to Investing for Community Organisations Our Community/Westpac (Jul 2011) Money Matters. Reviews of cost-effective initiatives initiatives, which through detailed costings, have been shown to be cost effective.The eight case studies include: 1.Shared lives 2.Extra-care housing 3.Health in mind 4.LinkAge Plus 5.Care and repair 6.Self assessment 7.Individual budgets 8.Southwark Hospital discharge. UK IRISS (Jul 2011)  Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies (GERAIS) comprise 14 principles grouped under the broad categories of rights, respect and recognition; negotiation, consultation, agreement and mutual understanding; participation, collaboration and partnership; benefits, outcomes and giving back; managing research: use, storage and access; and reporting and compliance. AIATSIS (Jun 2011) Using social media: practical and ethical guidance for doctors and medical students This guidance provides a brief overview of the challenges and potential pitfalls that health professionals may encounter when using social media UK BMA (Jul 2011) Consultations for regulation of social workers in England standards of proficiency for social workers in England and the threshold level of qualification for entry to the social workers part of the Register UK Health Professions Council (Jul 2011) New NHS Leadership Framework   by giving more support and power to frontline staff, and encouraging new skills and behaviour, the framework will create a focus for leadership development within all NHS organisations. UK NHS (Jul 2011) A decisive decade – mapping the future NHS workforce examined eight possible scenarios for the number of NHS nurses in England during the next decade, taking into account training places for nurses and midwives, rates of retirement and overseas recruitment. It found that in the worst case scenario, 28 per cent of the nursing workforce (99,000 out of a current workforce of 352,104 registered nurses) could be lost during the next 10 years. UK Roy Coll Nursing ( Jul 2011) NHS Referral to Treatment statistics sets out the definitions of the various waiting time data recorded by the UK Department of health...Waiting time statistics have historically been collected in two separate forms: outpatient and inpatient. The outpatient clock starts ticking when a GP makes a referral, and stops when the patient goes in for a first appointment with a consultant. The inpatient clock starts when the consultant decides hospital treatment is needed, and stops when the patient is treated. There has been no measurement of the time patients wait after the first outpatient appointment before going on the inpatient list. UK parliamentary Library (Jul 2011) Act & early to avoid A&E - commissioning end of life care: initial actions for new commissioners For the purposes of this guidance people are ‘approaching the end of life’ when they are likely to die within the next 12 months. UK NHS (Jul 2011)
	Guidance for Improving Supportive Care for Adults with Cancer in New Zealand Draft Supportive Care Implementation Plan- for sector feedback NZ Health (Jul 2011)  High Quality Women’s Health Care: A proposal for change UK Doctors demand radical shake-up of women’s health services promoting prevention rather than intervention...  Women’s health services need to be planned in a way that enables integration across different levels of care, delivered in partnership between local health and social care services and the voluntary sector full report UK RCOG (Jul 2011) Rural Paediatric Emergency Clinical Guidelines to facilitate the early and appropriate clinical management of children who present to emergency departments with acute and life threatening conditions, and to relieve pain and discomfort where Medical Officers are not immediately available. NSW Health (Jul 2011) Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) in England: a methodology for identifying potential outliers We will use the case-mix adjusted average health gain as the primary metric of interest to identify potential outliers. . We will use the national mean as the benchmark to identify potential outliers. UK Health (Jul 2011) Consultation on preventing suicide in England: a cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives UK Health (Jul 2011) Khat: social harms and legislation a literature review Khat (sometimes spelt qat) is a stimulant, grown and consumed in parts of north east Africa and the Middle East...Social harms associated with khat remain a concern among the UK’s immigrant Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian communities but there was little evidence of a clear causal relationship to support this view. UK Home Office (Jul 2011) Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel management in Australia From 1980 to 2004, various Australian Governments led several investigations to establish national facilities for the waste arising from the medical, industrial and scientific use of radioactive materials. Aus parliamentary library (Jul 2011) Younger people with disability in residential aged care: update from the 2009-10 Minimum Data Set AIHW (Jul 2011) Choosing Wisely: Selecting Outcomes for Comparative Effectiveness Research on Services for Adults with Disabilities lays out four criteria to help researchers select and report on the outcomes that matter most to adults with disabilities and to the providers and others responsible for their care. more US Center on Healthcare Effectiveness (Jul 2011) Money Follows the Person: Change in Participant Experience During the First Year of Community Living after one year of community living, participants reported significantly higher quality of life compared with life in institutional settings US mathematica (May 2011) From the Darkness to the light: Australia's Program of Support for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (PASTT), provides information about the work of Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) agencies, a profile of each member agency and their services, demographic information about clients and case studies of  agency services FASSTT (Jul 2011)
	Introduction to Cross-System Data Sources in Child Welfare, Alcohol and Other Drug Services, and Courts  Describes data-reporting systems that collect information about child welfare services, substance abuse services, or court-related cases to monitor the agency¿s ability to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being for youth in the child welfare system. US SAMHSA (May 2011) Making prevention work in human services for children and youth he design and implementation of prevention programs has tended to be ‘top-down’, with little consultation with target groups (including children) and little debate on the values framework within which prevention programs operate. more on evidence based prevention Australian Review of public affairs (Jul 2011) Reporting abuse and neglect: State and territory departments responsible for protecting children NCPC Resource Sheet provides contact details and links to the relevant reporting authorities in each Australian state or territory. also Children's commissioners & guardians AIFS (Jul 2011) National outcome measures for early childhood development: development of indicator based reporting framework establishes a recommended high-level set of indicators to measure progress against the outcomes framework in the strategy AIHW (Jul 2011) Supporting high risk victims of domestic violence: a review of Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs) UK Home Office (Jul 2011) Determination in respect of the use of self-closing devices on bedroom doors in a care home whether self-closing devices need to be fitted to the bedroom doors to allow safe evacuation by safeguarding the means of escape, or whether a management solution can deliver an equivalent level of safety. UK Communities (Jul 2011)  'Living Well at Home' . The report highlights the significant role played by the older person's own home: a suitable place to live can mean independence for far longer; it can prevent the need for residential care; it can reduce requirements for care at home; it can mean fewer accidents and hospital admissions; and it can allow people to leave hospital much earlier, with less risk of immediate readmission. UK  All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care (Jul 2011) Social housing briefing outlines the history of the NSW social housing system and looks at the current situation for the three social housing subsectors. NSW Parliamentary Library (Jul 2011) Secure occupancy in rental housing: a comparative analysis More Australians are renting for longer periods but their ability to create a home is constrained by cultural norms, housing market conditions and policy and legal settings that discourage secure occupancy. A comparison with rental systems in other countries suggests ways that this issue could be addressed in Australia. AHURI (Jul 2011) Rough sleeping Background information on rough sleeping and UK Government policy to tackle this issue. UK Parliamentary library (Jul 2011)