Health and Social Care Briefings

Through the Stronger Connections for Better Health project, Regional Voices aims to keep the voluntary sector across England updated on changes that affects it and the people it supports.

The Health Transition Period

An overview to the situation in the changing health and social care landscape (since the listening exercise).  With things changing so fast, this guide aims to give a summary of the current situation and the timescales for change.  It can be downloaded by clicking here:The transition period briefing.

Influencing the New Structures In Health

As health commissioning responsibilities move to clinical commissioning groups, public health responsibilities move to local authorities and as health and wellbeing boards are established to lead on joint commissioning, Regional Voices has developed a briefing with NAVCA and NCVO to look at how local voluntary sector organisations can develop relationships with and influence decision makers in the new structures.  Download the briefing: Influencing the New Health System in a Local Area.

An Overview of Health and Wellbeing Boards

A major new change being brought in by the Health and Social Care Bill are the local health and wellbeing boards.  This is a briefing about health and wellbeing boards and likely implications for the VCS.

Issues with the Health and Social Care Bill

Regional Voices has summarised the main issues raised for the voluntary sector in the Health and Social Care Bill.  Summary of issues in the Health and Social Care Bill

VCS Representation on Health and Wellbeing Boards

As shadow Health and Wellbeing Boards are being established it is important that they engage with the voluntary and community serctor.  This document is based on a think piece prepared by One East Midlands on behalf of the East Midlands Third Sector Health and Social Care Network and aims to: clarify the role of the voluntary sector in health commissioning; propose models of engagement between Health & Wellbeing Boards and the voluntary sector; and consider how learning can be shared between individual Boards in the future. Vol sector HWBB engagement models

Map of Current Proposed Structures in Health and Social Care

Healthy lives, healthy people: The Public Health White Paper

At the end of November 2010 the Government published the Public Health White Paper.  A summary of this for the voluntary and community sector can be found by clicking here: Public Health briefing

A Vision for Adult Social Care: Capable Communities and Active Citizens

In November 2010 the Government published the Vision for Adult Social Care.  A summary of the seven principles outlined in the vision can be found by clicking here: Vision for adult social care briefing

Liberating the NHS: Greater Choice and Control

In October 2010 the Government published a further 2 consultations under the Liberating the NHS proposals.  Regional Voices has produced a summary of the Choice and Control paper which can be found by clicking here: Greater choice and control briefing

Liberating the NHS: An Information Revolution

In October 2010 the Government published a further 2 consultations under the Liberating the NHS proposals.  Regional Voices has produced a summary of the Information Revolution paper and some of the potential implications for the voluntary and communitywhich can be found by clicking here: Information revolution briefing

Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, Implications of the Health White Paper for the Third Sector

In July 2010 the Government published the White Paper: Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS.  The Paper outlines what it wants the NHS to achieve without prescribing how it should be achieved.  Four consultations have since been launched to look in more detail at the mechanisms.  This briefing paper outlines the main themes in the Paper and gives an overview of opportunity for the third sector to influence the consultations.  Regional Voices has produced a summary of the Health White Paper which can be found by clicking here:Equity and excellence briefing

The Big Care Debate

A briefing on the Big Care Debate waqs produced in partnership with NAVCA in 2009.

Regional Health and Social Care Briefings

East (COVER)

• Understanding personalisation – September 2010
• NHS Commissioning and the third sector – April 2010
• The Marmot Review – February 2010

Link to health and social care briefings developed in the Eastern region.

East Midlands (One-East Midlands)

• Contracting for personalised outcomes – February 2010
• Health and social care network development report – February 2010

Click here to access any of the health and social care briefings developed in the East Midlands.

North East (VONNE)

• Promoting the Value of the Third Sector in Reducing Health Inequalities in the North East
• Changes in Health Commissioning from the Health White Paper
• Personalisation – what it means to the third sector

Click here to access any of the health and social care briefings developed in the North East.

North West (VSNW)

• Analysis of the voluntary sector social care workforce in the North West – August 2010
• Fair Society, Healthy Lives – The Marmot Review – February 2010
• North West mental wellbeing survey – February 2010
• NHS Quality Framework – Quality accounts – November 2009
• Tarhet: Wellbeing – May 2009
• Better in mind: Mental health services in the North West – January 2009
• Community and mental health contracts: Department of Health consultation – July 2008

Click here to access any of the health and social care briefings developed in the North West

South East (RAISE)

• Joint Strategic Needs Assessments – 2010
• The Marmot Review and the third sector – 2010

Click here to access any of the health and social care briefings from the South East.

South West (South West Forum)

• Health and care briefing – the structure of health and social care in the South West – July 2010

Click here to access any of the health and social care briefings from the South West.